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Show t. HLfflAlii-' SHALL TAK OFFICE Jfe taaKgiratei as Prcsldcst and Vice- IF President of Uiitcd States Amidst $" , Sceass of Wild Enthusiasm ! PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IS SHORT Cabinet Members Decided Upon and Names Will Be Sent to Senate For Confi rmation Washington, March 4. -Wood-row Wilson became president of the. United States today amid imposing ceremonies and tumult-: tumult-: ultuous scenes of popular greet- r, ings, Standing at the historic i ! east front of the Capitol he took V ; the constitutional oath of office. i-,' and injhis brief inaugural ad dress made a fervid appeal to i, all patriotic men for counsel ; ;jj and aid. vtf "This is not a day of triumph, " 1 he declared, "it id a day of dedi cation. Here muster, not the force of party, but forces of humanity. Men's hearts wait ; upon us; men's lives hang in the '- balace; "men's hopes call upon us .-x s to say what we will do. Who Nv ; shall live up to the great trust? X I Who dare fail to try? I sum-uwmftnUqnkt,nl.p sum-uwmftnUqnkt,nl.p -f allnNTwaiu-lQokinr'intiBy side. God helping me, I will , not fail them, if they will but, counsel and sustain Jne." Vice President Marshall had been inaugurated in the senate chamber only shortly before and at the conclusion of President 4w Wilson's inaugural address the ! party hurried back to the White House ahead of the inaugural procession where Mr. Taft said good by to President Wilson and prepared to leave at once for Augusta, Ga. President Wilson 1 shortly afterward took his ' place ' f to review the procession. IV. , President Wilson took the oath of office at 1:35 p. m. 1 Vice-President Marshall took I the oath of office at 12:34. At 10:17 o'clock, the ride to , the Capitol began. In the first I carriage were President Taft and $ I Mr. Wilson. Mr. Taft occupied t 1 the righthand seat. With them ! it' were Senators Crane and Bacon. j In the second carriage Mr. j I ''. Marshall sat at Senator Over- ; m'. man's right, Representative . Rucker also rode there. In the . third carriage came Represen ta il jt tives McKinley and Garrett. J : The streets were packed and j Presidqnt Taft and Mr. Wilson f ' gave their acknowledgements to roUrs of cheers. i Vice-president Marshall's car- i i riage followed closely and im- 1 I mediately behind marched the I 1 White House correspondents and j ft the newspapermen who have 4 I been with Mr. Wilson jn the cam- jj r paign. The carriage and their n I escorts whirledi up io the main M I entrance of the Capitol l to the 1; I- greetings of the massed miilti-. j & tude in the stands imd the less j I fortunate who were perched n 4 every point of vuntage or packed ! I into all available spaces. |