Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-03-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. March A. 1901


WASHINGTON, March A, 1901.
Yes, the second Inauguration of Mr..
Mckinley was certainly carried through
on an imperial SCALE AS in ancient Rome,
the people are amused with gorgeous
pageants, while they are losing their most
precious possession--liberty. 1t was fitting,
perhaps, that man who had just been
given by subservient partisan majority in
Congress more autocratic power than was
ever possessed by any American President,
and more than many kings are allowed to
exercise, should be given an imperial
Inauguration. 1t was also in keeping with
the public extravaganza which has grown
to such stupendous magnitude under his
first administration as to stagger and
brighten the conservative element of the
country, that more public money should
be spent upon his second inauguration than
was ever spent upon the Inauguration of
any other President just how much this
inauguration has cost the public Treasury
will never be known, but that it is in an
enormous sum any one can see. Four
companies of Porto Rican troops were
brought all the way to Washington to
march in the Imperial parade samples of
Colonial subjects, as it were; likewise the
cadets from West Point and Annapolis,
who had not participated in an Inaugural
parade, since Grants second, before, and
the regular troops from every military post
in reach. In addition to these, seven war
ships were brought near enough to have
their entire crews in the parade. All of
this cost heap of money, to which must be
added the $4,000, which the use of the
Pension office for the Inaugural ball, cost
tne Government. Like the legisiaolon u
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a. ,ondn,ent nooL;no M McK;nlay Gar Of
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chairman Of The Committee on InsnIar
Affairs dacIinad IN vote of ali Democrats
made tbe most of their small onnortnnitv
To condamn the pbil;nnine Ieoislaf;on MI
DaArmond Of Mo said If the Pennhlican
nolioy srrbav shrink from d;scnss;on
even for an bo1r or two and rusb blindlv
aIono tbe pathway Of Imnerialism. tbev
snit 1non the honor and nIedoe of the RI
s. nv trades bargains and conniyance the
riohts Of fen million neonle in fine Pbilin.
mines are to he frittered away. | commend
70 the tyrants here the nlunder thew will
oct. For myself. 7 stand true TO nv con-
eention of dntv. and I condemn the infamy
tbev are perpetrating.u Mr.. Hull. Of
Iowa. Chairman Of the House Military
Committee was ieered nv the Democrats
when he acknowledoed his connection with
Philinnine land and lumber comnanv.
True 70 his declared intention of uniting
tbe senate on record Senator MORGAN
offered his Nicaraoua Canal resolution
nrovidino for aconiring tbe r;obt Of vav as
an amendment to the Snndrv civil Annro-
nriatiOn hill If was killed as he eXnnctPd
+ 10 be Tho vote wac 9e n 1e IN sustain
the chairs ming that the amendment was
not not in order Tins ended Tho d;sra,,ntab 10,
tbonab successful t;oht to prevent N;caya.r,,a
Canal lea;slat;on Which e Observation-Disclosures w.
favored e 5v the neonle Of this country and nd
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tho extent Of bay;n@ had h;l1 nassed by
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