Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
THE TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY
ACCOMPANIED BY IMPOSING
CEREMONIES AND A BRIL-
LIANT DISPLAY.
THE INAUGURAL OF THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE-A CONSERVATIVE
AND JUDICIOUS ADDRESS.
AN IMMENSE MILITARY AND CT
VIC PROCESSION, VIEWED BY
TENS OE THOUSANDS.
MIR. CLEVELAND'S ARRIVAL.
EVERY ONE KEPT IN THE DARK.

EVERY ONE hEII In lHE DAhhs
WASHINGTON, d. c., March Sat
the Baltimore & Potomac Depot there
is spot in the floor marked by brass
star. About this spot for twenty-five
minutes this morning President-elect
Cleveland and his party walked. There
July 2, 1881, Garfield fell with his NOR
tai wound. There was one man who
watched with the keenest eye every one
who approached the President-elect,
and who seemed to be ill at ease. 1t
was Inspector Byrnes, one of the chief
detectives of the New York police.
The delay at the station was due to the
mystery with which it had been deem
ed advisable to surround the move
ments of Mr.. Cleveland, and it had not
been thought worth while to notify any
of the official committee of the time of
the arrival. The presence of the party
at the station was known only to the
officials. There were few newspaper
men at the depot, some of whom were
known to Mr.. Cleveland and who were
cordially greeted by him.
Mr.. Cleveland was dressed in the u.s.
ual business suit and had particularly
glossy new silk hat. AS the carriages
left the depot there were one or two
cheers.
AT THE ARLINGTON.
Three policemen, who seemed charg-
ed with a heavy responsibility, paced
up and down in front of the Pomeroy
annex to the Arlington Hotel all day
@We do not propose" said one of them,
"tO permit any more Guiteaus to get by
u.s."
Cleveland's rooms were decorated
with flowers from the hands of the Ma
tional Committee. Two members of
that committee were early in attend
ance-Chairman Barnum, who did not
seem to have slept much or well, and
who was annoyed by a score of people
unknown to him who were soliciting
his good offices, and Acting-Chairman
German, pale, smooth-faced, silent,
fresh as if he had not spent most of the
night in the Senate and had probably
scarcely slept at all. With Mr.. Cor
man came Senator Garland in his care
less Western attire, his face shade
paler than usual and his fine forehead
concealed by a particularly shabby
black slouch hat. There was an unus-
ual brightness in the eyes of Mr.. Gar
land, and he seemed to have taken on
for the time the stern and mysterious
look of his associate, Mr.. German.
CONFERENCES INVITED BY MR.. CLEvE-
LAND.
The Presidential party hardly had
time to breakfast before long line of
visitors were in waiting, most of whom
had not been called and few of whom
were chosen. The Pomeroy annex is
so separated from the main body of the
hotel that no one can have access to it
except by private entrance, and that
entrance is closely guarded. Mr.. Cleve-
land does not intend to see between
now and the time of Inauguration any
one whom he does not wish to see. In
vitations have been sent to number
of public men requesting conference
during to-day and this evening.
Among them are Speaker Carlisle and
Mr.. Randall.
TON.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., March 3.-The
subcommittee appointed by the Inaug-
uration General Reception Committee
to welcome the President-elect to
Washington called on him by appoint
ment this afternoon. Their Chairman,
the Hon. Richard T. Merrick, after in
Producing his fellOw-members, welcom-
ed him in few well-chosen words. and
Governor Cleveland returned his ac-
acknowledgements. An informal con-
versation ensued for some time, and
the committee then individually took
their leave. The membership of the
committee was as follows: The Hon.
Richard Il. Merrick, the Hon. Eppa
Hunton, Allan McLane, John E. Nor
ris, John w. Thompson, the Hon. Hor-
alto King, DR.. Daniel B. Clarke, Adju-
tant-General Drum. General Haven