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1841-INAUGURATION DAY-1941
“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and
will, to*he best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
March 4, 1841—“Old Tippecanoe” Harrison, Indian fighter, rides in triumph to be inaugurated President of
the United States.
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
I NAUGURATION DAY in
1841 was an historic occa
sion—for several reasons.
After one of the most color
ful and riotous political con
tests in the history of the na
tion the Whigs had succeed
ed in electing a Presiden
tial candidate for the first
time. So they were ready to
celebrate in a big way.
Despite a heavy rain, the great
est crowd that had yet attended
an inauguration crowded into
Washington to see “Old Tippeca
noe” Harrison become President.
A salute of 26 guns at daybreak
heralded the opening of the big
celebration.
Early in the morning a car
riage, drawn by four white
horses, presented by the Whigs of
Baltimore, called for him at his
hotel. But the general insisted
upon riding horseback to his in
auguration. Mounted on a white
charger, with an escort of mount
ed marshals, he rode to the Capi
tol, holding his hat in his hand
and waving it to the cheering
crowds massed along his route.
Behind him streamed “Tippe
canoe clubs” from Virginia and
Maryland, dragging floats on
each of which was mounted a log
cabin with a hard cider barrel in
front and a coonskin nailed to
the door. Prophetic of the new
industrial era just opening in
America was a power loom,
mounted on a wagon, sent there
by a factory at Laurel, Md.
More than 50,000 persons gath
ered before the east portico of
the Capitol to hear his inaugural
address—and they heard the
longest speech that any President
had ever given on that occasion.
He stood for an hour, without
hat or coat, in the biting wind
iptil he had finished. But that
fwas only the beginning of his
hardships.
All the afternoon he stood in a
receiving line at the White House,
greeting the thousands who
streamed past him to shake his
hand. That night there were
three inaugural balls and the old
soldier (he was 68—the oldest
man ever elected President),
borne up by the excitement of the
occasion, attended all three.
served by an American Presi
dent.
Twenty years later an even
more momentous inaugural pa
rade moved through the streets of
Washington. In a carriage was
James Buchanan, an old man in
a rusty swallow-tailed coat,
slumped down beside a tall, lanky
backwoodsman from Illinois in a
new black suit and a shining high
augurated in 1869, again soldiers
were on guard because there had
been threats against his life. But
again fears for the safety of the
President-elect proved ground
less. Grant’s inauguration drew
the biggest crowd that had yet
gathered in Washington for this
event. Many had to walk the
streets of the city all night be
cause the hotels were filled and
March 4,1861—Chief Justice Taney administers the oath to Abraham
Lincoln.
hat with a gold-headed cane in
his hand.
Double files of cavalry rode on
each side of the carriage as it
moved along Pennsylvania ave
nue and riflemen were stationed
on roofs commanding the thor
oughfare. For men in the South
had sworn that Abraham Lincoln
should never be sworn in as Pres
ident of the Disunited States. But
March 4, 1913—Woodrow Wilson takes the oath of office.
After the last ball was over,
the general returned to the White
House but he was too tired to
sleep. Tremors of exhaustion
shook his body as he stumbled
into bed. Outside his window an
owl hooted all night and the next
morning the general complained
that a howling dog had kept him
awake. Negro servants in the
Executive Mansion shook their
heads ominously. It was a “sign,”
they said. And they were right.
For within a month President
William Henry Harrison died of
the cold he had contracted while
reading his inaugural address.
His had been the shortest term
the journey was made without un
toward incident.
A few minutes later the tall
lanky man came out on the east
portico, to be greeted by only the
laintest of cheers. Then, stand
ing before Chief Justice Taney of
the Supreme Court, he took the
oath of office. As he drew the
manuscript of his address from
his pocket, he could find no place
to put his hat. So Stephen A.
Douglas, his old friend and po
litical enemy, stepped forward
with the remark “If I can’t be
President, at least I can hold the
President’s hat.”
When Ulysses S. Grant was in-
they could obtain no lodging.
Grant laid aside his inevitable
cigar when he was sworn in but
disappointed the crowd by not
wearing his uniform of blue.
Throughout the reading of his in
augural address his little daugh
ter, Nellie, who had slipped away
from her mother, stood beside
him and held his hand.
His second inauguration took
place on one of the coldest March
fourths ever recorded in the na
tional capital. Many people were
frostbitten, as were some of the
West Point cadets who paraded
without their overcoats. The in
augural ball was a failure be
cause the building was so cold
that the musicians could scarce
ly play, the refreshments were
frozen solid and none of the
guests dared remove their outer
wraps.
Wilson’s first inaugural was lit
tle more than a triumphal pro
cession of Democrats celebrating
their first victory since Cleveland
and it was marked by the pres
ence of suffragists in the parade.
ItSvas marked also by the first
illumination of the capital by
searchlight. His second inaugu
ration was without the customary
festivities, due to the threat of
war hanging over the nation.
Again a President-elect rode to
and from the Capitol between
lines of heavily-armed soldiers
and with armed watchers on the
roof tops. A cold, misty rain
storm added to the gloom of the
occasion. It sent the President
to bed with a cold, thus giving
impetus to the demand that In
auguration Day be moved for
ward to April, as it had been when
our first President, George Wash
ington, was sworn in.
Instead the date was moved
back to January 20 and the first
President to take his oath of of
fice on that date was Franklin
D. Roosevelt, who will take
it again on January 20, 1941—for
the third time I
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NOTES OF AN INNOCENT
BYSTANDER
The Wireless: There’s no type in
the composing rooms that can pack
the sting FDR gets into his radio
delivery. Frinstance this excerpt
from his message to Congress; “We
must especially beware of that small
group of selfish men who would clip
the wings of the American eagle to
feather their own nests” . . . Ellin
Mackay Berlin was ladylike in her
comments about Mrs. Chas. Lind
bergh. She called her “a sensitive
and gentle woman, bewildered
and frightened by skillful German
propaganda” . . . The Film Critics’
broadcast made us uncomfortable.
They praised, honored and gave
excerpts from their prize picture,
“Grapes of Wrath”—a dramatic tale
of starving Americans—while the
broadcast emanated from the lush,
silky Wainbow Woom! . . . Town
Meeting of the Air was a bore when
the often-booed Verne Marshall was
flopping. Dean Acheson was mere
ly wonderful.
The Front Pages: The Washing
ton papers showed a photo of Rush
Holt taking down his Senator’s shin
gle after being defeated for re-elec
tion. The photo should go in the
schoolrooms, like Washington cross
ing the Delaware, to illustrate an
historical cause for rejoicing . . .
A licking does things to the imagina
tion of Fascist editors. The defend
ers of Bardia were cheered for the
“undying glory of delaying the en
emy,” while the Britons had to take
what satisfaction they could get out
of winning the battle . . . Dale Har
rison, once an AP columnist, will
contribute paragraphs to Newsweek
. . . John T. McManus offers a good
way to keep score on how well the
Ratzis are doing in South America.
Where “The Great Dictator” finds
it tough to get bookings, you can find
the busy Berliners.
The Story Tellers: The mag illus
trations aren’t a bad barometer of
America’s war sentiments. You be
gin to see the swastika in fiction
illustrations. It wasn’t long ago,
either, that the Satevepost was ap
peasing enough to skip all mention
of Germany in the serialization of
“Escape.” You didn’t have to be
bright to know where the cruelties
took place. Of course, maybe the
omissions were the author’s . . .
Klaus Mann’s first issue of Decision
is out. S. Maugham, V. Sheean and
R. Sherwood are on the editorial
board . . . Hitler is caught smiling
in a photo in Look. No wonder:
He’s got his handS'ar.ound the throat
of a helpless little girl . . . Mar
garet Case Harriman, who is put
ting Clare Boothe through the wring
er for a gossip weekly, was a staff
sister of her victim on the old Vanity
Fair ... La Boothe’s career can’t
be very interesting. She’s scheduled
for only two articles!
Typewriter Ribbons: Olin Mill
er’s: The Italians venied, vidied
and vamoosed . . . P. Wilson’s: A
man may have no bad habits and
have worse . Rob Wagner’s: He
has no more sense of direction than
a string of firecrackers . . . Virginia
Faulkner’s: Her parents cut her off
without a sentiment. . . Anon’s: Dic
tatorship is always an aria—never
an opera . . . Q. Reynolds’: A long
thin line of red tape finally strangled
France ... I. Hoffman’s: He had
that derelicked look about him . . .
Oscar Wilde’s: I always like to
know everything about my new
friends and nothing about my old
ones.
Accenting the Width
Of a Narrow Room]
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS
O N A Thursday afternoon the
south end of a certain dining
room was as shown here in the
upper sketch. The following Mon
day it appeared as shown belowi'
Cupboards had t>een added to dis
play china and give storage space,
yet the room actually seemed wid-'
er and more spacious than before.
The transformation was made
by the handy man with no tools
SAME ROOM
WITH CURTAINS
OYER WALL
AND WINDOW
SPACE FRAMED
WITH CUPBOARDS
SINGLE
WINDOW
WITH
LONG
CURTAINS
MAKES
SMALL
ROOM
LOOK
NARROW
but a hammer, saw and screw
driver plus the aid of his willing
helper with needle, thread and
paint brush. The new curtain
treatment, shown in the sketch,
made the window seem wider ancl
the strong horizontal lines of the
cupboards also helped to create an
illusion of width. The cupboards
were eight inches deep and made
of one-inch lumber with doors of
plywood for the lower part.
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NOTES OF A REPORTER
TO HIS EDITOR
Verne Marshall, who offered to
take on all comers at Town Hall,
had two bodyguards with him.
Watch for invite to speak from Joe
McNazi’s mob . . . Eve Curie due
shortly for another lecture tour . . . |
Wm. P. Lear of Dayton, whose plane
was forced down near Jacksonville,
is at St. Vincent’s hosp there, minus
eight teeth plus broken jaw . . .
Slapsie Maxie’s, in Miami, an over
night smash success. You can’t even
get into the gambling room. That
crowded . . . Singapore Sadie’s,
backed by millionaires, paid off its
publicity agent with a check that
bounced . . . See page 35 Radio Guide
photo of Hal Kemp, inspecting last
recording he made: Got a Date
With an Angel”!
U. S. foreign air travel will be
made parallel to the steamship pat
tern, according to Administration
plans. Six great firms to place
American aviation in every quarter
of globe . . . Have the Washington
boys check Luise Rainer’s new
hear*, an attache at British Em
bassy.
The Windsors have definitely de
cided to visit New York City in
Sept. After spending August on his
Calgary ranch . . . His friend,
yachtsman Axel Wenner-Gren, is
bldg a huge harbor at Nassau large
enough to dock world’s biggest bat
tleship. Also a landing field for
planes. About 300 men working
on both projects . . . While Biddle’s
been mentioned to succeed Jackson
as Att’y-Gen’l (when Jackson moves
up to Fed bench) I hear Fed Att’y
Cahill of NY may get Jackson’s AG
job.
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