Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-03-09

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scenes Of tplendor that fer out
shone all previous inaugural page
ants. Over 10000 men were in line
and the onlookers were estimated 10
be near two hundred thousand. To
grace the inaugural holiday soldiers,
sailors. citizens, Indians and Filipi-
nos marched down to the Avenue.
Bands played and the dense crowds
cheered to the limit Of human sndur-
ance.
The President reviewed the pa
rade from beautifully constructed
stand in front OF the White House,
facing the Court OF History. the
ehsf d9uvre OF the feast Of beauty,
'ch was the acme Of the decora-
= sheme. occupying the street
four blocks. Here we're
"a the alIegorical figures Of
glc size and the portrait statues
Fought from the Worlds Fair, and
the bamboo rnasts, each crowned
with laurel wreath and all connect
cd with graceful festoons Of green
and electric bulbs, lifted their slend-
or and graceful outlines 80 feet in
the air.
The President 3 inaugural address
was unusually short and delivered
slowly and deliberately and with
few gestures.
STRIKING sEETENcEs yRoM Presidents
INAUGURAL.
Toward all other nations. large
and small, our attitude must be one
OF cordial and sincere friendship.
No weak nation that acts manful-
~ and justly should ever have cause
10 fear us, and no strong power
should ever be able TO single us out
as a subject for insolent aggression.
Never before have men tried so
vast and formidable an experiment
ais that OF administering the affairs
Of a continent under the forms Of q
democratic republic.
II we fail, the cause Of frse self
government throughout the world
will rock to its foundations.
There Is no good reason why We
should fear the future. but there is
every reason why we should fact 1t
seriously, neither hiding from our
selves the gravity Of the problems
before US nor fearing TO approach
these problems with the unbending,
unfinching purpose 10 solve them
Alright.
We have an assured confidence
that we shall be Sble TO leave this
heritage unwasted and aud enlarged
to our children and our chiIdrsn's
children.
PARADE IN RAIW.
About 10000 men wers III the line
Of parade.
Practically every State and Terri
tory, the Philippines. Hawaii and
Porto Rico we're represented.
Coy. Edwin Warfeld, Of Mary
land, commanded amilitary brigade,
and Gen. J. Stuart Mcdonald, OF
Baltimore. a civic brigade.
Gen. Adna r. Chaffee, Command
Ing General Of the United States
Army, was chief marshal.
The inauguration Of Vice Presi.
dent Fairbanks, according to Gus
tom proceeded that Of the Presidents
and occurred in the Senate chamber.
As the hands Of the great clock in
dictated the hour Of IL, the President
pro tenn Of the Senate, Mr.. Frye OF
Maine, administered the oath Of Of
fee to the Vice President elect.
Vice President Fairbanks then
mounted the presidents stand and
delivered briefaddress, occupying
barely five minutes in SO doing, al |
though be spoke with great delibera-
tion. When he had concluded the |
newly elected Senator'S were sworn |
10 and then the entire assemblage,
including President Roosevolt and |
his Cabinet. proceeded to the Inau- |
gural stand on the East front Of the
Capitol,
The procession which moved |
slowly from the Senate chamber TO
the stand was led by the Presidents
and Vice-President, the foreign Am
bassadors, following. Then came the
Justices Of the Supreme Court. fol-
lowed by the members Of the Senate
and Of the House Of Representatives,
then the members Of the Cabinet,
followed by the members OF the
Press and they Ia turn by the in