Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-13

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THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
After all, the one aborbing feature of
the inaugural show was the interest in
the personality of the new President.
l could not help comparing this scene,
as watched it, with the momlier pro-
cesses of life that all have witnessed,
where the friends go down to the
train" to see one off, or stand on the
dock, and shout bon voyage" as the
ship points its bow toward the harbor
with foreign land as the next stop.
And again likened it to the grand
openings" advertised in the papers,
where ones friends assemble at the
store or office to watch the launching
of new business, and to fervently eX-
press their best wishes for success.
The only difference with the inaugur-
alton was in size, for the same human
spirit was there. Possibly there may
have been envy, greed and jealousy in
spots, but considered as whole one
looked out there on acres of humanity.
made up of every political faith and
every religious creed, and these Ameri
cans-white, black, native and foreign
born, witness of the pride of country,
the joy of having shared in the triumph
of that great march" down the
Avenue, to join in single purpose,
expressed in their lightened counter
ances seeming to say: Bon voyage
Wilson and Marshall to you in the
management of Our Ship on it's voy-
age"
SEEING Two PRESIDENTS In A DAY.
In the forenoon President Taft &C
companied President-elect Wilson to
the Capitol. Three and half hours
later President Wilson returned with
ex- President Taft to the White House.
The day before l shook the hand of the
latter ard said goodbye. He told our
little group that he would return to the
Capital occasionally, but if he does the
visits will be rare Beneath the Taft
smile" it seemed to me there was new
sadness / never had noticed before;
back of all this pleasant exterior it
struck me there was heart as heavy
as lead. Taft certainly is good old
sport" the Capital has been saying in
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but few really appreciate the things
the people exact of their retiring Presi-
dents, and the custom requiring the
retiring Chief to ride back and forth
with the man who has vanquished him,
is on par with the ways of the ancient
Romans who exhibited their fallen foes
in like manner, in parades through
their streets. When the retiring Presi-
dent has bluffed his way through this
most trying ordeal, all that is left for
him is to drive out ''the back way
away from the scene of his power and
glory, and leave town as unobtrusively
as possible. During the inaugural
everyone was inclined toward happiness,
and Mr.. Taft was shown every considera-
ton, notwithstanding that his exit from
the White House was part of the reason
for the great rejoicing.
THE BLOoDLEss REVOLUTION -
The confidence in the stability of our
institutions, the patriotism that is bred
in the souls of all men and women,
bore its unmistakable evidence in the
way in which things happened in the
National Capital on March 4 and the
subsequent days. Although a great
government had turned from one poll
tical party to place its trust in an entirely
different policy of the past, nowhere
was there word of complaint, or doubt
as to the wisdom of those who had at
tanned to power Naturally the Demo-
Gratis were in high fettle; and all other
kinds of politics were in spirit of &C
quisence. What less civilized people
have been unable to accomplish through
revolution, our United States have
peacefully attained by the ballot.
THR RUSH FOR POSITIONS
If every officeholder in the country,
member of the minority parties, was to
be thrown out, there would be a scar
city of places for even the politicians
who have been here in person, or been
represented by someone, during the
inaugural. Democratic Senators and
Representatives arc struggling bravely
with the problems of patronage, and at
present are trying to make their people
understand that the process of elimina,
ton will be slow-and that the civil
service is real institution in public
affairs, not to be overthrown precipi-
lately.
The SUFFRAGIST PARADE
A big feature of the week was the
parade of the suffragists. The in