The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-08
The Nations Greatest
Man Takes Oath
AS President.

was not president of all the people ?
Throughout the whole route the
president, with hat In hand, kept
bowling in acknowledgment of the
greetings. On his arrival at the Cap
ltol he was conducted to the presi-
dents room In the rear of the SEN
ate chamber, where he began at once
the signing of belated bills. At
At noon he entered the abode of the
senate to witness the installation of
Senator Fairbanks as vice president.
This ceremony concluded. he pro-
ceeded TO the stand on the east
front of the capitol to receive the
oath from Chief Justice Fuller and
to deliver his inaugural address. I'm
medlately upon its conclusion the
president was escorted back to the
White house, where. after lunching
with the officials of the inaugural
committee, he took his position on
the stand in front to review the for
r,al inaugural parade.
The quadrennial national fete day
will be concluded with a general H.
Elimination of the city and fireworks
on the Washington Monument
grounds, followed by the great in
augural ball in the pensloH building
"a, which President and Mrs. Roose-
welt will be the guests of honor.
The day broke cloudy with very
slight rain. The sun soon emerged
however and the clouds almost dis
appeared. The WEATHER conditions
are considered fairly propitlous. The
air is clear and balmy.
The Inauguration cost about $685.
600. which 1t Is believed has been
fully repaid in the sale of grandstand
seats and ball tickets.
The broad plaza whose level sur
face stretches east from the national
capitol can accommodate an army.
For hours this morning Washington
poured it's own population and vast
Increment of visitors into the front
yard of the seat of government.
From the porticos and windows of
the capitol building a good idea of
the scope of the multitude could be
gathered. Eight acres of humanity
spread fan shaped from the focus
made by little covered shelter, open
at the sides. where the president was
to stand. over toward the imposing
facade of the Congressional library it
extended, literally n "sea of faces.
There may have been only 10000;
probably there were nearer 100000
in sight of the president when he
took tho oath.
The imposing form of Associate
Justice John Marshall Han Ian, who
is almost heroic in stature, was the
first to catch the eye of the vast
crowd. Thanked by the marshal of
the supreme court and the marshal
of the District of Columbia, Justice
Harlan led his colleagues, CARRIED in
Rowing robes of black, topped with
satin skull caps, to their seats at the
left of the tribune. After brief
pause, Count Cassini, the Russian am
bassador and dean of the Diplomatic
Corps, marshaled forth the ambas-
sailors aud ministers of foreign coun-
tries. When the daylight caught the
CLEAN of their accoutrements, 1t
was evident the diplomats had been
undeterred by the calamity of four
years ago, when the rain ruined some
$4,000 worth of gold lace and re-
gala. These foreign gentlemen for
the most part have honorary rank
In their armies at home, and the full
dress of crack European regiments is
and gorgeous. The garb of a
plain civilian diplomat is OF itself
well worth looking at. II the JUS
tees carried with them solemnity,
the foreigners brought splendor, and
when they were finally seated to
the right OF the presidents rostrum
their location marked an oasis of
color amid desert of black,
Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs, Fairbanks
were next escorted TO seats just out
side the tribune, The presidents
children were with Mrs. Roosevelt,
and Mr., Fairbanks two sons, stu
dents at Yale, and his daughter, Mrs.
Adelaide Timmons, were with Mrs.
Mrs. Roosevelt was gown
ed In severely plain tailored suit Of
electric blue; the round skirt was
trimmed In hands of lighter shade
panne velvet and the short, modish
Jacket had vest of the panne braid
ed In silver. Mrs Fairbanks wore =
beautiful dress of brown velvet, trim
med with chiffon and white ermine.
Her hat and gloves were also white,
Vice President Fairbanks, accom-