Newport daily independent., 1902-10-29
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 sErk WILSON
Part To Be Played In Hardinp,s <, auguration Will Be Trying K
 Presidents Natural Diffidence

] Washington, Jan. 15.President
 Wilson's part in the inauguration
 will be dramatic. How far willhe 20
 in observing the traditional attend
 arice of the retiring president at the ceremonies, custom begun when
 Washington went to the old state house at Philadelphia with John Adams? Secretary Tumulty has said that Mr. Wilson at least will accom- pany MT. Harding to the capitol. No one expects that President Will son will break his long seclusion by appearing in any great prominence. Even if the question dY his physical endurance was not to be considered, it is not his nature to lend himself readily to superficial magnanimity Inherently he is not adaptable to a great public demonstration. He does not "show" we'll. When Le eAQccom- panies Senator Harding down Penns- ylvania Avenue to the east porch of the capitol, he will sit erect and un- compromising, his shoulders stiff, his head set squarely with the poise of one who unbends with difficulty which is the position he takes when he starts off for his daily ride around Washington The outward difference of the President was !amented by Secretary Humility one night recently when he told little audience of con- versation with his chief.
 "Tumulty,' the President said
 you must realize that l arn not built for these things. I don't want to be displayed before the pubic. If I tried to do it, I would do it badly
 But President Wilson's abandon n.ent of some of the oomp of tbe presidential oa ce has established E precedent in the minds af the public stlorg enough to bring pressura to pear upon Republicans and cause them to capitulate in favor of s'.c pier Ne And the acti... of Scnat v Harding himself in requesting the elimination of display now has driven the idea of cuctailment into tke con- sciousness of all classes of the >con- stitution. Simplicity hereafter cannot be exclusively the property of Jeffer- sonian democrats. Nor will it bel easy for Republicans to succeed them. selves with pomp.
 There is, however, great differ ence in the simplicity of the incoming and retiring president this year. Senator Harding's appears to be the simplicity of military. That of Presi- dent Wilson would seem to come from aloofness Harding in truth more nearly approaches in character the homeliness of Jefferson who walked from his boarding house on New Jer- sey Avenue, took the oath of office at the capitol, and walked back to sit at the dinner table with congressman and other fellow boarders. But Presi- dent Wilson, undoubtedly at great personal effort, has signified his in- tention to pay his respects to his suc- cessor-and when he stands behind President Elect Harding, the proxim- ity will represent much more than the juxtaposition of two presidents. The two figures, side by side, this time will be symbolic to dramatic degree Senator Harding gained his peace af- ter and nearly all of the physical strength of his predecessor at a time when the contest had world signif- canoe. No greater moving picture as American politics will be posed than the appearance of these two men standing together on March 4.
 Some presidents have been hi9hksy felicitious to a successor, sopSN 2d- V gracious, others shQr4 Aw Nleir OneratuIations and qa Ae cty' or plainly seogaw M Cyl administration. 3
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