The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-08

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evoked salvos of applause.
Secretary Hay and the other mem
bers Of the cabinet were ushered to
their chairs, and at their heels came
Admiral Dewey and Lieutenant-Gen-
eral Chaffee. Dewey is still popular
with the American people Billows of
cheers greeted him, and the hero OF
Manila bay showed that he was
pleased.
The governors Of states and terri
tories and the other Invited guests
followed in lndiscriminate fashion,
and in a short time all was in readi-
ness for the coming of the chief ex-
ecutive.
President Roosevelt advanced
from the door of the capitol, arm in
arm with chief Justice Fuller. In
stantly, from all parts of the eight
acres of humanity, arose prolong-
ed, tumultuous shout. At a distance
II might have been mistaken for a
chorus of colossal fog-horns; close
| by II filled and deafened the ears.
Behind the president and his white
haired companion came James II.
Mckinney, clerk of the supreme
court, bearing ponderous Bible.
/ When the demonstration ceased
Chief Justice Fuller his snowy locks
falling to his shoulders, in feeble
tones pronounced the oath. President
Roosevelt's voice was easily audible
at some distance when he repeated
the formal declaration prescribed in
article H. of the constitution: 81 do
solemnly swear that will faithfully
execute the Office of president of the
United States, and will to the best
of my ability, preserve, protect and
defend the constitution of the United
States"
A second later he bowed and press
ed his lips upon the open pages of
Holy Writ. Again erect, he faced the
people. and for an instant perfect
silence held. A signal had been flash
ed from the dome of the capitol to
the navy yard. whence came the
boom of ten-inch gun, first of 81,
fired in honor of the newly inaugu-
rated chief executive. The tension
was broken, and roar of cheers re-
sounded far and wide across the pla-
"a. In fruitless competition there
was heard by a few the strains of
THE Sar Spangled Banner" from
Professor Fosters big chorus. On the
outskirts of the crowd bands were
playing; cannon in the Virginia forts
across the river and batteries in the
city were Joining the big Guns of the
monitor Puritan" in the salute to
the president. For many minutes the
jangle of sounds continued before
the president could find a chance to
begin his inaugural address.
President Roosevelt said:
My Fellow Citizens:
No people on earth have more
cause to be thankful than ours, and
this Is said reverently, in no spirit of
boastfulness in our own strength. but
with gratitude to the Giver of Good
who has blessed us with the condi-
tions which have enabled us to
achieve so large measure of we'll
being and of happiness. To us as
people is has been granted to lay the
foundations of our national life in a
new continent. We are the heirs of
the ages, and yet we have had to pay
few of the penalties which in old
hand of a bygone civilization. We
have not been Obliged to fight for
our existence against any alien race;
and yet our life has called for the
vigor and effort without which the
manlier and harder virtues wither
away. Under such conditions it
would be our own fault il we failed;
and the success which we have had
in the past, the success which We con
fidently believe the future will bring
should cause in us no feeling of vain
glory, but rather a deep and abid-
ing realization of all which life has
offered us; full acknowledgment of
the responsibility which Is ours; and
a fixed determination to show that
under a free government a mighty
people can thrive best. alike as re-
CARDS the things of the body and the
things of the soul.
Much has been given TO us, and
much will rightfully be expected
from us, We have duties to others
and duties to ourselves; and we can
shirk neither. We have become
great nation, forced by tho fact of
its greatness into relations with the
other nations of the earth and we
must behave as beseems a people