The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-03-08


Washington, March Con an i'm
mense stand erected on the east trout
of the Capitol, before a crowd of rec
ord-hreaking proportions, and amid
propitious weather conditions, Theo-
dore Roosevelt Saturday afternoon
was formally inaugurated president OF
the United States.
Gathered around him and filling the
stand behind was assembled the
greatest collection Of notables, native
and foreign, that has ever lent its
presence 10 an inauguration ceremony.
Our insular possessions were all rep
resented by delegations, many of
whom had never before seen the pres
ident or witnessed an Inauguration.
The oath of office was administered
by Chief Justice Fuller, being the
fourth and last Inauguration at which
he will officiate.
Oath of the President.
The oath of Office taken by the In
coming president of the United States
Is the shortest and the simplest re-
quired of any ruler on earth. 1t Is
prescribed by the constitution and Is
as follows:
Il do solemnly swear Tor affirm)
that will faithfully execute the Of
flee of president of the United States,
and, to the best of my ability, protect,
preserve and defend the constitution
of the United States"
This oath was solemnly repeated by
President Roosevelt after Chief JUS
tice Fuller
At the conclusion of the ceremony
the crowd gave vent to its enthusiasm.
Their high tensioned nerves were re-
laXed and a roar of cheers went up
that seemed to shake the very walls
of the Capitol After quiet had been
restored President Roosevelt stepped
to the front of the stand while the
The formal taking of the oath by
the new vice president occurred n
the senate chamber shortly before
noon. Here all the dIgnitaries OF
Washington were assembled, including
members of the cabinet, justices Of
the supreme court, the senate and
house of representatives.
Adjournment of 59th Congress.
II was exactly IL o'clock when Seu-
ator Frye as president pro tempore Of
the senate raped with his gavel and
announced the adj0lrnment of the
5Sth congress.
Senator Fairbanks, who had pre-
viously been escorted by the commit
tee on arrangements to the platform
oh which sat Senator Frye and Speak
er Cannon, arose and repeated the
oath of Office as administered by Sen
ator Frye.
The senator then handed the gavel
to Mr.. Fairbanks, who called the as
semblage to order. The opening
prayer of the first session of the new
senate was delivered by Dr. Edward
Everett Hale. The organization of
the senate was then completed by
the senators taking the oaths admins
tered by Mr.. Fairbanks, who then de-
livered his address. This concluded
the ceremony and the senate adjourn
ed to witness the inauguration of Pres.
ident Roosevelt.
The Inaugural Parade.
In point of beauty, the military dis
play has never been equalled. The
regular contingent of cavalry, IN
fantry and artillery were uniformed
as though fol- the most exact Official
inspection and their discipline was
beyond question. The same could be
said with equal emphasis Of the naval
contingent.
The parade was divided into grand
military division and a civic division.
The military division was led by the
cadets corps of West Point and An
napols and the severe simplicity Or
their uniform, the quick, snappy ac-
tion and machine-like accuracy with
which they performed every evolution
elected unstinted applause from thu
spectators.
This division was larger than has
ever been seen IN a Washington pa
rade and the impression it produced
reflected the highest credit on the
naval officers who had brought their
commands to such state of efficiency.
The police arrangements were excep-
tionally effective.
The features of the parade Of most
interest to the spectators were the
famous Apache chief Geronimo head
ing a score of red men, the Porto
Rico Provisional regiment, battal'
ion of marvelously drilled Philippine
scouts, Seth Bullocks COW punchers
the Irish infantry, German artillery
and Hungarian Hussars, all marching
beneath the stars and stripes.
The parade started at the Capitol
and moved down Pennsylvania ave
nue., passed the Treasury, White
House, State, War and Navy build
ings, distance of about two miles
Throughout the mile and a half be
tween the Capitol and White House
the procession passed between Ions
lines of huge stands filled with peo
pie.
In the evening the city was il
Illuminated by hundreds of thousands
of electric lights. artistically grouped
and arranged, and a display CT fire
works was given on the Ellipse
south of the White House. At =
o'clock the doors Of the Pension build
ing were thrown open for the re
ception of guests for the inaugura