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Show A "THRIFTY" INAUGURATION INAUGUR-ATION 'It Is not surprising that Presidentelect President-elect Harding should have refused to retrain sllonl In tio face of constant con-stant streams of criticism "of supposed suppos-ed extravnganco In tho coming lu-augural, lu-augural, and to havo asked the con-mlttee con-mlttee to "call It off." MoBt of tho expenses Is conncclloi with the Inauguration of a prcstdou' falls upon individuals Tho people of the city of Washington vlow tho -.'air much In tho same light as oth er communities do their sensonj of carnival, Fourth of -July celebratlyr.s and tho like. And they describe to it in exactly tho same spirit, for mixed roasons of patriotism, civic pride and a very fow for profit. So that it may be seen that tho talk about the greed of Washington business busi-ness men 1b ridiculous. But tho thing that evidently has i nettled Mr. Harding Is tho quibbling over tho expenso of somewhere In tha neighborhood of 100,000 for tho government's part In tho celebration. Tho Republican commlttco and tho Democratic committee, did not stln' thoxnsclves in holding their conven-( tiona In Chicago und San Francslco, .but a false cry of economy Is raised .when It comes to what Is a nominal appropriation for grand stand scats and other necessary conveniences to i i ' makri tho public comfortable Congressmen Con-gressmen vho are right on tho Job when they are shdotlng tho people's millions, for "ducks and drakeB" play politics when comes o carrying on a befitting Inaugural. Another wholly different side to tho situation is interesting, and tha fact is that visitors to Washington for the inauguration will doubtless be saved a good deal of inconvenience inconven-ience by tho turn in events. The truth Is that Washington has never recovered from tho over crowded condition occasioned by tho war. "Sorry, hut we can't accointnodato you" is a familiar answer one gets when applying Tor rooms nt tho lending lend-ing hotels. Any kind of an Inauguration mean big crowds in Washington The plain, simple kind wMch Senator Sena-tor Harding aBks for will tax Washington Wash-ington to tho limit, nnd theso facts, at least, favor curtailing th$ mngnl-tudo mngnl-tudo of tho event. ' Hut after all, Isn't the Presidentelect President-elect nnd the country being cheated by tho politicians who for political reasons, "holler for o cheap" inauguration? inau-guration? Tho American way suggest a dlgnlflod ceremonial In keoplng with what tho occasion represents to the country as a vrholo. Such a cer emony Is not likely to occur In tho Inauguration of the new president and vlco president. ' 1 |