Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.


f'0" our regular Correspondents
WAslIiNdroN, March q, lSO3.-f
Congress persists ia refusing - fix
dav later I'm Tho anriu,, Than tho fourtb
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" ''"''" io' 'ne lnnuBu'a''on VI o"'
Presidents, all OF the out door cere-
monies should in the interest Of hu.
manity n, ahoii.b.d Il, 4. li,,io shor,
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VI o'lhe-eeitninIy cti'ho aShihet
health-to keep thousands OF people
standing for eight hour, In nm inch or
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''O" ""N ''"'", " SENS y"
temporary sahus, poorly pfo'eo'eu
from the bitter northwest blast which
drove the gnowilakrs iu nil directions.
=. ., a.. $500. a. ..,.,
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10 give them an opportunity 10 see the
inaugural parade. by 10 O'Clock Ia
IN. morninp there were seyernl hum.
T., -, .....i.. p..,..,,.,...t.
u'eu ''O"e''iu PeOPie oh iennsy l'au'"
avenue, between the Capitol and
Twenty.SecOni street, anu they
remained tbere mill altar sIx
a. .n.-. -,
:" '"o "'o'"oo"' soino 5''
ting on stands, paying from
81, TO IS, each for the privilege, aud
Others standing, although the greater
portion OF the time blinding snow
storm was Ia progress. Tho procession
was supposed 10 DO started at about
one O'clock, but ~ n matter OF iact It's
head did not reach the President,s 10.
viewing stand until after three.
There was terrible suffering from cold,
nnd President Cleveland got his full
sha.e OF 1t, and n he hasn't a cOnstitu.
ton " iron he will pay for constantly
barring his head as the various organ.
iISticEs Ia the line passed bJ0se MIN,
the marching men suffering hut little
lees than the onlooken. 30 evident
was Mr.. Clcveland's suffering that
Gep. Scho1eld, who was sitting with
Mrs. Cleveland, Mr.. AMI Mrs. Steven.
son, aud other prominent ladies and
gentlemen, directly behind aim, placed
u long military cloak over his shoulders
before tho parade ended.
The attendance at tho Inauguration
was large, but not an large ~ IL would
have been had the weather been clear.
The storm reduced the number OF OK.
cursionists from the immediate vicin.
ity more than One.hall, according To
the estimates Of the railroad men, IL
also played havoc with the street deco.
rations, and kept number OF tho mos,
striking features out Of the parade,
besides lessening the number OF the
paraders Ia the organizations which
braved tho weather, and 1 am very
much afraid that II will result In n
harvest Tor the doctors, aud perhaps for
the grave diggefs too.
The inaugural bail was a great sue.
cess. The immense hall OF tue pension
Office, 50 well adapted for the purpose.
looked with Its $4,000 worth OF illum.
instions and decorations like verit-
able fairy land, although tho l2,ODO
men anu women In full dress who
attended did not at all resemble
fairies. Mrs. Cleveland was, OF course
the observed Of all observers, and II
the indications are not at fault she Ia
going to DO more OF popular idol dur.
Ing this term OF her husband than she
was before II such thing can b.
possible. The official program for the
nall closed at midnight, but somehow
the ball went on quite while alter IL
was Sunday morning.
"What does II mean?" WINS n qucs.
tion heard on all sides when II was
learned that President Cleveland had
not said Que word about the annexa.
ton OF Hawaii in his inaugural adj
dress. What made this omission
ingularly significant was that no
no prefacod the address by saying: al
deem II Hitting on this occasion
while Indicating the opinions |
hold concerning public questions OF
present Importance" etc. Hon. Don
NJ. Dickinson when this Hawaiian
matter WIS nrst brought TO puoiic
attention, while acting IN other mat.
tiers for Mr.. Cleveland, strongly on.
uorsed annexation anu gave Congress
men the impression, II he did not say
NO In exactly those words, that Mr..
Cleveland also favored IL. IL Mr..
Cleveland iavors u, why did he not
give some indication thereof In his