The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
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Monday evening At Washington the body
will be taken from the trnin to the execu-
tive mansion under escort of a squadron
of cavalry, to remain under guard Of
soldiers and sailo S until 10 o'clock Tues
dav morning. when it will be taken to
the rOtunda of the capitol under the
same escort of cavalry. The body will
lie in state in the rotunda of the capitol
until II o'clock Wednesday forenoon. At
- o'clock Wednesday the public funeral
services will be held at the rotunda. At
o'clock the body will be taken, under
military escort, followed by the funeral
procession in accordance with the prece-
dent in case of President Garfield, to the
Baltimore & Potomac station and placed
upon the funeral train. which VIII leave
for Canton at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon
The funeral train is expected to reach
canton at II o'clock Thursday morning
where the final services Will be committed
to the charge of the citizens OF Cantor'
urder the direction of a committee to be
selected by the mayor OF that CITY
AN IMPR ESSIYE SCENE.
The house in which the president took
the oath of Office is picturesque Old
mansion of colonial style, built somewhere
back in the thirties and standing upon
Ground once the property of the United
States government. 1t was used for some
time FOR an army headquarters. While
the house has been added to and i'm
b,,o1,ed If has not been allowed to lose
any of its colonial charm. The room IN
which the oath was taken Is celled hlgh
in dark oak, the floor heavily pol1sheo ana
the only bit of relief to it is bay WIN
dow set in palms and renewed WIN
stained glass 1t was In this efnpfasure
that the president and Judge Hazel stood
when the oath was administered.
Judge Hazel stood near the president
and the latter showed his nervousness by
nlucling at the lapel of his long frock
coat and nervously tapping the hardwood
floor with his heel. He stepped over once
to Secretary Root, and for about ilve
minutes they conversed earnestly. 1he
question at issue was whether the presl-
dent should first sign an oath Of once
and then swear in. or whether he should
swear in first and sign the document in
the case after.
AT precisely 1892 O'Clock Secretary Root
ceased his conversation with the president
and stepped back. An absolute hush fell
upon everyone in the room. He said in
an almost inaudible voice:
Mr. Vice President, L, then his
voice broke and FOR fully two minutes the
tears came down his face and his lips
-quvered so that he could not continue his
utterances. There were sympathetic
tears from those about him and two
great drops ran down either cheek of the
successor. of William Mckinley Mr..
Roots chin was on his breast. Suddenly
throwing back his head as if with an ef-
fort he continued in a broken voice:
81 have been requested on behalf of
the cabinet of the late president. at least
those who are present in Buffalo, all
except two, to request that for reasons
of weight affecting the affairs of govern
ment, yeu should proceed to take the
constitutional oath as president of the
United States
Judge Hazel had stepped to the rear Of
the president and Mr.. Roosevelt coming
closer to Secretary Root, said in voice
that at first wavered, but finally came
deep and strong. while as If to control
his nervousness, he held firmly to the
lapel of his coat with his right hand:
NO CHANGE IN POLICY.
Il shall take the oath at once, in ac-
cordance with your request and in this
hour of deep and terrible national be-
reavement, 1 wish to state that it shall
be my aim to continue absolutely UNI
broken the policy of President Mckinley