Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-09-20
ROOSEVELT IS At THE HELM
New President Now Guiding Ship
of State,
HE ANNOUNCES HIS POLICY
Says He Will Continue Unbroken the
Policy of President McKinley-There
May Be Changes in the Cabinet, How
ever-Cool to Office Seekers.

Simple ceremonies Saturday after
noon marked the administration Of the
oath which made Theodore Roosevelt
president of the United States TO fill
the unexpired term of William McKin-
ley, slain by an aSSaSSin's bullet. The
oath was administered by United
States District Judge John r. Hazel,
for the western district OF New
| York. Those present at the cere-
mony were Secretary OF War Elihu
Root, Secretary of the Navy John d.
Long, Secretary of the Interior Ethan
| Allen Hitchcock. Secretary OF Agricul-
ture James Wilson. Postmaster Cen
eral Smith, Attorney General Knox,
| George ID. Cortelyou. secretary of the
late President; William Loeb, Jr., sec
rotary of the new President; Colonel
| Theodore Bingham, master of cere-
monies at the White House; Sen
| ator Chauncey Depew of New York,
! John d. Milburn of Buffalo, at whose
house the President died; George P.
Heating, clerk of the federal court for
the western district of New York; DR..
| G. z. Stockton of Buffalo, who was
called in to aid in saving the life of
the late President when the efforts
of the surgeons seemed to have failed,
| and a number of newspaper CORE
| spondents and women. The ceremony
was as remarkable for its simplicity
as it's brevity. Secretary Root, after
a brief personal chat with the new
| President, while both were standing in
the center of the circle of spectators
| who had been admitted to the Wilcox
| parlor conveyed to the President the
| desire of the cabinet that he proceed
at once to take the oath of Office as
the necessary preliminary step to as
Stunning the powers and duties of Pres
ident President Roosevelt responded
just as briefly He made single allu-
sion to the great national bereavement
that was affecting the American peo-
pie. and then. after stating that he
would continue the policies of the late
President. turned to Judge Hazel and
said he was ready for the oath. Judge
Hazel was standing in an old-fash-
toned window embrasure holding a
| manuscript copy of the presidential
oath in his hand President Roosevelt
moved quickly to his side, and, up
raising Ii right hand indicated by a
nod of the head that he was ready to
face the greatest ordeal of his event
full life. The Judge read the formula
solemnly, clearly. prOnOuncing each
word with distinct emphasis The Pres
ident waited until there was a pause
and with equal distinctness repeated
the words of the oath. There was a
ring of firmness in his voice, but his
manner was strained and tense
1t is known that President Roosevelt
was greatly pleased with the simplicity
of the few formalities which were gone
through with to constitute him Presi-
dent. 1t is understood from official
sources that matters with reference to
the cabinet stand now as they did
when the President said he should
continue unbrOken the policy of Presi-
dent Mckinley. The members of the
Mckinley cabinet have promised the
new executive to remain with him
The President did not indicate TO any
of them how long the preser. relations
were likely to continue.
A delegation waited upon the Presi
dent Sunday to urge the filling of va
cancy in the White House staff He
treated the visitors rather coOlly. tell
ing them that nothing would be done
until after the funeral. The President
with fatherly pride. told his friends
that his son, Theodore, shot his frs
buck on his visit to the Adirondack
last week. great quantity of mai
and telegraphic matter arrived at the
Wilcox house and some of it concerned
matters which were urgent and com
PEELED the Presidents instant atten
ton. He was fully occupied until the
hour of his starting for the Milburr
house to attend the funeral of Presi
dent Mckinley. Notwithstanding the
Presidents rooted objection to any
thing in the nature of body guard
he has been overruled by some OF those
who are close to him, and there are {
considerable number of secret service
men nearer to him than he Away.
realizes