The Prescott daily news., 1913-01-18
By GEORGE CLINTON.

NASA SCiCiIOAiSS dS SILupl0 dS pOsSl- ble,' is the request of President-elect Woodrow Wilson.
 Make the inauguration ceremonies worthy in dignity and display of the great victory of the Democracy" Is the dictum of most of the Democratic leaders in Washington.
 The local inauguration committee has. been appointed and has gone to its work energetically It Is not un- derstood that MT Wilson's request for simplicity means that he does not wish to have a huge parade Parades the promoters of big inaugural events say. are representative of the people. enjoyed by the people and are in every way eminently proper So 1t Is that while the actual inducting into ofdce and part of the ceremonies in which the president-eleet has a per sonal place may be extremely simple, 1t can be taken for granted that there will be "big show" in Washington on March 4, perhaps the biggest show ever presented to the eyes of the capital residents and of their visitors from distance.
 One of the agitating questions just now Is whether or not there is any likelihood that Mir Wilson will carry out half-hint he has made that he would like to walk from the executive mansion to the capitol where the cer- emonies of taking the oath and of de- livering the inaugural address take place
 Would Break All Precedent.
 If Mir. Wilson should walk from the White House to the capitol he would break all presidential precedents of inauguration days. Even Thomas lief ferson, whose course on the occasion of his oath-taking is always referred to as the acme of simplicity. rode on horseback to the capitol, though vir- tually unattended It may be said that the streets of Washington in Jeffer- sons day, certainly the middles of them, were in such condition that no man, president or other, could walk far without becoming stuck boot-deep in the mud
 Gov. William Sulzer, who took the oath of office as chief executive of New York state on January 1, broke state precedent by walking from the executive mansion to the capitol, but that walk was only a short one, the day was perfect and the outgoing gov ernor, Mir Dix, who had to accompany his successor to the capitol, was per fectly willing to walk with him. It Is not supposed in Washington that Mir. Wilson had Mir Sulzer's precedent in mind when he hinted that he might like to walk from the White House to the capitol, for 1t is not customary for a president to take example of a governor, but 1t Is believed that the make the walk to the capitol If it can be done without having 1t appear that he Is straining after an effect of Dem ocratic simplicity and thereby will overdo the thing and bring 1t pos sibly to the border of ridicule.
 Mr. Taft Must Be Considered.
 When the president-elect starts from the White House to go to the capitol he will be accompanied by the president of the United States. for MT. Wilson will not be president un- til after he has reached the big legis- lative building on the hill and has taken the oath of office. The question is, therefore would it be proper for MT. Wilson In the capacity of presi- dentelect to insist that MT. Taft in the capacity of real president should walk the mile and third along Penn sylvania avenue to the capitol under weather conditions which are very likely to be bad. Four years ago MT Roosevelt and MT. Taft rode down the avenue from the White house to the capitol in carriage which was partly open. It was a terrible day and 1t Is probably, If the weather condi- tions of the day be duplicated this year, that even If the arrangement to walk were made in advance, it would be given over In the face of the ele- ments.
 MT. Taft Is a big man physically, but contrary to general belief on the sub- feet he Is a good deal of a walker It can be taken for granted that if MT Wilson actually shall request MT. Taft to walk the mile and third with him he will acquiesce, but it may be that in advance some one will suggest to the president-elect that the president would prefer that the request be not made
 Already on Pennsylvania avenue printed signs are appearing in win dows to rent for inauguration day. These windows rent for large sums of money. It is said that the owners of some of the huiIdings secure es rnuch