The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-04

gone directly to his seat, looking
scarcely to the right Or to the left, but
evidently never unmindful Of the
splendid scene about him. Once at
the place assigned him, he threw him
self into his chair with wonred vigor,
and Immediately became visibly a.
ware of his splendid environment. He
has once before been a participant
in an inaugural ceremony, but then on
ly as the recipient of second honors
He was there now as the head of the
people of the nation, and by right of
their choice and he looked the part.
His manner was hat of a man who
appreciates responsibilities and at the
same time feels capable of assuming
them-self conscious and self reliant,
the object of all observation and alive
to all surroundings.
But the Chief Executive had very
little time for reflection. Inauguration
time a arrived. The man who had
shared with him the honors of the
last election had been ushered in in
the person of Senator Fairbanks, and
was even now standing where on the
Fourth of March 1901. Mr.. Roosevelt
himself had stood. to take the oath
of the Vice-Presidenuial office. Sen
tor Fairbanks had been escorted by
the committe on arrangements to he
platform on which sat President Pro
tempore Frye and Speaker Cannon,
the former of whom was on the eve
80 -@-f0--f-- 49, IaaT not of bic MAS
ent term in that Office by administer
ing the oath which would made Mr..
Fairbanks not only Vice-President.
but also the permanent presiding Off
Ger of the senate.
Senator Frye does all things with
promptness and decision. The two
official time pieces were agreed in
proclaiming b hour of II. when ac-
cording to the requirements made and
provided, the 58th Congress must
come to a close, the 59th Congress
be started on its career. and the new
presiding officer introduced and install
led. Mr. Frye had already a fare
we'll; the visitors were in their seats.
Not a moment was lost. Rising in
front of the slender but towering
form of his successor, the President
pro tempore repeated to him in the
form of an official oath the few i'm
pressive words which transformed the
senator to that of Vice President of
the United States. The ceremony did
not consume to exceed two minutes
CT time, but 1T vas conducted with
such dignity and solemnity as to
make a lasting impression on all pres
the dense assemblage while it was in
progress, zone present apparently fail
ing to appreciate that an act of sac
red national import was being per
formed
The oath concluded, the two lead
ing participants shook hands cordial
ly, and Mr.. Frye spoke a few hurried
words of congratulations. With a last
positive thump of the gaval, the Maine
Senator relinquished his position as
president pro tempore by announcing
the ina adjournment of the 58th Con
gress. Without a look backward, he
vacated the eat he had occupied for
almost four years, stepped from the
presiding officers platform to the
Senate 1oor and there took his seat
to listen with other senator's to the
address f the new Vice President.
Mr.. Fairbanks had no difficulty ON
being heard. He spoke deliberately
and distinctly, his voice, SO well rried
during the past campaign, easily
reaching all parts of the chamber.
The address received careful atten-
ton. and at it's conclusion the Vice
President instructed the secretary of
the senate to rea the Presidents
call for an extraordinary session of
the senate. The reading accomplish
ed and the Senate of the 53th Con
gress thus installed. Doctor Edward
Everett Hale, the venerable chaplain
of the Senate, came forward to deliv-
er the opening prayer of the first ses
sion. In response to a quiet signal