The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-04
In Presence Of Greatest Crowd
Ever in Washington.
IMPOSING CEREMONIES
Washington Arrayed in Her Finest to
View Spectacle Parade Was a
Grand Event, Witnessed by
Hundreds of Thousands.

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dore Roosevelt was today transformed
from President by chance into Presi-
dent by choice; from President through
an assassin's bullet into President
through the ballots Of the people.
Under the shadow Of the gray-domed
Capitol, gazing into the placid marble
feature Of Greenough's statue Of the
first President, the twenty sixth Presi-
dent Of the United States swore faith
/ fully to execute the laws and to pre-
serve, protect, and defend the Consti-
tuition.
Once before he had taken this solemn
obligation; then, at the death-bed of
his martyred predecessor, surrounded by
small company of tear dimmed friends
and counsellors; today, in the presence
Of cheering host of twenty-five thous-
and people. Then he had ridden many
lonely miles over storm swept mountain
roads to reach the tragic scene of his
elevation; today he was escorted along
the nations gandest avenue from the
/ White House to the home Of Congress
between two densely packed lines Of
4 his countrymen gathered from every
quarter to cheer him and wish him God
speed in the coming four years. Then
he had said, with choking voice, st
shall be my aim to continue absolutely
unbroken the policies Of President Nc
kinley for the peace, prosperity, and
honor OF our beloved country" Today
/ he left it for his fellow-citizens, who
had honored him with a greater ma
| jority than ever before given, to Judge
\ whether or not he had redeemed that
pledge.
When he entered the White House
the youngest President in his country's
history, besides the vast responsibilities
Of his office. he received as a heritage
! McKinley's dearest ambition to become
4 more and more with the years the Pres
ident Of all the people. Today there
were represented in the throngs that
! had iourneyed hither to greet President
Roosevelt, men from the North, South,
| East and West, and from distant ISL
ands Of the seas; from the Philippines,
from Porto Rico, from Hawaii-from
every land where floats the emblem
of the Republic. In the great parade
| there rode Governors of States. both
North and South Filipinos who had
!
i day carried the arms of the United
States and stepped proudly beneath the
| Stars and Stripes. Blanketed Indians
| from the virile plains We'd with silk
| hated gentry from the effete East in
! sounding the praises of this cowboy
| author soldier statesman. The Presi-
dents old rancher friends with lariat
and chaparejos and wiry bronchos, made
/ rte - -. !.
! p0uter-ehested young men from the ma.
tional military schools. Rough Riders
from San Juan Hill, volunteers from
Santiago, jacl<ies from Manila Bay,
shared the plaudits of the multitude |
with modest, everyday soldiers, for
whom the title Regular is distinction |
quite enough. Political clubs from East |
and West, militiamen from North and |
South, blue-clad veterans OF the six |
ties, heroes of the Spanish-American |
war, miners from Pennsylvania, the en-
tire legislature of the state of Tenn |
essee, the Presidents neighbors from |
Oyster Bay--all contributed to the ma
tional character of the splendid pageant |
Who shall say that for today at least I
Theodore Roosevelt was not President /
Of all the people
The Colonel Of the Rough Riders has
written Of his crowded hour in Cuba |
Today he showed his former comrades |
a crowded hour in Washington. They |
were waiting for him when he emerged |
from the White House this morning
30 picked men under Governor Brodie |
With the crack squadron A., Of the New /
York National Guard, they formed his
| escort to the Capitol AS they swung
around the Treasury building into Penn
sylvania avenue a division of the G. |
A. r.. with General 0. o. Howard and
staff in the lead, which had been stand.
ing at salute, wheeled into the column |
while the cavalrymen checked their pace /
to accommodate the slower footsteps OF |
the aged veterans. A mighty wave Of /
cheers swept along the avenue as the
Presidents carriage came in sight. |
| Throughout the whole route the Presi-
dent, with hat in hand, kept bowling
in acknowledgment Of the greetings. On |
his arrival at the Capitol he was con-
Quoted to the Presidents room, in the
rear Of the Senate chamber, where he
began at once the signing OF belated /
bills. At noon he entered the abode /
Of the Senate to witness the instala-
ton of Senator Fairbanks as Vice Pres.
ident. This ceremony concluded, he
proceeded to the stand on the east front /
Of the Capitol to receive the oath from
Chief Justice Fuller, and to deliver his
inaugural address. Immediately upon
its conclusion the President was escort
ed back to the White House, where, af-
ter lunching with the official Of the
inaugural committee, he took his posi-
tion on the stand in front to review
the formal inaugural parade.
The quadrennial national fetc day will /
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