The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-03-04
ROOSEVELT j.. =. :.
:. :. SWORN IN
OATH ADMINISTERED WITH
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
President Roosevelt Took the Oath
Before Vast 0atherp s>f the Ma
/ tion's Most Pronnine ,n-The
i Occasion Was Most Imp, ~
Washington. D. G.. March 4

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: dent Roosevelt took the oath of eIiac
before vast gathering Of the peopss
he has been elected to serve. The at
tendant scenes were not unusual. In
augurations from the time the east front
'' of the capitol first became the setting
for the ceremony have been much the
same. Many of the central figures have
sofficiated in like capacity on other oc-
casions when presidents have acceded
to the highest office in the gift of the
American people. Chief Justice Fuller,
in administering. the oath, repeated a
solemn function he has performed four
times-today his last. Yet, with all this
repetition, nothing was jaded and every
thing appeared new. S. u. s&
n The great crowd assembled for the
'crowning event of day full of features,
cannot be estimated even by compari-
son. Tt extended far beyond the reach
/ Of the voices and was so density packed
as to carry the stage out of the sight
of many. The capitol plaza, resourceful
to view the ceremony was completely
filed. People came by its numerous
streets and avenues, which. like so many
iyawning. rayerous nlaWs, greedily sWal-
lowed the throng until every coign of
vantage was occupied. The trees, bar
ren of foliage, carried their human bur-
dens on limbs capable Of bearing the
weight Of. man or boy, and so far away
as the terrace and marble steps of the
library of congress thousands stood.
i q Hours before the ceremony could be
expected to take place the people sought
the most advantageous positions. They
came by every means of conveyance,
carriages dischargirg their ). occupants
blocks away. and cars in steady stream
! unloading their passengers within the
prescribed area from which the ur1-
licensed vehicles were excluded. The
number of conpeyarlces Of all kinds was
totally inadequate to meet the demands
of the public. II. n 43q "a
lfIs The scene was one of remarkable ami
nation. Those who sought places main-
tanned a running fire of raillery and
pushed and jostled each other, the
sound of their voices nlingling with the
sluffling Of feet on the asphalted plaza.
1T was a cosmopolitan public, varied and
inclusive, taking in those who from
force of circumstances and lack Of op-
portunity were unable to gain desirable
places to view the grand procession that
was to follow. Although the ceremony
differed little from those that have pre-.
ceded lii, in the great sea OF spectators
4 probably there was larger number Of
representative Americans than any in
atguration has brought to Washington,
he eastern states were rivalled in point
sof attendance by reason Of President
Roosevelfs 5 great popularity In the mid.
die and far west. Delegations were
present from every one Of the ins,,lar5
possessions. Many Of them, had never
seen the capitol and, to large number
the Inauguration of "a president was
wholly strange
During the hours intervening between,
Il the gathering Of the crowd and The GER
enof1y there was no letting down of
II the tension OF interest. The passing
of uniformed horsemar was sufficient
TO call forth cheers. although in some
sections the multitude showed signs Of
srestlessness. This was true particularly
on the outskirts of the tiironp where.
pressed by constantly arriving recruits.
many struggled to get nearer Ito the:
point of interest. The effect upon the
densely packed multitude was COR
stinno,is surging backward and forward
"a turbulent sea Of humanity
M The rendezvousing of the froons
committees and civic societies, enter
tanned tlie crowd Throughout the long