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Show 4 , . I Impreative Simplicity I CUGGESTIONS that the expenses of the presi-dential presi-dential inauguration of Warren G. Harding be held to the minimum are not to be regarded as penurious economy. The plans for an elaborate elabo-rate display of show and ostentation are not in line with the significance of the event, the public generally objecting to anything savoring of individual in-dividual worship in the conduct of government The president-elect does not desire a special demonstration and asked that the ceremony be limited to the oath of office and the inaugural addresses. He asked that the plans for a ball and a parade in connection with the ceremony be abandoned, but his wishes were denied by those j in charge of the arrangements. j An appropriation of Sloo.000 is needed to j carry out the plans for the inauguration. The sum is small when compared with the cost of royal ceremonies, but it is great when measured in accordance with the spirit of American gov- ernment. me masses of our people are believers be-lievers in simplicity and feel that the ceremonies attending the inauguration of a president should be on a level with the average of the citizenship. The president-elect Is not a member of a select or exclusive sodal clrcltf." He is the representative repre-sentative of all the people, without regard to class distinction. His election is the product of the whole of the American people as expressed in majority vote. The inauguration should be as simple and inexpensive as it is possible to make "it The responsibilities of the office and the im-portance im-portance of the ceremony are not to be emphasized empha-sized by the lavish use of money. |