Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-18

All Iefious lhaus ura ION displays Il
be Eclipsed ed-PennsyIvanIa to Lead il
the Military Pageant and New YOrl
In the Civic DispIay-A Bali Room
that win Hold 10000 Persons.
A Washington special says: The exer
cises attending Cleveland's inauguration
are taking definite shape. They are to bt
on an elaborate scale, with Jeffersoniar
simplicity much at a discount. The
crowd will be the largest, the procession
the longest, the decorations the gayest
the ball the grandest, and the illumina
tiOn and fireworks the most brilliant evel
known In Washington on a similar oc
casiOn.
Preparations have been in progres:
ever since New Years. The first steI
was to organize the friends OF a big dis
play, and farm out the attendant labors
and honors. There is a general committee
of fifty, OF which Col. Berret is Chair
man, and there are twelve sub-com
mlttees, all of enormous size, which have
charge of special branches of the pa.
geant. Thus, there is the reception com
mittee to take charge of distinguished
guests; the finance committee, and the
committees on public comfort, public
OAuGA, ANS pOIldJlOU. CIVIC aSSOC1a-
tlons, military organizations, illumina.
tion, decorations and music, floor and
promenade, the press, and a special sub.
committee to look after the other sub.
committee.
The days programme may be divided
into four sectione-the parade, the in
augural exercises at the capitol, the ball
and the illumination. AS to the parade,
there will probably be about $4,000 men
in line. Its great feature will be, as in
1880, the turnout of the PENNSYLVANIA mi
litia. Fifteen infantry regiments from
that State, mastering $50 men each, will
be IN line, and in addition there will be
two battalions of fencibles and two batter
les of artillery. The next largest military
display will be from Virginia, which
State will send brigade of militia num-
bering 1,5C0 men. Then there will be the
SiXty-ninth Regiment and the Grenadiers
ROchambeau from New YORK, and the
Fifth Maryland, besides a large number
OF scattered companies, from the Clark
Light Infantry, of Augusta, Maine, to the
Montgomery Grays, of Montgomery, Ala.
One interesting feature will be the dis
play Of cOlored troops, eight companies
of which will parade. There will also be
in line all the sixteen local military or
ganizatiOns of the District of Columbia.
The civic display will be fully as large
as the military, and in this division New
York city will easily take the front place
with her two large delegations from the
County Democracy and Tammany. The
latter expects to send down 600 braves,
and the County Democracy twice that
mum Der, OF whom one company of heavy
weights, each member weighing from
200 to 300 pounds, is to he marched in
solid phalanX. Philadelphia will also be
wellrepresented by the Americus, Samuel
j. Randall, jackson, MOyamensing,
Robert 5. Patterson, Third Ward Cleve-
land, and Eleventh Ward Randall Clubs,
turning out in all about 500 men. Besides
these organizations there are many
others coming from all parts of the cOun-
try. A few days ago it was reported that
in all 6,13S persons had notified the CITY
committee of their intention to parade.
and this total will, no doubt, be largely
increased.
The procession will form on Pennsvl.
vania avenue, near the White House. at
l0:30 a. m. Representative Slocum is to
be the Grand Marshal. After the military
Will come the Presidents party, consist
ing Of the Chief Justice, the retiring Pres
ident, the President-elect, the Vice Presi-
dent-elect, and few committee men and
distinguished guests. The line of march
will be down the avenue direct to the
east front of the capitol. There will be.
OF course, an immense thrOng OF specta-
tors. All the tenants on the avenue will
make months rent by letting windows.
For some of the most eligible Outlooks as
much as $50 is obtained, and many are
rented at from $40 to $40 a window. Then
large stands are to be erect
ed on all the little triangular
spaces made by the streets meeting the
avenue at an angle. On these open spaces
tiers of seats VIII be raised, accOmmoda-
ting many thousands of spectators, at a
charge of 80 cents and 81 a seat. Almost
every building VIII be decorated more or
less; the sideW alks ald cutters will be
occupied by compact mass of people.
and the effect, of course, will be very
grand, The exercises at the capitol will
begin at noon, and will consist of the adj
ministratiOn of the Oaths of office and the
delivery OF the inaugural address. This
done, the procession will escort the new
President back to the White House and
there disband.
The afternoon will be largely occupied
in the fight for dinner, and no public cere-
monies will interrupt the scrabble. but
with nightfall the other features of the
day will begin. The great event is the
ball, which will probably surpass any
previous event of the kind. 1t is to be
held in the inclOsed court of the new PEN
sion Building, an immense parallelopIpo-
don just erected in Judiciary SQUARE, 1t
is estimated that 10000 persons can cir
culate with comfort on the floor of this
great chamber, and it is supposed that. if
the weather is at all pEopitiOus, there
will be that number or more present.
Those who attend will probably wear
their best, but there is always a great
diversity of costume, so that the
hall has almost the effect of a mas
querade. The crowd on the floor is to
be divided into twelve sections, for
convenience OF dancing. There will be
two full OrchestraS, Il very elaborate sys-
TEN Of decoration, and a prOfusiOn of
choice flowers and plants from the public
cOnservatOries. The horse railroads will
lay track through the park to the door
of the ballroom, and by an understanding
among the livery stable keepers. the
usual trouble in finding private carriages
will be avoided by a system of tickets
good for any cab. The price of cabs will
be 50. The price of tickets to the ball is
also 50 tor single admission for either sex.
Supper tickets are 81 each. This feature
of the ball is in charge of Hunting &
Hammond of the Murray Hill Hotel, New
York. The decoration of the ball room
is intrusted to Messrs. Ginsel a. Neal, of
New York.
But while there may be 10000 people at
the ball, there will be a quarter of mil
lion in the city who will not attend, and
who must be amused in some other way.
For their entertainment there will be
number OF indoor gatherings in the way of
balls, and so forth, but the chief attrac-
tiOn will be out of doors, in the shape of
grand illumination and display of fire.
works. The rival electric light cOmpa-
nies OF the country are going to seize the
opportunity to advertise their systems by
exhibitions on the avenue and public
buildings, and the display promises to be
an exceedingly fine one. Then many
enthusiastic Democrats Will illuminate
their houses in token of their hap
plness. The fireworks are to be on a grand
scale. The contract has been awarded to
Mr.. COster of the UneXcelled. There will
be several set pieces displayed at the foot
OF Washington monument, and many will
be discharged from the monument around
it, and large fire balloon will be sent up
loaded with splendid assortment of
rockets and bombs, timed so as to explode
at the height of mile. Another interest
ing feature may be the presence of a py-
has a fireworks drill, said to be very Gu
riOus and beautiful.
A large portion of the visitors will
reach the city during the morning and
leave in the afternoon or evening, but
many thousands will require shelter for
one or two nights. To meet this demand
the Public Comfort Committee have asked
citizens who wish to rent rooms to hand
in their names, and they announce that
they can find lodgings at reasonable rates
for $4,000 visitors. The large civic and
military organizations will be housed in
the large halls of the city, the corridors of
the public buildings, the large wareroOms
of wholesale business houses, and the
government barracks in the district.
Mexico Don't Want the Nrormons.