The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. March q 1885.


WASHINGTON, March 9, 1885.
To relate the events of the past week
in the space allowed for letter, l am
afraid will require a power of concen-
tratiOn that your correspondent does not
possess.
The President was inaugurated with
well ordered pOmp and pageantry, in the
presence of a crowd unprecedented in
numbers and respecta5iIity. The wealth
er, attributed BY some to the arrest of
Gen HazeD, the chief of the Weather
Bureau, was as perfect as if it had been
regulated by thermometer. The imam
mural address was delivered in the pres
ence OF at least 10000 spectators. and
owing to the strengh of the Presidents
voice, large proportion Of them were
actual auditors. The parade that fol-
lowed was such as has never before seen
in this country, and it was reviewed by
the President and many distinguished
parsonages around him, as we'll as nv
$50 600 people who covered sidewalks.
temporary balconies, stards, and the
house tops of Pennsylvania avenue.
At night the sky was painted red
white and blue wish fireworks, and the
great ball, attended by the President
and nearly ten Thousand persons. was
the brilliant and frivolous finale of the
day. L gaZed on Mr.. Cleveland's pale.
strong face as he rode TO the Capitol in,
the forenoon, and wondered how would
he he abls 10 bear up through the irving
, ordeal. The mental and physical strain
must have been intense. To 90 throuoh
the preliminary etiquette at the White
House to drive slowly to the Capitol.
the cynosuTe of hundreds of thousands
! of eyes ; to appear the observed and
criticised Of all amid the distinguished
| throng in the United States Senate
Chamber to deliver, without reading
an address in the vast presence east Of
the Capt. ol to stand for four honrs
while a line of % 900 uniformed men
/ passed before him, aud then, at eleven
y O'Clock At night, to appear in a sitting
, ballroom, amid a mob of aggressively
curious wOmen-this was the gauntlet
with which President Cleveland com.
menced his administration on the fourth
| of March. He is alive, and thank
/ Heaven. human ingenuity and pageant.
/ ~ have done their worst.
! Since the fourth the White House has
/ been hesieged by delegat ions. but the
! President manages to find time to eat
/ and sleep.
! The Cabinet has qualified and gone 10
work. With the exception OF the Cabi
net of the late administration none of
rascals have yet been turned out but
/ quite lumber have, with the instinct
of Davy CrOcket's coon. come down
/ (Cone Out) of their own accord The
majority. however. will wait until Mr..
| Cleveland shoots. They expect to have
20 come down finally, but will defer
their tumble as loHg as possible
The new President has given ont that
q MI Of 4 I,
consider applications for Office unIeqe
they come to him recommended nv tbp
Cabinet officer in whose department the
[ office is sought. II is believed that Mr.
/ Cleveland will literally adhere To this
( rule. At any rate it will be a literal
imp0ssihiliiy for him to consider one
tenth nf the applications he is receiving
| Each mail brings an immense load of
petitions which Col. Lamont and his
1 clerks look over. acknowledge wit pra.
. pared blank forms, and refer to the de.
partments to which they belong. The
! President does not see them. and no nor
/ Slstence on the part of the applicant
will secure his attention.
/ Miss Cleveland held the usuaI racen.
( tion on Saturday afternoon last aud
hundreds went to the White House who
( had Eot heen there before. to nav their
reSpec's to the Presidents sister Miss
/ Cleveland is not what IS known here az
/ a society lady. She is wanting in the
Sdcotr fare, the graces. and the je ne
Sd1S q1oi which are characteristic of
/ great society leaders. But she has what
! IS better than all these, in A plain Dem.
/ ocra'ic country, an air os sincerity and
amiahility that impressed her guests
/ with welcome. Her face is expressive
or intelligence and character. K.