The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-09
A PERMANENT COURT OF HONOR.
The Inauguration Surplus Way BE
Devoted to This Purpose.

The disposition of the surplus funds re
sulting from the Inauguration. which vii
probably be something less than S. 900. j
the subject of many more or less peril
nent suggestions. II was expected tina
the Chairman Of the Inaugural Commit
tee, John 10y Edison. would recommen,
that a permanent memorial be erected
out of the Inaugural funds at the diSpos
al of his committee This was discussed
and found considerable favor The ides
was that magnificent permanent Cour
of Honor should be erected out of the ex
cess funds resulting from the recent anC
future InauguratiOns. the money in hand
from the last Inauguration to be used L
erect a column and begin the work thai
would form a nucleus for such 2 memoir
faI scr ane, similar columns to be added
by succeeding Inaugural Committees and
those in charge OF other celebrations who
might wish to aid il the establishment OF
such a memorial court
Mr. Edison Was at one time greatly in
favor Of this project. but no mention was
made in his report at the Inaugural Com
mittee meeting. held Saturday night.
At that session OF the Committee A A
Wilson suggested that all bills be paid
and the balance remaining be divided
Committee. 1t is to be doubted If Mr..
Wilson's proposition was made in good
faith. At all events it .Tas not adopted
and it VIII be necessary that another
meeting of the Inaugural Committee be
held to decide what shall be done with the
surplus.
1t was also suggested that the fund be
turned over to the school teachers organ
ization. which now has in hand about
100000, the interest of which IS being de-
voted to giving pensions to Superannuated
pedagogues.
The claims of the Public Library. now
being erected through the aid of Mr.. Car
nesie, were advanced. as were those of
numerous eIeemosynary institutions.
Major Sylvester, the Chief of Police,
suggested the establishment of a perma-
nent apparatus for ropfng of the Avenue
for professional occasions. He urged
that the committee carry their generosity
TO the extreme, providing for the roping
of the Avenue from the White House
to TWeuty-second Street. appropriatipg
the surplus for the purpose An alternate
suggestion WAS for the application of the
surplus to the Police Fund, in recognition
OF the excellent services provided by the
force during the recent Inaugural festivi-
ties
1t is more than probable that at the
next and final meeting Of the committee,
Mr.. Edison viii advance some Yr0pO-
sition looking TO the disposition Of the
remaining funds for a permanent memo
rial The meeting Of the committee will
be held at the call of the chairman
\ widow who conducts boarding house
on Jackson Place. has fled complaint with
the Inaugural Committee. She claims that
four windows of the house occupied by
her which might have been utilized as
places Of vantage from which to view the
Inauguration parade. We're blocked by the
erection OF the reviewing stand authOriz-
ed 10y the committee The widow was
supposed to have been notified after
yoicing her complaint in no uncertain
tones at the time, by the gratUit Jus pre-
SentatiOn Of four seats on the reviewing
Sta-Id. the erection Of which had excited
her wrath This was not the case. how
ever. and IL now appears that the lnaug-
ural Committee is threatened with
suit If Sl25 IS not paid 10 tie woman. The
Inaugural Committee has, however, re-
fused to consider the matter
II appears that the woman claims 10
nave rented the windows IL question some
time before the erection Of the stands
WAS commenced She asserts that she
had no idea that the Inaugural Com
rnittee proposed to ObstTucU her view She
entered an early protest. but was advised
that the stand would not materially inter
fere with the view from her premises
and would probably not obstruct more
than one window. Partially cOntenJed.
and accepting this as the best condition
heard from her until the stands were
nearly completed
TWO first fOnE windows had been
blocked. ana (. secoud-stOTy window Was
ObStructed by the stand prDpe-. while a
stairway cut of the remaining window
The widows discomfort found expression
in an application for an injunction, but
John B Larner- Chairman of the Inau-
gLral Committee on Parks and Re
Viewing Stands under whose direction the
stands were erected. could not be found
and the process could not be executed
until II was too late to do much good
he was finally caught in his office and
eventually agreed 70 remove the stairs
and give the widow four tickets 20 the
reviewing stand
Mr.. I4arner believed that the matter was
then settled. and smiled at his own as
tuteness- This was q premature induI-
gence. however
When the inauguration ceremonies had
passed into history Mr.. Barner was called
upon by = WeIl-known attorney who pre-
scented the claim of the widow for S125.
He promised to present the claim to the
Inaugural Committee. which he did
The case was considered at Saturdays
meeting, with the result already stated