The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-09

is less guilty of neglecting his IegIIlllSIo 81,
du.ies than the more conspicuous I'd,
ranouer If all clerks who contrlouIeu
money and worked for the deteatoI ~ I; I;
Cleveland in one way or another shal.
he dismissed. then the marble mans oL
the departments will indeed De eihPtJ' e
a gentleman bv the name OF MI
Blaine and his wife are in the CITY WIN
their interesting family, and tnough
never popular in the sOcla! WOrid, are
making themselves daily more odlous.
Mr.. Blaine and his wife and tamlIy
were a few weeks since so certain OF
occupvinc the White House, that they
not onlv pOrtioned the chambers out
among themselves, but it seems hao de-
cided on certain people whom they
would not receive. The present resi-
dent of the United States was doubtless
one Of them. aud his recent INVITATION
to Mrs. Blaine to assist him at his New
Years reception was resented by VnaI
woman in a discOurteous note, giving
as her reason that the President had not
assisted Mr.. Blaine in the late cam
paign,
Prsparations are making for an i'm
mense cOncOurse of people on the tourIh
Of March. when the first non sectional
Inauguration for at least quarter OF
"A century will be celebrated. The SOuJh
will doubtless send more people to the
Capital than she sent on the occaSlOCS
of Buchanan's, Pierce's or PoIk'7 Inau-
guration. The population OF the South
has grown somewhat and there are pet
ter ways of reaching Washington than
when the last Democratic President
was inauguTated.
no
the world will be that prepared for the
inaugural ball OF President Cleveland,
at :he new Pension building. The EX-
ecutive Committee have carefully meas
ured the space which will be available,
and find that two hundred and fifty sets
can be comfortably formed, leaving am
ple space between them for the move
ments of the floor managers. TINS.
two thousand dancers can be on the
floor at time. Ia addition there Will
be room enough for two thousand prom
enaders on the sides. Then there will
be the galleries, which are to be erected
to hold three or four thousand specta-
tors. Many of the rooms of the build.
ing will be available for space for any
possible overflow.
Efforts are being made to secure quar-
ters for the visiting military OTganiza-
tons in the public buildings, as on the
occasion of Garfield's Inauguration
The number of these organizations is
so large ana the representation so nu-
merOus that it is peTatively necessary
that the heads of the various depart
ments should assist the Committee of
Public Comfort as much ac possible in
this direction. The chairman o. the
Committee has formally applied to Sec
retary Chandler, Of the Navy Depart
ment, for the use of the corridors ard
halls of that building, and the PROPOSE
tiOn was favOTably entertained.
If 1t is possible to keep the avenue
clear of people during the progress of
the inaugural procession, it ought to be
done. The parade at the last inaugura-
ton was simply farce so far as appear
ance went, for the people crowded up
so close to the military that those look
ing on from upper windows could see
nothing bnt moving mass OF heads.
There has scarcely been a procession in
Washington the effect OF which has
not been narred by this defect, and it
ought to be stopped. X