Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-05

was my luck to be in Washington CITY
|vhen Mr.. Hayes and also General Garhei1
we're each inaugurated as president OF
ne United States. The excitement wheh
IN. HAYES was sworn in was very great
euuv half the people OF the nation were
nnreSSed with the belief that Mr.. T1lden
80 entitled to the ONCE. Sectional
refudfce was rampant. and NOBODY coui0
av- with certainty, what might happen
nv moment for a week before the 4th OF
AIsrch. Isl Congress was fun OF ahsts
oiiticIans. The hotel corridors were iuH
Id disputing politicians and the puoiic
treets were packed with excited peOpie
Who had rushed 10 Washington CITY 10 -
What they could see, and be IN al 'le
anish-
GENERAL Grant dt was said had enough
rmed soldiers within call 20 shoot down
ny mob or resisting force OF reNoiu1
SIS and he knew how TO fight BY hano-
ing large bodies OF soldiers against UNI
siSripIined troops. His strategy was mis-
hamed for il only meant fiinging q nun
Ired thousand soldiers at less than halt
hat many. and crOwding the opposlnoh
Down aud out The house Of represe nta-
ives had about sevenfy-five Democratic
majority and il was full OF night talk
4xith a few exceptions. There were some
rool heads among them who concluded II
HAS poor policy 10 run smuck and re-
#ppen the civil war where il simply meant
humiliation and nothing TO be gained oy
armed resistance
Some Empty Boasts
Mr.. Henry watterson made some empty
kboasts about the advent Of one hundred
thousand Democrats who were bent on
Arettfnr Tilden seated: but Mr. Tilden him
self was not 50 obstreperous- Mr.. III
denis agents were more peaeeables De-
cause one bloody engagement in the
streets Of washington city would make
hampers Of the rich men who owned stocks
and bonds in the north. and the country
was tired Of war. II was not the gum
but the pocketbook that spoke for him.
Mr. HAYES was DOUBTLESS uneasy and had
rof~a reason 10 be- as he rode through the
aveuue 70 and from the capitol A sharp
shooter on a tall building or an assassin
near him could have made short work OF
new president. as IL happened with
Garfield and Mckinley a few years later.
Mthough not at an Inauguration ~ s-- -
A good many people drew a long breath
OF relief when the day closed without
bIoodshed and riot. on the. 4th of March.
1sT7.
The crowds at the capitol were i'm
mense. We rushed up there as soon as we
rot . bite Of breakfast. were admitted by
ticket only. and sat and waited until
nearly I2 O'Clock 10 see two presidents
come into the senate chamber and SIT
side By side. where the multitude could
look al theme Grant and Hayes might have
been called a pony team" IL they had
been younger. but as both had reached
maturity We simply saw two stout, rather
Alatty and well-dressed gentlemen. much
ke as 10 size. but with no facial re-
#sembTance at al
Being tired and cramped from long sit
ting we struggled out Of the pack OF
people and hurried back to our hotel 10
get a front window view OF the long
procession as il returned from the capl-
toll
We also viewed the streets by night
when Pennsylvania avenue was q jam OF
human beings for mile long and after
ward went to bed. thankful that peace
had won the day and danger had sub
sided
Proud Day for Garfield
II was a proud day for Gen. Garfield.
as he rolled along the same avenue four
years earlier with Mr. Hayes by his side