Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-02
THEINAUGURATIO
Everything Planned on a Large
Scale for Grover's Inaugur-
al Day.
Forty Thousand Men to Be in
Line---Other Late GOSSIP
From the Capital.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-It is a mile
and a quarter from the capitol to the
white house. Pennsylvania avenue
connects the two. and the observing
stands along this avenue cover over
halt the distance between the points
named. These seats are being sold to
buyers for from 81. so to 81 each.
Nearly all the seats are sold-for it is
one Of the hobbies of Neutrality-suspicious.
10 surely see the inauguration pro-
cession once in four years. Besides
these stands, all the owners Of bal
comics along the venue sell single
sittings thereon or sell the balcony
for the day. / know a senator who
pays $500 for n large balcony. An
other has sold for $l25-it will seat
a dozen comfortably.
Gov. Mcmahon, commander-in-chief
of the day, expects TO have 40, 600
men In line on Saturday. nearly half
Of whom will be militia from adjacent
states. The purpose is to make it
the showiest Inauguration ceremony
the country has ever witnessed. All
the arrangements are so we'll adj
yanced that nothing but bad weather
can defeat the hopes Of the citizens
and democrats.
Is there anything in omens? At
Cleveland's inauguration, the day
was the loveliest that had ever been
seen here on Inauguration day. There
were three changes in his cabinet
and one gentleman died during Cleye-
lands term. 1t was Mr.. Manning
who resigned on account Of i'll health.
Aside from this shadow there was
scarcely another one over the presi-
dents official family.
The weather could not have been
worse than it was March 4th, 1889.
Two gentlemen who were Of Mr..
Harrison's cabinet have died since
that dark day: another resigned to
! go into the senate; five others remain
as first assigned. But think Of the
home sorrows that have come to that
immediate official family. Almost
twenty-five OF them have been called
away in these four years-including
thcwives of three Of them; also three
children Of one Of them.
| still cling TO the belief that relief
will come through this congress to
the timber culture claimants. All
of the representatives from the pub.
lie land states are unitedly laUOring
for the betterment of the laws in the
interest of the claimants. Your own
representatives, believe that some
thing good will result from their
steadfast labOrs.
Senator German remarked in the
senate a day or two ago that the to-
tai appropriations for the year ending
June 80, 1894, will be fully $780, DOC, 600.
The. appropriations for 1893 were
1908. 900, 900. THE billion dollar con-
gress" is eclipsed by its successor.
1t is very doubtful about congress
finishing its necessary legislation.
The Sherman 3 per cent bond clause
is in the sundry civil appropriation
bill. and the silver men say they will
defeat the bill rather than allow this
proviso to become a law. If they de-
feat the bill an extra session Of con-
gress will need to pass another n
prior to June 80.
Mr.. Cleveland is trying through his
friends to have the sherman bill" of
the last congress repealed; but the
house refuses to do it,. The next SEN
ate will be more strongly opposed to
repeal than this one.
Major Picker made a strong point
during the pension fight in the house
by showing that the thirteen south
ern states receive Sl2S,447 more for
pension money than they pay in in
ternal revenue taxes. Your old sol
dier readers will be glad to know that
all the proposed odious amendments
to the pension laws have been de-
feated for this session.
Vice-president Morton is the 0
popular man in the senate. For ms
reason all of the senator's Will give
him a farewell dinner this week.
When Mr.. Morton first entered II
senate chamber as its presiding OH
Ger, Senator Hiscock gave a INNER
in his honor, TO which none but re-
publicans were invited. 1t Is said
that on that occasion Senator quay
got into a confidential mood and re-
marked to the guest Of the evening:
"Morton, we made a mistake in elect
ing Harrison president and you vice
president. We should have reversed
the ticket and made you president.
The yice-president don't amount TO
cuss, anyway"
Ex-Gov. Mellette left for nome iast
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