Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-03
Tho Presidential Oath.

| ,,, Ir.siIont of the tnltcd States
T. ,h. .ho,t.st and the simplest re-
,u,i. d of aly ruler on "arti. IL Is pre-
.,,ibpd by the Constitution ana IS as
follows:
81 40 ,olemuly swear Cor affirm) that
II will faithfully execute the office oi
president Of the United States and, To
The best Of my ability. protect, pre-
|.er,e and dc fend the constitution OF
the United States
| This oath is slowly repeated by the
lIrrSi,.cut elect after the Chief Justice
of the supreme Court i'll 'hr presence
of the public upon platform erected
in front OF the main door on the east
|, rr Size OF the Capitol. After tn /.
| rcei,i. Mt has taken the oath he deliv-
ers his inaugural address. While the
Inath is being repeated the President
l,.l.cl and the Chief Justice face each
lcther and EOli With their right hands.
liptwet them, /. Hiblc, furnished by
some person inicre%t'': or csi cci.;!ly
procured Tor the occasion, which be-
colncS The property of he President at
;,r it has l."en appropriately inscribed
and seeded by chief clerk of the Su-
| RENE Court. President Cleveland Il,
roth Maus dr:uiO:.S took tie oath upon
Il little rcd 10, he, Bible which Was Civ
! IN him by his mother when lie left
home :i.S a boy. President Harrison
used II Bible that had been presented
TO him by Il SUNDAY school class in In
.iian:, polls.
| At t!l. close of the oath the PreSi-
tieIt elect bows his, head and kisses the
open page of the book. and il has he":
Customary for him or his wife or Il
friend to select some appropriate pas
l>aae IT which III" book shall be "prne,i
ma the v-rsc upon which he shall
I.r, - his Inns. Sometimes when t;I"se
Interested forget or neglect To choose
lya.SaS4 ,h, Bible is opened at RANDOM
:.ut the clerk of the Supreme Court is
Always careful to note and mark tin.
lrNac! I,lIc" vince the lips touched the
page.
Th- verse that General Grant kiSsrl
1T his second inauguration. is found in
the eleventh chapter of Isaiah and
| :-.id.; .~ fellows:
| '.iiIu the SPIRIT of the Lord shall rest
rpm US: the spirit of wisdom and IN
81, star.'iinH: The spirit of counsel am!
might: The spirit of knowledge and
The fr;r OF the Lord: and shall max"
him III qui, X ulni,i>'. tndins in the fear
If tn. Lord.
Ii is understood that Rev. DR.. New
i:!an. AT that tim" pastor OF The Metro
polit:n Methodist church of Washing
ton. furnished the Bible for that ncca
sinn ara marked lii" passage ht want
ri General Grant to kiss.
President II: yes WAS sworn in twice
!" on will remember that there w;,S i
great deal Of political feeling growing
'u; of doubt of his election and ut
c:t time il vas feared lest some hot
!."adpd Democrats might try to prevent
MS inauguration. Tc "nm1llcrt- mat
tcrs. the l;h 81 March fell on Sunday.
| md rs :. pr.ciutinn al room OF that day
tie oath was administered to NJ
| Hayes by Chief Jusiic" Waite in The.
Blue iallor o! the White House. Cen
raj Grant. his Cabinet. General Shnr-
man, Several of the Justices of the SUI
iieme Court. tie Hayes family and
"Neral others We're present. Rev. Dr.
Ne" man offered a prayer, but there
Has no other ceremony. and an attempt
| vas made to keep the incident secret
| The same Bill; was used during the
Crr-ir onies nj tie Capitol on the fol-
lowing day and Mrs. Hayes se!ncte'
the twenty-thiri Psalm for her nus
band to kiss
| President Garfield did not sci, ct any
i'asS*g" $" far as hls been known
| President Cleveland made no SELECTION
ana The passages he kissed at both in
uSur"tiorS are unknown. President
| Mckinley in 1897 hiirSelt selected :,
very appropriate passage, which reads:
| tive me new wisdom ANA know!-
| ehte that | may so out and come IN
before this people; for who can judg,
this. Thy people. which is 50 great"
II may also be noticed that twice in
lbs first inaugural address--at the be-
ginning and the cnd--Prcsident Nc
NnlIy acknowledged divine sov,r reign
~ and invoked the guidance of divine
power
At his second inauguration Mr.. Nc
ktnney OF tire Supreme Court pur-
chased new Bible. opened il at ran
a"m ana offered it to tie Chief Justice
vino did not tuln a Iase After the
book had b"el, kissed the Chief Justice
handed 1t to Mr.. McKenney. who
placed his finger as nearly as possible.
upon the spot which tho Presidents
1ps had touched. 1t was an entirely
"ccideital but very appropriate pas
&aEt-thr tw6ntieth and twenty-iirs,
verses OF the sixteenth and chapter Of
proverbs. which read as follows:
20 lie tfat handleth ~ matte"
NHfiH shall find good: and he who 81
';hSttth IN TIC Lord. happy is he
IL TIL" wise in hnalt shall .,r
'"ilec prudent. and the sweetness OF
ups lhrf":iHcth lrIrninS."--W. T.. Cur
us IN 'hicaS" Record Herald.
Personal Notes.
| CIV Newell J,nn,,,l,,. ~ ,..