The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-02-28
MOVING DAY At
NATIONS CAPITOL
FareweIIs and Welcomes Ready
to Be Shouted When March
Fourth Arrives.
BY Ernest @. walker.

WASHINGTON, February 14.--Thc
days wane in number rs the sun rises
and sets. Washington Is counting them
off one by one. There are two Satur
days yet before the sceaes will change
upon the official stage, manning there
hy the federal city. A very little while
and the hilarious vanguard will be
upon us, followed by the spirited army
of invasion which will possess tho
streets and avenues and hotels and
boarding houses.
Hoorah, for few HefAOg hoursi
There will be an occasion ,cle:h as has
not been seen in these Ne tAfor twpn-
ty years, perhaps such Ter has never
been seen. There Will x urexans and
far Southwesterners prancing in the
throngs; likewise breezy Pacific Coast
ers. OF very recent days the inaug-
ural committee has been securing the
country for a few Hawaiians, who
would go into the great parade ami
thus add 70 the cosmopolitan character
of the mighty procession of acclaim.
The people of every State and from
every isle of the sea under the Stars
and Stripes are to be represented if
that can possibly be brought about.
oPeSu Lne EalVluS GutsSI.
Hoorah, the spirit of festivity is al
ready upon the federal seat! Away
with those who are to 90. Let us px-
tend the glad hand to those who are
to come. That is the kind of town
Washington has come to DC, caring
mighty little for allegiance to parties
and Their banners. Here the prevalent
worship is of those in power. Who cares
a hang whether they be Democrats or
Republicans, except few fussy old
partisans who can not get politics out
of their systems.
So, hoorah for the multitudes who
will dwell for few days in a city that
is peculiarly their own 1t will be
tremendous overflow affair. That now
seems assured. No boomers or boosters
are needed to make it so. Democrats
are already straying in, an earnest of
the many who will ensue, to see that
the inauguration is properly done. They
get, during their brief stay, measure
of the government which will be par
ticularly theirs for the next four years
with all the credit and also all the re.
sponsibility.
All! The Suffragettes.
The suffragettes! All, the suffra-
gettesl They are coming, too, in dem
onstrations of color and allegory. The
I(Marchers from New York are on the
way, Drawing nipping blizzards and
frost bite. They will blaze into bril-
| liant gathering just as the country dis.
poses of the old and takes on the new
Along the avenue they will proceed
with numerous accessions of fair fem
ininity just as the hosts are making
ready for the big event.
Structurally the city is encased in
rough lumber, all the distance from the
White House to the Capitol. Splendid
weather has favored the carpenters.
They are far in advance with their
tasks and have money in their pockets
at the rate of $4 asday and during
what is usually dull season of the
year. The Inauguration is really a
| boon to them, when the price of meat
and drink and warm clothing is so high.
Railroads Busy.
/ The railroads are gleeful, even
though vexed by demands of firemen
and engineers for more pay to support
the families of little ones at home. The
traffic to and from Washington is very
heavy. Outgoing prospects are splen-
did, for as the packing in hundreds of
households proceeds, there is haste to,
ward the ticket offices for accommoda.
tions. Most of those who came -four
years ago or even eight or more years
ago now must depart and there is lit
tie disposition to tarry in Washington
And besides hauling 100000 visitors
into Washington and away again, there
is this business of transporting a gooG
fraction of the city's population away
and distributing it into divers parts
of the land from which it came.
/ On every hand there is motion, ac
, celerated by the march of events al
February ends. Emigration and immi
! grafton become conspicuous wheneve
, a change of administration brings alst
r change of political parties. TIL
moving in process will come a littl
r later, when President Wilson settle
) down to his desk and begins to writ
!, commissions. Then those, who ar
l authorized to serve in Washington, will
begin to move in and those who ar
{ authorized to serve elsewhere vii
o come down to Washington and pay goo
4 sized hotel bills as they tarry for in
= strnctions.
n Will Come On the Jump.
OF necessity many family will fin
itself catapulated into Washington 70
the next four years. There are thos
! poor cabinet families for example. Al
Q parently few, If any of them, have til
u slightest inkling yet that they win b
chosen and the President.to-be will nc
y tell In ordinary years when new az
. ministration comes in, somebody in III
cabinet family discloses the secret an
!, thus premature announcemeI
y reaches the people. There have bee
- none of that kind this winter, while
- undoubtedly means that nobody hi
% been invited.
8 And when the invitation 20 the eoul
ell table has been extended and aeeep
y cd, what a rush there will be 10 q
u settled at the Capital. Honsewiyi
10 win be In despair, The head Of Il
family will have 20 jump and strain
4, get his business settled up but his wi
- aud his daughters will be IN the thTo
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