Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1905-03-10
GORGEOUS SCENE
AT THE CAPITAL.
MANY THOUSANDS GREETED
THE PRESIDENT.
ENTIRE CITY WAS DECORATED
tne Inauguration Of Roosevelt and
Fairbanks Eclipses in Brilliancy
All Previous Events. All Sections
Were Represented.

Washington. The most brillian,
and imposing inaugural which the cit.
Nens of Washington have ever pre-.
pared has passed into the history of
the republic. TheordOre Roosevelt did
not ride to the capitol, hitch his
morse to shade tree and enter the
building and take the oath of Office,
booted and spurred. The traditional
Jeffersonian simplicity was replaced
Dy a pagenat which has not been sur
passed In the annals of the nation.
For a week the District of Columbia
mas been the host of the union. Term
after presidential term her citizens.
without regard to party, unite with
enthusiasm preparing an Inauguration
that shall fittingly show forth the ma
tlonal respect for the executive Office.
For the unparalleled demonstration,
the credit is due to these citizens. the
official OF the war and navy depart
ments; and the officers of the armv
and navy. 1t is a mistaken idea that
congress has much to do with the won
derful displays with which the Dis
trict of Columbia welcomes each sue
cesssive president, be he Democrat or
Republican. The people provide the
money and do all the work.
With the demonstration it had less
to do than ever, and as a consequence
the citizens had greater task than
sver. But all obstacles were over
some under the unrivaled management
Of General John NJ. Wilson of the
army, chairman of the inaugural CON-
mittee. He was ably assisted by his
Vlee chairman, George Truesdell, and
The inaugural committee of Is eiti-
tens and by Lieut.. Gen Chaffee at the
head Of its military affairs.
, II was the first national Inaugural
fion since the civil war. The south |
sent up its warriors and its state Off
sials. Men who fought each other for
years under different flags;
lnen who fought together in
he war with Spain under one flag,
xecucive officers of the states who up
eld the stars and bars, and those who
ltood for the flag marched together
n review before their common presi-
ent, a soldier of the republic. With
hese to illustrate our new nationality.
anne marching representatives from
He Philippines and Porto Rico, lands
Fhere the sun sets fading on the flag
p the far Pacific as the sun ris,s on its
Plds along the Atlantic horizon.
L Decorations Were Gorgeous.
The whole city was a garden bios
kfning with flags. For a week ever
Lvsncing waves of color have been
Ieeping all its streets. Not only was
te line of march artistically deeOrat-
to a degree never before attained
bt no street in the city was without
Il national colors. Acting under a
Eygestion from the inaugural com
4 tee the board of education had re-
d lsted its $4,000 school children to
ID that each one of their homes dis
p. red the flag. 1t was a request re-
Ipslded to by an army of children.
Tn, apothesis of the eOlors was one
Of he most striking elements of a gi-
gsAic scheme for expressing the ma
tiqAl respect of a president.
he committee on street decoration,
Itt It illumination and park and re-
via ing stands worked together with ,
ard tic taste and transformed two ,
nil and half of the city's noted
Avenue into a fitting highway for the
iation, in its countless representative /,
bodies, TO march as an escort to its j.,
president. Every square yard that
"a not black with people, banked
"a upon the pavement, crowding +
N Windows and fringing all roofs :
vad brilliant with the national colors.
Veterans Impede Progress. d
cNn. Caffee had provided well or d
,an;zed and perfect cavalry escort S
yhieb could have rapidly passed over a
line and made possible the prompt t
,sniug Of the street to the car lines a
public in order that the resi- I
tof the suburbs and the greater e
y Of the city might reach the b
Il Of interest with the least de-
Ant the grand army, as is its
insisted on acting with this es-
md the president, sharing the n
sal appreciation of its past n
welded and his rate of progress cl
..r;tol was reduced to the
4 psce of men who were fast
k,b;nr the scriptural limit of I'll
Srt the delay had its compen- g
- RIbbon and FagoiiinE OF
srlrt trimming for an even ru
,xhieh any clever hand may
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