, 1873-03-14
WASHINGTON.
The Inauguration---A Cold
Affair.
Does President Grant Expect Third
Term?

Does President Grant Expect Third
Term?
List Of the Anti-Censurers.
From, Our O.rn Cor7esponde4st.
| WASHINGTON, March 7, 1878
.The second inauguration of President Grant
was made the subject OF more ambitious display
| than Was ever known in tlis country on like
| occasion.
BoOM-A-IADDIEs.
The strict discipline OF West Point for the
| first time Was rela1ed, and that fine body OF
Cadets brought nearly 800 miles to take part in
the performance. The Naval Cadets, who hayo
been very handsomely developed in training and
esprit it-du-corps by Admiral Porter, came from
Annapolis to march after the West-Pointors.
Regulars Of the artillery, infantry, and cavalry.
and considerable body OF marines, were added
to the procession. Full militia regiments came
voluntarily from New York City, Hartford, Balti-
more, and Philadelphia. There were companies
Of militia from Albany, st. Louis, Boston,
and many other points. At guess, 1
/ should cay that there were 6.000 men
Of uniform in line. But the civic
portion Of the procession was rel
atively small, the number Of people in sight
smaller than four years ago, and it Was gener-
ally remarked that 80 shabby an audience had
not been seen in the galleries Of the Senate on
the occasion Of any pageant since the beginning
of the War; they looked as il they we're the
families and friends OF the doorkeepers-
am not saying there WAS any mental cause
for this state Of things, because slight circum-
stances affect great open-air gatherings, and it
was plain that one Of the causes Of this days
Indifference was tho
| EXCESSIVELY COLD WEATHER.
Just as the Signal Corps people predicted, an
Arctic puff struck Washington the night
before the ceremony, as freezing as II
IN iceberg had drifted invisibly overhead
and poised there, c1haling upon the town.
Thus, people who had como from Buffalo and
Boston found euch spell Of weather here az
| thcy had never known st home. The West
Point Cadets mnrched striking their palms
against their legs and breasts, and the Boston
Lancers locked pain and dissatlsfaction as they
sat astraddle of their horses like poor wretches
chnined to rocks OF ice. I fully agree with Mr.
Yates, tho English writer who described the
scene, that it did not meet expectations. some
how these avenues make everything look loose
aud rsyel1ed ont and, as the houses are Of d1f-
| ferent heights, and 80 make the frame OF the
, picture undigniGed, in like manner the procea-
sion seemed struggling aud disconnected At
/ one place there were gaps, and at another
! the troops were crowded upon each other. Ine
, FIGHTS OF steps and stalls which had been con-
. | atructed BY spcculators to bo rented out we're
. | nearly empty and the only humorous exclamar
tons to be heard were those Of poor whites from
: horeabout wrangling with negroes about playing
! | soldier; and everybody seemed inclined te
| hurry through and get out OF the cold , :,
:tft he's been the coldest thing OF the Kind all
through that oyer saw, " said Cari sshu1z ~ &C
| me- in the big ballroom that evening" when meL
:, we're walking caps and overcoats, and everybod,
= | was asking fo= raw brandy to counteract the
. deathly cold. It isto be doubted whether &C
= | large and expensive a
4 BALLROOM
' will ever again be set up here at an inaugura:
. ton; for the gentlemen who Literally subscribed
y | the means were OF the opinion that night thai
. Q they would be out OF pocket $4,000. Had this
building afforded any protection from the in.
. clement weather. it would have been universally
J appreciated; for it was . monster IN proper,
= tions,-a vast frame rink 800 by $50 feet a9d II,
J water had bpen admitted to the floor, We should
have had good skating in ten minutes.
This e1traya CANT cdice has come to be very
!, melancholy object since tho bal: stanoing VI y
;, vast blank, and foraaken, and looked ut III dia
q consulate way By its propounders, who express
the problem Of how to get their money none baek
| 7
had been sold for the ball. Those who could no'
:. dance wore marching around, IS II running FOOT
- races to keep up circulation
= = Washington City has been growing III Ropula
" ton and ornRmentatlon ever since toe Ilose "
:. = tho War, but still 1t is a
ZIG MUNICIPAL PROBLEM
= ut the best how to support popelatiomn ~ q o
: sand clerks, and Congress absent half the year
Q Dr. aIacruder. ono Of the Board Of Public
Works, vas bewailing to me-, while the procession
Q and inefficient method Of supplying the market:
. . Of Washington. Tho country hereabout pro
. duces no butter, md only portion Of tine yege
tables and poultry required for our tables IheTf
:, oyster-meraeta alone Of Baltimore and Wash
Mexandria. which is half an hours rid
y by rail or water, and find the market a.
n cent. Like every other part of tho country, W
7 arc putting our faith in railroads, and indulg
~ the dream of opening up a road to ETeaerlck !.
l. Nd, and another to tho Shenandoah sa1ey,
a both of which there is an abundance OF cheese
~ flour, butter, and solid marketing. Ihls ls
u very much more important question than tn
y ceremony Of the Presidents Inauguration, pc
~ Cause for such deficiencies ne haFe JUST nao =
- I vote him
: ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE SALARY
+ md give every member Of the House and senat'
q new brick house. Whatever may have bee1
;, tho EXCUSES for this last actlon' tne le.lo
y was as unworthy Of the Natlona
q Legislature as OF the Chief Magistrat
!; who consented to the act; and there we're bu
few persons in the strcots Of the capital, on in
u auguration-day, who felt much confidence Or in
>; epration in G. ceremonial preceded by such hog
l. gerry. -Four years ago tho example OF present
n taking set, and now Congress votes ltse1r u,
N unblushing and bipartisan way in WHICH tln
yoto was given shows that Congress has 4 lost Ie
gard for the Nation, as much as the Nation IT
spect for Congress.
THE PRESIDENT
looked about as usual when he came into tn
Senate md took oheir, having first bee
r hustled away from the door aud made to slgn
- lot Of bills IN the ante-room, which he nolthe
H. read nor considered. He is particular shout th
ct quality Of his overcoats which aiwa5s fit hi m
anugy sna look rieh His a,t. boota IN u
or He walks in creeping way, however, from t
aa hips to tho knees, and there is no braco to th
he small of his back. Altogether, could not he]
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