The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-23
Inauguration Day.

may be expected at Harrison and
Morton'S Inauguration on March 4 {:
The arrangements for the coming
Inauguration, now nearly completed,
have required the constant attention
of Chairman BrittOn, an executive
committee composed of thirty two of
the leading citizens of the District of
Columbia, tWenty-One sub-commit
tees-the aggregate membership of
which is 1600-and corps of clerks
continuously occupied since last No
vember with the letters and other
communicated received daily from
all parts of the country. The expense
of the Inauguration will be at least
$4,000. Some of the biggest bills
which the committee will have to
settle are $4,000 for decorating and
illuminating the great hall of the
pension building, in which the in
augural ball will be held {; So 800 for
the music for that occasion $4,000
for the supper $1,000 for engraving
and printing the inaugural souvenir,
$4,000 for miscellaneous printing !;
$4,000 for fireworks and street illumi-
nation $1,000 for carriages !; 81 800
to be awarded to members of the
various flambeau clubs participating
in the prize drill, and So, 900 for clerk
hire and stationery.
1t is expected that the expenses of
the ball will be more than met by the
sale of tickets for that event. There
have been but two instances in the
past when the inaugural ball was not
a source of revenue. The first was
on the occasion of the inauguration of
President Polk in 1915, when the
tickets were placed at SO, and the
second inaugural ball given in
honor of President Grant in 1873,
when the tickets sold for $50 each.
In the latter case the committee
was obliged to make up a deficit
of $4,000. 1t is said that President
Harrison and Nice-President Morton
will be the only persons present at
the next inaugural ball who will
not have paid So for ticket.
Perhaps the greatest feature of in
auguratiCn day will he the parade.
There will be nearly $4,000 men in
line. Thus far the largest represent
tatiOn Of militia promises to be from
Pennsylvania. Some of the civic or.
CARNATIONS will bring with them
1000 men and others 1000. The
number from New York State will
be more than 5000. Pennsylvania
will probably send the next largest
civic delegation, and New Jersey
will rank third,
Governor Beaver, the Grand Mar
shall of the parade, has decided to Iii.
vide the line into six divisions, as
follows: First Division, United
States troops and the National Guard
of the District of Columbia, number
ing about FIVE hundred men Sec
ond Division. 800 Pennsylvania
troops, under the command of ex-
Governor Hartranft Third Division
the remaining military organiza-
tiOns, represented by 10000 men {;
Fourth Division, veterans of the
Grand Army and their sons, mar
shaded by General William Warner,
of Missouri, the Commander-in-C Chief
of the Order, and Fifth and Sixth
Divisions. civic organizations.
General Harrison and Vice. Presi.
dent-elect Morton will stop at the
Arlington, within sight of the White
House. If President Cleveland fol-
lows the precedent which has been
established, he will send his carriage
for General Harrison, and escort him
from the White House to the Capt.
tol. The journey from the executive
Mansion to the Capitol is the first
ceremony of the day. General Har-
son will he accompanied in this jour-
ney by his old regiment, the Seven
tieth Indiana, two companies Of cav.
airy, two batteries of artillery and
two companies of militia of the Dis
trict of Columbia. After the oath of
Office has been administered on the
steps of the Capitol, President Harri.
son will be driven back to the White
House, occupying place in the pro-
cessiOn directly behind the grand
marshal and his staff. and will thus
be able to reach the grand stand
erected for him in front of the Execu-
tive Mansion in time to review the
entire parade. The committee on
street decorations reports that the
stores and houses will be deliberately
and elegantly decorated.
The events of the evening will be
inaugural ball. the display of fire.
works and the prize drill of flambeau
clubs. The ball will be given in the
vast hall nf fto notu ranSic y,