Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-07-30
GOSSIP OF THE INAU0URA.
TON.

stands along Pennsylvania Ave.
Already Begun.
II seems early IN the dav 10 begin
TO lay plans for the Inauguration of the
next president. innsmuch az that ofncial
will not be chosen until next November.
But the Inauguration Is big business
proposition for the city 81 Washington.
and already the thrifty citizen there Is
beginning TO lay awake nights trying "a
figure out scheme TO got approximately
rich the first week IN March. 1909. In
augurals come but once In four years.
and It is worth while to make hay while
the sun shines. Illustrating the fore
sigh: Of Washington folk In this matter
Of inauRurations. It appears that al
ready the rental OF windows alorg Penn
syivaria avenue has begun. Owners Of
windows nra already casting about for
persons who will rent them. Anyone who
has control over a window or a tract Of
ground where a stand can be erected
anywhere along Pennsylvania avenue
will have a valuable asset on the fourth
day OF next March Big prices are ex-
acted for windows and for sites for
stands. and such prices are readily OBJ
taired. Anywhere from the treasury to
the capitol grounds windows can Be rent
ed for large sums. when the pressure
becomes great and the crowds begin to
grow thick along the avenue the fore
noon Of the fourth day OF March. a good
window will command a price Of from
f,fty to seventy Ave dollars. All manner
Of stories are told Of persons renting
buildings for months ahead Just for the
sake Of being able to sell window spa &c
on Inaugural tion day.
Every four years. as inaugural time
rolls around. there Is agitation over the
question of having the president inau-
suratcd on a different date from March
l. II is an unsatisfactory dntc for vari-
Gus reaaons. chief Of Them being the
fact that the weather II Washington
early in March is generally Indictment
No doubt there will be a renewal OF the
times before. It will probab bly, be unavail-
, ing Scarcely an inaugural goes by that
Is not followed by the death of one or
more mon OF distinction who have un-
duly exposed themselves while sitting
outdoors watching the inaugural parade
Senator Bntes OF Tennessee. II will be re-
called. contracted a fatal illness at the
time az the 1906 inaugural ceremonies.
Nevertheless. II has proved extremely
difYicult to get the time OF the inaugur-
alton changed.
Whether Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Bryan Is
elected ns tho next president II Is e1-
pectei the next Inauguration will be a
great event. literally attended. Natural
~. " the democrats should win after be-
ine out Of of,ces for 10 many years
they would set In for a great demon
stration. II Ia likely that democrats
who are not yet through voting for
Andrew Jackson would come from the
recesses OF the country and descend on
the capital. But II may hc doubted
whether the observances next March
come no to those o: 1915. In the parnd"
was a magnificent array OF military
forces. rough riders and cowboys via
western sherfffs. marshals. gunnghtcrs'
, plninsmen and, In short. the most cos
, mopolitan body Of Americans ever ns-
semblcd In an Inaugural celebration
President Roosevelt Is Of the type that
appeals to the imagination Of class
OF citizens OF the more picturesque kinn
q great deal moro strongly than does
either Mr.. Taft or Mr Bryan, Probably
the Inauguration Of Mr.. TAFT would be
less picturesque. but not less largely
attended by the sober, conservative, sub
stantial folk. and II Ia hardly likely a
BRYAN inaugural would come M to
Roosevelt ono In point Of striking ana
dramatic aspects
Tho fact that Mr. Roosevelt will. as
ne has already announced, not ride
with tho new president nor allow him
eolf to ne dragged at the chariot
wheels Of the new conQueror or INC
hixhcrt office in the gift - the people.
will deprive the next Inauguration or
certain interest A good many peo-
pie nre commencing Mr. Roosevelt FOR
having the scnac tc break MP what
seems to have been ar ill-ndvised GUS
tom, embarrassing ~ the outgoing
President and a cause Of oonstrn'nt 10
the incoming one. imagine Tor IN
stance. how Mr.. Roosevelt would feel
riding before the eyes OF an inaugural
multitude with william Jennings Bry-
an. Or consider how Mr.. TAFT would
feel II the Roosevelt admirers stirred
up a demonstration for M Roosevelt
that would outstrip and eclipse the
denomination for HIS successor. on
the other hand. think OF the feelings
OF Mr.. Roosevelt II he had to play the
part OF the broken idol In the per-
Torrance and tho htkie multitude
should reserve all Its demonstration
for the new wearer Of the isSrels
Always. as the time draws near for
Inauguration, there Is talk OF erecting
great structure In Washington,
where the Inauguration ceremonies caa
he held Nothing has 50 far come OF II.
and there is strong popular feeling
against abandoning tho practice OF