The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-07
GRANTS INAUGURATION.
Bore Himself with Pleasant Courtesy
His Wife's Manner.

After the puerile johnson regime,
without honor or dignity Chris
topher Sly" presidential interlude-
there strobe triuuphan:ly yet quietly
into the supreme ofece a complete man,
Ulysses Grant. That happy inaugura.
ton I witnessed, from the opening
prayer to the concluding ball. The frs,
business OF the cay took place in the
senate chamber, where there was a su.
perb show of generals in uniform. for
eign ministers and famous state func.
tionaries. From a seat in the reporters
gallery looked directly down on the
president and vice preEdent-elect.
suppose Mr.. johnson was present, but
I don't remember seeing him. I had
counted Oh beholdiag something IN.
usual in the face or bearing of oul
great general, some betrayal Of human
exhultation or pride. But the face,
though lghfsned somewhat Of the
bronze of score Of southern campaign.
and the tenseSiardiness of the desperate
fighter, still retained its sphynx-liks
immobnity, its still resolve, as though
yet set against all realization of gu
preme petil-all giving way before the
awful necessity of slaughter and suf.
fering. Mr.. Colfax was, for once, grave
his habitual effusive smile being
sternly suppressed, though q furtive
CLINT Of the eye now and then betrayed
an inward bien-etre.
After tho adjournment to the plat.
form on the steps of the east front OF
the capitol my companion and passed
out into the waiting crowd and got po-
sitions near enough to hear the inau.
gural. . straightforward, manly docu.
ment, very simply delivered.
As for the Inaugural ball, who of the
many hundreds present can ever have
forgotten that scene Of miserable NOR.
tai gayety? Il was held in The treas.
ury buildiaS and was wretchedly mis-
managed, az most Inauguration balls
are, leaving IN awful memory Of mad
hustling and busting. arctic chill. o
small famine and q great fear Of "mur.
der and sudden death" Our party be.
ing personally conducted" By . clever
Official Jared wonderfully well. though
we bed nothing to eat and felt com.
PEELED 70 60 home early in order 70 Sc
cure wraps and make sure Of our car.
rage. Scores OF jewellers. beguiled BY
the witching dance nusic, were obliged
20 abendon all hope Of finding their
cloaks, hoods, o~ercoets and hats and
10 make their way hon,eward on foot
through muddy. slushy streets. In the
misty morning hour.
Poor Mp. Greeley. remember. los;
both his old white hat and his light
gray overcoat. II was hard 70 believe
that any man could be irreverr1t
enough to appropriate that venerable
headgear and rash enough TO anront
the honest day BY sporting that "eoodls
Babyloaish garment"
Cen Grant bore himself with pieasan,
courtesy, If Eot exactly with ballroom
gananc-y, and Mrs Gran. took her
tone from him. like the loyal wife ah.
always WAS Nothing could add 20 o..
take from the pride. devotioa and fait.
OF this modern Penelope. whose wiss
Clysses had stored clear Of The erchant
ed isisuds OF the sirens Circle. Calypso
and such Ike ladies. Nr Colfsx made
no further effort TO rival his chief IL
gravity and re.icezce. but let 20 and
eraciousiy chafted with aad bezDed
on 81 about him. eren his wife. . gen
tie. modes. woman. out of whose soft
dark eyes there shone . sweet g-sw
eonsent-S. Y. Iodependen.-