The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-26
HARRISON ALL READY
To Leave for Indiana Immedi-
ately After Inauguration.
he IS NOT A WEALTHY MAN.
Whist the Other Cabinet OMoors WIN
Do-Soeiety Welcomes Back
Mrs. Cleveland.

Correspondence. There is SO much talk
about what Mr.. Cleveland and his cabinet
will do when they take Office that volumes
could be written every hour in the day.
The city is rapidly filling with visitors.
The hotels are all crowded. There is not q
room to be had. even at the second-rate
boarding houses. Flags are flying in every
direction. There are oceans of bunting in
the streets, and everybody is awaiting the
coming of the new president.
There is one man here perhaps more
anxious than any other for Inauguration
day. 1t is Mr.. Harrison. He has had so
much OF sorrow and disappointment with
in the last few months that it would be
strange indeed if he did not want to get
away from here and back to the old home
in Indianapolis l saw Mr.. Harrison to-
day walking slowly along Pennsylvania
avenue. The crisp air had put tritie of
color in his cheeks. His head was bowed
as though in thought. Those pedestrians
who saluted him he nodded to re-
spectfuliy. His overcoat was buttoned
snugy, and he seemed to me to
have grown stouter than when he came
to Washington City just four years ago.
He is trif1e grayer, but l could see no
new wrinkles in his face because Of his
four years. occupancy Of the White House.
Perhaps this is due to the fact that Mr..
Harrison seldom worries and knows some
thing of the science OF living. He is .
great pedestrian. No president since the
days OF President Grant has done so much
walking on the public streets. You may
find him in the early morning, in the aft
ernoon or in the evening. and he seems to
take great delight in his outings.
While the main topic of conversation
very naturally Is Mr.. Cleveland and his
probable actions for the next four years,
there are those who feel interested enough
to inquire what Mr.. Harrison is going to
do. So many reports have been printed
about his future actions, and none OF them
correct. that the pres ident has been ex-
ceedingly annoyed. The illness of Mrs.
Harrison prevented tho president
from actively taking part in the late
campaign. and when the great defeat
Of November came, he was still at
the bedside of his dyino wife. nursing
her tenderlv. Since her death he has
transacted the public business as well a.
he could. but without much heart. Mr..
Harrison was q devoted husband. He
loved his wife very dearly. She was all
the world to HIM. 1t may be for the rea-
son of the great loss he sustained in her
death that he has not made answer pub
licly to the many adverse criticisms of his
friends in the Republican party about his
appointment of Judge Jackson. The pres
ident thinks this would be beneath his
dignity: but when he becomes a private
citizen, it would not be- surpTssing is ~he
should have some important statements to
make to the American people. But now
he IS simply waiting for the coming of Mr..
Cleveland, and then a much needed rest.
1t is Mr.. Harrison's plan at this moment
to leave Washington City Immediately
after the Inauguration ceremonies. Every
thing is ready for his going. Most Of his
pri vate property in the White House has
been boxed and shipped to Indianapolis,
and m light say that the various cabinet
officers are all ready to turn over their
portfolios to their successors.
The etiquette that obtains about inaug-
uration provides that the president-elect
shall call upon President Harrison imme-
diatelv after his arrival in Washington.
This will only be a brief call Of ceremony.
Mr.. Harrison will return the call, and
upon Inauguration morning he will drive
to the Arlington hotel, where Mr.. Cleve-
land will be Quartered. and take the presi-
dent-elect to the capitol. Mr.. Cleveland
t.
carriage that will take these two diytin-
guished men down Pennsylvania avenue.
Alter the inauguration ceremonies Mr..
Harrison will return with President Cleve-
land in the same carriage. but seated on
Mr.. Cleveland's left. They will drive to
the reviewing stand on the White House
grounds and Mr.. Cleveland will take up
his position on little dais, where he may
see and be seen. Mr.. Harrison will occupy
a seat at his left for time, and after this
he will be driven to his private car in wait
ing and start at once for Indianapolis,
while Mr.. Cleveland will go to the White
House, where the Democratic jollihcation
will begin III real earnest.
Mr.. Harrison hopes to spend the re-
mainder of his life in Indianapolis. He
will resume the practice of law and attend
to his private interests. He will not de-
vote his time to literature, although it is
hoped that he will do considerable writing
next year, and for this work he will be
well paid. He should be able to earn quite
$50. 900 year between literature and the
law. For the time being he has declined
the $40, 900 fee offered by the Leland STAN
ford university in California for five
lectures on law, but he may be prevailed
upon later to take M the tempting propo-
sition. Mr.. Harrison does not think it
would be dlgnined in an ex-president to
rush before the public so soon.
When Mr.. Harrison came to Washington
City as president his friends knew that he
was not a rich man, indeed. tar from it.
He was never a money maker and out Of
his $50 900 year salary as president he
has not been able to save much. for Mrs.
Harrison's illness cost him quite $50, 600.
Nothing that medical skill could suggest
was left undone to save her life, and l am
told that the expenses of the last few
weeks OF her illness were nearly $1,000 a
week.
1t is said on reliable authority that Mr..
Hnrrison's income on what money ne mas
saved will moi be over s., 500 year when