Inauguration Day

The next Presidential InanmiratiV, day-March 4, 1877-falling upon C" day, it has been suggested by s-unt, thal for this day alone - wheu ueithor Jf. Grant nor bis elect wouM neem to l)e President - a new man b selecttd as President pro tem. tho fwlection tofo made by and fiom tbe Ucited 8tat Scnate. In this conneotion the rme oí Senator Blaine has been proposod, bat his selection wonld be an impossibüity since the term which he is filling by ai pointment will expiro at noon on Match 4- leaving him entirely outBide of the Senatorial candidatnre for this brief Preaiedntial honor - thia little Híb Ej. celleKcy "for a cent," as ono mightsay If tho plan snggesfrd abovo is tobe carried out at all, it must be hy tho choice of some Senator whose tertñ iri] hold over. Such an one could be thtu appointed by the r.signation of Senatot Ferry some day prflvione to Mm-chj (when Mr. Ferry's Secatorial term tij] also expire), and the ,election of t "hold-over" Senator as Flvesident of tbe Senate, which would also include , Presidency for the one-day term xaia discussion. In relation to this matter, i'bneaie many who feel that no principie i tf nut. ttlity wonld necessarily suffer Bhou.'dtbe President-elect tako his oath of offlc 9( tho day set by the constitution, wLetifr that day fall upon Sunday or week dy, Besides any ot her objection whichmighj be offered to this, howevcr, is the pni. ciple of hiw which regards the Sabbati as diea non, when considered inaiT business transaction. Tlu-n, also, ñ have two precedent in our national 1 tory as authority for permitting tliis 4t to lapse without action in Presidenta] inaugurations. In 1849 Mr. Taylor t inangurated od Monday, March 5 - tlw regular day having fallen on the Sabbsti - and in still earlier history - in 1821the same conditions prevailed in the u. auguration of Mr. Monroe. The almanac-makers must have bj consulted in the choice of tbe date March 4, as 'tho time for Presidentialin. augurations. Perhaps the Tenerabls Franklin himself figured out and neleded this date, reahzing that on no otlet would Inauguration day fall less efte on Sunday. In this century this day bas fallg npon Sunday, in 1821 and in 1849, m; will fall thereon once more next Alard 4, being in 1877. We shall not te troubled with this conjunction agé during the nineteenth century, butste as shall live long enough to " iap over' and " go thi'pugh" the next centiiryiill witness the BanxT coincidence at the;. auguration of Preni6118 in tbo yen 1900, 1917, 1945 and