Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-04
Address Begins With the People
and Concludes With Abra-
ham Lincoln
Short but Right to the Point and Ringing
Out With the Right Sound

washington, ID. g., March 4.-lh
ceremonies which make Theodor
Roosevelt Of New York president o
she United States for the next fou
years were performed today with al
the dignity and splendor beftting sucl
an occasion. A half hour earlier in th
day Charles Warren Fairbanks of In
diana was inducted into the office o.
Vice President. Fully 100000 peOpl,
tthronged the open space and street.
TO the cast front Of the capitol where
after receiving the oath from Chic
Justice Fuller of the supreme court
PreH Dent Roosevelt delivered his in
aug1ral address. AS the last syllable
Si& 1from the President $ lips and he
5f5epped from the rostrum, 100000
voice rose in a prodigious note of ap
plause.
The official hour for the commence
ment Of the exercises was 10 o'clock
at which time the President left. the
White House for the capitol, accom-
panied by the congressional committee
Of arrangements, and escorted by the
members of the Department Of the Po.
9om~,, q. A. r., and detachment of
ahg United Spanish War Veterans. Long
.bstDre this time the streets were filled
wiJh what appeared to he the whole
of the population of Washington. To
the many hundreds OF the local popula-
tion were added many thousands of Wis.
itors who came in on excursion trains
last night and this morning
The inaugural ceremonies proper
were of tho same simple and impress
sive character that have marked such
events since the birth of the nation.
Arriving at the capitol the President
was taken to the President s room un.
ill all was ready in the senate cham,
ber. Promptly at 300 o'clock the
President, escorted by the congrcssion-
al committee and the Vice President.
elect, who was escorted by Representa-
tive Crumpackcr of Indiana, emerged
into the senate chamber The hall was
that included members of the diplo.
matte corps, senator's and representa-.
tives, Judges of the United States su.
preme court and multiplicity of Others
who had the floor privilege for the day.
In the galleries were seated several
hundred persons, mostly the wives and
daughters of the dignitarics who filed
she lower floor The supreme court
judges took their places at l2:l5 O'Clock
and Immediately aftcrwurd the Presi.
dent took his seat in front of the desk
of the president of the senate, Presi-
dent of the Senate Frye declared the
senate of the Fifty-eighth congress ad,
lOurncd, administered the oath of Office
10 Vice President Fairbanks and hand.
ed the gavcl over to him. The Vice
President made short inaugural ad,
dress, after which the procession moved
30 the east front Of the capitol, where,
on the stand prepared, President Roose,
volt took the oath of office, admins,
tered by Chief Justice Fuller, and then
proceeded to deliver his inaugural al,
dress.
A Gorgeous Spectacle.
Today s great military and civic pa
radc, which is the spectacular feature
of the Presidents Inauguration, PROV
I'd TO be all that its promoters could
wish for, and all that the regular army
officers who controlled it could hope
FOR. The sight Of the marching thou
sands along Pennsylvania avenue was
one long TO he remembered. The swing
iug ranks rising aud falling in perfect
time moved rapidly ON while the flash.
ing steel, the glittoriug buckles and
buttons the tossing plumes, waving
banners and martial music combined to
form a picture of the bloom and the
beauty Of the battle and the splcudor
af war that could not be surpassed To
she man with the soldiers soul therc
is mo- sight so fascinating as a marching
army of well trained men, and the
president watched the march past the
reviewing stand with eager attention,
Jrom end to end of the line of march
he cheers of the countless thousands
,gcre as cordial as President Roose-
yolt's approval The parade in all fea-
snrcs was a most beautiful and impos
trg feature of the inaugural program.
Nhilo the regular troops naturally at