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Show . w , Inauguration of a Popnlxr Prisidint. Befitting the Inauguration of the most popular President ever chosen by the American people, Washington is preparing for. a demonstration on March 4 next that will eclipse anything heretofore attempted in that line. Gen. John M.' Wilson, the chairman of the in-' augural committee,' is already engaged informulat ing the plans, and if the weather favors, such a pageant will be arranged as will make Washing-tonians, Washing-tonians, accustomed as they are to pomp and dis play, open their eyes in wonder. Gen. Wilson and his associates are planning for a well-rounded parade. The military organizations will not outnumber the civic, though tbej may outshine out-shine them. One suggestion made, but not yet acted on is that labor organizations be accorded a place In the parade. Samuel .Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is a member of the inaugural committee, and it is understood he would willingly undertake to arrange for the appearance of several .well-known labor organizations. Some people will be inclined to criticise these arrangements as a departure from Jeffersonian simplicity, sim-plicity, but the country has long since outgrown the stage when the President might ride to the capital on horseback, hitch his horse to the White House fence and walk in. It is fitting that there should be a generous recognition of the inauguration of the Chief Executive pf eighty millions of people. Americans are not hero-worshipers to .the extent of looking with weak humility on mocking scenes of pomp and power, but no better exhibition of loyalty loy-alty and patriotism can be given than in a representative repre-sentative inaugural pageant, such as is proposed to be given next March, and no American's pride of citizenship need be shocked thereby. |