The National tribune., 1901-03-07

struction that awaited the Republic if the
Republicans were victorious.
Gov. Roosevelt shirked nothing, but was
| ever prominent in the public eye. He
talked good Government and a successful
and prosperous reign under President Nc
kinley to every rough rider" every cow
boy on the plains that he could reach. In
donlitable, impulsive, honest, without feaI
or favor, he was heard in hamlet and town
from the Atlantic Coast to the Rocky
Mountains. In short, Col. Roosevelt did
his share in the campaign of 1900. Around
him ccnters the picturesqueness, the force
fulness of the occasion. He stands toda.
Nice-President of the United States be
cause men believe in him and trust him.
President Mckinley stands again at tho
head of the Nation, because, during his
first Administration, n new destiny openeu
| before the Nation and the people could
! trust him to conduct the affairs of the
country in all of its dilemmas to the close.
| They trust his honesty Of purpose, and
the last election was a tribute of the
| American people to the man they rcvered.
His strong personality carried him to vic
| tory.
PRESIDENT MKINLEY'S SECOND INAUGU-
| RAJ DAY.
1t falls upon the citizens of the District
| of Columbia every four years to arrange
for the Nations Festive Day. 1t is to
| tutui tIitl tue people are inueDLeu Tor the
| comfort and convenience which await
those who gather Mt the Capital to wit
ness the inauguration of the man they
| have chosen to guide the ship of state for
| the ensuing four years.
The ceremonies OF Inauguration proper
the exercises attending the taking of the
| oath by the President and the Vicc-Prcsi
| dnt, are in the hands of a Congressional
| committee, and are separate and distinct
| from the elaborate arrangements for
| amusement and celebration which have be
come q Distinguishing feature of inaugural
| Day.
The visitors must be provided for and
| entertained; grand pageant, a brilliant
procession, fitting display of joyous, dig
nified gaity, is planned and carried out
| by committee of Washington citizens.
1t is the great National festival, TO
which every man, woman and child in the
| Republic il welcome; and woe be to the
yellow journalism that, tries to set up
"Jeffersonian simplicity" against the out
burst OF enthusiasm, the rally of the Ma
| tons citizenship as extravaganza run
riot and the Nation doomed.
Every State has q right of its own for
joyous, hearty mirth-making, be it ''Mardi
Gras IN Louisiana, or Aksarben in Ne
| braska, and small is the newspaper soul
| that begrudges the Nations holiday.
Never before has Washington presented
| so beautiful an appearance on an Inaugu-
| ration Day; never before were the com
forts of the people so carefully looked af-
ter. The committee have done their work
well. The Capital, always beautiful, sur
passed in bloom and radiance anything
| that eyes had heretofore seen. The ex-
pcricnces and lessons of the past aided
the committee in its elaborate work of to-
day. The stands and decorations were of
uniform cOmliness, the rumshackle stands
that usually have disligured Pennsylvania
| Avenue were barred, and those erected Oh
| this occasion were structures of beauty,
| both in color and architecture.
! Grand old Pennsylvania Avenue is in
| gain dress and in brides attire, awaiting
the coming of the bridegroom.
| While we write music floats over the
broad expanse of this historic Avenue,
| filed with admiring lookers-on from side
walks to the roofs of the houses. The
old veterans are in sight, marching to the
tunes that led them into battles for the
Union 40 years ago. They are the special
escort of Comrade Mckinley en- route
to the Capitol. We must see the Inaugu-
ration, and next week the last story of the
100 years Of Inaugurals will come to an
| end.
| ITO he continuad