Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-20
EFFECT Of A CHANGE
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Il took the people Of Warrington
some time to get used to all the new
conditions, and before these. became
entirely familiar they underwent sev.N
eral notifications. Mr.. Cleveland
cherished a very large and hearty
contempt for traditions as such. When
'he noon h~andshakings became a nui.
sance and interfered with more i'm.
portant matters, he cut down their
frequency. When Mrs. Cleveland
came to the White House as a bride,
she drew the lines a little closer Oh
Aer part, also, and the Saturday af-
ternoon free.for.alls gradually faded
out. Cabinet Dey remained, and still
survives; but Mrs. Endicott see the
fashion of returning the purely com
plimentary visits OF strangers by a
card at the hands of her footman in
stead Of the personal call which had
been the practice before.
Prior to the advent of Mr.. Cleve-
land, from time iMmemorial. the
gates of the enclosed grounds at the
rear Of the White House had been
left open during the daytime, for the
convenience Of passers to and fro
between the state, war, and navy
buildings and the treasury; but in
due course something annoying hap
pened, for which he found the mast
radical remedy the easiest to apply,
and proceeded to assert the privacy
OF the grounds by having the gates
locked. Thus, little by little, a com.
plete revolution in such minor mat
tiers was effected, every detail assum
Ing exaggerated proportions in the
eyes Of Washington for the moment
by contrast with the established hab-
Its of a whole generation. But the
new order presently usurped the
place Of the old, and became equally
veil settled.
What Wilson viii Find.
President Wilson will find so few
relics of bygone administrations left
which he will wish to change that
lis incoming will not make the stir
that President Cleveland's did. Even
the catalogue of Offices in hisgift has
been trimmed down to such an extent
that he can take the insolvent's oath
at Ga early date, If it is needed to rid
him of inportunate party creditors.
The mass of our people. even in, the
backwoOds, have been trained in the
interval to a better understanding OF
the presidency, its functions and it's
limitations. No matter whom he APP
points as the head Of any department,
1t is improbable that a campaign
marching club from the appointee's
" town will come to Washington
for the purpose of having themselves
photographed on the steps of the de-
partment building as a warning OF
their intention to take possession
soon, as happened in the case of one
Of Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet.
T~Wenty-eight years ago, the head
quarters of malcontent was the lobby
OF the old Wizards hotel; and in the
adjacent barrOOn were always as
sembled a select body OF critics known
rs "the judges, the colonels and the
majors" because every red-nosed bro
Their among them called every other
red.nOsed brother by a title and in
sisted on being called by one him
self. These worthless, who lived no.
body knew how OF where, spent six
teen hours out of every tw%enty.four
or settees and chairs close to the
bar, so as to be at hand when any
socially disposed stranger dropped in
and wanted somebody to chat and
drink with him. The inquiry, wont
you have something's" addressed to
any one Of the group, always grew
an instant affirmative response from
all In chor.s. As long as the visitor
had a dollar to spend on liquids he
was welcome to the political philos-
ophy and personal gossip OF the whole
body, whose attitude toward the new
administration was invariably hostile,
regardless Of what its politics mikht
be, and who could reel off c%onfiden-
tial tales by the hour, of wicked
things that were going OH under cOv-
er, favored with invidious co:npari-
sons of the present with the past.
Now, a modern hosiery stands on
the old site; professional "%bouncers"
long ago disposed Of the judges, the
cOlonels, and the majors; and MI.
Wilson will set up his household
gods, both domestic and official, in a
capital city well cleansed of such
centers of standardization.
Changed Social Conditions.
Since Mr.. Cleyeland's first advent,
moreover, society in Washington has
undergone an almost complete meta
morphosis. Them the government
set" led practically everything; but
now, with the constant inflow that
has been going on during the last
twenty years, of interesting people
who find pleasure in the beauty of
the town, it's mild climate and it's