New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-05
First Southern President IN
Forty-four Years Brings
the Sections Together.
DEMOCRATS IN FULL POWER
Jefferson Rejected Formally
and Jackson RiOtOus Friends
Almost Wrecked the Elk
ecutive Mansion.
From The Tribune Bureau.

son. iDausurated TO-DAY AS the twenty
seventh President of the United States
assumes office under peculiarly favorable
conditions. FOR not only did his selection
replace Republican with Democratic
Executive nut il also transferred to the
Democratic party control of both houses
of Congress 50 that fun power-as we'll
rs fun responsibilities conferred on
President Wilson and his party to conduct
the Affairs If the government and to carry
INTO effect the policies iog which ne
stands
Close friends of the new President DE-
clsred to-day that ne made no pledge of
a single cabinet Office before hi, election.
50 ina; IL was urhampercd in tho sclec-
ton Of tho men vino are To lee his official
famill and special advisers 1t has been
said .hai nc was und,~ such obligation
To- William + McComus Is - n'ceSSitate
oheirg him place in tine Cabinet BE
that a. s; MAY. he place was offered 10
Mr McComls and declined. SO that every
rncuohrr a. the new Cabinet has been
chosen as the result Of Mr. Wilson's un-
uammelled Judgment
Nor car the selection OF Mr.. Bryan be
rosardrG a. conflicting with this state
mont. fOr although II j. true that Mr.
BryanS opposition resulted in preventing
the nomination Of Champ Clark at Balti-
more. he was only indirectly cOntribu-
,cr 10 the nomination OF Mr Wilson, and
IL is to he presumed that his appoint
mcit as Secretary Of State is due solely
To the Pre- sidents belief that ne is the
democrat host fitted for that important
Office
Vice President Marshall has already eX-
Iressod himself a. purpoSing To do ali
that lies within his power to further the
success of the President as even willing
10 make hit own any view To which
President Wilson may give uttetance.
II the majority in tine House is 80 large
as to be unNieidy. the leaders have the
advantage Of long service, and even
majority OF the majority have had the
benefit Of at least two years in that cham
Der. while the same is true OF the Senate.
That there are rumblinss Of insurgency
in both houses j. true but that Is always
true. and the signs are 10 more porten-
tous than is customary. Ia the opinion
of public men in Washington. the future
looms bright for President Wilson
Eiqhth Vireinian President.
Woodrow Wilson entered at noon to-day
on the thirty-seventh administration of me
government since Washington began the
first IN New York City IA years ago. He
In the eighth Chief Executive Of the ma
lion VINO was born ia Virginia aud The
first 20 he elected from New Jersey.
Washinston jefferson. Madison Monroe
Harrison. Tyler and Taylor were VIZ
sinians by birth.
President Wilson IL the first Southerner
10 OCCUPY the White House in f0rty-four
Years Andrew JOhnst n. who was born IN
North Carolina and elected from Tonnes
see. being the last. For that reason the
South particularly Virginia. participated
IN the Inauguration TODAY with much
more pride and enthusiasm than Z, has in
nearly a half century In fact. presi-
dent Roosevclt's Inauguration lu 1898 was
virtually the first national Inauguration
since the Civil War the South then send
ing its warriors and ofhcialS 10 NasWne-
ton iOr the first time. Yet tine iuaGeuia-
lion to-day marks ally the passing Of
the old feeling that the Chief Executive
should come out OF tn" North.
To-day> demonstration was peculiarly
A great national event. with all sectional
feeling conspicuously absent and the IN
divided North. East. South and We;
joining in the ceremonies Every STATE
in the Union. Porto Rico. Alaska. the
Philippines ard many foreign countries
were represented by the 5000 people who
witnessed the events To-Day.
Lack Of Ball Loss to Merchants.
feature Of former Inauguration pro-
al "a. al tn pg ~,
OF many Of the visitors. was the inaugura.
hall The abandonment Of this festiv'ty
at the suggestion Of President Wilson was
a hard blow To Washington business in
,ereStS. as well as disappointment To-
thousands Of society people who regard
cd the affair ~ the browning event o. the
Inauguration procraInrne Washington
merchants estimated that the absence Of
the ball cost them thousands Of dollars
\ public reception was suggested soon
AFTER President Wilson'S wishes in re-
cara 20 the ball became known. hut this
plan was also abandoned.
"Jenersonian simplici's" seems To- be
me aim Of the new President At least
he made this clear to the inaugural COM
mttee when preparations for the bail and
the reception were being made Formal
ties were thrown TO ,hc winds by Jeffer-
son. who was averse % 'aristOcratc fop-
perry" and held that all his Suess should
he received on the same socia, basis, ana
there is ample reason for believing that
President Wilson will follow the example
IN great many respects.
Jackson became involved m "A quarrel
with officials before his Inauguration and
AS a result refused 10 pay President John
Quincy Adams formal call upon his
arrival q the capital, and the latter. in
turn. was absent from the inaugural. "Oid
Hickory" carried ms simplicity 10 the
extent OF proclaimiHg that the Wni.e
House was the peoples house. and
taking several hundred with him To the
Executive Mansion. with the result that
the place was nearly wrecked. This riol-
first New Year Day reception
The inaugurations OF Cleveland were
like the Wilson Inauguration in many re
spects. the first marking the return to
power Of the party that had been out
of control since the civil War The drst
brought to Washington not only ;he
crowds OF visitors who Slways come from
the South but also Southern political or
ganizatiOns which had never before been
represented at AN Inauguration. The in
auglnations OF Mckinley were not marked
by any particular episodes but Roose-
velt's Inauguration eight years ago was
distinguished because OF the military feat