The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-02-04

difficulties and there is sneh a mighty
,rush) The crowd thina matrriaiiv nnd
ihofe WHO really ntrt dance have
chance 20 spin afoun little.
olum Subscriber.
just what will become Of Washington
SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 The inaugural fund.
u"" upout tsp,uVl. is yet TO be de.
,teA several hundred Washing.
t'n unsincss men who have subscribed
from tlVu TO $1,000. with the eapoeta-
tion that tie moncy would ne retnrncd
10 them, are very glum. Pefhaus some
substitute plan can be worfed opt but
the outcome must inevitably be that
The entertainment for the multitndes
VIII be materially cuftailed. Possibly
ne big display Of Fireworks on the
hite Lot, which makes ain Interesting
evening, will be omitted. That viii
enect saving Of many thousand dol.
lais. Possibly the prices of seats ON
ihe reviewing stands, up and down
ienhsylVania avenue, will be sold Mt
nigner prices (if the visitors can be
maue TO pay more) and this will help
out the revenue situation.
Wants Simplicity.
In any event simpler inauguration
seems 10 be assured. That l. what
rloSldent'elect Wilson desires and there
is much reason in the stand he has
TAKEN. lnaugurations of Presidents at
Washington have been taking op too
much Of the spectacular and the time
was bound to come when some one
would insist there be a siinplification
OF incidental ceremonies. But those in
charge of the unofficial part of tbe in.
aueuraton (ohicially it consists solely
OIL the taking of the oath and the deliv.
cry OF the inaugural address) have to
watch out carefully lest too much sim
phHcatlon make the event less attrac
i've so that people win have less in
Verest IN coming to Washington for the
OCCASION As rule the good people
VINO spend their good money to attend
Inauguration and pay high prices for
thelr Keep while there. want something
10, thelr com. The blase metropolitan
YES VINO are accustomed to such
'"t"ES may not care but all the enter
,"eAt on an inauguration means
,lluch to 9U,oOO or $4,000 people who
traNel all the way from their bnmes
to see "A President start his ndministro-
tion.
Democrats Will Flock.
Probably there viii not be . mucb
trouble on that score, however. There
are enough Democrats in the land To
come to Washington to make the com
ing inauguration success in point of
numbers But the inaugural commit
zee is aware that while the people will
come there is danger they viii depart
srumbLng because they had SO little
| or their money. That would burt tbe
clty OF Washington and possibly re-
fleet upon the new administration,
some substitute for the inauoural
/ ban can be found and the most likely
substitute is state reception. The
President and his wife, of course
would attend that and it could be made
brilliant affair, with superb lights
ana decorations and all that. Sugpes
tions have been made that it be held
IN the Capitol, largely in the rotunda,
and that everybody be permitted to
come without money and without price.
lhat would be exceedingly democratic
and splendid but it would Weld no
gate receipts, which is the important
1hlhg from the Washington standpoint.
No "Glad Hand.''
The new President could hardly
shake hands with all the people who
would come and some restriction would
have to be placed on that feature of
the OCCASION. But matters of detail
! like that could be worked out and the
fact remains that tn. state reception
would furnish an evening of entertain
ment on the day of Inauguration. The
reception could not be held at the
White House because, large as it is,
there would be insufficient room and
there are good arguments against
throwing the doors of the mansion
wide open to the public, at least when
the city is filed with many thousands
of visitors. Not fraction of them
could enter the building, under all the
circumstances, in space of twenty
four hours, to say nothing of two or
three hours, such as the limits of
reception would be.
Concerts by the Marine and Cavalry
bands will be made much of inaugural
week. Those always please the null
titude who come to Washington and
who want to linger two or three days,
at least, after Inauguration. They
need some time to see the sights and
make the little trips which are of so
much interest to visitors. But it is
also necessary to provide something
out of the ordinary for so many people
and that is one of the big undertakings
, for the inaugural committee.
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