The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-18

lGSS DIS llIc uuIll DleSt CltIZcH TO cNof-
else one OF them until he had complied
with the constitutional provision re-
During him 10 take The prescribed
oath to support ana defend the cons j.
tutiOn and laws OF the United aces.
He took thai oath at $50 o'cloch
this afternoon in the library OF the
residence OF Ansley Wilcox, personal
friend with whom he stopped carrier
in the week when the physicians
thought President Mckinley would
recover from the wounds inflicted by
the assassin. There were present
when he swOre TO the oa,..: Sacreta-
rieS Root, Hitchcock. Long. Wilson
ana Postmaster General Smith, Sena
tor Chauncey NJ. Depew of New. YORK
Judge OF the Court OF Appeals HaiSht
John n. Scathord. Mir. and Mrs. Ans
ley Wilcox, Miss Wilcox, George p
Sawyer, Doctors Mann, Park ana
Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. Carlet on
Sprague, Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Mil
burn; Secretary to the President VIM.
Loeb; secretary to the deceased presi-
dent, Geo. B. Cor,lcyou; Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Carr. II. c. Scathord. J. d.
Sawyers ana VIM. Jetfers, official tel
| egrapher, in addition to Judge John H.
hazel of the United States district
court who administered me oath.
The scene was a mos affecting one.
The new president haa just come from
Milburn house where his predecessor
lay cold in death. Overcome by the
deep personal sorrow he felt. in his
| cnaracteristically impulsive way, he
had gone first to the house of NOUN
ing to offer nis coincidence and sym
pathy to the broken hearted widow.
secretary Root, who twenty years ago,
: al been present at a similar scene
wnen Arthur took the oath after the
dea n of another president, who fell a
victim to an assassin's bullet, almost
| broke down when he requested Mr..
Roosevelt on behalf of the members
of the cabinet of the late president to
| take the prescribed oatn. There was
| not dry eye in the room.
The new president was visiby shak-
| en-, but he controlled himself, and
when he lifted his hand to swear it
was as steady as though carved in
marble.
With the deep solemnity of the oc-
casion full upon him, he announced
| to those present tha- his aim would be
| 20 be William McKinley's successor
IN deed as well as in name. Deliber-
ately he proclaimed it in these words ::
In this hour OF deep and terrible
national bereavement | wash to state
that it shall be my aim to continue
absolutely, without variance, the pol
icy Of President Mckinley for peace
and prosperity and honor of our be-
| loved country
/ The great and far-reaching signiti-
cance of this pledge to continue the
policy announced at the very thresh
old O. a new governmental regime pro
founiiy impressed his hearers, and
President Roosevelt's first stop after
I taking the oath was in line with re-
| dempJion. His first act was to ack
| nowleige the past services of the
members of the cabinet and ask them
| 20 retain their portfolios; to aid him
| TO continue the government on the
| nnes laid down by him whose policy
he had said he would uphold. Such
an appeal was not to be resisted, and
every member of the cabinet, includ
ing Secretary of State Hay and Secre
tary of the Treasury Gage. who were
communicated with in Washington
have agreed for the present at least
10 retain their several portfolios. The
| president has made no plans as yet
| He said he was SO shocked by this lid
tional calamity, that had thrust inc
new responsibilities upon him. thai
he mad had no time to think of his Ia
ture career at Washington. He viii
remain quietly here tomorrow and OF
onday will accompany the funerd
| train to the national capital.
The cabinet after comforting witt
the family of the late president, de
| cided upon a state funeral at Wash
ington. 1t was at first decided 70 have
a brief service of prayer at the Mil
burn residence tomorrow afternoon
and start for the national capital will
the body on Monday morning at
o'clock. but the people of Buffalo OK
pressed such a strong wish to be al
lowed to pay thenr tributes of respec
here that it was subsequently deci,i
ed to hold services at II O'Clock in thu
morning and allow the body to lie il
state in the city hail here tomorrow at
ternoon. Monday special train
bearing the president. the ca'inei
Mrs. Mckinley and family and distin
guished persOnages associated Will
the Mckinley administration, Will con
vey the body to Washington. The bod.
will be taken to the White house TO
the night and then will be formal,
conveyed to the rotunda of he capi
tol building, where the state elemO
nies will occur. Wednesday the bod,