The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17

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eighteen hours in advance, and 1t is quita
possible they will go Monday March l.
Inc pension clerks usually get three or
four holidays when Inauguration time comes
around. The file cases which fill the bin
rectangle must be moved into the adjoining
rooms. Then the committee on decorations.
OF winch I. E: Roessle Is chairman, will
take hold and drape the long galleries with
bunting. adorning them with shields and ban
ne ,Is Inc huge brick pillars will be wound
win bunting. Strings Of flags will hang
across the hall. Garlands and festoons "A
green VIII! be on every hand. In the spaceG
D pew the pillars Gagged canaries will hang.
r tbS Ittle things, they were frozen stiff al
AT one end of the hall will be band stand;
IN the middle of the hall beside the fountain
or above 1t will be another band stand, and
Dand-probably the Marine band-and an
orchestra Of 125 pieces will alternate in MAX
Ing harmony for those who promenade and
tnose who dance. In this hall on the two
DAYS Following the Inauguration Friday and
saturday, morning and afternoon concerts win
De given, so that the great public which can
not pay 80 for a ticket to the ball will have
a cnance to see the decorations for 80 cents
There will be souvenirs for those who 90 To
the ball.
Eight years ago George B. Williams that
eminent amateur chef and bon vivant was
chairman of the banquet committee as he ia
now, and George G. Boldt, of Waldorf fame
NE mad only one small hotel in Philadelphia
them had the contract for the supper And
such a supper as it was! Boldt built a long
temporary structure on the north side Of the
Dulidlng, and there he assembled his army of
COOKS: HIS supplies he brought from Phila-
oelph1a. How much he lost on the contract
! nave never had the courage to ask him.
put 1t was an artistic triumph, and I suppose
ne satisfied his soul with that
After the decoration committee and tho
banquet committee comes the floor committee
I Inese are practical. The other ball commit
tees are ornamental. Ed MacauIey once
marine oHlcer, now society and club man is
at the head of the floor committee. He is not
only very clever executive in social matters
but withal a pleasant fellow in snfta az ~
tdct mat his wife has a fortune and as he
mas all the jeunesse doree Of Washington IN
nts committee list the ball ought to go off
W Win "a snap and vigor Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Is chairman OF the reception committee
90 much for, the ball. l have described II
hrst, though it comes last in the -order 80
ete5e1lonles' 1t only remains to tell you that
sometmes) and that supper will cost vo,, Fl
more. 80 - -
THE GREAT PARADE.
n NOV for the parade which Gen. Horace Por-
I 8er VIII marshal at the capital and lead down
pennsylvania avenue, past the White House
ana on to Washington circle Present indi
cations promise that it will be the greatest
parade IN the city's history. All the regular
troops from nearby stations and the cadets
from west Point will be brought here nv tba
war department.. Militia from many states
VIII come, and no doubt many of Pennsvlya
hle oUVV troops VIII be in line they have
oeen on other like occasions The Seventy
HrSt regiment, of New York is coming So
are troops from Connecticut Vermont ana
new bo tb Jersey. Troop A, from Cleveland, will
De the presidents personal escort. assisted
by the chicago hussars The Eight infantry.
Y. n g., will be the presidents bodyguard
on his way to Washington
Many governors of states will attend with
their stats. Gov. Hastings of PennsvIvania
ana GOV. Briggs, OF New Jersey, have engaged
quarters No doubt Gov. Black, of New
York, with his gold braided officers and Gov
Bushnell, of Ohio, and Gov. Tanner. of Mi
nois, Will be among those who ride in the
procession. W
- Many civic bodies will take part Repub-
mean clubs from every statet in the Union
Will journey here The Sound Money league
OF Trenton, was the first organization to en-
gage quarters Then came applications from
the Young Mems Republican club of Michi-
gan, the Virginia Republican club the Insur-
ance Mems club of Chicago and the American
republican club Of Pittsburg. The Confeder-
ate fietetrans will have 1000 men in line
capped and coated in gray.
Both military and civic organizations will
march in columns of twenty-four files front
instead OF sixteen. as heretofore and in close
order. Gen. Porter estimates that in this
way he can tatke 1900 men past a given
point in an hour. But even at that rate it
will be evening before the last Of the march
stand in front Of the White House.
There will be only one reviewing stand, Of
course. But wherever there is park or res
eryatlon along the line of march there will be
a big wooden stand, we'll rooted, for specta-
tors. The architects have made a protest
against these stands because they are IN
slightly and because they cut off the view
of the pretty parks from visitors. Visitors
get a very poor idea of beautiful Washington
at inauguration time. But there are always
tens OF thousands of people who want to see
the inaugural parade, and the little stands
put up by the owners of people would ac-
commodate very few of them.
cross streets has not met with favor In
place OF these it is planned to have fifty il
Eliminated arches across these streets each
named for a state or TERRITORY The states
will probably help to decorate these arches.
Calfornians have raised $500 for that pur-
pose already. This will be a feature of the
nigh Illumination. Another. will be the IL
Elimination of all the public buildings. for
which General Chairman Charles j. BellSis
making arrangements. Searchlights viii
probably be placed on the capitol. 1t is pro-
posed, too, TO use 81. 5000 worth of aerial fire.
works If congress will pay for them.
WASHINGTON's FRUGAL MERCHANTS.
That illustrates a popularity of Washinton.
Where in other cities the merchants provide
the whole entertainment fund and consider
1t good investment, the merchants of
Washington expect congress to do their enter
tanning for them. Even the $4,000 or $50 900
they contribute to the ball fund will all come
back to them from the sale of tickets The
ball is almost invariably self-supporting
along the line Of march to the capitol where
the inauguration itself occurs The senate at
tends to all the arrangements for that.
With the coming of noon on March the
house drops out Of existence. The senate
continues. So the senate arranges for the
erection of stand extending from the east
front of the capitol out on the big plaza, and
issues invitations for the ceremony. This
begins in the senate chamber with the swear
ing in Of the vice president and ends with the
swearing in of the president by the chief JUS
tce of the supreme court Of the United States
before the immense audience the plaza
After that the president reads his inaugural
address from manuscript. Then he and the
ex-president walk back to the senate wing
where their four-horse carriage awaits them.
They drive down the avenue to the White
House. where they part, tho president taking
his place on the reviewing stand. There
he stands for four or five house. stiff with
cold while the marching thousands pass by.
In the evening he and his wife attend the
ball, where they make the circuit of the room
once that all may see them, and then retire
to private room where they cat supper and
roo hair Fritz