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Bellefonte, Pa., March 12, 1897.
McKINLEY AND HOBART INAUGU-
RATED.
Beautiful Weather, Enormous Crowds and Gorgeous
Pageants Add to the Event—Vice-President Takes
the Oath of Office in the Senate Chamber and
Then Accompanies the President to the East Front
Where the Chief Justice Administers the Oath—
The Parade, the Ball, the Fireworks.
Amid dazzling sunshine, bracing winds
and every perfection that Nature could lend
to the day, Grover Cleveland turned over
the reins of government to William McKin-
ley, at Washington, on last Thursday at
noon.
Early in the day Mr. McKinley left the
Ebbitt house and proceeded at once to the
White house. There he was cordially re-
ceived by Mr. Cleveland, and together they
were driven at once to the Capitol. In the
Senate Chamber the ceremony of swearing
in Vice-President Hobart occurred. This
was in the presence of both houses of Con-
gress, the Supreme Court, high dignitaries
of the army and navy and other notables.
Immediately after this and the swearing in
of the new Senators the official company re-
paired to the stand on the east front of the
Capitol.
There, in the presence of thousands, the
oath of office was administered to William
McKinley, and, as President of the United
States, he delivered his inaugural address.
Then, in company with ex-President Cleve-
land, President McKinley drove back to the
White house, and after a hurried lunch,
took up his position on the reviewing stand
and witnessed the march past of enthusias-
tic multitudes. Mr. Cleveland almost im-
mediately left Washington fora trip. in
Southern waters.
In the evening the great inaugural ball
was held in the Pension building, while a
splendid pyrotechnic display was given at
the foot of the Washington Monument.
CLEVELAND AND MCKINLEY.
The two men went together in a friendly
manner from the Executive Mansion to the
Capitol, encompassed hy the presence and
plaudits of the people. The presidential
carriage was drawn by four bay horses,
full of physical vigor and champing at
their bits as they proudly stepped along
the way, apparently or seemingly under-
standing the importance of their migsion.
President Cleveland is suffering with rheu-
matism stepped painfully across the White
house portico and slowly entered the open
barouche. Major McKinley followed and
sat on his left. As the party entered the
carriage at the White house Senator Sher-
man took a seat opposite President Cleve-
land and Senator Mitchell, of Wisconsin,
sat opposite President-elect McKinley.
That is one of the fraternal ways of poli-
ticians and statesmen. Opposite the Demo-
cratic President sat Sherman, a Republican
Senator. Opposite the President-elect sat
Senator Mitchell, a Democratic Senator.
That is to show the people that there are
no personal animosities between men in
high public stations.
As soon as the presidential party was
seated and ready to proceed, Grand Marshal
Porter gave the word of command, and a
bugle sounded the two notes which indi-
cate to soldiers the words “Forward
march,’’ and the Cleveland Troop, which
acted as the presidential bodyguard on this
occasion, started along the concrete road-
way towards Pennsylvania avenue.
As they emerged from the White house
grounds the air was filled with bugle calls
along the avenue and far out into the sub-
urhs announcing the order to all organ-
izations that the procession had started and
to be ready to fall into line.
land Troop came down the avenue in mag-
nificent style, every horse and every man
moving with splendid precision. The coal
black chargers of the Troop deserve as much
praise as their riders, although they can-
not read it or hear it. The open carriage
containing the President and President-
elect was followed by open carriages con-
taining the members of President Cleve-
land’s cabinet.
THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION.
But the centre of attraction to the crowd
was the presidential open barouche. Cheers,
continuous, often exasperatingly loud, ac-
companied the central figures of the pro-
cession all the way from the White house
to the capitol entrance.
President Cleveland looked well. He
looked strong and vigorous, as he really is
but for his temporary ailment. He wore a
shiny silk hat and looked straight ahead of
him all the time. ‘Major McKinley went
bareheaded to the capitol, and he kept his
silk hat in his hand, waving it back and
forth as he howed to the people who ap-
plauded him all the way. When the
Capitol was reached President Cleveland
went to the President’s room, where he
looked over the bills which had just been
passed and aftixed his signature to several
of them, thus making them laws.
President-elect McKinley went to the
room of the Vice President, where he re-
mained with Vice President-elect Hobart
until it was time for him to enter the Sen-
ate chamber and take part in the pending
proceedings. Vice President Hobart was
escorted to the Capitol by the Essex Troop,
one of the finest bodies of horsemen in this
country.
WAITING FOR THE CEREMUNY.
It was high noon. In the Senate cham-
ber the galleries were jammed with black-
coated men and gayly-dressed women. The
chief legislators of the nation sat about
waiting for the brief ceremonies that mark
the death of a Congress. Vice President
Hobart was sworn in by Vice President
Stevenson. Twenty-seven Senators receiv-
ed the oath of office. Then the assemblage
filed out to the platform. Upon that plat-
form sat the greatest of the nation.
They fronted a throng which was appar-
ently measureless. It was a level plain of
heads that was changed from black to white
as the faces upturned. Cheer followed cheer
The hand-clapping sounded like the rattle
of musketry. Men and women stamped
their feet upon the asphalt pavement in the
belief that they were adding to the din.
McKinley sat in the centre near the
front. Behind him were row upon row of
men as great possibly as he, but of less
good fortune. >
THE OATH TAKEN.
Standing before the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, in the presence of his coun-
trymen, he solemnly said : ‘‘I do solemnly
swear that I will faithfully execute the of-
fice of President of the United States, and
will, to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect and defend the constitution of the
United States.”
That was all. Then broke out once
more the mighty sound of cheering, which
was followed by the words of an address
clearly spoken, and in a manner that did
not lack the training of the schools. Be-
tween the lines of people packed behind
ropes that lined the curbstones of the great
The Cleve-
A
avenue, wound the lengthy procession re-
turning to the White house. The severely
simple portion of the program having
been completed, the theatric followed.
Banners, glorious golden, flashed and shone
above the swaying lines. Drums crashed,
trumpets brayed and a great demonstration
followed.
INAUGURAL SPEECH OF THE NEW
CHIEF MAGISTRATE.
Mr. McKinley Outlined the Policy of His Administra-
tion.—Not Enough Protection in the Wilson Tariff
Law to Suit Him.—Favors a Firm Policy in the
Country’s Foreign Affairs.—A Call for Economy in
All Branches of the Government's Service.
In his inaugural address President
McKinley said :
FELLOW-CITIZENS : In obedience to the
will of the people and in their presence, by
the authority vested in me by this oath, I
assume the arduous and responsible duties
of President of the United States, relying
on the support of my countrymen and in-
voking the guidance of Almighty God.
Our faith teaches that there is no safer re-
liance than upon the God of our fathers,
Who has so singularly favored the American
people in every nation’s trial, and Who
will not forsake us so long as we obey His
commandments and walk humbly in His
footsteps.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
NEEDS REVISION.
The responsibilities of the high trust to
which I have been called—always of grave
importance—are augmented by the pre-
vailing business conditions, entailing idle-
ness upon willing labor and loss to useful
enterprises. The country is suffering from
industrial disturbance, from which speedy
relief must be had. Our financial system
needs some revision ; our money is all good
now, but its value must: not further be
threatened, It should all be put on an en-
during basis not subject to easy attack, nor
its stability, to doubt or dispute. Our cur-
rency should continue under the supervis-
ion of the government. The several forms
of paper money offer, in my judgement, a
constant embarrassment to the government
and a safe balance in the treasury. There-
fore I believe it necessary to devise a sys-
tem which, without diminishing the circu-
lating medium, or offering a premium for
its contraction, will provide a remedy for
these arrangements, which, temporary
in their nature, might well in the
years of their prosperity have been
displaced by wiser provisions. With
adequate revenue secured, but not
until then, we can énter upon such changes
in our fiscal laws as will, while insuring
safety and volume to our money, no longer
impose upon the government the necessity
of maintaining so large a gold reserve, with
its attendant and inevitable temptations
to speculation. Most of our financial laws
are the outgrowth of experience and trial,
and should not be amended, without inves-
tigation and demonstration of wisdom of:
the proposed changes. We must be both
“sure we are right’? and ‘make haste
slowly.” If, therefore, congress, in its
wisdom, shall deem it expedient to create a
commission to take under early considera-
tion the revision of our coinage, banking
and currency laws, and give them that ex-
haustive, careful and dispassionate exami-
ation that their importance demands, I
shall cordially concur in such action. If
such power is vested in the president, it is
my purpose to appoint a commission of
prominent, well informed citizens of differ-
ent parties, who will command public con-
fidence both on account of their ability,
and special fitness for the work. Business
experience and public training may thus be
combined, and the patriotic zeal of the
friends of the country beso directed that
such a report will be made as to receive
the support of all parties, and our finances
cease to be the subject of mere partisan
contention. The experiment is, at all
events, worth a trial and, in my opirion, it
can prove beneficial to the entire country.
BIMETALLISM INTERNATIONALLY.
The question of international bimetall-
ism will have early and earnest attention.
It will be my constant endeavor to secure
it by co-operation with the other great com-
mercial powers of the world. Until that
condition is realized, when the parity be-
tween gold and silver money springs from
and issupported by the relative value of the
two metals, the value of the silver already
coined and that which may
coined must be kept constantly at par with
gold by every resource at our command.
The credit of the government, the integrity
of its currency and the inviolability of its
obligations must be preserved. This was
the commanding verdict of the people and
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it will not be unheeded.
CALLS FOR SEVERE ECONOMY.
Economy is demanded in every branch
of the government at all times, but espec-
ially in periods, like the present, of depres-
sion in business and distress among the
people. The severest economy must be
observed in all public expenditures, and ex-
travagance stopped wherever it is found,
and prevented wherever in the future it
may be developed. If the revenues are to
remain as now, the only relief that can
come must be from decreased expenditures.
But the present must not become the per-
manent condition of the government. It
has been our uniform practice to retire, not
increase, our outstanding obligations, and
this policy must again be resumed and vig-
orously enforced. Our revenues should al-
ways be large enough to meet with ease
and promptness not only our current needs,
and the principal and interest of the public
debt, but to make liberal and proper con-
ditions for the most deserving body of pub-
lic creditors, the soldiers and sailors, and
the widows and orphans who are the pen-
sioners of the United States.
NOT TO RUN BEHIND.
The government should not be permitted
to run behind, or increase in debt, in
times like the present. Suitably to pro-
vide against this is the mandate of duty ;
he certain and easy remedy for most of
our financial difficulties. A deficiency is
inevitable so long as the expenditures of
the government exceed its receipts. It can
only be meet by loans and increased reve-
nue. While a large annual surplus of
revenue may invite waste and extravagance,
inadequate revenue creates distrust and
undermines public and private confidence.
Neither should be encouraged. Between
more loans and more revenue, there ought
to be one opinion. We should have more
revenue, and that without delay, hindrance
or postponement. A surplus in the treas-
ury created by loansis not a permanent or
safe reliance. It will suffice while it lasts
but it cannot last long while the outlays
of the government are greater than its re-
ceipts, as has heen the case during two
years. Nor must it be forgotten that, how-
ever much loans must temporarily relieve
the situation, the government is still in-
debted for the amount of the surplus thus ac-
crued, which it must ultimately pay, while
its ability to pay is not strengthened, but
weakened by a continued deficit. Loans
are imperative in great emergencies to pre-
serve thegovernment or its credit, but a
hereafter be:
failure to supply needed revenue in time
of peace for the maintenance of either has
no justification.
RECOMMENDS A HIGHER TARIFF.
The best way for a government to main-
tain its credit is to pay as it goes—not by
resorting to loans, but by keeping out of
debt—through an adequate income secured
by a system of taxation, external or inter-
nal or both. It is the settled policy of the
government, pursued from * the beginning
and practiced by all parties aud ad ministra-
tions, to raise the bulk of our revenue
from taxes upon foreign productions enter-
tering the United Staees for sale and con-
sumption, and avoiding for the most part
every form of direct taxation,except in time
of war. The country is clearly opposed to
any needless additions to the subjects of in-
ternal taxation and is committed by its
latest popular utterance to the system. of
tariff taxation. There can be no misun-
derstanding, either, about the principal
upon which the tariff taxation shall be lev-
ied. Nothing has ever been made plainerat
a general election than that the controlling
principal in the raising of revenue from
duties on imports is zealous care for Amer-
ican interests and American labor.
The people have declared that such legis-
lation should be had as will give ample
protection and encouragement to the in-
dustries and development of our country.
It is, therefore, earnestly hoped and ex-
pected that congress will, atthe earsiest
possible moment, enact revenue legislation
that shall be fair, reasonable, conservative
and just, and which, while supplying suf-
ficient revenue for public purposes, will
still be signally beneficial and helpful to
every enterprise of the people. To this
policy, we are all, of whatever party, firm-
ly bound by the voice of the people—a
power vastly more potential than the ex-
pression of any political platform. The
paramount duty of congress is to stop de-
ficiencies by the restoration of that protec-
tive legislation which has always been the
foremost prop of the treasury. The passage
of such a law or laws would strengthen the
credit of the government both at home and
abroad, and go far towards stopping the
drain upon the gold reserve held for the
redemption of our currency, which has
been heavy and well nigh constant for sev-
eral years.
RECIPROCITY RECOMMENDED.
In the revision of the tariff, especial at-
tention should be given the re-enactment
and extension of the reciprocity principles
of the law of 1890 under which so great a
stimulus was given to our foreign trade in
new and advantageous markets for our sur-
plus agricultural and manufactured pro-
ducts. The brief trial given this legisla-
tion amply justifies a further experiment
and additional discretionary power in the |
making of commercial treaties, the end in
view always to be the opening up of new
markets for the products of our country, by
granting concessions to the products of
other lands-that we need and cannot pro-
duce ourselves, and which do not involve
any loss of labor to our own people, but
tend to increase their employment.
DOUBTFUL ABOUT PROSPERITY.
The depression of the past four years has
fallen with especial severity upon the great
body of toilers of the country and upon
none more than the holders of small farms.
Agriculture has languished and labor suf-
fered.
be relief to both. No portion of our popu-
lation is more devoted to the institutions
of free government, nor more loyal to their
support, while none bears more cheerfully
or fully its proper share in the maintenance
of government or is better entitled to its
wise and liberal care and protection. Legis-
lation helpful to producers is beneficial to
all. The depressed condition of industry
on the farm and in the mine and factory
has lessened the ability of the people to
meet the demands upon them, and they
rightfully expect that not only a system of
revenue shall be established that will se-
cure the largest income with the lowest
burden, but that means will be taken to
decrease, rather than increase our public
expenditures. Business conditions are not
the most promising. It will take time to
restore the prosperity of former years. If
we cannot promptly attain it we can reso-
lutely turn our faces in that direction and
aid it by friendly legislation. However
troublesome the situation may appear, con-
gress would not, I am sure, be found lack-
ing in disposition or ability to relieve it as
far as legislation can do so. The restora-
tion of confidence and the revival of busi-
ness, which men of all parties so much de-
sire, depends more largely upon the prompt
energetic and intelligent action of congress
than upon any other single agency affgcting
the situation. ;
TRUSTS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
It is inspiring, too, to remember that no
great emergency in the 108 years of our
eventful national life has ever arisen that
has not been met with wisdom and courage
by the American people, with fidelity to
their best interests and the highest destiny
and honor of the American nation. These
years of glorious history have exalted man-
kind and advanced the cause of freedom
throughout the world, and immeasureably
strengthened the precious free institutions
which we enjoy. The peoplelove and will
sustain these institutions. The great essen-
tial to our happiness and prosperity is that
we adhere to the principles upon which the
government was established and insist upon
their * faithful observance. Equality of
rights must prevail and our laws be always
and everywhere respected and obeyed. We
may have failed in the discharge of our full
duties as citizens of the great republic, but
it is consoling and encouraging to realize
that free speech, a free press, free thought,
free schools, the free and unmolested right
of religious liberty and worship and free |
and fair elections are dearer and more uni
versally enjoyed than ever before. These
guarantees must Le sacredly preserved and
wisely strengthened, The constituted
authorities must be cheerfully and vigor-
ously upheld. Lynchings must not be tol-
erated in a great and civilized country like
the United States ; courts, not mobs, must
execute the penalties of the law. The pres-
ervation of public order, the right of dis- |
cussion, the integrity of courts and the or-
derly administration of justice must con-
tinue forever the rock of safety upon which
our government securely rests.
OPPOSED TO BRUTES.
One of the lessons taught by the late elec-
tion, which all can rejoice in, is that the
people of the United States are both law
respecting and law-abiding people, not easi-
ly swerved from the paths of patriotism and
honor. This is in entire accord with the
genius of our institutions, and emphasizes
the advantages of inculcating even a great-
er love for law and order in the future
Immunity should be granted to none who
violate the laws, whether individuals, cor-
porations or communities, and, as the con-
stitution imposes upon the president the
duty of both its own execution and of the
statutes enacted in pursuance of its provi-
sion,. I shall endeavor carefully to carry
them into effect. The declaration of the
The revival of manufacturing will !
party now returned to power has been in
the past that of ‘‘opposition to all combina-
tions of capital organized in trusts, or oth-
erwise, to control arbitraily the conditions
of trade among our citizens,”’ and it has
supported ‘‘such legislation as will prevent
the execution of all the schemes to oppress
the people by undue charges on their sup-
plies, or by unjust rates for the transporta-
of their ;products to market.” This pur-
pose will be steadily pursued, both by the
enforcement of the laws now in existence
and the recommendation and support of
such new statutes as may be necessary to
carry it into effect.
IMPROVE OUR CITIZENSHIP.
Our naturalization and immigration
laws should be further improved to the
constant promotion of a safer, a better and
a higher citizenship. A grave peril to the
republic would be a citizenship too ignor-
ant to understand or too vicious to appre-
ciate the great value and beneficence of
our institutions and laws, and against all
who come here to make war on them, our
gates must be promptly and tightly closed.
Nor must we be unmindful of the improve-
ment among our own citizens, but with
the zeal of cur forefathers encourage the
spread of knowledge and free education.
Illiteracy must be banished from the land
if we shall attain that high destiny as the
foremost of the enlightened. nations of the
world, which, under providence, we ought
to achieve.
REFORM XNOT TO STOP.
Reforms in the civil service must go on,
but the changes should be real and genu-
ine, not perfunctory or prompted by a
zeal in behalf of any party simply because
it happens to be in power. As a member
of congress I voted and spoke in favor of
the present law, and I shall attempt its
enforcement in the spiritn which it was en-
acted. The purpose in view was to secure
the most efficient service or the est men
.who would accept appointment under the
government, retaining faithful and devoted
public servants in office, bug shiclding none,
under the authority of any rule or custom,
who are inefiicient, incompetent or unwor-
thy. The best interests of the country de-
mand this, and the people heartily advo-
cate the law whenever it has been thus ad-
ministered.
ON THE NIGH SEA.
Congress should give prompt attention
to the restoration of our merchant marine,
once the pride of the seas on all the great
ocean highways of commerce. To my mind
few more importans subjects so impera-
tively demend its intelligent consideration.
The United States has progressed with mar-
velous rapidity in every field of enterprise
and endeavor until we have become fore-
most in nearly all the lines of inland trade,
commerce and industry. Yet, while this is
true. onr American marine has been steadi-
Jy declining until it is now. lower, both in
the percentage of tonnage and the number
of vessels employed, than it was prior to
the civil war. Commendable progress has
been made of late years in the upbuilding
of the American navy, but we must supple-
ment these efforts by providing as a proper
consort for ita merchant marine amply suf-
ficient for our own carriage trade to foreign
countries. The is one that appeals to both
our business interests and patriotic aspira-
tions of a great people.
THE PRESIDENT’S FOREIGN POLICY.
It has been the policy of the United
States since the foundations of the govern-
ment to cultivate relations of peace and
amity with all the nations of the world,
and this accords with my concep-
tion of our duty now. We have cherished
the policy of non-interference with the af-
fairs of foreign governments, wisely inaug-
urated by Washington, keeping ourselves
free from entanglement either as allies or
foes, content to leave undisturbed with
them the settlement of their own do-
mestic concerns. It will be our aim to
pursue a firm and dignified foreign policy,
which shall be just, impartial, ever watch-
ful of our nation's honor and always in-
sisting upon the enforcement of the lawful
rights of American citizens every where.
WE WANT NO WARS.
Of course we must avoid the tem
of territorial aggression. War should never
be entered upon until every agency of
peace has failed. Peace is preferable to
war in almost every contingency. Arbitra-
tion is the true method of settlement of in-
ternational as well as local and individual
differences. It was recognized as the hest
means of adjustment of differences between
employers and employees by the Forty-
ninth congress in 1886 and its application
was extended to our diplomatic relations
by the unanimous concurrence of senate
and house of the Fifty-first congress in 1890.
The latter resolution was accepted asthe
basis o fnegotiations by us, by the house of
commons in 1893 and upon our invitation a
br arbitration between the United
[States and great Britian was signed at
Washington and transmitted to the sen-
ate for its ratification in Jan. last. Since
this treaty is clearly the result of our own
iniative. since it has been recognized as the
leading leature of our foreign policy
throughout our national history—the ad-
justment of difficulties by judicial meth-
ods rather than force of arms, and since it
presents to the world the greater example
of reason and peace, not passion and war,
controlling the relations between two of
the greatest nations of the world, an exam-
ple certainly to be followed by others, I
respectfully urge the early action of the
senate thereon, not merely as a matter of
policy, bnt as a duty to mankind. The
importance and moral influence of the rati-
fication of such a treaty can hardly be ove-
estimated in the cause of advancing civilir
zation. It may well engage the bhes-
thoughts of the statesmen and people of
every country, and I cannot but consider
it fortunate that it was reserved to the
United States to have the leadership in so
grand a work,
WANTS CONGRESS ON HIS HANDS,
It has been the uniform practice of each
president to avoid, as far as possible, the con-
vening of congress in extraordinary session.
It is an example which, under ordinary cir-
cumstances and in the absence of a public
necessity, is to be commended. But a
failure to convene the representatives of
the people in congress in extra session when
{it involves neglect of a public duty places
the responsibility of such neglect upon the
executive himself. The condition of the
public treasury, as has been indicated, de-
mands the immediate consideration of con-
gress. It alone has power to provide reve-
nues for the goverment. Not to convene
it under such circumstances I can view in
no other sense than the neglect of a plain
duty. I do not sympathize with the sen-
timent that congress in session is danger-
ous to our general business interests. Its
members are the agents of the people, and
their presence at the seat of goverment in
the execution of sovereign will should not
operate as an injury, but benefit it. There
could be no better time to put the govern-
ment upon a sound financial and economic
basis than now. The people only have re-
cently voted that this should be done and
| greatiess as a nation.
nothing is more binding upon the agents
of their will than the obligation of immedi-
ate action. It has always seemed to me
that the postponement of the meeting of
congress until more than a year after it
has been chosen deprived congress too
often of the inspiration of the popu-
lar will, and the country of the correspond-
ing benefits. It is evident, therefore, that
to postpone action in the presence of so
great a necessity would be unwise on the
part of the executive, because unjust to the
interests of the people. Our actions now
will be freer from partisan consideration
than if the
QUESTION OF TARIFF REVISION.
Was postponed until the regular session of
congress. We are nearly two years from a
congressional election, and policies cannot
so greatly distract us as if such contest was
immmediately pending. We can approach
the problem calmly and practically, with-
out fearing its effect upon any early elec-
tion. Our fellow-citizens who may disa-
gree with us upon the character of this leg-
islation prefer to have the questions settled
now, even against their preconceived views
—and perhaps settled so reasonably, as I
trust and believe it will be, as to insure
great permanency—then to have further
uncertainity menacing the vast and vari-
ous business interests of the United States.
Again, whatever action congress may take
will be given a fair opportunity for trial
before the people are called to pass judg-
upon it and this I consider a great essen-
tial to the rightful and lasting set-
tlement of the question. In view of these
considerations I shall deem it my duty as
president to convene congress in extraor-
dinary session on Monday, the 15th day of
March, 1897.
In conclusion, I congratulate the coun-
try upon the fraternal spirit of the people
and the manifestations of good will every-
where so appparent. The recent election
not only most fortunately demonstra-
ted the obliteration of sectional or ge-
ographical lines, but to some extent also
the predjudices which for years have dis-
tracted our country and marred our true
The triumph of the
people, whose own verdict is carried into
effect to-day,is not the triumph of one sec-
tion, nor wholly of one party, but of all
sections, and all the people. The north and
the south no longer divide on the old lines,
but on principles and politics ; and in this
fact surely ever lover of the country cau
find
CAUSE FOR TRUE TELICITATION.
Let us rejoice in and cultivate thisspirit ;
it is ennobling and will be both a gain and
blessing to our beloved country. It will
be my constant aim to do nothing
that will arrest or disturb this grow-
ing sentiment of unity and co-operation and
revival of the esteem and affiliation which
now animates so many thousands of both
the old antagonistic -sections, but I shall
cheerfully do everything possible to pro-
mote and increase it.
Let me again repeat the words of the
oath administered by the chief justice,
which in their respective spheres, so far as
applicable, I would haveall my countrymen
observe : *‘I will faithfully execute the
office of president of the United States, and
will, to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect and defend the constitution of the
United States.”” This is the obligation I
have reverently taken hefore the Lord
most high. To keep it will be my single
purpose, my constant prayer—and I shall
confidently rely upon the forbearance and
assistance of all the people in the discharge
of my solemn responsibilities.
Cabinet Officers’ Wives.
Washington society is perpetual. Every
four years a new coterie of women comes to
the front through their husbands’ po-
litical prominence, and it interferes but
little with the rush of festivities that new
blood always infuses, and the people who
call that city their home, as one looks on
the actor or actress who has just tripped
onto the vaudeville stage to do his or her
turn.
But the women of this coming adminis-
tration are interesting; not so much for what
they have done as for what is expected of
them in the next four years. Mrs. Sher-
man iS not a society woman, al-
though there is no one is seen more
frequently in the most fashionable
and exclusive circles in Washington, but
society is a side issue always with her. She
is happy in the home in Mansfield, where,
in an immense house, in the midst of
twenty acres of ground, the family spends
six months of the year.
John Sherman’s memoirs tell that in
1848 he was married to Cecilia Stewart,
and ‘‘after the usual wedding tour to
Niagara Falls, Montreal and Saratoga, we
settled in Mansfield, O. ‘(Miss Stewart
was educated at Granville, O., and at
Patapsco Institute near Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. McCallum, who was Mary Sherman,
will be a valuable assistant to her mother,
as she always has been. She can chatter
French to the foreigners. She can talk
learnedly or frivolously, according to the
occasion. Any one who fancies that the
Ohio statesman is a formidable, cold-blood-
ed man of iron ought to see him with his
grandson, the young John Sherman Mec-
Callum. He positively trembles before the
small tyrant, aged one year. If young
John wanted to come to a state dinner the
future secretary of State would probably
let him have his way.
MRS. LYMAN J. GAGE. |
Mrs. Lyman J. Gage was formerly Miss
Cornelia Washburn, of Albany, N. Y., and
is Mr. Gage’s second wife. Mrs. Gage is a
well known figure in Chicago social circles,
and a matron whose name is much more
familiar top eople outside of her own large
circle of friends than are her features. She
is a delightful conversationalist, and, with
her charming manners, she will be a
creditable addition to Washington society.
Mrs. Gage -is not a member of any club,
nor is, she particularly interested in the
new woman. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gage
are church members, and attend divine
worship every Sunday.
MRS. RUSSELL A. ALGER.
Mis. Russell A. Alger, wife of the com-
ing secretary of war in the McKinley cabi-
net, is well known in Detroit for her ami-
ability and goodness of heart. She is a
hostess of charming manner, wide hospital-
ity and innate grace, that makes every one
of her guests perfectly at home while under
her roof. In the ball room or in her own
home, Mrs. Alger always makes her pres-
ence felt. The Algers have been foremost
in Detroit society, and the functions at the
Alger, house have been pronounced the
best and most elaborate in Detroit. Mus.
Alger will find a congenial field for her
social proclivities in Washington, where,
as wife of the minister of war, she will find
ample expansion for her social nature.
MRS. LONG AND MRS. GARY.
Mrs. John D. Long is the second wife of
the next secretary of the navy. His first
wife died in February, 1882, and he mar-
ried again about four years later. He had
two daughters by his first wife, and has a
boy, aged 9, by his present wife. If Mrs.
Long follows her present plans she will not
come to Washington at once. She is a
quiet woman and not given to society, pre-
ferring the company only of her neighbors
and the wives of her husband’s intimate
friends. One of Mr. Long’s daughters will
make the preparations here for their home,
and when completed Mrs. Long expects to
come oi.
Mrs. James A. Gary is a woman whom
all Washington people will like. She is of
queenly carriage, and is known as a friend
of charity. She often entertains elaborate-
ly but not lavishly, and is a good type of
the Baltimorean. She and Mr. Gary have
many friends and acquaintances, and she
will be found prominent in society here.
Mrs. Gary is the mother of seven dangh-
ters and one son.
MRS. M. A. HANNA.
Mrs. Marcus A. Hanna will be a
prominent social figure, though ‘‘only”’
the wife of a Senator, she will be ranked
with the ladies of the cabinet, on account
of her husband’s unusual prominence in
the political affairs of the day. :
Although Mrs. Hauna has three grand-
children she still, retains her youth and
bright and fresh complexion. She is above
the medium height, with expressive blue
eyes and a face indicating character and
purpose.
Mrs. Hanna is quite a busy woman. Not
that she belongs to clubs, or heads the lists
of hospital boards ; but she is busy in her
own home and feels that her husband and
children need her more than clubs or out-
side events.
A GLANCE AT THE OTHER LADIES.
Mrs. Garret A. Hobart, the wife of the
vice President, is not a woman who de-
lights in the dazzle of social amenities.
She is a great deal of a home woman and is
wrapped up in her boy, Garret, Jr. She
is noted for her delight in her home. She
will -be new to Washington and will, of
course, attract a great deal of attention.
No one will be disappointed with her. Her
friends know her as a woman of gracious
disposition and many accomplishments.
Mrs. Joseph McKenna, the wife of the
attorney general has all the prom-
inence on the Pacific coast that
goes with being the wife of a circuit court
judge with ample fortune. , She is active
in Roman Catholic church work and its
charities and entertains with a lavish band.
Her home is a gathering place for many so-
ciety people and itis expected that she
will entertain as abundantly here.
Washingtonians will receive Mrs. James
Wilson, the wife of the new secretary of
agriculture, with considerable pleasure.
She was always a happy spirit when here
during her husband’s congressional term,
dispensing entertainment quite abundantly
and being quite favored in the inner circle.
She is of cheerful disposition, combining
Western hospitality with the tact of an in-
teresting hostess.
Mus. John Addison Porter is by no means
unknown to society here. She was Miss
Amy Betts, of New York, daughter of
judge Betts and, was married to Mr. Por-
ter in 1883. With her husband she came
to New York soon after tueir marriage,
where he engaged in the book publishing
business. Mrs. Porter isa good deal of
the hostess, and their dinners were quiet,
but attended by the choicest of official life.
He Couldn’t Hide It.
After years of bachelor life the Major
married, and he tells of the wedding trip
himself.
“Of course I flattered myself that I knew
the ropes. I had officiated at weddings by
the score. I had times without number
felt a sort of contemptuous pity for the in-
sanely happy young husband with ‘bride-
groom’ written all over his face, who made
such blundering attempts to carry the airs
of an old family man. I knew just how
the thing should be done, and I would do
it. ;
“I had no trouble in bribing the baggage-
master to strip our trunks of love knots
and old shoes, so that we were not adver-
tised when we reached the city. This win-
ning of the first round gave me an assur-
ance that must have impaired my caution.
Her brother was with us. At the hotel I
boldly registered his name with ‘and sis-
ter’ following it, and then wrote my own
name. When it came to placing us I made
some off hand explanation, but the eyes of
the night clerk twinkled and I could have
throttled him.
“The next morning when I shook out
my umbrella to take a walk alone, just as
well seasoned husbands do, I rattled rice
all over the tile floor in the office. Of
course I explained to the day clerk that I
had been attending a wedding and must
have taken the bridegroom’s umbrella by
mistake, but he smiled knowingly, the
hangers-on laughed and some urchin in the
corner yelled ‘Rats I” At dinner my wife
said she never knew before that I took
wine after meat. and the waiter grinned a
polite grin. When in my rattled condi-
tion, I gave him a $10 gold piece for a half
dollar, I threw off.all disguise. At. the
next stop I told them we were just married
that we wanted every attention and that
expense cut no figure.—Detroit Free Press.
Cleveland Takes a Holiday.
Off After the Duc'is in Carrituck and May Go to
the West Indies.
Ex-President Cleveland’s rheumatism did
not prevent him from starting on a gun-
ning expedition the afternoon McKinley
was inaugurated. While President Mec-
Kinley was reviewing the parade Mr.
Cleveland embarked on the lighthouse tend-
er Maple, as the guest of Capt. Robley D.
Evans and Commander Lamberton for a
10 days trip to Currituck sound, back of
Cape Hatteras, Capt. Leonard Wood, an
army surgeon, accompanied the party. It
is still undecided whether Mr. Cleveland
will be met by a private yacht at Wilming-
ton, N. C., and cruise south in Florida and
West Indian waters, this depending entire-
ly upon his health and his ability to shoot
and {ish in this inclement season. If he
recuperates as rapidly as he hopes, he will
return north in the tender in about 10 days
and join his family at Princeton. If, how-
ever, the weather is bad on Carrituck sound,
it is possible that either the Maple will
cruise as far as Indian river, Florida, or
one of the yachts which have been offered,
probably E. C. Benedict’s Oneida, will
meet the tender and take the President to
Jamaica.
A Noisy Sun.
A old Scottish woman had gone on a
visit to her soldier sun at a garrison town
where an evening gun was fired. When
the gun boomed forth the hour she was
very much startled. ‘‘Whatna noise is
that ?’’ she asked in alarm. ‘‘Oh, that's
sunset, answered the son. ‘‘Losh keep
us !”’ she exclaimed. ‘I didna ken the
sun gaed down wi’ a dunt like thas.”