Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-03-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
I'm onr Regular Correspondents

From Our Regular Correspondent
The Inauguration of the mil
lionaire's President was pulled of
in manner gorgeous enough to
be in keeping with the cost OF
electing him, which is said to have
exceeded $l6,000,000. Everything
was conducted on the most lavish
scale, from the personal escort from
Cleveland, Ohio, with their black
horses, for which $4,000, was
spent, to the ten thousand electric
lights of variegated colors used in
Illuminating the costly decorations
for the inaugural ball in the big
court of the Pension building. It
was a milllonaire's event from start
to finish, and the talk Of the mil
lionaire's agent, otherwise known
as King Hanna, indicates that il is
to be a millionaire administration,
Notwithstanding the platitudes of
McKinley's inaugural address.
Never before were there so many
private railway cars in Washing
ton at one time and never before
was so much money spent at and
upon an Inauguration. When they
invest their money they always ex-
pect, and they usually get, return
in dollars and cents.
Hon. VIM. j. Bryan, who spent
two days in Washing on this week,
divided his time between confer
ences with leading democrats and
social intercourse with his extern
sive circle of personal friends, but
declined to remain for the inau-
guration of his successful rival,
said to those who proffered him
their support for 1900 that he was
not thinking SO much about the
next Presidential campaign as
about the condition Of the people,
between now and then. He also
expressed his sincere regret that
the promised mckinley Prosper
ity' had not come to the country.
1t is remarkable fact about Mr..
Bryan that his hold upon demo-
Gratis has increased since his de-
feat, instead of diminishing, as is
usual in the case of defeated can
didates of all parties.
The silver men are not surprised
at the failure OF the Fifty fourth
Congress to admit Arizona, New
Mexico and Oklahoma as states,
and they expect no better from the
Fifty fifth Congress, as the edict
has gone forth from the republi-
can bosses that none of the terri
tories shall be admitted, because
it is known that they would all
send silver senators. But the sill
yer men expect to control the
House that will be elected in Nov
ember 1893, and as they will GER
tainly retain control of the Senate,
to have the territories all admitted
to statehood before the opening of
the campaign of 1900.
Ex-Postmaster General Wilson
left the fraud charges against John
Wedderburn & Co., and the Natio-
nal Recorder, their paper, which
were filed with the Post-office De-
partment few days ago by fifty
live Of Washington's leading patent
lawyers, to be acted upon by his
successor. The head of the firm
OF Wedderburn & Co. is the man
who started the Examiner Claims
Bureau and the Press Claims Co.,
both of which, during their exls-
tence, had extensive dealings with
newspaper publishers and figured
In suits in Court
Senator Teller thus stated his
opinion of the relations of Mr.. Nc
Kinley toward the monetary con-
ference bill, which passed with the
House amendments; eff the new
President has any sympathy for
an international agreement, it
must be judged from his votes in
the House, and not from anything
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