New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-01-14

tending the induction into office Of
Warren q. Harding as president of the
United States. and Calvin Coolidge as
vice president thereof. Other f~estiyi-
ties of a somewhat unusual nature al
so are promised, including a street
carnival somewhat like that of the
Mardi Gras 'dOings" il the city of
New Orleans.
Edward Is. Mclean, proprietor and
editor Of the Washington Post, has
been named by the chairman Of the
Republican national committee, AT the
request of Senator Harding, AS chair
man of the inaugural committee. The
committee has opened headquarters
In the Gridiron room Of the New VII
lard hotel and preparations have been
begun in earnest for the inaugural ac-
~tiyities.
The writer is indebted "a William
i. brigham IF the Boston Transcript,
who has been digging int things, for
the following historical episodes con
nected with previous inaugural cere-
monies:
The official committee on the in
.auguration Of the President is "A body
separate from that which has 10 do
with the inaugural festivities. II In
composed exclusively of three MEM
hers each of the house and senate.
whose privilege II Is To escort the new
President TO the White House after
he has taken the oath and thereby
runs a tale which run away back
into American history.
only IA the last twenty years has
the House Of Representatives taken
any official part In the ceremonies of
the Inauguration, and they have been
included only after "A series of acri-
monious episodes which are Il story In
themselves. The theory was that az
the terms Of the members of the house
at noon Of March 4, the date
Of the Inauguration. the house had no
existence until II had been
into session and the members
sworn in and that. therefore, II
fevolyed upon the senate. as a on
body, Ia conduct the ceremony.
Old House and Senate Row.
THE house, however, always resent
I'd this point of view. and as far back
rs 1917 one of the many rows grow
.ng out of the situation occurred,
which has been handed down with
traditions of congress. The Presi-
lent, up TO that time, had taken the
path In the chamber of the House Of
representatives, which was loaned the
'enatc for the occasion. In 1917 MIR.
lay was speaker, and the senate
Isked the house for the privilege of
,emovlng the plain wooden chairs
lsed by the members and substituting
he comfortable leather covered affairs
n which the senators were accus-
Omed to ensconse themselves.
This proposal Ia bar the house from
he proceedings aroused Clay's anger,
nd be served notice that the senate
h0uld not be admitted To the house
i Will retain the key Clay
: reported 10 have said. whether the
Is I'm session or not whereupoD
he senate abandoned It's plans and the
of the Inauguration was trans
erred to the senate portico at the
orth end of the capitol.
'From that time until about twenty
ears ago, or long after the senate had
what is now the room of the SUI
,.ap,. ,attrt a,,1 aagppYaA Ito ,rae.pt
hamber, the senators still continued
} conduct the Inauguration at their
nd OF the capitol on the portlco out
de. In fact, the senate wing was
barred of against the house.
Made Lodge Angry. ,
"In 1889 when Harrison succeeded
leveland, Henry Cabot Lodge, then a
from Massachusetts, al !
'mpted TO 60 from the house to the
wing on Inauguration day and !
as refused passage by the guards. .
hereupon, It Is narrated, Mr.. Lodge !
ade the air blue with remarks. Gen I
al Grosvenor of Ohio was equally :
llphurous over the high-handed SEN '
@ procedure, and Naderson OF Kan !
IS proposed that the house should
Ike a file Of soldiers and make Its ]
ny through 4 the Gene of the In :
lguratlon. These clashes were of ]
gular occurrence and feeling ut times :
n high. Z
at was not until 1901, when Joseph
Cannon was chairman of the COM
Ittee Of appropriations, that matters =.
IRE smoothed out. The senate had :
ked for an appropriation of $1,000 to T,
fray the Inauguration expenses at :,
g capitol, and Mr.. Cannon tackled on !,
the resolution a proviso that the !,
erclses should be conducted under =
e joint control Of the senate and the :
The senate threw out the !.
nendment and the house at first re- ="
sed TO vote the money. The thing !"
Is finally patched M. however, Joint !.
was agreed upon. and since "
Ut time the one branch has ap- y
AIRED as prominently In the pro-
as the other"
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