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Show ROOSEVELT AND FAIRDANK8 ARE INAUGURATED. Choice of the ' People Intliicted Into . Office Amid Much Pomp and . Ceremony, Tho moat' brilliant ami Imposing In .uguratlon which tho citizens of I Washington' havo over prepared has passed into the history of tho 'republic, 'repub-lic, and Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Warron Fairbanks havo been Installed as president and vico president presi-dent bf tho' United States for the next four years. ' It was tho first national Inauguration Inaugura-tion slnco tho civil war. The south Bout up its warriors nml Its state officials. of-ficials. Mon 'who fought i-ach other for yoars under different flags; men who fought together In the war with Spain under ono flag; executive of- floors of tho states who upheld the ; stars and bars, and those who stood ' tor tho flag of the Union, inarched to-i to-i gethcr In review, before their common I prosidont, a. Bolder of the republic. I Fully 200,000 visitors gaze,! with wondorand enthusiasm at the tils- trlct's handiwork for honoring Its 1 president. , . Tho parade was the most magnificent magnifi-cent tjvor known. The Orand Army of tho Republic as is Its habit, Insist-ed Insist-ed on acting as tho president's escort, and tho president's rate of progress to tho capital was reduced to tho pa-thotlc pa-thotlc paco of mon who wero fast approaching ap-proaching tho scripture limit of life. But tho delay had It" compensations. Many thousands had opportunity to bco and groot tho president an his cortege cor-tege slowly passed along the mile from tho Whlto House to Capitol hill, where congress was concluding its labors, la-bors, Tho oath of offico was administered to Presldont Roosevelt by Chief Justice Jus-tice Fuller, and after taking tho oath tho presldont dollvored his Inaugural address, which surprised his hear ore by its brevity. After tho conclusion of tho address, tho president, accompanied by his escort and followed by troops and civilian paraders,started for tho Whlto House. It was the most perfect column col-umn that over marched in an Inaugural Inaug-ural parado, though Its numbers wero less. General Chaffee bad Insisted that a brigade of tho national guard mum representation. Tho Ninth cavalry, cav-alry, that Rpjondldvcolored regiment, recoiveU 'nmrketfV alt'Gntlou.' TlYo crowds went wild over the section of rough 'riders. The scouts and tho Porto Rico battalion excited.' Intonse Interest. Tho brigade of cadet battalions battal-ions from many states, organized by General Chaffee, attracted universal attention and. received unbounded ap-nlaUso. ap-nlaUso. Tho civic grand division of eight' brlgados tn "'three divisions, made up of over fifty 'organizations, was . In every respect .better organized organ-ized than ever beforo. Turning from the. pageant of tho day,' the doubled population of tho city dlspbsed Itsolf for tho threo imposing im-posing spectacles of tho night, tho ball; tho flroworks ,on tho whlto lot, and tho dazzling street decorntlpns. In tho prosenco of as many of lils fellow fel-low citizens as could bo crowded Into tho senato chamber, Charles Warren Fairbanks was at high noon Inducted Into tho offico of vice-president of tho United States. Tho ceremony was Quickly followed by tho final adjournment adjourn-ment of tho senato of tho Fifty-eighth congress, tho beginning of a special session, an address by tho vico presU dent and the swearing into office of almost al-most a third of tho membership of tho senate. All thoso official acts took place In the chamber Just beforo the Inauguration of the president, and woro In reality, while themselves ol great Import, the prelude of tho more Important ovont. |