Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-03-08
FROM WASHINGTON,
The Inaugural Spectacle Come and
Gone-Many Visitors.

The great inaugural spe ctacle has come
and gone. The thousands upon thousands
OF visitors, who had never seen the glories
OF the national capitol, have had their
brief soiourn and dispersed to their own
communities. Theodore Roosevelt has
entered upon what ia practically his
second term in office. The wheels OF gov
eminent are turning without jar. There
is hardly anything now to even suggest
the advent OF a new administration Thus
carefully is the machinery of government
adjusted. The changes in the official per.
sonnet are even fewer during the last ten
days than has been the case during other
ten-day periods OF Rooseveit's encum-
bency.
The Maine people have all departed,
save the Two senators, who are continu
ing the legislative grind at a special ses-
sion OF the Senate. But special session
OF the Senate. following the inaueu-
ration, is always dull sffair. Its bust.
ness ia chiefly executive, ira nsacted be-
hind closed doors. 1t Is never difficult to
ascertain the proceedings, but profane
eyes ara nevertheless exc uded.
Visitors from the Pine Tree State were
Hospitality entertained. Senator and Mrs.
Hale and Gov. and Mrs. Burleigh were
especially active in securing the new
corners cordial welcome. Gov. Cobb &C.
cupied a conspicuous place among the
visiting governors. The three trim look.
ing members OF his staff in spotless uui.
form, were the peers in every particular
of any gubernational staff that came to
Washington for the great quadrennial
spectacle. OF course many OF the Maine
people had been In Washington before,
but they enjoyed their stay just as much.
The governor and his staff paid numer-
GUS official calls, besides spending lot OF
time sightseeing. At the capitol Gov.
Cobb saw all the Maine members and sem
ators. Arrangements were made for them
TO visit the President, who expressed I'M
usual pleasure at meeting loyal repubi.
cans from 'way down east". The Presi-
dent always has a warm place in his heart
for Maine people. He felt gratified at
such generous representation from the
Pine Tree State. He res ly said he was
"iieiig bted".
Gov, and Mrs. Burle:gh inaugurated the
social festivities for the Maine visitors,
Hill had hardly aligbted from the
Pennsylvania railroad train before they
were warned hat Gov. and Mrs. Bur-
leigh wanted them at dinner that very
evening. All Washington, it should be
remem bered, dimes in the early evening
not In the mild g Of the day. Plates
were laid for eleven in a cosy corner Of
the b autiful dining-ro OF the Raleigh
hotel, where Gov. and Mrs. Burleigh have
been living this winter. There were
plenty OF good things to eat, but above
all the genuine Maine hospitality, which
the ex-governor and his wife know so
wei, how to dispense. That alone was
sufficient to make the distipg uished
Maine visitors feel as much at home as
though they were in Augusta
Gov. Cobb, OF course, sat at Mrs. Bur-
Deigh's right, and Mrs. Cobb at Gov. Bur
leigb's right, those being the seats OF
honor. Mrs. Byron Boyd, daughter of
the host and hostess, assisted materially
in the 10 pitaiity. The dinner was fol-
lowed by box party at the National
theatre, where Maxine Elliott, Maine
actress, was the star. All enjoyed the
play.
Saturday, the day OF the Inauguration
was also especially pleasant for the Maine
visitors and members of the Maine dele
CATION aud ladies by reason of a dinner
given them by Senator and Mrs. Hale at
their spacious residence ga the cor ner of
10Th and K. streets. Practically the same
company was present, aud there was a
repetition on splendid scale OF the hos
pitality OF Thur.d.y evening at the Bur
ieighs. Ex-Gov. Hill was a house guest
there. The senator and his wife are never
happier than when entertaining Maine
friends and made the occasion one long
to be remembered.
The senator, freed from his long and
arduous tasks at the capitol, was gener-
ally congratulated on the mastery
fashion In which he held the helm of the
Senate during the last month of the ses-
sion. Although the confiscation of time
by the trial of the Swayne impeachment
case, threatened the greatest blockade of
legislation in the closing hours that
Congress had had for years, Senator Hale
expedited the work SO resonrcefully that
the closing hours were in reality the most
orderly known In twenty years.
Senators recognized his ability in dis
patching business, and followed his lead
Toe knotty problems, involved in the
adjustment of appropriation bills in
conference between the two Houses,
yielded to prompt solution. The House,
often rebellious towards the Senate, was
tractable because its conferees found the
Senate in a mood TO meet 1t half way on
any reasonable propositions. The
absence OF Senator Aldrich, the republi-
can floor leader, in Europe, demonstrated
amply that Maine has senator entirely
competent to fill his shoes.
The Maine delegation as whole