The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-04
INAUGURAL DAY.
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n TOULe DdTLIE
ed into the terraced stands and bal
| comics, filled every window and fringed
I the coTniceS OF almost every DulldlnS
I with eager faces. Scores of street falS1rs
( and vendors of badges, canes and other
catch penny devices did a thriving bus
mess. Comparatively few in the great
I crowd witnessed the ceremonies incident
/ to the actual Inauguration OF the preSl-
| dent or of the vice president. Tens OF
thousands remained for hours on the
| avenue quite content to catch a heetlnS
glimpse of the two men upon whom to-
day the attention of the nation IS cen
tered.
Before 8 o'clock Pennsylvania avenue,
outside of the ropes, had been cleared
by the police of pedestrians and We
| hicles of all sorts. The president was
soon to leave the White House for the
capitol so that his official home was the
center of early interest. The streets ana
/ sidewalks in the vicinity Of the mansion
| afforded scarcely jostling space, except
where the police kept the way clear
Soon after 8 o'clock carriages containing
members of the cabinet and the joint
| inaugural committee of the senate ana
house of representatives began to arrive
4 at the White House, their occupants
alighted and joined President Roosevelt
within.
President Comes Out
After a little while, the sharp,
hawkeyed throng discovered move
ment among the carriages around the
4
dent Roosevelt, Vice President Fair
banks and the members of the con-
gressiOnal inaugural committee emery
ed from the White House great
cheer went up from the watching null
titude, a cheer that was echoed and
re-echoed by the crowd far down the
avenue. President Roosevelt entered
a magnificent open landau, drawn by
four beautifully matched bay horses
With the president on the rear seat
sat Senator Spooner (Wis.) and oppo-
site them sat Senator Lodge (Mass-)
and Representative DalzeI (Pa.),
President Roosevelt was smiling and
chatting animatedIy with those ac-
companying him. To several friends
standing near the White House en-
trance he bowed cordially Senator
accompanied by Senator Bacon (Ga.)
and Representative Williams (Miss-)
and Representative Crumpacker
(Ind.), the remaining members of the
inaugural committee. Members of
the cabinet entered other carriage
the last in the little procession being
occupied by Secretary William Loeb
and Colonel Charles L. BromweH and
Commander Cameron MGR. Winslow.
respectively the presidents military
and naval aides. The carriages swept
out of the northwest gates of the
grounds into Pennsylvania avenue,
where the escort of honor was await
ing them. Headed by a squadron of
mounted police in personal command
of the superintendent of police, Major
Richard Sylvester, the party and the
escort moved Immediately toward the
capitol.
The escort consisted of Lieutenant
General Aldna R. Chaffee, the grand
marshal of the parade, and staff; the
fifth band of artillery corps from Fort
Hamilton; squadron A, first cavalry of
New York; a body of 80 picked mem
bers of the presidents old regiment of
rough riders and a body of several
hundred members of the Grand Army
of the Republic and of the Spanish war
veterans. The rough riders constituted
the special guard of the president. They
surrounded his carriage completely and
let none approach that carriage too
closely
Journey to the Capitol
The ride down the avenue to the cap
itol was one long continued ovation.
The great cheer which was voiced at
the White House rang along the ave-
nue. in consonance with the movement
of the presidents carriage. It was ia
ken up by the waiting crowds at the
capitol and it did not die away until
the president, passing through the line
of saluting troops with drawn sabres
glittering, had disappeared behind the
bronze doors of the senate. As the pres
ident entered the capitol, the 18th con-
gress was in the thrOes of dissolution.
His business there at the moment was
not to be inaugurated, but to exercise
his function as a coordinate branch of
ton. He entered the presidents room
in the senate wing.
Bills were already awaiting his ap-
prevail and senator's and representa-
tiveS also were awaiting him, to urge
the signing of measures in which they
were interested.
Shortly before noon, Mrs. Roose-
Welt ACCOMPANIED by naemb ers of the
Roosevelt family and visiting friends,
were hurried along Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to the capitol in carriages. Mrs.
Fairbanks and her family and house
guests preceded Mrs. Roosevelt only q
short time. They reached the execu-
tive gallery in time to witness the
final work of the congress. The gal
leries were masses of brilliant colors.
On the floor, senators We're weary
looking and glad the work of the ses-
sion was a about over. Shortly before
noon one after another of the diplO-
the members of the house of repre-
sentatives were announced. They took
places reserved for them. Then Vice
President-elect Fairbanks was an
nounced. Following him. President
Roosevelt, the president-elect, was an
nounced.
The ceremony of swearing in MT
Fairbanks was coldly formal but i'm
pressiVe. After an expectant hush,
the oath of office was administered by
Senator Frye (Me.), president pro
tempore. The vice president deliver
ed brief inaugural address to which
close heed was given. Then he adj
ministered the oath of office to the
senators-elect and with a tap of his
gavel the Fifty-eighth congress came
to a close.
Meantime the people left the galleries
and went in procession to the east front
of the capitol where the Inauguration
of President Roosevelt took place From
the stand one looking down upon 40 900
upturned faces-a mass of humanity al
most covering the broad plaza and like
a slight swell on the ocean in a calm .
swaying gently back and forth with no
disarrangement of its individual par
ticles.