The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-01
SIMPLE INAUGURATION
PRESIDENT NEXT FRIDAY
HARDING WILL TAKE OATH
OF OFFICE WITHOUT CERE-
MONY OF ANY KIND.
POMP AND SHOW ABANDONED
Pageantry of Past Inaugurations Elm
mated by Request of the New Chief
Executive, Even Time Honored
Parade and Ball Being Abandoned

Parade and Ball Being Abandoned.
Warren G. Harding, republican, OF
Ohio, will be sworn in as the twenty
ninth president of the United States on
next Friday, March 4, at Washington,
The Inauguration will mark the first
big swing toward simplicity since
Thomas Jefferson toiled up Capitol
Hill afoot III years ago. At the urgent
request OF Mr.. Harding all pomp and
splendor have been abandoned for Fri
day, and the ceremony will be one OF
severe simplicity During the cere-
mony every one will stand, no seat
of any kind being provided, even for
Mrs. Harding, or for Chief Justice
White, who will administer the oath.
Pomp of Other Years Missing.
Gone will be the pompous inaugural
parade down Pennsylvania avenue;
gone will be the marching troops, the
martial bands, the gorgeous floats, the
expensive decorations, the glitter OF
| the inaugural ball, the military pa
geants and the roar OF artillery which
| have marked the inauguration OF 9th
er presidents.
Both the president-elect and the vice
| president-eleCt, with their wives and
other members of their families, Will
arrive in Washington. according to the
present program, on the afternoon OF
March 3, and will go to the same
lhotel. A little after II o'clock III the
! morning OF March 4th the president
elect will be driven to the white house,
where he will be joined by the out
going president, providing Mr.. Wilson
| is in physical condition to accompany
him, and the two will be driven down
| PENNSYLVANIA avenue to the capitol. In
| the meantime the vice pres1dent-elect
will have gone to the senate chamber,
where he will take the oath of Office.
No Expense Whatever.
This will be the first time within
the memory of the Oldest senator or
representative that seats or benches
have not been provided for use on the
inaugural stand.
President elect Harding, during the
inaugural will kiss the same Bible
that George Washington used during
the inauguration of the first president
This Bible, now the property OF
Masonic lodge of New York city, has
! been kept in a safety deposit vault to
preserve it from the ravages OF the
elements or possible theft, and will be
taken to Washington by three Masons
r! from New York, who will never lose
sight of it while it is away from the
safety deposit vault.
Departs From Custom.
Custom has made it virtually law
that the Bible used in the Inauguration
of new president shall be provided
bv the clerk OF the United States SUI
preme court and that a new Bible be
| furnished every four years, but Sen
ator Harding will depart from this
custom. Only on three occasions, SC
far as the records show, has the Gus
tom been departed from heretofore
Grover Cleveland insisted that the BIZ
BILE given him by his mother be used
at both of his inaugurations, and Viii
liam Mckinley, when first sworn in
agreed to use volume presented by
body of African bishops.
Arrive Day Before Inaugural.
Mr.. Harding will arrive in Wash
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about twenty-four hours before he is
to be sworn in as chief magistrate OF
! the nation. He will make his head
quarters at the New Willard hotel,
and it will be from that hosiery just
before noon on March he will make
his way to the capitol to take the oath
of office.
The president-elect is a very plain
citizen and he likes plain affairs. He
, would rather have a few of his init
mate friends about him on inaugural
ton day than a host of strange .ad-
mirers and we'll wishers. According
to present plans, a large number OF
Marion home folks will be in Wash
ington on March 4 and if there are
anv ceremonies at the white house
that day at all they will include the
Marion folks.
Senator Harding has done his ut
most to discourage the attendance at
the Inauguration OF any marching
clubs or organizations of any kind
He says he will positively refuse to
review a parade, no matter how inn
promptu it may appear. The lunch
con which he has asked President Viii
son to have prepared for him at the
white house will be confined entirely
to his own family. Taken altogether,
the Inauguration of 1921 promises to