The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-12-04
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PRESIDENT FOR A rBW u!
PHILADELPHIA Press.

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Philadelphia Press.
Very few people know that.
named Atchinson was once p,.' : ma
the united States, but sues ' !.
case. While the oath Of at'.. . tAe
never administered, and he y. W
officially recognizes, David R. =, A,.I as
son wassfor twcnty-four hours W. . aa'
ly the chief cxecStiveo Of the n, ",sa'''
March :, ls4ss came on suss.s
day that the constitution does ~ :
c'gnize as legal in the transaetIo, !
such ofiivial business as admio,s...aa
the oath fof office. On tia, Il, !!
noon sssldent Folks term ., 10y a., =.
ended and Presldent.elect z,, ~.
Taylor could not take his plae s'' - J.
leasf' did not think he could, r.
pro pect Of the country being T,th ss
an Riiicial head for twenty.fourhoay'
or Where being doubt sbou. vlo ,on's
be Vic head, created discussion i u y.
gross and in the press
When General Taylor arrived !,
washington, = few days be,o,s II.
inauguration. &c was ~bcsought ,s ~, ~
the fpth OF ot1lce on SUNDAY, 81 !. sa,s
retcatssonfusloG and what some nav
sons believed to be danger, as ih''. y,
were rather stirring times. Duris.
Saturday and Saturday nivAt INV,
were a half dozen fights in cunrrs.'j
The capitol WIS a camp Of Whey
but General D. i ID out tbas
you'd not become President a. n
day.
David R. Atchinson, Of Mlsso,A !.
was President protempore Of ~
senate, and it was held BY cou,,.'
that the functions Of the presid,,,
must dcvolve upon him from Suoa,jl
noon until Monday noon, and ror tbs.
twenly-four hours he had the dIs.c
ktI0n OF being President OF the US,ls
Estates, having all the functions M
EpQ3ers OF that office The mth !,
o'lce was not Administered to him ID,
the sane reason tllatt ras not In.
mediately administered 10 Genera
Taylor, but he being virtually Pred
fdent it was not cdisidGed necessary.
That PRESIDENT AtchF1son consider.
cdehimsA1x President there can be 10
doubt, for on Monday morning, when
the senate reassembled, he sent 10 The
wpitellouse for the seal OF the great
Of4ce and signed one or two Official
pan fs as President. There were some
snail acts IN correction with the nd.
hNnistratiopFtha had been neglected
by President Polk.
But there was much fun and coed
naturcd badinage INDUCED in among
AtclinSon'S friends and himself dur.
ing his Short Presidential term. le
was a Democrat, while the President
elect was "a whig. A majority Of The
senate was Democratic, and bis friends
jokingly proposed to him to usnrp the
Office by calling the army to his back
and preventing "Old lronsidesn from
being sworn in. II any such thing
hmu been seriously contemplated
General Taylor was too much the idol
OF the army to let it be successful
uadsGcncral Taylor been an IN.
popular man, and had Atcllinsml had
the character ambition Of a dictator
with Il friendly army, congress and .
!. timid supreme court, President Az
chins0n's name would probabl! not
have been so soon forgotten, and Tho
:. constitutional day of the inauguration
of the President Of the United States
would have been changed 50 that y
would never again fall on Sunday.
According to an almanac'maSer "
the time, the next inauguration =
fail on Sunday will be March T. Ha';
there will then be an opportunity ny
sa1chstitfpn of the events Of lsM.