Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-10

Theodore Roosevelt of New York and
Charles w. Fairbanks of Indiana were
inaugurated President and Vice President
of the United States with impressive
ceremonies at Washington Saturday. The
oath of office was first administered to
Senator Fairbanks in the Senate chamber,
over which he will preside for the ensuing
four years, and the President, in the
presence of several thousand distinguished
guests invited to seats on the stand and
unnumbered thousands assembled on the
broad plaza, was sworn in as his own
successor on the east portico of the
majestic white home of Congress on the
hill In the bright sunlight of an ideal
Inauguration day, he stood, sturdy and
aggressive, the picture of health and the
type of a man those thousands love best,
a patriotic American citizen, whom they
cordially welcomed as their President.
The journey of the President from the
White House was the occasion for unre-
pressed enthusiasm, which found express
sion in resounding cheers, the waving of
the national colors and the fluttering of
handkerchefs from the street stands and
buildings along the line of march He
was accompanied by his chosen escort,
Squadron A, of the National Guard of
New York, a platoon of Rough Riders
composed of thirty picked comrades of
his old command, and by bodies of the
Grand Army and the Spanish War
Veterans. In the carriage with the Presi-
dent were Senators Spooner and Lodge,
and Representative Dalzell, and i'm
mediately behind rode the Vice-P President
elect accompanied by Senator Bacon and
Representatives Crumpacker and VIII
liams. Then followed carriages contain
ing the members of the cabinet and other
officials, and promptly on schedule time,
10 minutes after leaving the White House,
the cavalcade arrived at the capitol
of oAr f,,fS m
Vice President Fairbanks in the Senate
chamber by Senator Frye, the president
pro tempore, in the presence of President
Roosevelt and his cabinet, justices of the
supreme court, foreign ambassadors and
ministers senators and representatives
in Congress, and galleries banked solidly
with invited guests from railing to doors.
The scene then shifted to the eastern
portico of the capitol, where Chief
Justice Fuller administered the oath of
office to the President, after which the
restrained enthusiasm of the waiting
thousands broke loose, and roar of
cheers resounded far and wide over the
plaza President Roosevelt then impress
sively delivered his inaugural address, and
at its conclusion he Immediately entered
his carriage and began his return trip to
the White House, riding at the head of
the most magnificent inaugural pageant
in the nations history Fully $4,000 men
We're in line. and the military and civic
divisions were models of splendidly dis
ciplined American manhood.
While the parade was halted, its head
at the treasury department. the President,
with a number of guests his nearest
official and personal friends, was served
with luncheon at the White House, and
he then took his position on the review
ing stand facing Lafayette square. The
grand review was a splendid spectacle
The military division was a marvel OF
perfect marching mechanism, while the
civic organizations presented a variegated
and exceptionally fine appearance. The
parade ended about O'Clock.
The ball in the pension building was the
most brilliant ever given. The PresN
dental party ended the days celebration
by a visit to the beautiful hall, and were
cordially welcomed by the thousands in
attendance.