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Show 4 PRESIDENT SHOUTS SUMMONS TO 'FORWARD-LOOKING MEN' X 'We Will AH Be Behind You' Ex-President Tafts Greeting Greet-ing to Successor, Scene at Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson Precedent Breaking And Intensely Human - 4. 4. 4, 4. 4. 4. 4- 4- 4- 4- 4" 4. 4 4. MEN WILSON SELECTED 4. 4. TO MAKE UP HIS 4. 4. CABINET 4- 4. 4 4. William Jennings Ilryon, 4 4. secretary of atato. 4 4. William Olbbs McAdoo, sec- 4 4 rotary of treasury. 4 4. James Clark McrieynolUs, 4 4 nttorney general. "4 4 JoBephus UanlelB, secrc- 4 4 tnry of tho navy. 4 4 David Franklin Houston, 4 4 secretary of ngrlculture, 4 .J. William Cox Iledfleld, sec- 4 4 rotary of commerce. 4 4 Albert S. Burleson, 'post- 4 4 master general. 4 4. 4. 4 4 4 I I I I I l I 4 I 5 Washington, March 4. Woodrow Wilson of Now Jersoy was Inaugurated Inaugur-ated today as President of the United Uni-ted Stntcs and Thomas It. Marshall of Indiana Its vice president. H Under the dome of tbo nation's IJ capltol, in tho presence of a count- I less cheering concourse of his fol- I low cltirens, tho new president rats- I ed a hand toward a prohpetlc sun m that burst through dissolving clouds H and pronounced tho occasion a day of J dedication, not of triumph. While tho President's concluding H inaugural words wero tossing in tu-S tu-S multuous waves of applause the re- JP- tiring President clasped his hand nun K enlisted as a patriotic servant In tho Bj rankg of private cltzenshlp. "Mr. President," said Mr. Taft, SHI his faco beaming with a broadening KM smile, "I wish you a successful ad- M ministration and the carrying out of wm your alms. We will nil bo behind rfl you." B "Thank you," said President Wll- E son, and ho turned to shako the hand J of his secretary of state, William j- Jennings Hryan. Thero they stood Taft, a standard boarer of a van-Hj van-Hj iulshcd party after sixteen years of jH power; Bryan, persistent plodder of H progressive Democracy thrlco defeat-HJ defeat-HJ ed, accepting a commission from a HJ new chieftain, and Wilson, the man Hj of the hour, victorious, mustering, as HJ he expressed It, "not tho forces of HJ partjr, but the forces of humanity." Hj Tbo military and civic pageant HJ that followed this climax of the his-HJ his-HJ toric day was more than fivo hours HJ passing In review. Leaving Capitol HJ Hill at 2 o'clock In the afternoon, HJ tbo last of the marching thousands HJ had not doffedi their colors to tho H '.President In tbo court of honor until HJ long after darkness had fallen. HJ President Wilson stood for raoro HJ "than an hour under tho glare of my-H my-H rlado of brilliant electric lights as H 1io greeted thousands In tho long HJ Hno, nmong them tho host of Prince-BJ Prince-BJ ton students, who, aB thoy paned b-Hj b-Hj fore him, shouted a hearty greeting1 H that ho uevor can forgot. H - Wllson With Bared Head jH The procession began from tho H uenuto wing to tho groat ampblthca- HJ tre at tho cast front of tho Capitol. Aftdf Chief Justlco White, followed H by tho Justices of tho supremo court HJ bad entered tho Inaugural stand, President Taft and President-elect H Wilson appeared In tho doorway of HJ tho Capitol. Tholr prosenco whs tho H "slgnnflfor prolonged cheers from tho j crowd nsscrablcd In .tho wldo espla-H espla-H nado nnd tho hugo grand stand and iH perched fringe llko on tho root of (liPJho Capitol from ono end to tbo oth- tiTer. Reaching tho stand, tbo Prcsl- K dent-elect stood for several moments with head bared, acknowledging the plaudits of tho crowd. Then with tho President, Speaker Clark and the Justices, ho seated hlmsclt to await tho solemn ceremony. Throughout his address President Wilson was cheered frequently by tho people immediately in front of tho stand, who could hear him. They wero permitted to crowd In the spaco cleared Just beforo ho, began his speech. Tho applause was particularly particular-ly emphatic when President Wllson declared: "Tho scales of heedlessness have fallen from our eyes. Wo hftvc mado up our minds to squara tho process of our national life ngaln with tho stnndards wo so proudly set up at tho beginning and have always al-ways carried at our hearts. Our work Is a work of restoration." |