It is frequently urged, with good reason, that this date should be changed to a time of year when the weather in Washington would be more favorable. An amendment, recently sanctioned by the Senate, provides that the date for the inauguration shall be the last Thursday of April. The chief objection to this change seems to be the further extension of time between the election and the assuming of duties.
James Ford Rhodes, Scribner's Magazine, February, 1903.
For the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, see p. 109.