The Washington times., 1905-03-04

/ banks on the Senate floor, felt now
| perforce, that he was as a new official
coming into the Senate.
Taking the Oath.
| The arrival of Fdr. Fairbanks was
greeted by rustic in the galleries. The
| Vice President-eleet advanced TO the
rostrum and held his right hand high
aloft, while the President pro tenn, Mr..
Frye of Maine administered the oath of
office
4 The chaplain of the Senate, the Rev.
Pr. Edward Everett Hale. II en- made
the opening prayer of the special ses-
sion of the Senate. AS the Senate Is
continuing body it does not die, but
nevertheless spectators felt that one
Senate mad passed into history ana that
new Senate was beginning Its exist
Before invoking divine blessing, the
chaplain read the following selected
passage of Scripture:
VIII multiply my peopie-they shall
Will giorify them and they shall not
be small.
Their congregation shall be established
And / viii punish all that opposes them.
Their mobiles shall be of themselves.
And their governor from the midst of
/ I will cause him to draw near, and he
snail approach under me.
And ye shall be my people and will be
THE law shall not depart from thee
Be thou strong and of good courage.
Be not afraid, neither be discouraged,
j for the Lord thy God is with thee.
whitheraoever thou goeth.
The ChapIain's Prayer.
| Chaplain Hale prayed as follows.
using the ritualistic prayer for the
nation:
Almighty God. this nation is in thy
: care and this people seeks Thee today.
: We are in prayer for the country that
, it may be more and more the happy
nation which seeks Thee and finds Thee
as they find Thee who seek for Thee
with all their hearts.
Thou hast made this people master
OF its own destiny. This people has
: chosen Its leaders and Its Congress for
) | these years before them, and they ask
5 and we ask Thy conservation in these
years-for every father and mother, for
every son and daughter, for every home
sI-the help and blessing OF the living
i Cod.
dent, and fer the Congress, for the
3 judges and for the people, we ask the
] blessing every hour of the living God.
+ For purity In their homes, for peace,
{ for health, for rength-for all that
!. God can give, for all that men can use
j in the service which is perfect free
: dom.
Mr. Fairbanks Address.
Vice President Fairbanks. now ths
E presiding officer of the Senate. deliver
ed his inaugural address. President
a Roosevelt, Senator's on the floor. and
spectators in the galleries paid close at
tsntion, and the clear voice of the new
5 head of the Senate could be heard plain
;. | ly In the corners of the galleries.
= The Vice President said:
f Senators: [ enter upon the discharg4
q Of the duties OF the position TO which
: have been called by my countrymen
e with grateful appreciation of the higl
honor, and with deep sense of its re
| sponsibilities.
Il have enjoyed the privilege of serv
ing with you here for eight years. Dur
| Ing that period we have been engaged Il
the consideration of many domesti
questions of vast Importance, and wit
| foreign problems Of unusual and far
reaching significance We submit VIVA
, we have done to the impartial judg
= Tneut of history.
Il can never forget the pleasant re
lations which have been formed durinI
my service upon the floor OF the Sen
ate. [ shall cherish them always a
among the most delightful memories o
n my life. They. warrant the belief tina
Is l shall have i'll the discharge of tn
functions which deVolve upon me unde
n the Constitution. the generous assist
- ance, and kindly forbearance of bot
> sides of the chamber.
II we witness the majestic spectacle o
;. a peaceful and orderly beginning or a
administration of national affairs uude
; the laws of d free and self-governin
If | people. We pray that divine favor ma
y, attend il and that Peace and progress
- Justice and honor may abide with GU
| country and with our countrymen.
Having completed his address, tn
n Vice President announced that Senators
elect should present themselves at tn
bar of the Senate TO take the oath c
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