The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-09

citizen dress of the Senators and mem
bers of the House assembled and the
solemn black robes of the Supreme
Court contrasting with the rich court
dress of the foreign Ambassadors and
Ministers aud the background of gay
color furnished by the dresses and
flowers worn by ladies in the crowded
galleries
The same grouping of statesmen.
dignified justices, brilliantly attired
diplomats and handsomely dressed
women which made the picture in the
Senate Chamber, surrounded the
President on the grandstand at the
east front of the Capitol where The
the oath of Office was administered
by Chief Justice Fuller and from
which he delivered his inaugural ad-
dress.
Here again stood forth the pers On
atty of Theodore Roosevelt Before
him as he spoke We're the lines of
military and the multitude, curious
and admiring. His short and sharp
manner of speech, originality of GEES
ture and facial expression and the ex-
IRENE brevity of his speech were all
characteristic and struck the chord in
the sensibiities Of his audience which
he delights to find responsive.
The sense of power, admiration of
effort purpose to push forward and
ever recurrent idea of force which
! characterized his address were in hars
mony with the general spirit of the
day. The characteristic of Roosevelt
found expression in a single sentence:
No weak nation that acts manfully
and justly should have cause to fear
us, and no strong power should ever
be able to single us out as a subject
for insOlent aggression"
| The idea that the work must be
manful and just to avoid our anger
and that the strong had better not
presume upon their strength to af-
front us was reflected in the quality
OF this inauguration atmosphere
which distinguishes it from the usual
I atmosphere of such ceremonies in the
| past.
The quality of the address was
tense and throughout its delivery
there was the suggestion of determin-
alton and disposition toward the
emphatic and the absolute, a realza
ton of power without disposition
| to use it unless necessary, but still n
consciousness of power and an impell-
ed determination touse it onoccasions
The absence of any discussion of the
details of policy seemed to imply a
sweeping generalization of a forceful
policy, the course of action being
, left to be determined by events, with
confidence in his power to do what
ever NAV seem necessary. 1t was as
If he had said to the general public
with the significance of a mutual
sympathy and understanding, Gust
leave it to me- and had then turned
to the powers, both of foreign govern
ment and of domestic combination.
and said: Il and my friends here, the
people, are very friendly disposed, but
you would better be a little careful
what you do The cowboys could
catch this spirit of the address and
give it a more accurate Interpretation,
perhaps, thap could the diplomats
who listened with bewildered intensi-
| ty.
At the conclusion of his address the
President rode down the avenue to
the White House at the head of the
most striking parade that has ever
| been witnessed at an inauguration.
AS he advanced guarded, by pla-
toons of police and score of de-
tectives, and escorted by the Rough
Riders and regular military, he was
greeted all along the line with tn
multi of cheer. A wave of sound, rls-
ing above the music of the military
! bands, rolled from threats of the null
titude of spectators, who were bank
ed in an timmoYable mass along the
full extent Of his line of progress and
blocking each side street for the dis
lance of a square. The cheering in
dicated his progress toward the
White House like the rush of wind
goes ahead of storm.
Arriving at the reviewing stand af-
ter a hastY luncheon, he watched the
parade go by. The military and the
civil and the races over whom the
American flag flies were represented
in this parade. The gorgeousness of
the military uniforms was eclipsed by
the inoYelty and picturesqueness of
the cowboys careless dress and the
Indian in full regalia of his race.
There were the uniformed soldier, the
marching organizations with their
! distinctive banners and dress, patriot
ic orders of the early Republic, citi-
zens Of our enlarged nation-Filipino,
Hawaiian, Porto Ricsn-and the abo-