San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-03-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WAsmSdroS, Mar, 9th, 1885
Tho President was inauguratet
with well ordered pomp and pagean
try, In tho prtaenee Of crowd un
precedented in numbers and resPee
| liability. The weather attributed by
some 20 the arrest Of Gen, Hazen
tho chief Of tho Weather Bureau, wa
as perfect as il had been regulated
by a thermometer. The inaugural
address was delivered in tho pres
once Of at least 10000 spectators,
and owing 10 tho strength OF the
Presidents voice, large proportion
Of them were actual audi
tors. Tho parade that followed was
such al has never before been seen
in this country, and it was reviewed
by tho president, aud many distin'
guishcd personages around him, as
well as by 100000 people who cover
Oh tho sidewalks, temporary balco'
MES, stands and house tops Of Penn
sylvania avenue,
At night tho SKY was painted red
white and blue, with fireworks, and
the great ball attended by the Presi'
dent and nearly ten thousand per-
sons, was tho brilliant ind frivolous
finale Of the day, i gazed upon Mr..
Cleyelands pale, strong face as he
rode to the Capitol in the forenoon,
and wondered how ho would DO able
to bear up through the trying ordeal,
The mental, physical and nervous
strain must have been intense, To
go through the preliminary etiquette
at the White House; to drive slowly
to tho Capitol, the cynosure of hum
dreds Of thousands of eyes; to appear
tho observed and criticised of all
amid the distinguished throng in the
United States Senate Chamber; to
deliver without reading, an address
in tho vast presence East OF the Cap
itol to stand for four hours while a
line of $4,000 uniformed men passed
before him, and then, at eleven
o clock at night, to appear in q stiff
ling hall room, amid mob ofaggres.
siyely curious women-this was the
gauntlet with which President Cleve
land commenced bis administration
on tho fourth of March,
The new president has given out
TINT no will not personally hear OF
personally consider applications for
Office, unless they shall come to him
recommended by the Cabinet officer
in whose department the Office is
sought. 1t is believed that Mr..
Cleveland will literally adhere to this
rule, At any rate it will be literal
impossibility for him to consider one
tenth of the applications he is receiv-
ing. Each mail brings an immense
load of petitions which Col. Lamont
and his clerks look over, acknowledge
with prepared blank forms, and refer
to the Departments to which they
belong. The President does not see
them, and no persistence on the part
of tho applicant will secure his at
tention,
Miss Cleveland held the usual re
ception on Saturday afternoon last,
and hundreds went 10 the White
House who had not been there be-
fore, to pay their respects to the
presidents sister. Miss Cleveland is
not what is known here as society
lady" She is wanting in the sauior
tuire, the graces, and the JIG ne sails
quoi which are characteristic of great
social leaders. But she has what is
better than all these, in aplain demo
cratic country,-an air of sincerity
and amiability which impressed her
guests with welcome. Her face is
expressive Of intelligence and charac-
ter.