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comparatively tame affair." but In 1S41 the
Wings honored Harrison with grand raj
~. Thence to Lincoln each inauguration
was much like its predecessor, and none
presented features of unusual interest. The
crowds, however, continued to increase,
and the procession which followed Buchan-
an reached nearly from the Capitol to the
White House
This was the end of the old regime. Lit
tie as the great men Of the day suspected
it, the old republic was, practically, soon to
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1873, the display was such as
to excite the admiration Of
foreigners accustomed to the
finest exhibits of London,
Paris and Berlin. But it was
fatal to some of the partici-
pants and to many specta-
tors. The day has q bad pre-
eminence as themost inclem-
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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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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 1887 the
average ofa presidents serv-
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ors-assernbling the elect
ors in their respective states
and commencing pro-
ceedings." As a matter of
fact, the first Wednesday in
March, 1859, fell on the 4th,
and three years later that
date was fixed upon for all
time. But there is nothing
extant to indicate any spe-
cial reason for ii. Tn tputh
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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 steDs of public build
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rels, buckets, tubs and even,
SO the opposition said, wash
basins. Every room in the
house was crowded, and men
with heavy and muddy boots
stood on the finest chairs
and sofas to see what was
going on in front. Lamps
and furniture were broken,
and punch spilled till the
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time, the regular day fell on
Sunday. John Quincy Adj
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 q great break
followed this iS tha nroner
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The attitude of Leo XIII toward the
Italian government may appear at first
sight to be characterized by considerably
less hberality, breadth of view or CON
ciliation than that adopted toward other
powers. The circumstances of the case
are, however, peculiar and must be
taken into consideration, as must also
the various conflicting interests which
the pontif has to bear in mind and the
influences which he is called upon TO
ceunteract. During the early part Of
his reign Leo openly adopted a policy of
conciliation toward the Italian govern
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There were sharpshooters
on the housetops 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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the regular day. The sec MADISON.
.ond Adams. Pierce and Garfield were in
augurated on Friday. Five inaugurations
have been on Monday and five on Wednes
day, and the coming one will make five on
Saturday, no other day in the week having
had more than three
1t is also curious fact that, though the
government is 104 years old and we have
had twenty-three presidents, there were
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ton. Felix Grundy and men
of that class thought it just
as well to .'let the boys have
their way once IN four
years" ]" twas the last scene
of the sort, though Jack
sons second inauguration
also attracted a large crowd.
The next inauguration-of
Van Buren in 1S97-was j
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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 1861
one finds the federal union
referred to indiferently as
the Union or the confeder-
acy. Thus President Pierce
in his inaugural said, 1.-THE
cao,Yrifv and repocn af th;o
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TOOK the oath as vice presi-
dent in the senate chamber,
pronounced a high compli-
melt on Mr.. Adams, who
had just vacated the chair,
and then led the way to the
chamber of the house, where
the inauguration took place.
Almost every witness who
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it is at almost the worst season that could
have been selected, and as the matter is en-
tlrely within the discretion of congress, and
Washington was inaugurated the first time
on April 30, 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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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 1916 and 1878 in
the nnYt cer,tf1ru the r.as.11lf
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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 a thousand. Another
escaped impeachment by but one vote. On
the whole, though ne 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 afTiict other nations.
J. n. BEADLE.
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1EfFERsoN' being such a conjunction
only six times in the first two centuries of
the governments existence, or once in
thirty-th instead of once in seven years
But little less curious was the result of
the meeting of the first congress in 1880
AS six congresses convened in the last CEN
tury and the seventh in 1901 it results that
the calculation as to the number of any
congress turns on the alleged .'unlucky
number"-13 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 substract thirteen, and the re
mainder will be the year it convened.
Ninety-one and thirteen are 1o4, the half of
which is fifty-two-the number of the pres
ent congress. For the next century add
l13, 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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of March, if the first time
only be counted, for Wash
ington took the oath the
first time on April 30. and
Taylor and Hayes were
inaugurated ON Monday,
March 5. The same is true
of Monroe's second inaugu-
ration, but his first was on
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tieipate 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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place to give list of the presidents regu-
larly inaugurated, with date of birth, in
auguration and death, and to note the in
terregnums filed by vice presidents:
George Washington-Feb. q, lTass;; April 80.
1850: March 4, 1888; Dec. Il. 1853.
John Adams Oct. 10, 1885; March 4. 1857; july
4, 1896
Thomas Jefferson-April 2, 1743; March 4
1901; 1905; July 4, 1896
James Madison-March l6, l751; March 4
1869; 1873; June %, 1885
James Monroe-April 28. 1758; March 1, 1877;
March 8, 1921; July 4, 1881.
John Quincy Adams-July II, f67; March 4.
1926; Feb. %, ls48.
Andrew Jackson-March 15 17e7; March A.
1929; 1898; June 8, 1845.
Martin Van Buren-Dec. s, 1852; March 4,
1887; July "a, 1862
William Henry Harrison-Feb. 0. i77s: March
4, is41; April 4, 1s41.
John TyIer-Interregnum.
James Knox Polk-NoV.2. 1905: March 4. 1916;
June 15 1s49.
Zachary Taylor-sept. "a. 1854; March s, ls4g;
July 0, 1850.
Millard Fillmore -Interregnum.
Franklin Pierce-N Nov g. 1904: March 4, 1853:
Oct. s. 1869.
James Buchanan-AprIil l3. I73l; March A, 1857;
June l. 1868.
Abraham Lincoin-Fsb. II, Isoe March 4. 1861
1866; April Is. 1865.
Andrew -Interregnum.
Ulysses Simpson Grant-April q, 1922; March
4, 1869: 1873; July %, 1885.
Rutherford Birehard Hayes-Oct. IA, 1922:
March s. 1877; Jan. II, 1893.
James BRAN Garfield-Nov. 10. 1881; March
4, 1881; Sept. 10, 1881.
Chester Alan acknowledgements.
Grover C1eveland-March 18, 1887; March !.
1885, and to be inaugurated again just eight
years later, the first case of the kind in our his
tory.
1889. 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
hut tsrenty-a1le haze died the chances Of
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Ice was SIX years eight
months and seventeen days and fraction,
while since the latter year the average has
been but three years and six months, and
this despite the fact that two of the late
presidents were reelected. Deduct the
eight years of Grant, and the average Of the
others really appears alarmingly short.
The shortest service was that of w. FL. Har-
rison-one month-and the longest that of
Grant, who held the office eight years and
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commencing proceedings under the said con-
stitution.
From this it will be seen that there was
exactly a months time between each of the
three very essential acts of appointing elect
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: eie1 = f1AsD ings, as the weather was
fine and all the hotels oyercrowded, and rail
road managers tell sith pardonable pride
how they got the hundreds of thousands to
their homes in fairly good season. But all
these and other incidents of recent inau
gurations are still fresh in the public mind
In conclusion. a few comparisons are jus
tiffable We have had twenty-three presi
dents in l04 years, while Rome had. dis
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a day, unless indeed we
adopt the facetious sugges-
tion of the Wings that Jack
son really governed during
the nominal administra-
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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carding minor contestants,
sixty-four emperors in sos
years, and Great Britain has
had, beginning with VIII
liam the Conaaeror, thirty
five sovereigns In s26 years.
OF presidents in Mexico,
Hayti and South America,
it would be idle to make an
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garded it altogether in his
daily life; that the eonven-
tion of 1857 did not fix the
day, and in fact could have
no means of foreseeing when
it would be possible to name
a day, and that when it be-
came possible by the adj
hesinn of the ninth state to
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Wheresas, Willie jackson, administrator
of the estate of Louisa Cotton deceased,
has filed in said court final tableau of
said estate, praying for the homoiogation
of the same; notice is hereby given to all
filing the same In writing, I'M my Office,
within the time allowed by law. why said
tableau should not be homologated.
c. ii. THOMPSON,
feb1 2t Clerk of Court.
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Tor Robert r. Livingston,
of New York, administered
the oath in the presence of
some 10000 people. and that
the centennial celebration
of that event in New York
city in 1889 was a really
wonderful slIpness IN wbicb
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ISuiNOio1I IttJ UCCsseioS III UiIO
next two centuries it would
fall on Sunday less often
than any other day in the
year, and this statement has
crept into Il few works meant
to be historical. 1t is, how
ever, but one of the many
cases, like those of Niobe
and Lots wife. in which q
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WASHINGTON. remarkable and interesting
fact has gradually given rise to legend to
account for the fact. 1t is apleasing story,
but there is 10 proof of it whatever, and
there is almost conclusive proof to the con-
trary
1t is certain that Franklin bothered hia
self very little about the distinction be
tween sacred and secular days, and disre
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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 a third
but five years later, and the
two signers of the Declare
tien. the chances are so re-
mote as TO be scarcely ealcu-
[ y.s,1 yrs ~. = = A
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-02-18
INAUGURATION DAYS.
Historic Notes Apropos to the
Coming Event of March q.
NINETEEN PRESIDENTS ELECTED

Sixteen We're Inaugarated on March A.
Two on March and One on April 80
Curious Facts Tending to Create supersti-
tion-Comparison with Other Countries.
how March Came to Be Selected for
Inauguration Day-curious and Inter
esting Facts Connected with the Occasion.
Copyright. 1893. by American Press Associa-
tion.1
There is an old story to the effect that
Benjamin Franklin selected the 4th of
March for Inauguration day because in the
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Subscription only sI11z. subscribe now.
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FINAL TABLEAU.
ESTATE OF LOUISA COTTON.

No. sos PRoBATE DocEET, DIsTaIcT CoUgT,
PABIsH or ST. Landry, LA.
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liable. Yet it happened Vice President
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v~ention, that for a candidate for police
magistrate. The informal ballot showed
the popular Judge Gage in the lead. He
had twenty-four. O. W. Fleischsr twenty
two. Miles Cavanaugh nineteen. and John
NJ. Mcdonald five. The first formal ballot
stood: Gage twenty five, Fleischer twenty
two. C%avanaugh twentv-one. The next
ballot resulted: Gage twenty-six. Fleischer
twenty-one. C%avanauRh twenty three.
Third ballot: Gage twenty-three, Fleischer
twenty-four. C%avanauRh Twenty-Five. Nc
Donald one. Fourth ballet; Gage twenty
teen. Mcdonald three. Fifth ballot: Gage
nineteen, Fleischer thirty. Cavanauph nine
teen. Mcdonald two. Tho sixth ballot set
tied it. Fleischer got thirty-six. Gage ak
teen. CnyanauRh sixteen. and two did not
vote. Judge Gage and Miles Cavanauch
conducted Mr.. Fleischer TO the platform
and he accepted the nomination.
II. p. Barden was made chair man of the
city central committee. After the conven-
ton adjourned he declined to serve. s. A.
Balliett is spoken for the place. Stephen
Carpenter secretary. and George b. Child
treasurer. The chairmen of the ward COM
mittees will be members OF the CITY central
committee.
The report of the committee on resolu-
lions started off as usual by reatfirminR the
principles of the republican party, n
then went on to say. that the convention
AilA Ia oSSuploA hh taS
present condition of the city for the repub-
lioan party to resume the management of
its affairs to reform the abuses that have
existed in the municipal administration
during the past year, and ensure to the
people the benefits Of a vigorous. econom-
ical and progressive government" Next
they view with alarm the condition of the
finances of the city that has resulted from a
single year of democratic protiiRaoy and
maladministration," and pledge the can
dates Ito such policies as shall
return to the taxpayers the benefits of the
full value of the moneys expended" They
then accuse the present administration Of
employing non-residents on street work.
Then comes this: 1--WE denonnce the prac-
tice which has been indulRed in by the
present city administration of employing
disreputable detectives at the city's expense
to assist the police department. in enticinR
men to commit crimes. instead of attempt
ing to prevent the commission thereof, for
the sole purpose of covering the city mar
shall and his assistants with the glory of
having captured criminals of their own
creation" In conclusion they say the
amount raised by taxation should be linn
tied to the actual needs of the city; that
all offices not actually required should be
abolished; and that superhuous officers of
the police department. should be dispensed
with. No reference was made to the tariff.
which was probably q concession to Mr..
Jockeys we'll known distate to anything
that sound like taxation. The resolu-
tions were adopted.
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"ENTICING MEN TO CRIME"
What There Is in a Feeble Charge in the
Republican Platform,

Ii There Is in a Feeble Charge in the
Republican Platform.
The resolutions Of the republican city
convention contained a clause d~enouncing
the city administration for "employing dis
reputable detectives to assist the police de-
partment in enticing men to commit
crime" ETC.; and declared it was for the
purpose "of covering the city marshal and
his assistants with the glory of having cap
tured criminals of their own creation"
The matter referred to was the arrest and
conviction of Brian Fitzgerald on a charge
of attempted highway robbery. Fitzgerald
had been convicted of the offense and SEN
fenced to one year in the penitentiary.
just after that Alex Barrett. a member Of
the police force, was charged by two citi-
zens with robbinR a drunken man. When
informed of the charge. Barrett made
counter charges against the whole police
force Of having "jobbed" Fitzgerald. The
charge and the counter charges were in
vestigated by the council committee on
police. On the evidence brought out there
Fitzgerald's counsel asked for and OBJ
VICE. WIFE all Il ns the ' facts 'U about n,' jo et1ess;
before them the jury in the second trial
again found Fitzgerald guilty. In SEN
encing hin to one year in the penitentiarv
Judge HINT said: II believe the verdict
was right" Then after c%ondemninR the
methods employed to secure FitzQerald's
arrest, the judge continued: ut should be
a source of pride to the marshal of the
city to know that ]throughout this entire
case, from beginning to end. his name did
not appear. and I must believe he was inno-
cent of any part in this culpable transact
tion, but you are none the Less guilty."
Further on the judge said: 1T Is satisfao-
tory, at least to the court. that there has
heen M fiak nf thu Cnnvirtinn nj an hnnaak
man. You have had a new trial. You
were defended with unusual ability. You
were vigorously but fairly prosecuted. Thu
jury was as good as ever sat in court and
the evidence was conclusive"
Bargain counters at The Bee Hive are loaded
down with innumerabls specialties and one
must call and see them to realize what they have.
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Edward O. Hotter, of Helena, Will Ru
the Base Bail Team.

Edward o. Hotter, of Helena. Will Run
the Base Bail Team.
Edward o. Hotter. of Helena, son Of A.
NJ. Hotter, was elected on Friday last man
aper of the Yale foot ball team for the next
year, to succeed William b. Mafitt. The
office is q most important and responsible
one. involving the handling of over $4,000
a year. The election of Hotter was the
biggest surprise of the kind seen at Yale in
q long while, says n dispatch. James G.
Sawyer, assistant manager last season, was
expected to get the Office by the entlrs col
lege. until last week, when it leaked out
that Mafiott's management wanted to put
in another man. and had selected Ward.
'94. Capt. Hinkey agreed to this, but
later on Maffiott announced that he
wanted Saver after all, and tried 10 get
Hinkey to nominate him, but Hinkey had
decided to stand by Ward, and could not
be changed. A meeting WAS held ut which
Hotter was agreed on rs n compromise. Al
the university meeting Hinkey nominated
Hotter, and Sawyer was also nominated.
The latter would have carried the election
easily. but withdrew his name against the
wishes OF his friends.
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1T Is IN TOWN.
John Mulvany's Great Oil Painting of
Clusters Last Rally.

SuSL0T AAhbG 4sVlAJs
John Mulvany, whom the Courier-Jour-
nal calls "a poet of the brush" arrived in
Helena yesterday from Butte. He is maxi
ing arrangements to place his famous work
OF art on exhibition here in a few days.
Walt Whitman, the good gray poet, went
one day to see this picture in New
York, and said of it, "There is nothing like
it in the books, nothing In Homer, nothing
in Shakespeare: more grand and sublime
than either; all native, all our own. all a
fact" The painting shows the coming OF
the end in the memorable battle OF the
Little Big Horn on june 20, 1876, when gall
liant Custer and $50 troopers went to their
death. In the painting one sees the last
stand. With thirty-eioht officers and men
left Custer on the top of a little knoll Is
making his last fight. Wherever the paint
ing has been exhibited the critics have been
lavish with their praise.
Mr.. Mulvany during the late war was on
bnttlefields at tile front sketchinR the de-
tails of buttle scenes, n it is this fact
which gives to his work 30 much of the
realism of terrible fighting. After the
close of the war he went to Germany and
entered the academy at Munich, which at
that time was the best school of art in
Europe. He afterwards studied in tho
academy at Antwerp. which was the best
school of technique on the continent. I'M
der DeKeyser and Van Larens. MI. Mul-
vany also studied in Paris. n visited Hol-
land to study the great works Of Rem
brant in Amsterdam and the Hague, after
which he returned to the United States.
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A VALUABLE COLLECTION.

Indian Curios of the Late Inspector Wat
kins to BE So,d.
The collection of Indian curios belong
ing to the widow of the late Inspector
Watkins will be sold without regard to
cost, as she is in great need OF the money
now. The collection will be sold as a
whole. and bids for the same can be made
to Inspector-in Charge +. S. Bedell, who
will accept the highest offer. This oollec-
tion is valuable, and IL owned by a person
who could afford to take it to Chicago or
New York it could be sold Mt great profit
over cost. 1t is known that w. II. Cody
("Butfalo BilP') has buyers out now
throughout the northwest purchasing my
thing In this line that can be found. There
are u great many connoisseurs in Chicago
who wonld be glad to pay a good price for
this collection; but Mrs. Watkins cannot
afford the expense and time thnt would be
necessary in ~disposing of 1t in this way,
and has therefore decided to offer it hero
for the best p ice obtainable. Bids for the
collection (Which can be seen at room Boa.
Power building) will be received up to and
including April II next.