New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-05

:, the days ceremonies w'h"oMs .sun,.
Oh VIZ 49,, the line of march began l" aSS""e
tops ,orcial value and the specua'or III '"e
hoard sidewalk stands when now us
Iou The length of the avenue was ''''''u's
"s" ,.a ON his adventurous and deVas'a''ns
career. 81 q cbock IN tho
r,s ,oor Of President Hayess inaugural
Tho street parade has swollen 10 more ana
..,rs formidable proportions. ''h "o" III "e
,,ar mind II is the one oNerWhe""s anu
'oroh,e feature of the capitals duaorenn'a'
-, In Garfeld's time the procession the
.,,. president was called on to review was two
IS an5 a half in passing the Wh'e House
~ while even in the forbidd'ng cola ana
-, =, the ,naueuratons of lSS" and i>"" the
.,,her-beaten paraders could barely complete
,no,ri line of march before nighttai'' Many
,,r,aints were made both four and eight years
.ro ~ the inordinate length and wearisomc
..orotonv of the marching column the Penn
.,,.ania militia which turned out N'" strong
!, tho sober service uniform Of the Regular
,rr,v hearing the brunt Of the criticisms
aimed AT the PROFESSIONS lack or variety ana
color
FEATURES OF PARADE AND BALL.
This wear the Inaugural Committee sensibly
s.c,ded TO shorten the parade. and at the same
time "a give TO it, If possible. greater diversity
,o,,or To accomplish these results
-. Number of regular infantry, cavalry. ar
,,narv blue-iackets and marines were pressed
.,o service than have been seen for many years
=, the CAPITAL the usual quota of State militia
,s reduced by half. and only enough civic or
o,iza,ions were added TO maintain the usua'
,a,ance between the two features OF the display.
r,,s afternoons parade was therefore a more
,on,nact brilliant and quickly moving one than
INV Of its immediate predecessors. and dndoupt-
,sIv for these reasons gave a far greater measure
Of popular satisfaction
washington sees many big and many oriiiian'
,uh,ic balls. but none so unique. so Cosmopolitan.
n Kaleidoscope as that which draws from lo'o"
- 15ooo sightseers and merry makers to the
,reat Pension Building each Inauguration night
pau Is perhaps. misnomer when applied to
his curious function for there is no dancing and
me- sole source of satisfaction to those who pur-
.hasa tickets is to see and be seen Yet IN TINS
,ast and somewhat motley assemblage are gain
ID ,vnes and representatives of every stratum
..o changing and restless life of the National
r,ual Puhlic officials of every grade. dipio-
a,s clubnen the gilded youth of the West end
,or,an who rule in the higher world OF society
,,x here with the rank and file of every soclai
.,-c,e even the lowermost. and with the still Cd
.crrar swarm Of sightseers and strangers. whose
,n,v known credentials for admission are the pos
,ession of a ball ticket. for which they have ex-
changed each 81 note. Add to the living inter-
,st in this great josling. passing show the peau-
l., ~ tho decorations, as striking as the scale
,bev are planned on is tremendous, and one mas
, foabIe image of the wonders and diversions OF
his extraordinary quadrennal ball.
Tho absence of both President Cleveland and
urs Cleveland from this closing function OF the
Inaugural ceremony did not. perhaps, attract the
,,tartion IL might have done dozen years ago
Nv Cleveland did not appear at the ball given
n 1859 In honor of his successful rivals instalia-
ion and simply duplcat I'd tonight his lnatten-
ion n eight wears ago. Mrs Cleveland was as
.onspicuouslv absent too. to-day from the Sen
ne Gallery as she was when General Harrison
Mas lnaugurated. Such lapses from sensitive
,ncal decorum find, perhaps. no serious or open
condemnation, and they are, perhaps, not worth
.crsidering in a broad view OF so successful
,areant as that Of to-day. Greatness In eclipse
6 never pleasurable II contemplate, and GER
,sinlv neither Mr.. Cleveands nor Mrs. Cleve-
snd's participation in to-night's gayeties was
.souired TO enforce attention to the main fact
here ceehrated-that one Administration, full
# dsillusions and dsappointments had surren-
Tered office and that another, fresh, strong. Wig
NOUS and confident had assumed power