The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07

The City Begins to Resume It's Normal Ap-

The City Begins to Resume It's Normal APP
pearance-Counting the Gains.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March 6.-The railroads
are beginning to regain control of their
schedules and trains are again running on
their regular time. The crowds are being
well handled, and there is a very noticea-
BILE thinning out of the thousands who have
been marching up and down the principal
thOroughfares. 1t is almost impossible to
imagine, to-day, with the bright sun shin
ing overhead and brisk wind filling ones
eyes with dust, that two days ago the ave-
nue. was one wide river of mud, and there
is on all hands feeling of pity that to-day
and Monday could not have been inter-
changed. Most of the soldiers are gone,
and it must be confessed that it is a relief.
The Pennsylvania soldiers have; If possi-
BILE, exceeded the disgraceful record they
made four years ago, and there is very
general feeling tonight that four years
from now, when the invitations are sent
out to the militia forces all over the coun-
try to participate in the Inauguration par
ade. the State of Pennsylvania will
be omitted The troops from other
land-won high praise from all sides tor
their gentlemanly behavior. but the men
from Pennsylvania seemed rather like a
horde of undisciplined free-lancers than a
body of soldiery. The civic organizations
have about all left town. The decorations
are nearly all down, and the stands are rap
idly disappearing. By Saturday the city
will assume it's usual look.
a ~ of Cti ha
scene of attraction, and allday long crowds
I'LL all the approaches to 1T. There has been
some sharp criticism at the apparently un-
necessary arbitrary action OF the police,
who form perfect Gordon all round the
White House grounds; but minutes stay
in the crowd will show the absolute neces-
sity for the police
Tonight the long-delayed fireworks are
being sent Oft, and the White lot in front
of the executive mansion is crowded with
people, The stairs at the south front of the
Treasury and the contiguous stand would
have formed magnificent place from
which to view the pyrotechnics, but for
some unknown reason a fence has been
erected all around that end of the Treas
ury, and no one has been permitted to go
there. The Pension Building is again open
tonight, at a greatly reduced price, that
strangers who did not care TO pay S5 for q
ticket on Monday night can tonight see all
the decorations and hear the self-same mu-
sic, so that it is practically an inaugural
ball without the President.
The hotel men are jubilant: they have
made thousands upon thousands, and it is
only fair to say that the accom-
modations have been all that could
be reasonably expected. The guests
at the hotels have received as good treat
ment as did those at ST. Louis and Chicago,
and there is, as a matter of fact, very little
grumbling. Next to the hotel-keepers the
cabmen have amassed fortunes, and one of
them, on the night of the inaugural ball,
said that up to midnight the only cab he
owned had brought him S47, with the end
of the inaugural ball yet to come.
Outside the brutalities of the Pennsylva-
MIA soldiers there has been little disorder,
and, though the bars have been lined three
and four deep almost continuously since
Saturday morning, drunkenness has
not been especially noticeable. The
streets at all times have been
filled with ladies, aud in most cases they
have found it unnecessary to have escorts.
Taking the Inauguration as q whole, the
crowds have been exceedingly well-behaved
and decent. and, with the exception of the
Pennsylvania troops, the city will be glad
| to welcome them again four years hence.
| 1t is understood that an effort will be made
| by the people of Washington, IN some way,
to call the attention of the Governor of
| Pennsylvania. as commander-in-chief of
! the Pennsylvania militia, to the outrageous
conduct of his men during their stay while
enjoying the hospitalities of the city.