Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 5, '97.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 5, 81.
1t was great Inauguration day. The
crowd was the greatest ever in Wash
lngton upon n similar occasion. The
city was better and more generally dec
Grated than ever before. The enthusi-
asm reminded one of tho campaign
meetings, and of the announcement of
the election of Mckinley and Hobart.
The street parade was the best managed
and most enjoyable ever seen in Wash
ington, and words of praise for General
Horace Porter, the Chief Marshal, are
heard on all sides. If every organiza-
ton in the big parade which deserved it
was mentioned, it would fill this paper,
but none of th9m received more atten-
tion from the spectators than Troop A,
of Cleveland, Ohio, with their fine black
horses and snowy unifoi rs, and the
members of the Twenty Third Ohio Vol
unteers, the Presidents old regiment,
which shared between them the honor
of being President McKinley's personal
escort, the former of which at the close
of the inaugural ceremonies also escort
ed eX-President Cleveland TO the wharf,
where he took steamer for Southern
duck hunting trip. President McKinley's
inaugural address more than came up
to expectations. 1t was scholarly, con-
servative and statesmanlike announce
ment of what he hopes TO do for the
country, with the aid of Congress. Every
participant in the Inauguration believed
that he was helping to inaugurate the
greatest era of prosperity this country
mas ever known.
Vice President Hobart, who was sworn
in few minutes before the Fifty Fourth
Congress adjourned, and before Presi-
dent Mckinley was sworn in, in order
that he might call the extra session of
the Senate, acted his part with all the
ease of veteran presiding officer.
There were Jewels of sturdy American
patriotism in the little speech made by
Secretary Sherman at the banquet given
honor of his transition from the Senate
to the cabinet For instance. the follow
ing: "The honor of this country must
not be lowered an inch. 1t should be
the purpose of the Government to pro-
tect its own citizens wherever they may
be found" 1t must be pleasing to every
man who loves the honor and good
name of his country to know that man
who holds such sentiments is now in
charge or the Department of State. Such
a policy does not mean war, but peace,
because other nations will take good
care not to give an admins ration which
announces such policy cause for war
One of the first things c. led to the at
tention of the new Postmditer General
will be the charges filed as.ihst the firm
of John Wederburn & Co., and the Ma
tional Recorder, a paper issued by that
firm, by fifty five of the most prominent
patent lawyers of Washington, includ-
ing four ex-Commissioners of Patents.
Wedderburn Il Co. are charged with
conducting fraudulent business, by re-
ceiving money under false pretense and
with violating the postal laws by send
ing their paper through the mails, and
the Postoftice Department is asked to
put the firm and their paper on the fraud
list.
1t is stated upon apparently good au-
ifxr ,nl
not seriously consider the matter of ap-
pointments, outside of the diplomatic
branch of the services, for at least
month to come.
one of Mr.. Cleveland's parting shots
at Congress was his veto of the Immi-
grafton Bill, which shut out illiterates
He held his veto back as long as possible,
although the close vote by which the
bill passed the Senate made it certain
that it could not be passed over the veto
by the Senate. The House promptly
passed it over the veto.
The Bible upon which President Nc
Kinley took the oath of Office was pre-
sented to him by the A. NJ l.. Church,
through committee composed of Bishop
Arnett, of Ohio, who made the formal
speech of presentation; Bishop Grant,
of Pennsylvania; Bishop Salter, of South
Carolina, and Bishop Gaines of Georgia.
The Bible, which was made for the pur-
pose, is very handsome onD and is very
highly praised by President Mckinley.
Mr. Olney kept up his obstnacy to the
last, by declining to furnish the Senate
with copies of correspondence concern
ing the case of DR.. Ruiz, an American
citizen who was killed in Spanish
prison in Cuba, giving instead state
ment or his own. That sortof tomfool-
cry is now happily over, and Secretary
Sherman will see that Ssna tors and
Representatives are given all the infor-
nation they may desire, concerning the
foreign relations of this Government.
1t is coincidence that the mother of
the last Ohio President, the lamented
Garfield, saw her son inaugtrated Presi-
dent of the United States, just as Mrs.
Nancy Allison Mckinley .aw her son
take the oath and heard himdeliver his
inaugural address. Few mothers have
the privilege of enjoying suh proud
and happy hour. Long may she live to
enjoy the honors gained by her son.
A distinction without difference
amounts to nothing. THERE'S differ.
ence-a real difference--a vast differ.
ence between DR.. Bell g Pinetar Honey
and any other cough, coll or lung