Show RESIDENT ROOSEVELT TAKES OATH OF OFFICE with manifestations of profound sorrow and appreciation of new responsibilities president roosevelt pledges hinr self to continue mckinley s policies and asks cabinet not to resign president roosevelt took the oath which clothed him with authority at clock saturday afternoon in the library of the res dence of ansley wilcox a personal friend with whom he stopped earlier in the week when the phys thought pres dent me kinley would recover from the wound acted by the asnass D in the pres ence of all the members of the cabinet in the city of buffal and a few per bonal friends the scene was a most affecting one the new president had just come from the milburn house where his jarade cessor lay cold in death overcome by the deep personal sorrow he felt in his cally impulsive way he had gone first to the house of mourning to offer his condolence and sympathy to the broken hearted widow SECRETARY ROOT OVERCOME secretary Sere tary root who twenty years ago had been present at a similar scene PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT when arthur took the oath after the death of another president who fell a victim to an assassin s bullet almost broke down when he requested boose velt on behalf of the members of the cabinet of the late president to take the prescribed oath there was not a dry eye in the room the new pres dent was v sibly shak en but he controlled himself with the deep solemnity of the on 1 e announced to those present that h s aim would be to be william mckinley s successor in deed as well as in name deliberately he proclaimed it in these words WILL CONTINUE POLICY in th s hour 0 deep and terrible national bereavement I 1 wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue ab without variance the policy of president Me binley for the peace and penty and honor of our beloved country judge hazel taking up the cons titu dional oath of office wh ch had been prepared on parchment asked the pres his right banol and re peat it after h there was a hush like death in the I 1 room AS the judge read a few word at the time and the pres dent in a strong vo ce and witt out a tremor and with his raised hand as steady as if carved from marble repeated it after I 1 im and thus I 1 swear he ended it the hand dropped from his side the chin for an instant rested on his breast and the silence remained unbroken for a couple of m as though the new president of the united states was of fenig prayer judge hazel broke it saying mr president please attach your signa fure and the pres dent turning to a small table nearby wrote theodore roosevelt at the bottom of the docu mentin a firm hand the tar reaching significance of this pledge to cant nue thA policy of the dead president announced at the very threshold of a new governmental regime profoundly impressed his hearers and pres dent roosevelt s first step at ter taking the oath was in line with its redemption ASKS CABINET TO REMAIN his first act was to ask the members of the cab net to retain their portfolios in order to a d him to conduct the government on lines la d down by him whose pol cv 1 e declared he would uphold hsuch an appeal was not to be u sted and eveia member of the cab net include ag secretary of state hay and secretary of the treasury adge who were communicated with in washington have agreed for the present at least to retain their sev eral portfolios the pres dent has made no plans ae yet lie said he was so shocked by the national calamity that had thrust new responsibilities upon him that he had had no t me as yet to think of hia future career at wasi ington inq i ry was made of the president as to wheal er an extra session of con gress would be called by him and he said that was no fundamental la v requiring the calling of congress together upon the success on of a vice president to the presidency and that after consultation with the cab met they had decided that no such extra session would be called |