St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-02-25
HARRIsoN's INAUGURATION.

But If the military display is not sc
large as others have been the civic bod
les in the procession promise greatly te
exceed any other demonstration of that
kind. Conspicuous in it will be the rep
resentatives of Tammany Hall. This del
egation will be under the direction OF
General Mcmahon, who is the grand mar
shal, and will have the right of line, and
the Tammany leaders are making more
elaborate preparations for the event than
they have ever done for any other pub
lie demonstration in which they have
participated. There may be 5000 or
1900 of them in line. They viii all be
dressed alike. They will wear silk hats
of the latest style and most brilliant
gloss. Artistic badges which will ap-
peal to the eye will be pinned to the la
pels of their coats. Mr.. Croker himself
is quite likely to march in this process
sion, and other politicians of Tammany
Hall whose activity in the organization
has given them wide repute will be
found marching side by side with hum
bier members.
Mr.. Cleveland is pleased with this dis
position Of Tammany thus to honor him,
and it is the intention of the leaders of
that organization to make such demon
stration as will suggest that the stories
of their hostility to the president are un-
founded, and that they will give him as
cordial support in his administration as
they did during the campaign
A great body of Democrats from Phil
adelphia, one from Chicago and others
from many of tEs wesern cities will also
make up this imposing civic demonstra,
ton, and there is to be a fine representa-
ton from the Democracy Of New Eng
land.
The managers of the railway com
panies report that the indications are
that the largest throng will be gathered
in Washington ever witnessed there
upon an Inauguration Day. The facili
ties of even some of the greater railways
will be taxed to the utmost to transport
these persons, and many of the organizar
tions have already made arrangements
for special trains It is estimated that
there are likely to be more than 100000
strangers in Washington upon that day
If Mr.. Cleveland has the experience of
some of his predecessors he will find that
there are some more exacting duties for
him than participation in the cere1no-
nies, excepting that one which requires
him to take the oath. General Garfield
returned from the Capitol to the White
House still perplexed about his cabinet,
and it was not until after he had attend
ed the inaugural ball that he was abso-
lutely certain of whom his official family
was to be composed. Mr.. Cleveland was
not troubled in that way in 1885, since
cabinet problems had ceased to perplex
him at least two weeks before Inaugurar
ton Day. Yet he was harassed by ap-
plications for appointments before he
had been president six hours, and after
he returned from the inaugural ball he
spent an hour or two reading some of
the Endorsements and applications, SO
that it was past o'clock before he was
able to seek his BED. He was up at on
the following morning, and spent an
hour or two before breakfast in examin-
ing his correspondence.
The excitement and mental strain
which the inauguration ceremonies and
the experiences which the first few weeks
of occupancy of the exalted Office entail
are usually very exhausting, and Presi-
dent Harrison has said that he was more
fatigued by his first months experience
ia the White House than he had been by
the work of year after he became IA
miliar with the duties imposed upon
him It was to recover from this strain
that General Garfield planned the vaca-
ton which the assassin's bullet prevent
ed just as he was entering the railway
station to begin it. Mr.. Cleveland, how
ever, bore these fatigues without appar-
ent WEAKNESS, and his familiarity with
the Office causes him to look forward to
his second experience with none of the
anxiety which he felt when he first be-
came president of the. United States
e. JAY EDWARDS
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