Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-03-06
MCKINLEY ANDROOSEVELT
TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE ON MONDAY AT
ONE O'CLOCK.
Programme. Including Parade and Grand BAH in
the Evening, Carried Out

MS Efeiilnes Safite0 ouN
William Mckinley of OH took the
oath of Office as president at l:17 O'Clock
on Monday afternoon, being the eighth
in the illustrous line of presidents of the
United States thus honored by the Am
erican people with second and con.
secutive term Simultaneously Theo-
dore Roosevelt of New York, became
vice president of the United States
The ceremony tn It marked this second
/ assumption by PreSid, MT McKlul,,y ii
I the cares OF state wa most impressive
( and Iull of suggestion of the develop
ment of the republic during the past
/ four years,
/ The sun shone on President McKin ey
as he rode 20 the capitol in the closing
hour of his first administration and
great crowds and eXultant people cheer
ed him along the line of historic Penn
sylvania avenue. The rain poured down
upon the vast multitude which had gath
cred to sea President Mckinney take the
oath of office a second time and an inn
pressiveness of the scene was marred by
the angry proteaGs of those who We're
Indifferent =. che rain against the I'M
polite si4d unpatriotic umbrella which
! 1>rA ald there obstructed the view.
The scene in the senate chamber was
most brilliant when Theodore Roose-
Welt took the oath of office as vice presi-
dent. with the rich colorlngs of dress
and the gorgeous trappings of the EN-
bassadors, foreign ministers and military
heroes setting off the sombreness of dress
of those who made the laws of the nation.
The scene on the east portico of the
capitol was robbed of the gay coloring
as the rain poured down and the diplo-
mats covered their rich uniforms with
sombre waterproof cloaks, and the rich
dressed ladies were driven TO the pro-
lection of the capitol dome But Presi-
dent Mckinley and Vice President
Roosevelt faced the expectant multitude
of sturdy American citizenship which
was undaunted by spring rain and Mrs,
Mckinley sat near the president while
he delivered his second inaugural ad-
dress to the American people.
There may have been sighs of ap-
preaching storms in the fickleness of the
March weather to those statesmen who
have for two years watched for the
wreck of the republic but to the masses
who had assembled this spring shower
was typical OF the intermittent storm of
war which had come with the Mckinley
administration and this was further
illustrated by the clearing of the skies
an hour later to allow the thousands
and hundreds of thousands who lined
the avenue TO watch in comfort and
enthusiasm the military pageant that
passed escorting the president back to
the White house
President Mckinley stood serenely
before the crowd that listened to his in
| augural address and rode calmly back
through the ranks Of the people who
We're indifferent to conditions of weather
as he. 1t was therefore successful
and impressive Inauguration.
There had been stirring scenes in the
last hour of the Fifty-sixth congress and
bitter denunciation Of the president &
| imperialism from his political opponents,
| but the partisanship ended with the ex.
| piring breath of the congress, and Re
| publicans. Democrats and Populists
| gathered about the American president
| irsthe beginisg of his new administration
| TO make ii typical of the American
governments. Senators Hanna and
Jones, Representatives Cannon and
McRae, leaders of opposing parties in
| both houses of congress. escorted the
| president to the stand where he took the
oath of Office while the supreme court
and the forei. representatives aud the
! congress, ana the army and navy, and
| the people filed in the spaces all about.
covering the portico and steps and the
plaza in front of the copitol
The clouds and the rain had little eff
feet on this Inauguration, and when the
skies cleared the programe moved with
out hitch from start TO finish.
/ In the parade there We're grizzled
heroes Of both Union and Confederate
armies. Gen. Joe Wheeler ic tie full
dress uniform OF major general re-
ceived as much applause as did General
| Miles and Admiral Dewey, while state
| troops from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mary
land and North Carolina marched in the
same column bonind the regulars and
| cadets from West Point and Annapolis.
with the Porto Rico battalion and the
| New Mexican Guards followed TO make
that column representative of the unity
and strength OF nation represented By
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