The morning call., 1893-03-04
: THE, INAUGURATION

: :I4l]S WIZ. be- great dag In washington.
Not. lesslhan a hlnd red thousand strangers
.ASill assefn BILE at the Federal Captol:tO wiz
+ ness: ths rtransfer of executive: power from
THE hands of BENJAMIN Harrison to those
I of GrcXrr Cleveland. There will be less
/. eXcitement than There was s:eight'years ago,
bdeaMse the1 the ACCESSION. of the. Demo-
Gratis was an event which: had not been wiz
nesSed fora quarter of a century; but the
:h6fns VIII to6i The ayenue vii be gay with
I sdiEs, and theeity wtFl;.sMarm with hungry
slrsligers~ seeking. sometimes vainly, for
/ crust of bread aud a;cpp of o6ffee. =
+ iii The mast thirty=two years. there haYe
been three insugurarions which Ebse to. the
! dignity of .hstbricai events. One: was the
..mem6rabfe .ihaugurafioR of Lincoln. when
+ MANY roofs Oh Pennsylvania avenue were.
{ coveted. with shafpshOQters: and park OF
artillery concealed near the Capitol only
[ wailed:the word to dash out, uhlimber and
I topep fire against i6cipienl rebels; 1t was
4 said that twenty thOusshd people stood
round the platform from which Mr.: Lincoln
|. delivered his. inaugural, aid no one knew
+ whether the assasstps who had been fO1led
4 at Baltimore might not renew their attempt
+ that day.: General Scott and his aids Trad
/ taken every precautiarf. and, strong force
|; Of police .frpm, New York marsh aled by
|. TTurlQw Weed pa troled The avenue in-citi.
|. Zens' 'cl0shesand mingled with every group.
,BGtgosd :citizens breathed more freely when
ex- Observation-Disclosures and President Linz
-c6lf stepped: into their barouche: and drive
back thT6ugi. a peac9ful crowd to the White
House. :..' -.
There Was:no excitement; but a profound
/: feelihg..6f comfort atAhe Inauguration which
& marx ed the fran nsIer;of p6wer from Andrew
|: 0hns en- to- General .Grant; Crimson was
pe&erIess. The Mnpeachmeht trial bad
accomplished its purpnse, by destroy in g
lin: in public estimatien.' But. he Was
/ cQn;sidered lh be so, desperate a man that
| pgrble were: nneasy..sO long as he held the
!, executive power. -.
An, Inauguration at which there sas-mGch
suppressed. ;exeitement:w was :tliat of Hayes.
/ a RortiGn Of the people Of the United States
l-diG:not belieye that he had been elected: to
| tha,:Presidehey. or these maffy.; beleeed
|: thai. they were going TO be victims Of a
frand and tb&E 1t was their duty to:resst it
|" GHfofce. Violent appeals: bad. been pub
lislred calling upon Democrat to prevent
I :tfe;inanpuratfQn ola .usurper.. Against all
tEiS was the" quiet Fefnark of President
Grant,::.rwill see that My Hayes. is iAau-
Snrated.? ., Those who knew the man had no
fiat for: the *result.:::: But there were many.
| who. spent the day i'm 'trepidation. and, as
|: we know ngw, General Grant, like a good
|. soldier as. he was, fad made all ..prepara-
:tions for an outbreak and was prepared to-
.pft it down by. the strong arm ofp0wer. =
- Mr.. CieyelanFs Inaugural message will
furnish the key to his policy for the next
four years. To pers5ns who. are Wei in-
|, furned. no key is necessary Mr.. Cleye-
land's course is forced conclusion: But
/ the.newspafers haze credited him with so
:naay policies that the Simple declaration of
purposes which he canhot but utter viii
.dspal' seme desusions.. 1t is understood
that the message will be. sifort-some 1900
words What cannot be said in:15QO' words
!. is not @Grth saying. at all. But the words
should. be clear, plain and uneq qpivoeal. so
|: thaI citizen shall not require college edg-
catiGn,tb uBderstand them. =.
MFR, Cleveland resumes power under sim
gularly favorable auspices He cannot be
re-e ected, and If he would he would gain
/ nothing by subordinating his policy. to par-
| 's6nal ends. He can Fave no object in life
but to make reputation for himself. Ete
| will have. the. singular advantage of being
| in political ACCORD with the two otheregls-
latiYe branches Of the government. The
| Hopsa-is Democratic by far more than a
working majprlty, and though that majority
WIFI probably be reduced by the election
of 1884 enough of twill be likely to remain
+ TO ma'intain the party control. In the pres
.ent Senate there are At Republicans. 80
|. Democrats and 2 Popuifsfs., It is impos-
sLbls to Determine the exact Complexion of
tnesnew Senate of, the Forty third Congress
until certain elections haYe taken place.
|: Under certain contingencies .lt:may consist
T Of 46'Demeerats. 3S Republicans ard Pop
ulsts; or it5may contain 44 Democrats. IS
Republicans. P0pulists and 2 doubtful.
/ In any event the Democrats will be in: a
majority, and on their party will rest the
! undivided res pon sibiiity. for legislation.