The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-09
THE INAUGURATION.
tCorrespond ence to The DEMOCRAT

A
.nncrst,c enthu.las SUI cana"[ ne
.bed mt. showed, blowsh Dut OF
frozen OFT. The north wini lea,
{, . sno~ fell and there we:e icic.tS
banging from the trees, honsca, aho
he MINISTER'S Of men, but these III Ie
.nnovsnces did not count when II
came to inaugurating demscfS nc
President. Mr.. Cleveland proved
hi. indifference TO them by ceci'n'
inc to deliver his inaugural address
~ the Senate chamber, Instead "l
from the open.air platform on tue
e,st front OF the Capitol, before
which, standing in the snow storm,
we're ABOUT 10000 people. ne
thought, .nd correctly, too, that II
these people we're good enough demo
Gratis to brave the storm to see bin
few OF them could ge, near enough
to hea- him-,leliver bis inaugural
address and take the oath Of Office,
he was good enough dem ocrat to take
off his hat, storm or no storm, aud
do it, and he did.
There isn't money enough In exis.
tencs to buy from the President the
worn Bible upon which he took the
tho oath OF office in 1885, and upon
which Chief Jstice Fuller administer
ed to him the same oath Saturday.
It !. more valuable than god or pre-
cious stones; it WAS HE mothers and
Mr.. Cleveland has never forgotten
the comm andment," Honor thy father
and thy mother"
Not since the second Inauguration
| Of Grant has there been such dlsa-
greeable inauguration day, bot the
only noticeable effect the weather
had was to keep few men whose
| health was not robust out Of the
parade, which was over three hours
long IS it was, to dis6gure and dis
arrange the house decorations and to
postpone tue fireworks. Everything
else went off according TO program,
| lust as would have been done had
the day been 40 clear aud balmy as
that on which Mr.. Cleveland was
first inaugurated. On the reviewing
! stand With the President and Vice
| President we're q large number OF
prominent ladies and gentlemen,
among them Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs.
Stevenson.
It Is difficult to say which of the
democratic governors 10 the process
sion received the grandest ovations
along the line Of march, bot Peck, of
| Wisconsin; Flower, Of New York;
and Russell, Of Massachusetts, have
good reason to put the day among
the proudest Of their lives.
President Cleveland's inaugural
address was a model Of its kind. A
| plain, honest, straightforward states
| ment OF his intention to carry olt to
its fullest extent the platform upon
which be WAS nominated and elected,
and particularly noticeable was the
complete ignoring of the Hawaiian
annexation scheme. 1t is evident,
and particularly gratifying to demo
Gratis, that Mr.. Cleveland Intends to
in, estig ate that subject more thr, ugh
lly than Mr.. Harrison did before com.
hitting himself, and as be put HIN
self, IN his address, squarelv on rec
ord a. opposed to subsidies and
bounties of all kinds, it Is certain
that il Hawaii gets annexed its eo-
gar planters will get no bounty on
their sugar.
| Tae Vice President, IN his address,
up on assming the chair Of the Senate
at the opening Of it's extra session,
made an excellent impression upon
the Senators - we'll as upon the
public. His popularity with the rank
and file of tho democratic party is
uubounded and what is more to the
point it is all reserved. He is made
Of the right sort Of stuff. A news
paper man was telling him that be
supposed the dignity OF his new .cflc G
would prevent resumption of the
free and easy methods in vogue in
his Office, when be Was first assistant
Post Master General, and tne "boys''
we're always welcome. Mr.. Steven
! son laughed aud eaid; 'My new of.
Zee will make no difference. You
boys will be just IS welcome AZ Ia
old days.
There Will be no sentry standing
IN front of the vice-presldent's room.
You will not be enforced to dive
into your pockets and fish out a
card to be Transmitted to sae on q
sxlver. The door will stand wide