Show ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS TAKE OATH thousands of visitors throng national capital to witness the ceremony procession the greatest seen in washington since the close of the civil war theodore roosevelt was on march I 1 transformed from president by teance into president by choice from Dies dissident ident through an ass aspasin asins s bullet into president through the ballots ot the people thera were represented in the throngs that had journeyed to the cap ital to greet resident Pes ident roosevelt men from the north south east and west and from distant islands of the seas from the philippines from porto rico irom hawaii from every land where floats the emblem ot of the re public in the great parade there rode governors of states both north and south the president presidents s old rancher friends with lariat and chapa and wiry bronchus bron chos made strange contrast to the stiff backed pouter cheated young men from the national military schools rough riders from san juan juau hill volunteers from santiago jackies from manila bay shared the plaudits of the multitude with modest every day soldiers tor for whom the title reg ular is di dist netlon quite enough political clubs from east and west militiamen from north and south blue clad veterans of the sixties heroes of the spanish american war miners from pennsylvania the entire legislature of the state of tennessee the president presidents s neighbors from oyster bay day all contributed to the national character of the splendid pageant there were waiting for the prest dent when he emerged from the white house thirty picked men from the rough riders under GOT gov brodie with the crack squadron A of the first cavalry U S army they formed his escort to the capitol As they swung around the treasury building into pennsylvania avenue a division of the G GAR A R with gen 0 0 hon howard ard and staff in the lead which had been standing anding bt at salute wheeled into the column while the cavalrymen checked their pace to accommodate the slower footsteps of the aged veterans A mighty wave of cheers swept along the avenue as the president presidents s carriage came in sight throughout the whole route the president with hat hilt in hand kept bowing in acknowledgment of the greetings on his arrival at the capt cap tol he was conducted to the president presidents a room in the rear of the senate cham charn her where he began at once the sign ing of belated bills at noon he en the abode of the senate to wit ness the installation of senator fair banks as vice president this cere care mony concluded he proceeded to the stand on the east front of the capitol to receive the oath flom chief justice puller fuller and to deliver his inaugural ad dress immediately upon its slon the president was escorted back to the white house where after lunch ing with the officials of the inaugural committee he e took his position on the tand in front to review the formal inaugural parade inauguration ceremonies the broad plaza whose level surface stretches east from the national capt tol can accommodate an army for hours washington poured its own pop and a vast increment of vis via igors into the front yard of the seat of government eight acres of humanity spread tan fan shaped from the focus made by a little covered shelter open at the sides where the president was to stand over toward the imposing facade of the congressional library it extended literally a sea of faces there may have been only probably there were nearer in eight sight of the president when he took the oath the imposing form of associate justice john marshall harlan who is almost heroic in stature ves mas the first to catch the eye of the vast crowd flanked by the marshal of the su preme court and the marshal of the district district of columbia justice harlan led his colleagues garbed in flowing robes of black topp topped edwith with satin skull caps to their seats at the left of the tribune afeei a brief pause count cassini the russian ambassador and dean of the diplomatic corps mar staled forth the ambassadors and ministers of foreign countries mrs roosevelt and mrs fairbanks were next escorted to seats just out bide side the tribune the president presidents s chil dren were with mrs roosevelt and mr fairbanks two sons students at yale and his daughter mrs adelaide timmons with mrs fairbanks mrs roosevelt was gowned in a se verely plain tailored suit of electric blue the round skirt shirt was trimmed in bands of lighter shade panne vel vet and the short modish jacket bad had a vest of the panne braided in silver mrs fairbanks wore nore a beautiful dress of brown velvet vele t trimmed with mith chiffon and white ermine her hat and gloves were also white vice president fair banks accompanied by the secretary of the senate and followed fol lomed by the sen acors and ex senators was next in order then came speaker cannon and the house of representatives the instant the tall form of the vice prest dent appeared a swelling elling cheer burst from the crowd mr fairbanks bowed repeatedly before taking his chair secretary hav and other members of the cabinet were ushered to their chairs abrat and at their heels came ad miral dewey and gen chaffee billows of cheers greeted admiral dewey and the hero of manila bay showed that he was pleased president roosevelt Koo sevelt advanced from VICE PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS N inaugurated march 4 1905 ane door of the capitol arm in arm with chief justice fuller instantly from all parts of the eight acres of humanity arose a prolonged ous shout behind the president and his white haired companion came james I 1 H mckinney clerk of the BU preme court bearing a ponderous bible when the demonstration ceased chief justice fuller his snowy locks falling to his shoulders pronounced the oath president Hoo sevelt ts s voice wag was easily audible at some distance when he repeated the formal declara tion prescribed proscribed in article 11 II of the constitution I 1 do solemnly swear that I 1 will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and n will III to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states A second later he bowed and pressed his lips upon the open pages of holy N writ rit again erect be faced the people and for an instant perfect silence held A signal had been flashed from the dome of the capi tol to the navy yard whence came the boom of a ten inch gun first of tw ta enty one fired in honor of the newly inaugurated chief executive the tension was broken and a roar of climers resounded far and wide across the plaza for many minutes the jangle of sounds continued before the president coald find a chance to be gin his inaugural address the conclusion of the address was the signal for another ovation dur ing which mr roosevelt chook bands hands with most ot of the notables who pressed about the tribune then he was es carted back to tho the rotunda ot of the capitol and thence to the e executive xe autive chamber where he held a brief reception before leaving tor for the white house vice president sworn in senator charles W warren arren fairbanks of indiana became vice president of 0 the united states shortly after the marble faced clocks of the senate chamber registered noon at that hour senator frye prest dent pro tern tem hammered the marble desk and announced in set formula that lat the senate of the fifty eighth congress was adjourned sloe slue die then he immediately called the extra ordinary session of the senate of the fifty ninth congress to order mr fairbanks was forthwith ush ered into the chamber the senate ir embers members of the inaugural committee I 1 acting as his escort he ile proceeded to the rostrum where senator frye administered the usual oath the new vice presidents president a am official act was to call upon the senate s chaplain the rev dr edward everett hale to atay mr fairbanks then delivered his inaugural address and at its con elusion he instructed the secretary to read the presidents proclamation convening the extraordinary session of the senate president roosevelt was vias then escorted back to the executive cham her ber adjoining the marble room preparatory to going to the east portico himself to take the oath of office tha other distinguished visitors filed out of the chamber in the order of official precedence and went to the seats as signed them for the presidents ceremony the great parade experienced observers declared that the procession beat all its pre decess ors even that of mckinley a second inauguration not since the review of the federal army after the civil nar ar has the avenue seen so many and such variety of soldiers baere a were between thirty three and thirty five thousand men in line for three hours the mobilization progressed along first street pennsyl vania vanla avenue and confluent streets about the capitol ahead of the parade proper preel dent roosevelt and his escort this t me composed solely of the rough R ders and squadron A at a briele I 1 clip proceeded up the avenue to the tho white house where the he president at af ter his lunch took position I 1 in n tha grand reviewing stand surrounded by members of his cabinet the diplomat and other notables then to the blare of bugles the big procession started the first brigade mas as beaded headed by gen wade in command of the entire military section atter after him came the fifth band artillery corps stationed at lort hamilton new I 1 lork ork thia this was first of forty bands in the parade sustaining their reau tation of being the most perfectly drilled body ot of troops in the world next followed the corpa corps of cadets from the united states military academy naturally they divided honors with the future admirals from annapolis who marched immediately behind dressed in natty suits of navy blue the jolly jack jacktar tar spirit fairly shin ing in their boyish faces then came the regulars real enlisted men five live hundred of the second bataillon batal ba tallIon llon of engineers Gwi swinging nging along behind their awn band then came the state troops to the number of 14 they occupied nearly two hours in passing a given point in order to prevent disputes as to precedence each state contingent came in alphabetical order so that ala bama with a single company of her third regiment led the way indiana vice president fairbanks home state had bad only a company to her credit sixth in line while the presidents state new york with the largest quota three full regiments and several separate bodies totaling nearly 4 men was tenth in order although soldiery was the chief tea fea ture the civilian orga organizations form ing the second section of the parade showed up strong in numbers march ing in the open order affected by po pc lotical clubs they spread all over the avenue there were about 1 in line they seemed seemed to be passing an Im interminable terminable time mostly wearing top hats bats and twirling fragile walking sticks the spanish war veterans followed the G A it veterans there being about 2 2000 all told of these two societies the ball inaus inaugural ural balls are the biggest so cial functions that bocc occur ur in america the evenings reception at the pen pon slon ion building exceeded in grandeur its predecessors in the great edifice I 1 there were in the neighborhood of persons at the ball mrs ts ball gown was made of a special weave of a new now shade of light blue silk with figures of doves in gold tinsel the shade has been named alice blue in honor ot of the presidents daughter who select ed the material at the st louis fair the doves which are represented as flying fling diagonally across the blue of the dress are of varying sizes from two inches between the tips of the wings d down own to the size of a bee mrs fairbanks wore a gown ot of satin due duchesse besse embroidered with roses of gold in the natural size of the flower the lace trimming was of brussels point d with ft 86 design of bow knots knot and marguerites interwoven the decorations of the ballroom outdid anything that ever before has been attempted walls columns win dows and every nook and corner were covered with greens and cut flowers palms and terns ferns flags banners and bunting so that the thousands ot of guests might look with interest upon something else of beauty than dazzling gowns and glittering jewels the doors of the pension building were thrown open at 8 clock but the president and his party did not arrive until 8 9 0 clock they went im mediately med lately to rooms specially prepared carpeted and decorated tor for their reception and a halt half hour later the grand march commenced president and mrs roosevelt Koo sevelt leading all festivities closed sharply at midnight because it was aas believed beet best to trespass no sab bab bath principles thus the usual tice of the presidents leaving at midnight and turning the hall over to dance until daybreak to the populace had bad to be abandoned I 1 V ta 1 V V V 1 a 11 I 1 W X Z ROE akk s tf W 4 W A r AA Z K kw 0 c c ep F ca ca THE procession IN pennsylvania AVENUE |