The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-23
Story About Senator'S and
Inaugural Parade.
One This Year to Be as I'm
posing as Predecessors.
Colonel John Hays Souvenirs OF
Lincoln Valuable BrOnZeS.

NASiiNuloNi reD 20. - special I'm
few days tho Inauguration of President
Mckinley. Now, for the first time, is 10
apparent that tho inaugural parade Is TO
be up To the standard of past years In va
riety and interest For a time IL looked
as II the procession which Is TO march
down Pennsylvania avenue after Mr. Mo
Kinley takes the oath of office was not go-
ing TO be much of an affair, but the man
ayers now assure US that II will be as fine
a thing Of the sort as we have ever had in
Washington. The Pennsy lvania troops
arc not coming, at which there is feeling
OF mingled regret and pleasure They
have made a great show at recent inau-
gurations but they are little too numer-
ous. Two hours of solid marching columns
OF dull gray Is too much of "a good thing.
A Rumor Only.
One of tho amusing newspaper stories
of tho past week was the effort of west
ern journal, and a Republican paper at
that, TO make 1t appear there was con-
spiracy on the part of senators who are
not friendly to. Major Mckinley TO break
down tho inaugural parade and reduce it
70 a small potato affair. AS the ingenious
Journalists would have IL, Senator Quay
had combined with Senator Elect Platt,
sylyania and New York troops away from
Washington on this interesting occasion.
Other senator's were doing what they could
in quiet way, according to the same au-
thority, TO prevent Mr. Mckinley coming
into Office with splendid pageant at his
back. OF course there was nothing in tho
story. The Pennsylvania troops do not
attend because there Is no money available
for their expenses. The New \ ork troops
have never made a practice of attending
inaugurals though for the first timo tho
governor of New York Is coming TO the
capital TO help escort the new president TO
the White House.
AS usual, the newspaper correspondents
and political writers are borrowing trouble
about the success of tho Mckinley admin
istration very early in the game Some Of
thcm VIII have it that Major Mckinley
Will soon be confronted by conspiracy OF
prominent senators and Others whose plan
IL Is 10 bring on "a faction war in the party
and prevent the Ohio man being his own
successor. According to the pretty theory
which these gentlemen have spun for their
own amusement, the situation i'm Ohio is
tho beginning Of the war. They affect TO
sec in the attitude Of Senator Elect For
aker and Governor Bushnell precursor
Of hostilises all along the line. They claim
Foraker and bushnell are encouraged by
outside influences To turn Mr. Hanna
down. They think Platt and Quay and
Reed and others are laughing in their
sleeves at tho fino manner in which they
are preparing pickle for the new prcsi-
dent If war comes on in Ohio, these
seekers after trouble aver, and the prcsi-
dent tries TO give all the patronage in the
state TO his friends and Alr. IIanna's
friends, thus turning down Senator For
aker and his people, there will be war in
the senate.
Looking For Harmony.
No one can say IL is impossible all these
things will come to pass, but il seems
rather early 70 be borrowing trouble about
them. What the future will bring forth no
ono can say, but there arc not as yet any
signs Of war between factions in tho Re-
publican ranks. SO far as | have been able
To discover, the prominent Republicans
who did not favor Major McKinleys NOM
ination last summer are disposed to give
him n fair chance. The success of the
party depends upon his success. They do
not wish to preclpitate war that may
cost the party control Of the next congress
and Of the presidential election at the end
of the century. As / have already an
nounccd, il is we'll known to be Major
McKinley's policy TO maintain harmonious
relations between the White House and
congress, and with his remarkable faculty
for smoothing out difficulties and bringing
men together the chances are he will sue
ceed.
so far as is observable here, the people of
the country are not in any mood TO toler-
fa,g H.
the new president upheld. Even Demo-
Gratis talk this way. The silver men, too,
say with earneStness that all they have
been working for is "a return of prosperity.
They thought IL could be best secured in
the way which they pointed out, but the
country voted against them and chose an.
other way Now they want to see that
way fairly tried IL 1t succeeds, well and
good II IL fails, then perhaps the people
will listen more readily TO them. There
appears TO be n feeling among men of all
parties, so far rs | have been able to gather
ID here at the national capital, that presi-
dent Mckinley should not be ANNOYED
with faction wars, that the senate which
Is almost a tic between Republicans on
the one side and the silver or Democratic
elements oil the other, should place no OBJ
stacles in the way of ~ passage of the tariff
bill. The prevailing sentiment is that the
virtues of the Mckinley policy should be
fairly tried, and then let the country Judge
accordingly.
A Few Relies.
If Colonel John Hay of this city goes TO
London as ambassador TO the court Of ST
James, he will carry with him two Of the
most valuable and interesting souvenirs of
President Lincoln which this country con-
taps One Is the famous Gettysburg ora
tion in the omancipator' handwriting, a
treasure which Colonel Hay carefully
guards and values as the chef douvre of
his collection. The other is the second
inaugural cddrcss of President Lincoln,
also I'm Mr. Lincoln's handwriting Mon
ey could not buy these splendid souvenirs
of the great war president
senator Bacon Of Georgia has on his
mantcl fou- small busts of Washington.
Webster, Clay and Calhoun, which have
attracted much attention. They were
made many years ago by "A famous French |
artist at the Instance of our minister to |
EranCn A limited numbor of eets ,,.c,., |