National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-08
INAUGURAL ECHOES.
THE COMMITTEES CASH ACCOUNT.
Trying To Get Even by Selling Ball Tickets rs Sou.
tenirs-Stripping the City Of Decorations
The Military Committee Thanks
Everybody and kdjourns.

! The Inauguration excitement is over,
! in the Metropolitan Bank building. wear dull
look. The decorations on the outside still flap in
/ the wind and remind the passer of faded splen-
! dorS. Three four gentlemen were at work
! yesterday casting up accounts and Strengthening
I out the business of the executive committee
! About town men were atWork tearngdown stands
and removing decorations Many of the iron arches
! were taken down by the contractors. Labels are
posted upon the wooden arch at Fifteenth street
announcing thai it is for sale. Some patriotic
gentleman may h;,y Il and set it up in his back
yard in its entirety, a souvenir of the Inaugural
| ton; but ii is probable that some unsentmental
vandal Of builder will buy the structure and
knock Il 10 pieces for the old lumber it contains
The members OF the executive committee are
rather reticen the financial features OF the IN
auguEation. 1t WIS apparent on the night of the
ball that their receipts were several thousand dol
lars less than the expenses.
a. think We viii come out abou. even," said a
member OF The committee yesterday; eve were
5000 behind Wednesday night"
The promenade concert at the Museum building
Saturday night was intended TO make up the de-
ficiency in the receipts but did not fully answer
the purpose. The committee has on hand large
number OF the cards of invitation 10 the ball,
which are much sought after as souvenirs. A
member OF the committee yesterday made prop
osition by which the committee ma! be helped
out OF It's financial troubles II was to place these
cards on sale o. g. apiece. The suggestion was
Immediately adopted, and the tickets We're
placed" at the different hotels. Quite large
number were sold yesterday, and the demand
seems very active. Several parties are hawking
the ball programmes. and find q ready sale and
good prices for them. This is not being done by
how
obtained possession Of a quantity of them.
THE MILITARY COMMITTEE
The committee on military reception and en-
eampm ent or inaugural ceremonies held sort OF
experience meeting last night, with Colonel II. c.
Hodges III the chair. Messrs. Bradley, Bacon,
Foote, TedfoId, Hovey, Norton, and Others gave a
detailed account of the duties performed by them
in their efforts 10 give attention 10 the commands
TO which they had been assigned.
Major Bradley desired the record TO show that
the position that the Eighteenth Pennsylvania
Regiment occupied i'll the procession wGs owing to
the lateness of their arrival and the reason that
they left the line at Eighteenth street on ac
count Of wcarncsS having spent twenty four hours
on the road
Votes Of thanks were abundant ard extended
to The committees that waited upon Lieutenant
General Sheridan and Major General W. :. Ham
cock, tc General W. T. Sherman, Colonel L. p.
Wright, Colonel W. G. Moore and the members of
his command, Colonel J. o. p Burnside and his
command, Captain Thomson and the Union Vet
eran Corps, Major Fisher and his command, Cap
tain Fleetwood, Captain Kelly and his command,
Captain McCa!hTan AMI his command, Major
Hanncman and his command General Hovey and
his cGmmittee ami 10 the chairmen of ali the sub
committees
Colonel OBeirne said that in regard TO historical
records he thought there was no better time than
the present TO get up one of the inaugural process
sion. Much had already been published that
would be available. The current, elaborate state
ments published by THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
has probably never been excelled by any paper in
the country He moved that a committee be ap-
pointed to make a record and history of the pro-
cession and connections Herewith. Carried.
The chair appointed Messrs. O'Beirne, Bacon,
Bradley, Hoyey, Foote and Mills as the
committee. On motion of Captain Foote q
vote of thanks was extended TO the
press for the uniform courtesy extended to
committee during its many sessions. The National
Veteran Club was thanked for the use of its rooms
and other kindneSses shown the committee, and
then they adjourned subject to the call of the
chair.