The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-03-07

- they are divided
into two classes.
by Cinedinst local merchant
cu,rr ,usr,cr WHITE and hotel keep
| ers who catch
dollars. aud the hoi polloi who catch
colds.
Nevertheless II Is a great day. The
bands play Hail TO the Chief" the
militia OF the various states proudly
pound the pavements; the governors
| and their stats come forth TO dazzle
the eye; the political clubs keep time to
secret refrain In the heart Of each
member that sounds suspiciously like
want Job. want a job" the city Is
brave with flags and bunting: the pres
ident elect struggles 20 his feet and
| struggles to keep his feet as he bows
10 the plaudits OF the multitude while
his carriage passes by. He delivers an
| inaugural address that Is already In
type In nearly all the newspaper OF.
fees IN the country. he reviews miles Of
parade and shakes thousand OF hands,
| the cannons boom the salute. and all
goes merry as a marriage bell This
Is especially true OF the coin that tin.
kles into the tills OF the various hotels,
stores, thirst parors and the like For
real merriment that sound has the av.
erage marriage bell sounding like q
dirge.
Speaking Of the Weather.
Our inaugural ceremonies may be
likened TO the tree of liberty bursting
into flower Som, howery-whatl The
| only trouble Il that the blossom Is usu.
| ally covered hy the snow which our
| optimistic aud promising weather de
| partment hands out each inauguration
day. Professor Willis L. Moore prom.
ises assorted sunshine and balmy skies
and calls on all the universe and the
| signal service TO witness his good In.
tentions. This prophecy having been
duly made. telegraphed TO the ends OF
the land and published IN the papers,
the weather proceeds to perform. Incl.
| dentally making an assorted variety OF
| monkeys out OF the said Willis l.
| Moore. On the morning Of Inaugural.
ton day II SHOWS. This Is followed by
hail, sleet, rain. wind. slush. microbes,
influenza. grip. coryza. cold feet. blue
rips, red noses. profanity, inebriety.
doctors bills, Grape. undertakers and a
frenzied agitation 10 change the inau.
| guration date which comes 10 nothing.
IL Is said 10y some OF washington's
| oldest inha bitants that there have been
| nice Inauguration days There Ia even
| one myth TO the effect that there was
q mild and sunshiny 9th Of March
Possibly that was at one Of the inau
gurations Of Grover Cleveland You
can't prove II by me. So far as my
knowledge and belief 20. Inauguration
day weather In Washington usually IL
bad.
There have been various measures
introduced In congress TO change inau.
guration day TO the end Of April They
have ranged all the way from simple
| bills and resolutions to constitutional
amendments. Whatever their form.
they have all Travelled through the val
ley OF the shadow OF the pigeonhole
| Everybody admits that the change
should be made, but that does not help
the efforts TO change IT. People who
participate In inaugural parades or look
on die aud are buried In consequence,
but the deadly date goes on. President
Elect Wilson proposed that be be sworE
In on March 4. but that the public cele-
bration be left TIL later. Everybody
AAn
proceeded deliberately TO prepare for
the public ceremony on March 4. Can
you beat III
Custom Is mighty aud shall prevail
President Elect Wilson also suggested
that he wanted a simple inaugural
without so much fuss and feathers
and so many troops. Thereupon the
committees IN Washington got togeth-
err, adopted solemn resolution approx
Ing the idea OF simple inaugural, made
various speeches telling why simplicity
should prevail and then proceeded TO
follow precedent and to arrange the
same kind OF inaugural that had been
held from time immemorial.
The head OF the committee In charge
Of the Inauguration IL William Corco-
ran Eustis OF the District OF Columbia
and state of Virginia. Eldridge Il.
Jordan, a Washington bank president,
Is vice chairman, and Major General
Leonard Wood. now the head OF the
army. Is grand marshal. There are va
rious subcommittee containing the
names Of nearly every man socially
prominent In Washington. IL these
committees alone were to parade they
would require quite some time TO pass
given point There would be the
honorable committee on the comfort OF
visitors. the honorable committee on
legislation. the honorable committee on
decorations, the honorable committee
on this and the honorable committee
on that. All Of which teaches US that
the Inauguration OF a president OF the
United States is a sizable function. A
quarter Of a million visitors are eI.
pected In the capital city that week.
Nor will they all be looking for ONCE.
IL Is expected that at least the bands
and the militia will have no banker.