Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

WASHINGTON. Dee. 8.-The Rspsbi-
caa has hunted mp facts which show that
Thomas Jefferson was not the simple,
plain, economical gentleman that kloh-
ellen Robinson, In his resolutions re-
gently introd uced In the House, de-
elared him 20 be and destroy the beau
tifui fable heretofore universally aa-
cspted about Thomas jefferson riding
70 she capitol on horseback, unattended,
on the day of hia inauguration as Pres
ident. and with his own hands hitchine
his horse TO q post. Attention was
called 20 this matter some years ago by
The Hon. A. w. Thayer, then United
States Consul at Trieste, In q private
letter, and he quoted the historian,
Richard Hildreth, as saying that Jef.
ierson had some inclination 10 omit the
the parade, but finding that IL would be
aersat disappointment 10 the people to
have IL dispensed with, he thoughb bet
YER Of it, and was escorted to the cap
itol by two military companies and a
distinguished civic procession of peo-
pie.
The National Iafeiligencer of March 6,
1901, stated that the day was ushered In
BY the firing of cannon; that at 10 q.
N. the Washington Artillery and Alex.
andria Rifles paraded at the White
House, and at IL m. o procession of peo-
pie, including many menbers of Con-
efess, passed down the avenue TO the
Capitol. 10 also mentions that the
demonstration surpassed any previous
ene In the history Of the city, and this
Of itself overthrows the one horse story,
for the editor of the Isteiiigsacsr was q
man Of veracity, friend OF jefferson
and the last person to represent right
under the Presidents nose that his soli-
tary horse back ride down the street,
intended 10 be a condsmnati.n Of pa.
I rads. was the grandest demonstration
the city had known.
: That Jefferson was O man OF quiet
Sanners, 10 probably true, bot he was
not elewn. He had been In Paris, the
city Of show, and was fond o! the
French and their ways. That be vas
not averse to parade on proper ecca-
mons, is shown by his subsequent con.
duet. On the 10th Of April, 1901, he Wis
tied Alexandria TO partake IT public
dinner, and was met on the way by ar
sillery, rife companies and cavalry and
eilixsns. IN demonstration rivaling in
F@@&tt eaS tnuuEUk0tto9 tcAVss&1As~N
90 the sth OF March. Certainly the
hater Of paradss, the man Who hated
sseogta. dsspised noise and pomp and
vaa bound 10 set an example Of strio,
plainness and economy, did not. within
az weeks Of his Spartan precedent,
turn his old mare out TO ereze and al
los the registering cavaliers of Fairfax
70 Surround him with their blooaed
seeds and usher him into their chief
s'sy with the booming of cannon, Tho
oayinR Of trumpess and the wild hur.
rsna OF men who should have been
wedding their cabbages or feeding their
keya A full aocount Of the Aiexan-
srn affair appears in the Iatsslgsssoss. Of
sext morning, and allowing for the diff
terence in the style OF reporting be-
Meen that day and this, IL 10 evident
0at Tor the period. lie magrificsncs
~ worthy the occasion and had moth
" u common with solitary horseman'
p and seeking to escape observatior
= We populaoe or 10 condemn usage
wa TIE popular taste.