The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-10
ROOSEVELT IS
|%NAUCURATED
Washington in Gala Attire,
Filled With Sightseers, En-
joys the Spectacle.
MAGNIFICENT SETTING
Ecugh Riders Escort the Exec
u.ive Down the Avenue
for the Ceremony.
INDUCTION OF FAIRBANKS
Vice president.E Elect Goes Through the
Ceremony Which Makes Him Pre-
siding Officer of the SEN
ate-The Days Doings.

Washington. March 4.-Theodore
EcoseNelt, of New York. and Charlie.
Warren Fairbanks. of Indiana, We're TO.
da3 inaugurated respectively as presi
de;i and vice president of the Unite,
states. i'm the presence of such ;
Thong as The national capital ha.
rarely Witnessed. and With a setting o
Brilliant pageantry.
The occasion vas made a festal cerc-
mony i'm Washington. The city is ;
symphony iii color. The decoration:
throughout the city are more elaborat,
and beautiful than ON The occasion OF
any previous presidential Inauguration
The Court of History.
No t~ho:uughfare in the world. prob
ally, lends itself so beautifully to deco.
ration as that part of Pennsylvania
avenue between Fifteenth and Seven
history, and here the decorators
achieved artistic marvels From the
louisiana Purchase exposition We're
brought the heroic statues of Monroe
jefferson, l.aSalle. Clark. Livingston
and other notable figures in the history
OF the Louisiana purchase, and on ped
estals placed at regular Intervals ON
the south side of the avenue stand inn
posing white statues.
Great AlIegorical Figures.
From the exposition also came fnu,
great ~allegorical figures. TWO of which
were erected one ON each side at either
elds of the court of history. Each
f7Hre is surrounded by a group OF
columns forty feet high. heavily fes-
TONED. Arranged on the pedestals at
Regular intervals on each side of the
cur are triple balnbo poles. fifty feet
high, from the Philippines. Each bears
81 hand painted shield of a state or
territory. n from its top floats the
stars and stripes,
The Reviewing Stands.
Scores of handsome palms constitute
81 n of the decorative features of
1ae court. Along each side of the court
handsome stands We're erected, from
Which spectators viewed the inaugural
parade. The presidents reviewing
stand is directly in front of the White
House. 1t is handsomely constructed
and beautifully decorated with flags
and laurel. h seats in the stand
were occupied by the families and per
sonal friends OF the president and vice
president, members of the cabinet, dip
lon1atic corps, senate and house. jus
tlccS of the supreme court. army and
navy officers. chairman of the republic
can national committee. members of
The inaugural committee and the press.
Through this great amphitheater the
Inaugural parade moved To the music
OF a uhdre bands.
Weather Turned Out Favorable.
A light rain fell i'm the early hours.
but the sun broke through the clouds
by 80 and the hopes of the thousands
o., strangers for a fair day We're re-
allied.
Early i'm the day PENNSYLVANIA av-
enue was thronsed with people.
1ieinmed in by wire ropes stretched on
both sides of the avenue for the en-
tue length of the route OF the parade.
tae crowd MAS banked ten deep on the
si1eMalks. h side streets leading in
to Pennsylvania avenue likewise we're
toilSested with humanity.
Comparatively few in the great
crowd witnessed the ceremonies Incl
dent to the actual inauguration of the
president III vice president. Tens of
remained for hours on the
avenue, quite content to catch a fleet
ing glimpse of ths two men upon whom
today the attention of the nation is
Centered.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Roosevelt.
Fairbanks and the congressional in
committee emerged from the
NIite House and started i'm carriages
for the capitol amid great cheering of
The Watching multitudes.
a Triumphal Progress.
The president entered "A magnificent
oifn landau drawn by four beautifully
PATCHED bay horses. With him sal
senator Spooner. and opposite them sat
eaiatol Lodge and Representative Dali
Yea. Senator Fairbanks entered the
second carriage, accompanied by Sem
i,o1 is7cnn aud Representatives MILL
'talS OF Massachusetts and ~Crumpack-
". The remaining members of the in
isu!a members of the
1&airet entered other carriages.
Inc carriages swept into Pennsyl-
avenue. where the military escort
'@iiled them. The Rough Riders con-
= ituted the special guard of the pres |
,1ent. They surrounded the carriage
.5..lpietcly and let none approach that
vehicle too closely.
The ride down the avcnne was one
nls-continued ovation. The presiden-
49, party entered the capitol grounds
At 1890. the president going immedj-
'snate. where he began signing the
1-.is awaiting his approval.
In Senate Chamber.
Shortly before noon families and per
'eiiai guests of Messrs. Roosevelt and
alfbanks reached the senate and wit
iessed the final work of congress-. The
were masses of brilliant col
IFS.
At 1850 the diplomatic corps. the
:" VI >o"tl diid mouse OF represent
Ives were announced. They took the
faces reserved for them. Then Mr..
was announced. and follow
MN Roosevelt was announced.
An Appropriate chilliness.
Inc ceremony was coldly formal, but
IMPRESSIVE After an eXpectant hush
ne oath of office was administered
o Mr.. Fairbanks by President Pro
Frye. and the new vice nres-
cent delivered his brief inaugural ad-
.:ess. Then he administered the onth
office to the senators-elect. and
Win a tap of the gavel the Fifty
i:shth congress came to n close.
N:eartime the people left the gall
cries and went in procession to th.
AS front of the CO. 6 the