The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-16
BY COL. WINFIELD JONES

called off all inaugural ceremonies and celebrations, except the simple ceremony at which he will be sworn in as president of the United States at the Capitol on March IA.
 The grief experienced by the Wash ington folks is not so much the call ing off of the inauguration ceremon- ies as the loss of the money to the hotel keepers, restaurant keepers, dressmakers, jewellers, merchants and other tradesmen who regard an nau- guration simply as an opportunity that comes once every four years to make profits out of not only the Washington people themselves but out of the horde of visitors to every inauguration, who are regarded as legitimate financial prey by most of the canny Washington tradesmen and purveyors of food, drink and bed, and also who control the sightseeing ad- vantages on historic Pennsylvania avenue, on which always rides the new president on his way to be sworn in at the Capitol, and up which he comes again to take his place in the White House.
 Besides the tradesmen who profit enormously by the inauguration the society folks of high degree, and some not so high, also make a great hulabaloo over the occasion. The Palm Beach" crowd, as it is derise- lively called by the common people, always spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for new dresses and. jew elry. Society" in Washington, too, is greatly disappointed because the festivities have been tabooed. When President Wilson took possession of the Washington government eight years ago and again four years ago he refused to countenance an inau- gural ball This was a great disap- pointment to Washington so-called high society,"" It was expected this time that President and Mrs Hard ing would grace the inaugural ball with their presence but the ball. too, as well as the parade, was called off This has caused great mourning among the bon ton, but the Washing ton proletariat, which never owned a dress suit or a decoIlete frock is un- feeling enough according to remarks heard among the honest working men of the national capital, to actual ly grin at the disappointment of the capital elite"
 There is no doubt that aside from Washington society" and the deal CTS and the merchants that would have profited financially from a real old-time inauguration, the Washing ton public is pleased at the action of the president-elect in calling off everything that would have made for display and ostentation connected with his inauguration. The Wash ington people, in the mass, that is the plain people, are not shedding tears or losing any sleep over the situation.
 } People also all over the United States must appreciate the motives that led MT. Harding to call off the expensive and really worthless dis play that Washington was preparing for inauguration day. It shows that MT. Harding has his feet on the ground, and is man of the common people. It is return to the days of Jeffersonian simplicity when Jeffer- son rode his horse to the capitol and took the oath of office without any military display, parade, or the blare of brass bands. At least this is the general opinion of most members of congress, and it is the opinion of of most of the Washington "disfran- chised half million"
 Under the plans arranged by the inauguration committee it would have cost at least $1,O0O,O00 of the taxpay- CTS money federal and state for the inauguration ceremonies. This money would have been spent for the inau- gural stands and extra police, infor- nation and comfort stations to take care of the 100000 or more visitors ball expenses, bringing national guardsmen and the cadets from West Point and Annapolis to parade, and the expenses of the visiting gov ernors and their staffs.
 It is also estimated, from previous inaugurals, that the 100000 or more visitors would have spent an aver age oI $100 each in Washington, or total of $1O,OOO,OOO.
 The $1,00OOOO expense would have been paid by national and state tax payers, who would have never seen pf ba and in,