Middletown transcript., 1901-03-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.

strikingly successful. The arrangements
were unusually we'll carried out in every
respect. The parade, both in military
and civic features, was interesting from
start to finish and the street decorations
were more tasteful and artistic than ever
before, especially those in the Court of
Honor, as the two squares of Pennsyl-
vania avenue from 18th to 18th street,
was called for this occasion. The great
court of the Pension Building, where the
Inaugural ball was held Monday night,
could not possibly have looked better.
If it be fair to Judge from the success of
his Inauguration, President McKinley's
second administration will be even more
successful than his first, if such a thing
be possible The Presidents Inaugural
address will take rank among his best
state papers. 1t was open, straightfor-
ward and patriotic, like all his public
utterances and acts.
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Vice-President Roosevelt received the
ovation of his life from the thousands
who thronged historic Pennsylvania
avenue, as he rode to the Capitol to be
sworn in. His first official duty, after
taking the oath, which was administered
by Senator Frye, president pro tenn of
the Senate, was to swear in thirteen new
Senators.
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The Congressional legislative day of
Saturday was extended through Sunday
and until nearly noon Monday, and with
it died the Fifty-sixth Congress, which,
whatever its failings may have been. has
heavy balance to its credit on the right |
side of the public ledger.
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If it were possible for his comrades of
the Civil war to feel an increased admira- |
ton for him, President McKinley's action
in securing the Union veterans for his |
personal escort from the White House to |
the Capitol, by personally requesting
that assignment for them from the Grand
Marshal of the Inaugural parade. Every
veteran in the parade, from Gen. Daniel
Sickles, in command, down to the hum
blest private, looked the pleasure and
triumph he felt at being there, and that
pleasure and trump will be shared by
their comrades all over the country.
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President Mckinley will follow the
example of Gen. Grant, at the beginning
of the second term, and send the nomi-
nations of his entire Cabinet to the SEN
ate, including that of Attorney-General
Griggs, who has promised to remain at
the head of the Department of Justice for
few weeks. At the last meeting of the
Cabinet, all the members rendered their
designations so as to open the way for
their denomination.
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Senator Pritchard made it very plain
before the adjournment of Congress,
that he intends doing everything in his
power to keep Senator Simmons out of
the seat to which he was elected by the
Democratic legislature of North Carolina
on the ground that the election of ma
jority of that legislature, was accom-
plished by fraud. Mr.. Pritchard takes
the ground that the Senate has jurisdic- |
tion to institute inquiry as to whether |
or not state legislature has been elected |
by fraudulent or unfair means.
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With his usual tact and good judgment,
President Mckinley ended the unseemly
wrangle among the ex-Confederate vet
Grams, by informing the delegation of |
Tennesseans, headed by Senators Bate
and Carmack, which called at the White
House to invite him to attend the re-
union of Confederate Veterans at Mem
phis, May 2Sth, and 30th, next, that ar
rangements already made prevented his
acceptance but that he hoped to be able
to visit that city at later date.
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Appropriation bill with the Senate Gu |
ban and Philippine amendments, Rep
resenative Hull, of Iowa, made manly |
statement of his connection with the |
Philippine Lumber and Development |
Company, which he said, caused him to |
be made target of ever since Mr.. Will |
liam ]. Bryan had attacked him during
the campaign. He said: Il will say that |
l am the same man whose name has been |
used in connection with that lumber COM
pany. I have something invested in it. |
1t is legitimate enterprise. 1t has |
never asked favor of the government. |
will say that when cannot invest nv |
money in legitimate enterprise, will |
quit politics do not care to be drone, |
depending only upon my politics for my
living"
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The idea that the conditions laid down |
by Congress for the withdraw of Ameri-
can authority from Cuba, will cause
trouble in Cuba, which is heard in some
quarters, is not shared by President Nc
kinley or any member of the Cabinet.
On the contrary, the President and his
advisers believe that the conditions will |
be complied with by the Cubans. One
thing is very certain, they must comply
with every condition named before
American authority will be withdrawn.
If they wish us to retain indefinite con-
troll over the island, they have only to
leave the conditions alone.
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Mr.. Bryan's latest attempt to boss the
Democratic Senators was farcical. He
kept the wires hot with kilograms trying
to get the Democrats to hold up the
Army Appropriation bill, by flibuster
and force an extra session of Congress,