The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-04
ROOSEVELT
INAUGURATED
Continued from First Page.

be concluded with a general illumnia
| ton OF the city and fireworks on the
Washington Monument grounds, follow
ed by the great inaugural ball in the
Pension building, at which President and
Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guests of
honor.
At seven o'clock this morning the
skies were overcast and few drops OF
rain fell, but at the sun was shin
ing brightly and the clouds had disap-
peared, with promise Of fair day.
The temperature was about 46.
The broad plaza whose level surface
stretches east from the National Capt.
toll can accommodate an army. For hours
this morning Washington poured its
own population and a vast increment
Of visitors into the front yard of the
seat of government. From the many
portieos and windows of the Capitol
building a good idea of the scope Of
the multitude could be gathered. Eight
acres Of humanity spread fan-shaped
from the focus made by little covered
shelter, open at tile sides, where the
President was to stand Over toward
the imposing facade of the Congress
sional Library it extended, literally a
@sea of faces" There may have been
only $4,000; probably there were nearer
100 900 in sight of the President when
he took the oath.
Stands on the central portico, extend
ing to the tribune wherein the ceremony
| occurred, covered an acre. From the
central entrance of the Capitol to the
seats OF honor surrounding the pagoda-
like tribune was laid carpet Of Grim
son plush. Long before the ceremonies
in the Senate, where Vice President Fair
banks was taking his oath Of office,
were concluded, most of the reserved
seats had been filed by ticket holders.
The slight form of Chief Justice Mel
vile w. Fuller was one Of the first to
catch the eyes of the vast crowd. Pre-
eeded by the marshal of the supreme
court and the marshal of the District
of Columbia, the white haired chief
justice led his colleagues, CARRIED III flow
ing robes Of black, topped with satin
skull caps, to their seats at the right
Of the tribune. Next came the Presi-
dent, escorted by Senators Spooner,
Lodge and Bacon and Representatives
DalzeH, Crumpaeker, and Williams of
Mississippi, composing the congressional
committee of arrangements. After the
applause which greeted the chief exeeu-
tive had somewhat subsidized, Count Cas-
SIM, the Russian ambassador and dean
Of the diplomatic corps, marshalled
forth the ambassadors and ministers
Of foreign countries. If the justices
carried with them solemnity, the for
eigners brought splendor, and when they
were finally seated to the right Of the
President rostrum, their location mark
ed an oasis of color amid desert of
black.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Fairbanks
were next escorted to seats just outside
the tribune. The Presidents children
We're with Mrs. Roosevelt, and Mr. Fair
banks two sons, students at Yale, and
his daughter, Mrs. Adelaide Timmons.
We're with Mrs. Fairbanks. Vice presi-
dent Fairbanks, accompanied BY the
Secretary of the Senate, and followed
by the Senators and ex-Senators, was
next IN order. Then came Speaker Can
non and the House of Representatives
The instant the tall form Of the Vice
President appeared, a swelling cheer
burst from the crowd. Mr.. Fairbanks
bowed repeatedly before taking his
chair. Uncle joe Cannon, advancing
down the carpet in business-like man
ner, was quickly recognized and evoked
salvos Of applause.
Secretary Hay and other members of
the Cabinet were ushered to their chairs,
and at their heels came Admiral Dewey
and Lieutenant General Chaifee. Dewey
is still popular with the American peo-
| pie. Billows of cheers greeted him.
and the hero Of Manila bay showed that
he was pleased.
The Governors of States and Terri
tories and the other invited guests came
along in the prescribed order.
The appearance Of President Roose-
Welt had been the signal for a prolonged
tumultuous shout from all of the great
crowd of humanity. AT a distance the
noise might have been mistaken for q
chorus Of colossal fog horns; close BY,
it filed and deafened the ears. But
the crowd still had plenty Of energy left
to greet IN appropriate manner other
popular heroes as they advanced to
their places. After all had fieen seated.
Chief Justice Fuller stepped to the front
Of the tribune, immediately followed
by the President, the two taking posi-
tons facing each other Ia feeble tones
the venerable jurist pronounced the oath.
President RooseYelts voice was easily