Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-11
THE POLITICIAN.


The city was better and more general
| lv decorated than ever before Inc
enthusiasm reminded one OF the cam
paipn meetings, and of the announce
ment of the election of Mckinley and
Hobart The street parade was the
best managed and most enjoyable ever
seen in Washington, and words OF
praise for General Horace Porter, the
Chief Marshall, are heard on ali sides
If every organization in the big parade
which deserved it was mentioned, 1T
would fill this paper, but none OF them
received more attention from the spec
tators than Troop A, of cleveland, ONO,
with their fine black horses and snowy
uniforms. and the members OF the
| Twenty-third Ohio volunteers, tue
Presidents old regiment, which shared
between them the honor of being Fres-
ident McKinley's personal escort the
former of which at the close OF the IN
augural ceremonies also escorted cN-
President Cleveland TO the wharf,
where he took q steamer for Southern
duck hunting trip, President Mchlh-
ley's inaugural address more than came
M to expectations. 1t was scholarly,
conservative aud statesmanlike an
nouncement 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 inaugu-
rate the greatest era of prosperity this
country has ever known.
Vice-President Hobart, who was
sworn in few minutes before the
close of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and
before President Mckinley was sworn
in, in order that he might call the eX-
ira session of the Senate, called to act
when President McKinley's nomina-
ton, to order, acted his part with all
the ease of veteran presiding officer.
There were jewels of sturdy Ameri-
can patriotism in the little speech
made by Secretary Sherman at the
BANQUET given by the Ohio delegation
in Congress, in honor of his transition
from the Senate to the Cabinet For
instance, the following: THE honor OF
this country must never be lowered an
inch" at should be the purpose OF
the Government to protect its own citi-
, zens 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 of
the Department of State. Such poll
CIV does not mean war, but peace, be-
cause other nations will take good care
not to give an administration which
announces such policy cause for war.
One of the first things called to'the
attention of the new Postmaster Gen
eral will be the charges filed against
the firm Of John Wedderburn & Co., and
: the National Recorder, paper issued
by that firm, by fifty-five of the most
prominent patent lawyers of Washing
!, ton, including four eX-Commissioners
of Patents. Wedderburn & Co. are
charged with conducting fraudulent
business, by receiving money under
false pretenses and with violating the
postal laws by sending their paper
through the mails, and the Post office
Department is asked to put the firm
!, and their paper on the fraud list
1t is stated upon apparently good
authority that President Mckinley will
not seriously consider the matter OF
appointments, outside of the diplomatic
2 branch of the service, for at least a
month to come.
70 One of Mr. Cleveland's parting shots
at Congress was his veto Of the Immi'
> grafton Bal, which shuts out litter.
p ates. lie held his veto back as long as
= possible, although the close vote by
y which the bill passed the Senate made
it certain that il could not be passed
p over the veto by the Senate The
e House promptly passed it oyer thc
u veto.
The bible upon which President Ne
{ Kiulcy took the oatn Of Office was pre-
e scented to him by the A. N. T. Church
e through q committee composed OF Bis
e hop Arnett. OF Ohio, who made tn,
o formal speech Of presentation; Bshol
t Grant, Of Pennsylvania; Bishop Salter
J., of South Carolina, and Bishop Gaines
,- Of Georgia. The bible which was mad
!. for the purpose, is very handsom
e one and is very highly priced by Presi
d dent Mckinley.
- Mr.. Olney kept up his obstinacy t
~ the last, by declining to furnish tn
, Senate with copies of correspondence
- concerning the case of DIR. Ruiz a
American citizen who died. killed in
= Spanish prison in Cuba, giving instea
W a statement of his own. That sort
:" tomfoolery is now happily over, an
Secretary Sherman will see that Sen
tors and Representatives are given a
tie the information they may desire, co
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