The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-23

crs as "a parlameutarian anu PI-siuiie
officer have kept down insurreouon 80 lar'
but their are indications of revolt Iie mas
stretched the preogatives Of the cAair 10
extreme tension In the promotion OF sup
ression of measures approved or con
d, mned by his personal judgment, without
regard to the wish OF majorities AS
Louis XIV. was the state, Reed has been
the house.
Perhaps from conviction possibly from |
disappointment at the result Of the 81. |
Louis convention. he has set himself in |
open or covert hostility to the policy or
which it is compelled to meet In conse-
quence of the war which Mr. Reed ala
everything In his power to prevent until
cocrced by his associates.
ut was noted that his valedictory' in
which ne ranked his station as next to the
presidency. received most demonstration
from the opposition. The Republicans
were lukewarm. Too many of them had
felt the iron hand. The speaker would
do well to read the Spanish proverb;
What have I done that mine enemies
should praise me-!
Continuing the ex-senator says of the
scandal of public funerals"
when great men die, statutes and coll
umns and trophies rise as naturally over
their ashes as blades Of grass above a
peasants bones Eulogy and elegy attend
their obsequies. and the pealng anthem
swels the nate Of praise
| Honor and respect to the dead are in
| stinctive. and the higher the cllvization
| the more impressive the Observance. No
| humane spirit begrudges the expense or
| the trouble Of the cremony. Senators
| and representatives I'm congress are not
necessary, nor always, great men. but
htye have great functions. They are NOR
| tai and when they die are entitled to be
| properly Inferred. How far the cost
| should be betrayed from the public treas
ury was at one time an open question, but
custom has fixed the precedents, and now
there IS no charge upon the estate OF the
deceased except the bulial lot and the
gravestone
Gradually the homeward journey has
increased In extravagant sumptuousness
m 90 has taken on the characteristics Of
a holiday excursion. To transport the re-
mains and the relatives OF Mr.. Dingley.
with the committees and their attendants,
required a special train of four cars, at an
| tNlitNSt OF fototNs Inc iNnAllENitA NuAldN
brings the total up TO $500.
"The deceased was total abstainer,
and an order was issued excluding all in
taxlcants from the funeral train, but an
eminent statesman in the escort ordered
4 large purchase of whisky at Ports
mouth. Just before crossing the boundary
into Maine, which IS prohibition state,
Tho same mourner also insisted upon
champaign, and II was furnished and the
bills for both were paid from the United
States treasury.
ITO bear the dust OF Representative
Crawford TO Texas only one car was re-
quired but to alleviate the grief of the
committees the government was obliged to
| furnish four hundred ten-cent cigars
among other solid and fluid consultations.
"Garfeld's funeral was one Of the orgies
of the century. The revelry began before
he train was out OF the Pennsylvania
, yards. and kept up all the way TO Cleve-
4 land. the next noon. Cards, champaign
and cigars were abundant, and wild hllar.
ty grew wilder as night came on. The
. train slowed toward midnight at a rail
. way platform at a country station wher,
the veterans Of a Grand Army post were
n knceling around their flag. illuminated by
i, torches. in reverence of the dead pres
q dent and from the open windows Of th'
r. car reserved for the bacchanalans cam'
shouts Of laughter, the clink of glasses
and the din Of the saloon and the gambling
, | hell One renowned legislator, now NJ
! more, reached Cleveland In such a stat
b, that 20 became necessary 10 imprson hin
d In statero1m and apply the ice pack I,
N reduce him 20 such a condition that h
b, could be hurried to a retreat and prepare'
o for the ceremonies OF the followln day.
, Following as Mr. Ingalls, views ON IN
j, change OF inauguration day
"fhe syuate passed and the house failel
h, to adopt, joint resolution for an amend
ment TO the constitution changing the da,
!, OF Inauguration from March 4 to May
with corresponding adjustment OF tn
presidential ana congressional terms an,
y sessions rhe propriety, convenience an
y advantage OF this Arrangement are 50 oh
= vious that II seems quite incredible tina
y we should have stumbled and blundere
through more than century with tn
peril OF life. the loss Of time, and the gen
~ eral awlwardness and confusion resulting
> from the selection from the worst part o
the most sullen and exercable mouth 70
our most impressive political function an
the ending and beginning OF our polidca
.e years.
but as the human mind delights IN an
niversaries, 1t seems strange that Will
they were about IT. instead Of May 4
<, which has NO associations the commits e
~ eii not select April 80, the day on whic
IT, Washington was inaugurated ana the gov
ernment set in motion.
When enough states had ratified tn
~ constitution TO make II certaia that th
y tha confederation designed New York a
machinery would start the congress G
the place ana March 4, l7S9, as The tim
T. FOR the organization OF the new govern
ment Travel was so difficult and indlffer
, erenee so great thai quorum OF congres
20 count the votes for president and vice
president was not obtained until April
and II was not TN the sOth OF that mont
that Washington kissed the bfbia and too
the oath OF office In 1898 they went bac
=, 10 the original date, March g. which Ia
- been retained 10 the present time.
so long as the ceremonies were con
/ Quoted under covr a was well enoug
is but With the commencement OF the out
N door performance trouble began. The frs
[, fatal catastrophe occurred OF the in
auguration Of Harrison IN lSil, vetera
I Of %. who delivered his address and rod
up she avenue bareheaded, in a heav
snowstorm, and died from the exposur