The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-07
GETS READY FOR
INAUGURATION DAY
WASHINGTON Is PREPARING FOR
GREAT EVENT WITH THE AID
OF ALL ITS NoTAsLEs..
WILSON TO TAKE HIS PART
Promises to Ride With Harding to the
Capitol and 6ack-6ail Probably
viii 30 Held in the Big Pension
Building.
By EDWARD 3. CLARK.

Observation-Disclosures prepara-
tons are going on at rapid pace.
Local committees have been formed
with lists of names that read like
pages from the blue book Of the local
aristocracy and the Congressional
Directory. II any man or woman Of
so-called standing has escaped, he or
she probably will be heard from in a
day or two, and an additional name
or two will be blazoned on the rosters
Of committees.
Very soon now the sound Of the
hammer will be heard on the avenue.
The great thoroughfare ca..;ed "Penn-
sylvania" which sweeps onward from
the Capitol past the treasury build
ing and the White House soon will be
lined with grandstands from which
the populace, by paying properly
regulated" price, will be allowed to
witness the passing parade and also
to witness the "didOs" which, while
not a part of the parade proper, will
be provided for the entertainment Of
the Out-of-town visitors. AS the PEG.
pie already know probably, these
didos are to be in the nature of a
so-called Mardi Gras.
A semi-official announcement from
the White House has it that Presi-
dent Wilson now feels strong enough
to admit of his making promise to
take the regulation part of an out
going President in the Inauguration
ceremonies. This means that Presi-
dent Wilson will accompany Presi-
dent-elect Harding from the White
House to the Capitol, and will sit on
the great stand east of the big build
ing while the President-elect takes
the oath of office and makes his in
augural address. Inasmuch as the
inaugural address lasts ordinarily
about forty minutes and the speech is
made outdoors while the cold March
winds are blowing, the ordeal through
which Mr.. Wilson mast pass can be
understood.
May Be Driven in Doors Again.
Early on the morning of March A.
President-elect Harding will go to
the White House where he will enter
an automobile with President Wilson
Mr.. Harding will sit on Mr.. Wilson's
left on the drive to the Capitol, be-
cause the right, which is the place of
rank, will belong TO the man who still
is President of the United States. On
the wae back to the White House
from the Capitol Mr.. Harding will
sit on the right and Mr.. Wilson, as
ex-President, will sit on the left. A
few words spoken by the chief justice
of the United States in the form of
an oath-giving and the response which
Mr.. Harding will make, mark the
passing from one man to another Of
the privilege Of sitting on the right"
If the weather of March be in
clement, the ceremony of Inauguration
will take place, as it did in 1909 when
Mr.. Taft was inaugurated, in the
senate chamber. Everybody remem-
bers probably the weather conditions
which beset the ceremonies attending
Mr.. Tafts induction into Office. One
Of the worst billiards. of the season
set in on the night of March 8, and
continued until O'Clock on the after
noon of March 4.
Ordinarily Washington In March is
not very cold, but on two occasions In
history the thermometer has gone to
the zero point on that day. When
Grant was inaugurated for his second
term the thermometer went to four
degrees below zero. The midshipmen
Of the Naval academy were brought
over to take part In the ceremonies.
They were rather lightly clad and
thirty Of them were sent to the hos
pital after the parade suffering Sc
verely from fr0stbite.
At one of Cleveland's inaugurations
there were zero conditions and
good deal Of suffering was the result.
in Washington hopes for
val HtCdS0uI WCdlAOA VII
,ut March is proverbially tickle
month even in this mid-latitude. /
Ball In Pension Building.
The pension building, which has one
,uge ground floor room with magnifl-
.ent pillars at its four corners, prob
IDLY is to be given over for the in
lugural ball. This will necessitate
he closing down Of most Of the pen
ion activities for at least two weeks.
rhe lower floor is used for records
which must all be moved to upper
tories and then be moved back again.
me pension building, however, is the
My structure in Washington except i
he Capitol. suitable for a ball, and
o congress probably will allow the
se Of It for a presidential purpose"
The Capitol would be an ideal place
or an inaugural ball, but It probably
will never be used for such a pur-
ose for there is feeling that to put !,
he Capitol itself to such use on a
estive occasion would not be in keep
ng with American traditions.
An appeal was made a few days
60 to the residents Of Washington
or funds to finance the inaugural G