The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-03-11

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things; but, ON the other hand, the cir
cumstsncea were exceRtieral, fcf II was
(which was inangurated, and not : dav
sooner ~than everybody saw was sadly
needed. Furthermore, If the man who
looked 80 like q king was not one In
his OWE self-denying and patriotic
spirit, 60 that q little bit of k.Stoning by
me me IRogulIase Sss not much aa,iss. BY
ees time so Mssh's sinns ss% had
changed from what they were four
yehrs before, With his customary dis
position to steer q middle course when
to be attempted, Washington stretched
a little the provisions Of section 9, arti-
Gle. 2, Of the constitution, by requiring
the opinion I'm writing of the heads q
ought to attend the talsinF bf the Presi-
dental oath. Hamilton and Knox wcre
for tolerablv stir ceremonial. and 80
SsS ! ssssss.ashs eae%s shs 80
e4ases pEeseAees ofs che Se1 u, d. icing 4
9Sss ct the sss WITH psa
forn,aiity. Washington, having a soft
place in his heart for spomp and cir
oslmstances' las witness the spectacular
close of the war. and finding such coed
support as named above, came out in a
grand suit of black velvet, with dress
Besides the two houses Of Congress there
were present the glittering diplomats
and the scarlet robed judges of the SUI
prcme Court. Then came the going in
state to church, escorted by guards of
honpr. followed by the two shepses,Iiti-
Ing in an open chariot, and SO hearing
divine service quite in a regal way.
J~nerso:,'s Ride.
jefferson was the first President in
augurated at Washington. At TINT
time Pennsylvania avenue was but n
spongy track. along which the alder
bushes had been slashed away to the
width called for by Major L'Enfant's
that the city had were lodged in two
e,soar9s, one about the Capital and the
other beyond the Executive Mansion to-
was a desolation, and jefferson. clad in
lworkaday garments, rode it on horse
back, with a few personal friends. and
walked into the Senate Chamber with
n better remembrance of how Cincin-
natus behaved on a certain memora bic
occasion. and entered the Senate Cham
Der, with ceremony, in dress coat, small
clothes, silk stockings and silver buckles.
JacksuIA's l'rocessioss.
General Jaclsson's. famous inaugura-
ton took place on a Thursday. March 4,
1899. The day was mild, the sky serenlS
In accordance with the custom of those
and later times Jackson had formally
notified the SENATE of his intention to
take the cath in it's presence Nova
days the Senate appoints it's committee
OF arrangements and publishes it's order
OF ceremonies upon mere assumption
that the President elect desires the
assistance of ti1. -~'sse4ure-one more
proof of the solidifying effects of GUS
fNY 4 hi Dan
had n rough stone pavement on the
south side of it, while the centre space
Of about forty-five feet in width was
lined on either side with Lo1nbarify
poplar trees, planted a quarter of cen
fury before through tho fostering care,
of jefferson. The inaugural procession
that moved along this boulevard was a
spontaneous and informal one. the only
prominent figure in it being that Of
jackson himself on a prancing steed.
Great as the crowd of visitorsswas for
elect did not look down on 1 many more
than ten thousand faces as he delivered
his inaugural address. In view of
present discussion of the propriety of
called 1.-The practice of the fathers" in
appointing to Office, it will not be with
out a certain interest to recall what
} jackson said upon this occasion touch
The recent demonstration of public
sentiment lnScr'lt3eeS on the list OF execu-
tive duties, in characters too legible to
be overis,olSed, the task of reform,
which viii require particularly the cor
rection of those abuses that have
brought the patronage of the federal
government into conflict. with the
freedom of elections and the counter
actions of those causes which have dis
turbed the rightful course OF appoint
nent and have placed a continued pow
er in unfaithful or incompetent hands.
BY such stilted and involved language
was the ..spoils system y imposed upon
Read by the daylight. of fifty years
experience the paragraph seems 70 be
only a satirical paraphrase. Other
passages of the same address have been
formulated into such fundamental max.
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