Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-12
VICTOR EMMANUEL III.
NOW REALLY THE KING.
THE FINAL CEREMONY USHERING
HIM INTO OFFICE TOOK PLACE
YESTERDAY.
SPEECH FULL OF PATRIOTISM
THEIR G-ESTABLISHED
TRADITIONS.
1t Was an Affecting Utterance. and
Moved Many of His Hearers to
Tears-WiIl Work Always for the
Greatness and Prosperity of His
Country.

country
ROME, August liking Victor
Emmanuel Ill took the formal con-
stitutional oath to-day before Parlia-
ment. The Senate chamber was
draped with mourning, the benches
and tribunes being covered with black
furnishings, bordered with silver. The
chamber was filled with Senators and
deputies, royal missions, high officials
of state and the diplomatic corps.
The booming of cannon announced
the departure of the royal party from
the Quirinal. All along the route
large crowds were assembled and gave
the new king an ovation He was re-
ceived on the steps of the Senate by
the committees of the Chamber Of
Deputies and Senate, in a pavilion spe-
cially erected and handsomely decor
ated.
When the cortege entered the Senate
chamber, the king being accompanied
by the Duke of Aosta, the Count of
Turin, and the Duke of Genoa, the dep
uties and Senators arose, and then
began a long and exciting
Scene of Enthusiasm.
His majesty, later, took the oath and
delivered an address.
During the ceremony of taking the
oath the king stood, as did those who
assisted in the function, including the
queens and princesses. He pronounced
the words in a loud voice, saying:
In the presence of God and before
the nation l swear to Loyalty respect
the statutes, to exercise the royal
authority only in pursuance of the
laws and in conformity with them to
render to each subject, according to
his rights, full and entire justice. and
to conduct myself under all circum-
stances as having only in view the in
terest, prosperity and honor OF the
nation"
AS soon as his majesty had conclud-
ed all present broke out
Into Loud AccIamatIOn8
the ovation lasting several minutes,
while cries of Viva II Ro," resounded
throughout the hall. The king next
signed the parchments containing the
oath and the senators rose in body
and took the oath, crying together, 10
Giuro" CI swear'0. The deputies
were sworn in the same manner. The
concluding with tho
oaths of allegiance of the senators and
deputies was touching and imposing.
The king then read his address and,
with the same ceremony with which
they were received the royal party re-
turned to the quirinal through the still
crowded streets, the people vigor-
ously shouting for and cheering the
new king.
The full text of
The Kings Address
is as follows:
My first thought is for my people
a thought of love and gratitude. The
people who wept by the casket of the
king whom they loved are brought in
close touch with me and they have de-
the racial foundation
which liberal monarchy has in the
country. From these manifestations
of sorrow l draw the most favorable
auguries for my reign. The noble and
pious sentiment which sprang spon-
taneously from the soul of the nation
at the news of the tragic event tells
me that in the hearts of Italians there
still yibrates the voice of patriotism
which inspired at all times worthy
miracles | am proud of the power |
am assuming 1t is with a high head
and seeking a nobler ideal that l con-
secTate myself TO my country with all
the ardor and strength of which | feel
myself capable, with all the strength
the examples and traditions of my
house give me. The word of the mag
nanimCus Charles Albert, who grant
ed liberty is sacred. just as are those of
my grandfather who achieved the I'M
ion of Italy, and of my august father.
who by all the acts of his life showed
he was a worthy heir of the virtues OF
the father of his country In his work
ny father had the assistance of my
august and venerated mother II is
she who engraved on my heart and
spirit the sentiment of my duty as a
prince and as an italian. So in my
work l
Shall BE Aided BY My Wife,
who, born of a strong race, will conse-
crate herself entirety to the country
OF her choice.
"Of the friendship of all the powers.
we have had eloquent proof In the par
tieip2uon in our mourning and | wish
to express my profound gratitude 10 all.
ITALY has always been an efficient
instrument In concord and will be so
during my reign in the common aim
of preserving peace But external
peace Is not alone sufficient. We must
have internal peace and concord and
the good will of all men TO develop our
intellectual forces and economic ener-
gies. Ii is necessary 10 raise the Young
generations in the love of country and
OF honesty and labor 1t IS this senti-
ment which Inspires our armies on
land and sea, who come from the PEG
pie and who ara a pledge OF the frater-
nifty which binds the whole Italian
family in unity and love of country. II
is necessary to concentrate ourselves
and to defend ourselves by the wis
dom OF our laws and their strict appli-
cation The monarchy and parliament
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