Omaha daily bee., 1889-03-08
WASHINGTON INDIGNANT.
The D~isgraoefui Conduct ofthc Penn.
s%ylvnnia Militia DcnomnC cod

.WAsulNGroS, March 1.-ISpccial Tole.
gram TO THE BEE. The railroads are begin.
ming 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 noticeable decrease In tho
thousands who have been marching up and
down the principal thoroughtarcs. 1t is al.
most impossible 10 imagine, to-day, with the
bright sun shining overhead, and the brisk
wind filling ones eyes with dust, that two
days ago the avenue was one wide river of
mud, and there is on all hands a feeling Of
pity that TO-DAY and Monday could not have
been intcrChanged. Most Of the soldiers
have gone, and 1t must be confessed that il is
q relief. The Pennsylvania soldiers have, IL
possible, exceeded the disgraceful record they
made four years ago, and there lssa very gen.
cral feeling 10 night that four years from
now. when the invitations are sent out to tho
militia forces all over the country TO partict.
pate in the Inauguration parade, the state OF
Pennsylvania will be omitted. TIL troops
from the other states, noticcAbly New York
and Maryland, won high praise from all sides
for their gentlemanly behavior, but the men
from Pennsylvania seemed rather like a
horde of undisciplined free lances than a
body of soldiers. The civic organizations
have about all left town and the decorations
are nearly all down and the stands are rapidly
disappearing. BY Saturday the city will as.
sumo its usual look. Tho white house,
Of course, is still the scene of attraction, and
all day long crowds are on all the approaches
TO IL. There has been some harsh criticism
ut the apparently unnecessary arbitrary ac-
ton Of the police who form a perfect Gordon
all around the white house grounds, but a
minutes stay in the crowd will show the alb.
the long delayed fireworks were sent of, and
the grounds of the executive mansion was
crowded with people. The stairs at the
south front of the treasury, and the contin-
guous stand, would have formed a magnif-
cent place from which to view the pyrotech-
MICS, but for some unknown reason a fence
has been erected all around that end
Of the treasury and no T Tns
pension building was again open last night,
at a greatly reduced price, so that strangers
who did not care to pay s. for n ticket on
Monday night could see all the decora-
tons aud hear the selfsame music. 1t was
particularly 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 accommoda-
tions have been all that could be reasonably
expected. The guests at the hotels have re-
ceived as good treatment 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 for
tunes, and one of them on the night of the
inaugural ball said that up to mid
night every cab he owned had
brought him si7, with the end
of the inaugural bail yet to come. Outside
the brutalities of the Pennsylvania soldiers
there has been little disorder, and though
the bars have been lined three and four deep
continually since Saturday morning,
drunkenness has not been especially notice
The streets mt all times have been
filed with ladies, and in most cases they
have found it unnecessary to have escorts.
Taxing the inauguration as a whole the
crowds have been exceedingly well behaved
and decent, and with the exception of the
Pennsylvania troops, the city will be glad to
them again four years hence. 1t is
that an effort will be made by
he people of Washington to in some way call
The attention of the governor of Pennsylva-
Tia, as COMMANDMENT chief Of the Pennsyl-
rania militia, to the outrageous conduct Of
lis men during their stay while enjoying the
of the city.