The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-05

ana therefore our responsibility is heavy
10 ourselves, TO the world as 1t is today
ana TO the generations yet unborn. There
Is no good reason why we should fear
the Iuture, but there is every reason why
we should face 1t seriously, neither hiding
from ourselves the gravity of the prob
lems before us nor fearing to approach
these problems with the unbending un-
nlnchlng purpose to solve them right.
Tasks Differ From Former Tasks.
Yet after, all though the problems are
new, though the tasks set before us diff
Ter from the tasks set before our fathers
VINO founded and preserved this republic,
the spirit in which these tasks must be
undertaken and these problems faced, II
our duty is to be well done, remains es-
sentially unchanged We know that self
government Is difficult. We know that
no people needs such high traits of char
acter as that people which seeks to gov
ern its affairs Alright through the freely
expressed will of the freemen who tcom-
pose it. But we have faith that We shall
not prove false to the memories of the
men of the mighty past. They dfd their
work. they left us the splendid heritage
we now enjoy. We in our turn have an
assured confidence that we shall be able
to leave this heritage unwasted and en-
larged to our children and our children's
children. To do so we must show, not
merely In great crises, but In the every
day affairs of life, the qualities of prac-
teal intelligence, of courage. of hard-
hood and endurance, and above all the
power of devotion to lofty ideal, which
made great the men who founded this
republic In the days of Washington.
which made great the men who preserved
this republic in the days of Abraham Lin
coin"
Fairbanks Takes Oath.
In the presence of as many OF his fell
low citizens as could be crowded into
the Senate chamber. Charles Warren
Fairbanks was at high noon today in
Quoted into the office Of yice-president
of the United States The ceremony was
quickly followed by the final adjourn
ment of the Senate of the Fifty-eighth
Congress, the beginning of a special ses
sion, an address by the Nice-President
and the swearing into office of almost
third Of the membership of the Senate.
All these official acts took place in
the chamber just before the inaugura-
tion of the President and were in reality,
while themselves of great import, the
prelude of the more important event.
The installation of the new Vice-Presl-
dent was severely simple, and as brief as
simple. 1t consisted of a promise, SOL
EMMY made with upliftSd hand and
bowed head, to perform the duties of the
office and to support and defend the con-
stitution of the United States. This was
the oath of office and it was adminis-
tered by Senator Frye as president pro
tempore of the Senate. The two officials
stood confronting each other ON the ee-
waited platform on which rests the desk
of the presiding officer of the Senate,
practically on the same spot on which
all the incoming Vice-Presidents for the
past fifty years have stood, and where
majority % American freeman have
decreed that Mr.. Fairbanks shall preside
for the four years to come.
Notable People Gather.
Plain and democratic though the GER
emory was, it attracted to the Senate a
gathering of notable people, many of
them of such Importance that, In accord
ance with time honored custom, their
appearance was heralded with pomp and
patitude sufficient to atone for the sim
plicity Of the official acts of the occa-
sion, if not to quite overshadow them.
! These guests included the foremost rep
resentatives of the official life of the
capital city, foreign and domestic, civil
and military, and also any other persons
of prominence from all parts of the
country.
| On the Senate floor with his cabinet.
| were the President of the Inv ed States,
himself about to be inaugurated; the
! diplomatic corps. the supreme court of
the United States, the House of Repre-
sentatives, the admiral of the navy the
| heutenant-general of the army, the gov
errors OF states, ana others distinguished
| by reason OF position or achievement
| Ihese sufflced to tax the capacity or
That part OF the hall, ana they were
! splendidly supplemented and surrounded
| by the attendance in the galleries. con-
sistinS IN large part or the wives, rela-
tiVes ana friends of the men who occu-
pied seats below, many OF them as dis
| tingulshed in private and social life as
the others in the public service.
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decorated there was a dun level of black
and brown on tho first floor This mo-
notonv vas relieved somewhat in the
| background bx, n snrjn,sle of pold on the
grey walls of the chamber hui II was
| NOT suffieient To eomnensate for tho all
sence of animation which only tho ladies'
with their flowers and ribbons and feath-
ers could contribnte the section of the
| gallery usually devoted 70 tho nrivota
use Of senator's was TODAY entirely sur
rendered TO what may he called tho ex-
ecutive marty and was toccunied nv the
! families and immediate friends of the
President and the Vice President and of
| tho members of the supreme court and
| the cabinet. The front row of seats on
one side of This section was filled nv