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THE COMING MAN"
Anwer to Ella Wheeler Wilcox: BY NAOMI
MCDONALD PHELPS.

AnWer TO Ella Wheeler WILCOX: BY NAOMI
MCDONALD PHELPS.
Past the din of present tumult in that
glorious coming age,
You have read with eye pathetic from q
thrice inspired page.
When a glad millenial dawning ushers in
the jubilee
terhOOd are free. =,
But the question 1 ask duly, why in all
this GLORIOUS plan
glory to the man?
Why not to that coming triumph may Il
= woman true and brave.
AS Joan OF Arc lead onward all her con-
quering hosts to save
Those her sisters who have languished,
bowed by old-time laws and creeds.
Squirting them to noble actions, urging
them to deathless deeds.
Is thy muse SO yet incumbered with ira
ditiOn of the past.
That you deem man must lead us, or our
triumphs can not last.
Are not women daily proving all their
aptitude to plan
For SssiS Sw Of the mang kingdom indie
Gil in our heart;
brothers should take part
In the struggle of progression; yet upon
=, no other plan o,
woman, equal man.
Not god-like hero fashioned to bring
order out OF strife,
For the seed of that delusion held in
bondage all their life
Our foremothers. We are building on q
higher. lOftier plane;
When we fashion god-like heroes, we
must mould them out of twain.
Hand in hand we walk together, one in
purpose. mind and soul.
Till Beyond the clouds and darkness we
have reached the shining goal.
Before the law was written down with
parchment or with pen;
Before the law made citizens, the moral
law made men.
Law stands for human rights. but when
it fails those rights to give,
Then let law die, my brother, but let hu-
man beings live.
4 Rev. Miller Hageman.
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THE COMING NAN.
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Oh. not for the great departe
who formed our cOuntry's laws
And not for the bravest-hea rted
VINO died in freedoms cause,
And not for some living hero
To whom all bend the knee
My muse wOul Id raise her song of praise
but for the man to be.
For out of strife which woman
Is passing through to-day,
A man that is more than human
Shall yet be born, say;
man In whose pure spirit
No drOss of self will Turk;
man who is strong to cope with wrong,
A man who is proud to work.
man with hope undaunted,
A man with god-like power
Shall come when he most is wanted,
Shall come a. the needed hour.
He shall silince the din and clamOr
OF clan disputing with clan,
might
Shall triumph through this man.
j know he is coming, coming,
To help. to guide, to save.
Though hear no martial drumming,
And see no fassS that wave.
But the great s+51I-travail of women.
And the bold, free thought unfurled,
Are heralds that say he is on the way
The coming man of the world.
Mourn not for vanished ages,
With their great heroic ages,
Who dwell in histOry's pages
And live in the poets pen.
For the grandest times are before us.
And the world is yet to see
The noblest worth of this old earth
In the men that are to be.
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whose second lnauguratlons d. u AoAMo'
were celebrated with much display, though
it is certain that Cleveland's will soon fur
nish fourth case, and notable one. In
truth, there are many things in the latter's
career which might justify little super
stition in his case. No other American,
save possibly Washington and jackson, has
had such All extraordinary personal tri-
umph.
The selection of March was, as afore-
said, probably sort of accident. On the
I'd of July, 1873, the president of the Con-
federation congress, then in session at New
York, notified that body that New Hamp-
shire had ratified the constitution on the
2lst of June preceding, and as it was the
now by its own terms to become the su-
preme law After prolonged debate con-
gress on the 18th of September. 17SS, passed
the following:
Resolved, That the first Wednesday of Janu-
ary next Q7sa) be the day for appointing elect
ors in the several states which before the said
day shall have ratified the said constitution:
that tie first Wednesday, In February next be
the day for the electors to assemble in their re-
spective states and vote for president, and that
the first Wednesday in March next be the time
and the present seat of congress the place for
commepcfng proceedings under the said con-
sttutioh.
From this it will be seen that there was
exactly months time between each Of the
three very essential acts Of appointing elect
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lal j was exceptionally fortunate when
be was first inaugurated. Those who
lv, in Washington look forward to
| tla Inauguration ceremonial with
Le nest anticipations of pleasure, which
ar always-tempered somewhat by
apprehension that the weather may be
IaI. President Harrison was inaugu-
IA ed on day when the rain was both
he:5vy and chilly. Garfeld's inaugural
TIC , took place amid the most unpleas-
an atmospheric conditions, although
the rain did not fall until evening. The
da.' was raw and cloudy, and those who
were spectators suffered considerably,
especially the company which was per-
nj ted to sit upon the platform erected
az The east portico, and upon which the
president stood when he took the oath
and delivered his inaugural.
Perhaps the most trying Inauguration
dav was that which occurred on the 4th
oe March, 1878. General Grant was
then to take the oath of president for a
second time, and arrangements had been
made for very brilliant military and
civic display. On the evening of the Sd
Of March bitter cold wave set in, in
creasing in severity during the night, so
| that on the morning of the 4th Washing
ton was suffering as it seldom suffers
frc n cold accompanied by high wind.
l, was as near an approach to blizzard
as he capital has ever experienced. The
military suffered very greatly, some of
item We're overcome with the cold, and
tie cadets from West Point and the
naval academy who were not well pro-
tecfed were completely demoralized,
some of them suffering from frost bitten
ear5 and fingers. An immense throng
had gathered in Washington to witness
this ceremonial, but many did not dare
to enture forth and face the cold.
but when Cleveland appeared to take
the oatn the sun smiled upon him. The
air was as balmy as it is in Washington
in LAY. The suggestion of summer was
giy n by the warmth of the day, by the
sol! s of the birds, and by the buds, which,
| ten Dted by the warm south winds, were
alr )st ready to burst into early bios
scr ;. The day was exceptional. One
OF he earlier presidents had been in
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General Arthur quilted the White
House for good when he left it to escort
his successor to the Capitol. After the
oath was administered to Cleveland AR
thur went az a guest to the house of
Secretary OF State Freiinghuysen He
remained in Washington. however. long
er than any ex-president ever did. since
he was Mr.. Frelinghuysen's guest for
nearly month Mr. Cleveland quilted
Washington Immediately after the in
augural ceremonies, and it is understood
that President Harrison will leave the
capital on the afternoon of Inauguration
Day.
The indications are that the military
display, while it will be imposing. may
not exceed in numbers the military es-
cort rendered at some other Inaugural
tons. At General Grants second inau-
gural and upon the occasion of Garfeld's
Inauguration there was very large mill
tary attendance, both from the United
States army and from the state militia.
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tLEVELAND'S FIRST INAUGURATION.
at g lrated upon day when it seemed as
tho .gh May instead of March had come,
but the usual experience is either in
cl51 lent or chilly weather.
Of course preparations are being made
for IN inaugural ceremonial without any
tho lght of the weather. 1t is customary
for the citizens of Washington to ap-
pci1t local committee, which is author
izeG to take charge of the military and
civic display. This committee appoints
sub committees, to which are delegated
such duties as preparing for the inau-
CUR Il ball, for invitations, for arranging
for the right of line and other places in
operation with the government and the
committees of congress.
Already it is made evident that the
military display will be quite as impos-
ing az any that have been made at pre-
vious inaugurations, while the indica-
tions are that the civic display may ex-
ceed in brilliancy and numbers any ever
witnessed in Washington upon similar
occasion.
The Washington committee has been
in communication with Mr.. Cleveland,
and some of the details of the cere-
moEy have been determined. In some
respects these do not differ from those
which have characterized other in
augurations. 1t has always been the
custom, for instance, for the president
elect upon his arrival in Washington
either to call in person or to send form
ally his card to the president. Mr.. Lin
coin and Nj. Buchanan exchanged calls
within few hours after Mr.. Lincoln's
arrival in Washington, and Lincoln was
grea tly impressed with the courtesy and
cons liberation shown to him by the re-
tiring president. Mr.. Cleveland when
he arrived in Washington in 1885 called
early in the day upon President Arthur
ana was cordially received, and before
an hour elapsed the president returned
the call. Cleveland was also invited to
dine with his predecessor, and after the
dinner. which was delightful affair, he
retir ID with President Arthur to the
pres dents private room, and there, cast
ing aside formalities, they renewed &C
quai ltance begun years before and sat
chat ing until far into the night.
u on Mr.. Cleveland's arrival in Wash
ingt n, which will probably occur about
the ID of March, he will go the Airing
ton 'lotel, and very likely have the same
apa1 ments there which he occupied in
1855 Whether Mrs. Cleveland and the
/ little girl will be with him is matter
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of some doubt. The baby certainly will
not be taken to the White House if there
be the slightest danger of contagior, of
which there is some fear, since it is
known that the germs of scarlet fever
arc sometimes very 6ifficu1t fo L;ll
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Washington gets a perfect illustration
of the truth which is contained in that
trite saying. The king is dead; long live
the king!'' on Inauguration Day. With
the administration of the oath presi-
dent becomes private citizen, and a
private citizen becomes the occupant Of
an Office which Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt,
of New York. has described as the grand
est political Office upon earth. He who
was president in the morning and now
becomes ex-president usually goes away
without any formal courtesy at parting
Mr. Hayes was driven from the Capitol
directly to the railway station, where
his family was awaiting him, and started
for his home in Ohio, and within an hour
had as narrow an escape from death as
any man ever experiences who is in a
railway accident.
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er REBELS, traitors" and
enemies of American industry" !" thieves"
and ''monopolists" or "cranks" and "Adul-
lamites," but it is chiefly Pickwickian. In
1900 they really believed it. So when JEFF
ferson was elected by the house on the
thirty-sixth ballot and after a desperate
struggle deep groan ran through the Fed
eralist party, and Adams left Washington
early in the morning Of March 4, 1901. This
bad example was followed by his son in
1929 and by johnson in 1869.
1t is rather singular there should have
been SO much dispute about the facts Of
Jefferson's Inauguration. It is clearly
proved that he intended to go in the usual
state, with a carriage and six horses, but
the carriage ordered was not completed in
time, Adams refused the courtesy, as afore-
said, and so Jefferson, the attendant mar
shall and few others made the little trip
on horseback. His second Inauguration had
more style about it. On Saturday, March 4,
1909, Madison took the oath in the hall of
the house, and the only fact about it which
excited much comment was that he was
''clad in suit of elegant black cloth en-
tirely of American manufacture"
The next four inaugurations were con-
ventional in the extreme. That of 1921 was
on Monday, March 5, as then, for the first
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Another curious fact is that, including
the presidents Of the senate who succeeded
TO the functions OF the office, there have
been more vice presidents than presidents
to wit, thirty-four. though Clinton, Tomp-
kins, Calhoun and king each served in two
administrations.
From Adams the father to Adams the
son, as aforesaid. the inaugurations were
mild affairs, but jackson came in with a
breeze. and the occasion was indeed breezy
He set the example Of taking the oath on
and delivering the inaugural from the east
front of the Capitol, and then, making all
reasonable deductions for the partisan spite
Of those who described it, the scene which
followed did indeed "besgsr description" +"
The largest crowd seen in Washington
down to that time was in attendance, and
the mud was, in southwestern phrase, half
bootleg Deep" on Pennsylvania avenue.
Through that mud the crowd rushed to
the White House, where ell the doors were
thrown open and punch served out in bar,
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followed, this is the proper TAYLOR.
place to give list OF the presidents regu-
larly inaugurated, with date - birth, in
auguration and death, and to note the in
terregnums filled by vice presidents:
George Washington-Feb. g, Lac: April 30.
1889; March 4, 1873; Dec. IA, 1893.
John Adams-Oct. 10, 1875; March 4, 17g7: July
4, 1896.
Thomas Jefferson-April 2 1743: March 1,
1901; 1905; July 4, 1896.
James Madison-March l6, 1851; March 1
1909; 1913: June q, 1895.
James Monroe-April %, 175s: March I, 1917:
March s, 1921: July 4. 1881.
John Quincy Adams-July II, 1867: March 1.
1926; Feb. q, l848.
Andrew Jackson-March Is. 1867: March +
1929; 1888; June 8, 1S45.
Martin Van Buren-Dec. 6, 1852: March 1
1887; July "a, 1862.
William Henry Harrison-Feb. Q. 177a; March
4, 1871; April T. lS4l.
John Tyler-Interregnum.
June Is, 1649.
Zachary Taylor-sept "a. l7s.: March s. 1s4s;
July 9, 1850.
Millard Interregnum.
Franklin Pierce-Nov. %. 1904: March I. 1853;
Oct. 8, 1859.
James Buchanan-April 13. 179l: March 4, 1857:
June l, 1868.
Abraham Lincoln-Feb. Il, 1909: March 4. 1861;
1885, April Is, 1865.
Andrew wJohnson-Interregnum
Ulysses Simpson Grant-April q, 1872: March
1, 1869; 1873; July q, 1885.
Rutherford Birchard Hayes-Oct. II, 16SS2s
March 5. 1877: Jan. II, 1893.
James Abram Gardeld-Nov. 10. 1881: March
I, 1881; Sept. 10, 1881.
Chester Alan Acknowledgements
Grover Cleveland-March Is. 1887: March 1,
1885, and to be inaugurated again Just eight
tory.
BENJAMIN Harrison-Aug. 20, 1893: March L
1882 After March next he will be the only
living ex-president, as his successor and prede-
cessor now is.
The fact that three presidents died on In
dependence Day is indeed extraordinary. As
but twenty-one have died the chances Of
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has given any account Of it itw.H.HARRIsoN.
says that all eyes were directed to Wash
ington, and as Jefferson stood on the other
side, 4 rather tall and commanding figure,
the new president really seemed overshad.
owed. He spoke at some length, eulogized
Washington very highly, denied quite em.
phatically that he favored a stronger gov
eminent than that ordained in the consti
tuition and pronounced the oath after the
chief justice of the United States.
Adams is distinguished in our history for
many things, and one is, unfortunately, for
being the first president who refused to par.
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There were sharpshooters
on the houseto2s along the
avenue as Mr.. Buchanan
and Mr.. Lincoln rode slowly
to the Capitol; there were
squads Of cavalry to guard
the street crossings. and
squads of Infantry along
the route; there were trusty
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liable. Yet it happened Vice President
Hamlin also died on that day. Nearly all
the presidents have lived to an advanced
age, as it was natural they should be men
of great vitality and temperate lives to at
tain the honor. John Adams was the old
est, lacking but few weeks of ninety one,
while, emitting Lincoln. killed at fifty -four,
and Garfield killed within few weeks of
fifty, the youngest dying was Polk at fifty
four
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Iond Adams, Pierce and Garfield were in
augurated on.Fsitlay. Five inaugurations
have been OH Monday and five on Wednes-
day, and the coming one will make five on
Saturday, no ether day in the week having
had more than three
1t is also curious fact that, though the
government is l04 years old and we have
had twenty-three presidents, there were
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JEFFERSON. being such conjunction
only six times in the first two centuries of
the governments existence, or once in
thirty-three instead of once in seven years.
But little less curious was the result Of
the meeting of the first congress in 1889.
As six congresses convened in the last cen
ttury and the seventh in 1901 it results that
the calculation as to the number of any
congress turns on the alleged "unlucky
;number''-i3. Thus, to determine the num-
Der of any congress- add thirteen to the
year it first convened and divide by two
the quotient is the number of the congress.
Conversely, double the number of any con-
gress and substr;.ct thirteen, and the re-
mainder will be the year it convened.
Ninety -one and thirteen ere 104, the half Of
which is fifty-two-the number of the pres
.ent congress. For the next century add
iil3 and SO on.
Though we have had twenty-three presi-
dents. but nineteen were formally inaugu-
rated, and but sixteen of these on the 4th
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ones death on that day are
not quite as one in eighteen.
of two still fewer, and of
three not one in hundreds.
But that two should die on
the same day and q third
but five years later, and the
two signers of the Declare
tion. the chances are 50 re-
mote "a tn he scarcoIv calc,l-
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THE INAUGURATION.
HOW GROVER CLEVELAND WILL BE
INDICTED INTO OFFICE.

His First Inauguration Compared with
Others of Recent History-The Weather
an Important Factor-Mr. Cleveland Has
Always Been Fortunate In This Respect.
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pass away, and be replaced
by one Of vastly increased
and centralized powers. In
all the great speeches and
state papers down to 1881
one finds the federal union
referred to indifferently as
the Union or the confeder-
acy. Thus President Pierce
in his inaugural said, THE
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Money to Lend.

ties desiring to borrow money on
Va county farms. payments to he
ma on the following terms to wit: One
ten OF the principal at the ond Of one
ye:, pnt tenth at he end OF the second
yea The same aEiouf. at the END OF the
th: and fourth years, and balance at the
END TIE fifth year. Interest on the en-
tire mount at per cent. 10 be due and pay
abl annually, may find it to their interest
to bly to the Undersigned. Such loans
can placed through Ee with the British
and American Mortgage Company pro-
vid. the security is sufficient and such
as i equired,
H.T. WATKINS, Atty.
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bled in Washington. Cor
respondents celebrated the
occasion in many hundred
columns. Citizens Of Wash
ington still tell with glee
how the visitors sat the
night through on chairs, on
benches in the parks and on
the steps of public build
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but eight in the first half of
the period to fifteen in the
second half, and a man who
is today but half as old as
the government has lived in
the administrations of two
thirds of the presidents.
Thus from 1889 to 1897 the
average of a presidents serv-
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time, the regular day fell on
Sunday. John Quincy Ad-
ans revived much of the
old and solemn ceremonial,
but with him it ended, as
the country had now out
grown English and colonial
forms. And as a great break
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TIHeI1IeH tC CHc upper VIII
dows of the Capitol and artillery to the
right of the east front, commanding the
crowd to which the new president spoke.
It was a sad presage. General Scott was
savagely criticised for these arrangements,
but subsequent events justified him.
Since that date the military has formed
an important part Of every Inauguration,
and at Grants second induction, March 4.
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security ana repOSe OF uHlS GKANT.
confederacy forbid interference or coloniza-
dent Buchapan in his said, LET every
American reflect upon the terrific evils
which would result from disunion to every
portion of the confederacy." What a storm
such use of that word would now raisel
The impending change was indicated on
March 4, 1851, by the first military display
Of real consequence at an Inauguration.
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ton. Felix Grundy and men
of that class thought it just
as we'll to "let the boys have
their way once in four
years" 1t was the last scene
of the sort, though Jack
sons second Inauguration
also attracted a large crowd.
The next inauguration-of
Yo- n,,~ov IN 1907 --oo N
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ticipate in the Inauguration
of his successor. It was in
deed a very trying occasion
for him. There have been
some heated campaigns
since, but none in which per-
sonal animosities played so
great a part as in 1900. Nova
days partisans call each 9TH
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a day, unless indeed we
adopt the facetiOus sugges-
tioE CT the Wings that Jack
son really governed during
the nominal administrar
tion of Van Buren." It is
also worth noting that of
the eight presidents re-elect-
ed jackson. Lincoln and
Grant were the only ones
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it is at almost the worst season that could
have been sci ected, and as the matter is en-
tirely within the discretion Of congress. and
Washington was inaugurated the first time
on April so, the argument for a change to
that date is strong.
Every reader has had enough on the first
Inauguration of Washington. Suffice It to
repeat that the day was fine, that Chancel-
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of March, Il the first time
only be counted, for Wash
ington tool, the oath the
first time on April 80, and
Taylor and Hayes were
,inaugurated on Monday,
March 5. The same is true
pf Monroe's second inaugu-
Iration, but his first was on
1.-THE regular day. The sec
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was just eleven years before
the close of the century, and
thus it has resulted that the
day has fallen on Sunday
but three times in the first
hundred years and will not
again fall on Sunday till
1917. Thereafter it will so
fall only in 1915 and 1878 in
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estimate. Yet two Of our B. HARRISON.
presidents have been assassinated, and an
other, jackson, only escaped that fate by
an accident which apparently would not
happen one time in thousand. Another
escaped impeachment by but one vote. On
the whole. though we may justly claim an
improvement over the dark past, yet there
Is nothing to make US boast. Our govern
ment is by no means exempt from the evils
which afflict other nations.
J. a. BEADLE