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Show FAIRBANKS TAKES OATH AS TO VICE-PRESIDENT Severely Simple Ceremonies Attending His Induction Induc-tion Into Office. !r - which transformed the' Indiana leader from the position o'f a Senator to that of Vice-President of the United States. The ceremony did not consume to exceed ex-ceed two minutes of time, but it was conducted with such dignity, and solemnity as td make a lasting Impression Impres-sion on all present. The oath concluded, the two leading participants shook hands cordially, and Mr. Frye spoke a few hurried words of congratulation. With a last positive thump of the gavel, the Maine Senator relinquished his position as , President pro tempore by announcing the final adjournment of the Fifty-eighth Congress. Con-gress. Without a look backward, he vacated the seat he had occupied for almost four years, stepped from the presiding officer's platform to the Senate Sen-ate floor, and ' there took his seat to listen with other Senators to to the address ad-dress of the pew Vlt-President Mr. Fairbanks had no difficulty in being heard. He spoke deliberately and distinctly, his voice, so well tried during dur-ing the past campaign, easily reaching all parts of the chamber. He said: Senators: I enter upon the discharge' of the duties of the position to which I have been called by my countrymen with grateful appreciation of the high honor and with a deep seaae of its reeponsibili- , I have enjoyed the privilege of serving with you here for eight years. During that time we have engaged In the consideration con-sideration of many domestic questions of vast importance and with foreign problems prob-lems of unusual and far-reaching significance signi-ficance We submit what we have done to the Impartial Judgment of history. I can never forget the pleasant relations rela-tions which have been formed during my service upon the floor of the 8enate. I shall cherish them always as among the most delightful memories of my life. They warrant the belief that I shall have In the discharge of the functions which devolve upon me under the Constitution, the generous assistance and kindly forbearance for-bearance of both sides of the chamber. We witness he majestic spectacle of a peaceful and orderly beginning of an administration ad-ministration of National affairs under the laws of a free and self-governing people. We pray that divine favor may attend it and that peace and progress. Justice and honor niay abide with our country and our countrymen. . The address received careful attention, atten-tion, and at Its conclusion the Vice-President Vice-President instructed the Secretary of the Senate to read the President's call for an extraordinary session of the Senate. The reading accomplished and the Senate of the Fifty-ninth Congress thus installed, Dr. Edward Everett Hale, the venerable chaplain of the Senate, came forward to deliver the opening prayer of the first session. The organisation of the Senate was then completed by the swearing In of Siators elected to serve for the next six years. They, appeared In platoons of four In. alphabetical order at the desk of the Vice-President, each being accompanied by his colleague. The oath was administered by Mr. Fairbanks, Fair-banks, and In each case was Immediately Immedi-ately followed by signing the Senate roll of membership. This ceremony concluded the day's session, and the Senate adjourned to the outside platform plat-form to witness with others the inauguration inau-guration of President Roosevelt. WASHINGTON', D. C, March 4. In the presence of as many of his fellow-citizens fellow-citizens as could be crowded Into the Senate chamber, Charles" Warren Fairbanks Fair-banks was at high noon today Inducted iato the office of Vice-President of the United States. The ceremony was quickly followed by the final adjournment adjourn-ment of the Senate of the Fifty-eighth Congress, the beginning of a epecial session, an address by the Vice-President and the swearing into office of almost al-most a third of the membership of the Senate. All these official acts took place ' In the chamber Just before the inauguration of the President and were in reality, while themselves of great Import, the prelude of the more Important Import-ant event. The Installation, of the new Vice-President Vice-President was severely simple, and as brief as simple. It consisted -of a. promise, prom-ise, solemnly made with uplifted hand and bowed head, to perform the duties of the office and to support and defend the Constitution -of the United States. This was the oath of office, and It was administered by Senator Frye as President Presi-dent pro tempore of the Senate. Plain and democratic though the ceremony cer-emony was, it attracted to the Senate a gathering of notable people, many of them of such Importance that, in accordance ac-cordance with time-honored custom, their appearance was heralded with pomp and platitude sufficient to atone for the simplicity of the official aots of the occasion, if not to quite overshadow them. These guests Included the foremost fore-most representatives of the official" life of the capital city, foreign and domestic, domes-tic, civil and military, and also many, other persons of prominence from all parts of the country. The section of the gallery usually devoted de-voted to the private use of Senators was today entirely surrendered to what may be called the Executive party, and was occupied by the families and immediate im-mediate friends of the President and the Vice-President and of the members of the Supreme court and the Cabinet The front row of seats on one side of this section was filled by the members of the President's household, and the corresponding row on the other side by those of the Vice-President's. Mrs. Roosevelt and the wife and mother of Vice-President Fairbanks being prom-. Inent among them. The two tIg round-faced gold clocks which front with solemn mien and in stately service from the north 'and south walls of the Senate chamber had measured the time up to 11:45, when the first of the special gfterts arrived. These were the members of ths- House of Representatives. They had marched over In a body to the quarters of the Senate, and when the south doors of the Senate chamber swung open and Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms tayton announced. "The Speaker and the House of Representatives, they walked proudly to the seats assigned them on the Democratic side of the chamber, accepting as their due the honor done them when, upon the stroke of the gavel of the President pro tempore, the Senate and its visitors rose as one person per-son to welcome them. The Speaker had scarcely taken his seat at the side of the presiding officer, and Senators and guests had not more than resumed their chairs, when the doors again parted and Alonxo H. Stewart, Stew-art, also assistant serjeant-at-arms, heralded In genuine feudal style the approach of the diplomats, headed by Count Casslni. dean of the corps. "The Embassadors and Ministers Plenipotentiary." he said. In ringing tones, and again, upon the fall of the gavel, all came to a standing posture, while Sergeant-at-Am-s Ransdall escorted es-corted the foreign dignitaries to their places, fronting the presiding officer. From this time until Senator Falr- banks began -hla. address, the Senators I and their visitors were kept quite constantly con-stantly engaged In 'rising to receive newcomers. The Ministers were sharply sharp-ly followed by the Supreme court., officially offi-cially gowned In long- monkish robes, and with Chief Justice Fuller,, distinguished dis-tinguished in appearance, leading the Tan. The Judiciary was in turn succeeded suc-ceeded by Admiral Dewey and his aide, and they by Lieut-Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff, and his aide, who were separately sep-arately announced as the representatives representa-tives of the two warlike arms of the Government Gradually the hall was filled, and the scene had become more and more animated, ani-mated, until for the last time In connection con-nection with the occasion, the doors were opened to admit a guest. He was the guest of guest-rthe President and the President-elect, Theodore Roosevelt. Roose-velt. "The President and his Cabinet," proclaimed pro-claimed Sergeant-at-Arms Ransdell, In a well-modulated phrase. Again all were on their feet. All eyes were turned upon him as, accompanied by the Congressional committee and the members of the official household, he walked down the center aisle of the chamber In the wake of the convoying sergeant-at-arms. who placed him In a big red leather chair Immediately In front of the presiding officer's desk. He has once before been a participant in an Inaugural ceremony, but then only as the recipient of second honors. He was there now as the head of the people peo-ple of the Nation, and by right of their choice. His manner was that of a man who appreciates responsibilities and at the same time feels capable of assuming assum-ing them, self-conscious and self-reliant, the object of all observation and alive to all surroundings. Senator Frye ' does all things with promptness and decision. The two official offi-cial timepieces were agreed In proclaiming pro-claiming the hour of 12, when according, to the requirements made and provided, provid-ed, the Fifty-eighth Congress must come to a close, the Fifty-ninth Congress Con-gress be started on its career, and the new presiding officer Introduced . and Installed. Mr. Frye. had already said farewell; the visitors were, in their seats. Not a moment was lost Rising In front of the slender but towering form of his successor, the President pro tem repeated to him In tha form of an official oatb the few lmpresslvt words - - - -' - - j-- |