The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-05

welt was smiling, and seemed very happy.
Like everybody else outside the inaugural
box, she sat on a bard chair OF implanted
pine.
Twenty minutes was required 10 get
the invited quests seated. II was then
] o'clock. Up rose the Chief Justice and
said something TO the President, who
quickly Invested himself Of his thick over
coat and also took of his hat. Somebody
relieved him of them.
Roosevelt Takes the Oath.
Clerk MoKenney OF the Supreme Court
advanced toward tho President holding
an open Bible. The President laid his
right hand upon the page. Chief Justice
Fuller followed suit Then In voice that
few could hear although 1t rang out clear
and strong. the Chief Justice recited the
| Presidential oath OF of1cs. The brisk
bneeze carried it away.
! "A he ended the President repeated
| fervently the concluding words so help
me, God, and, bending revervntly, kissed
! the book
1t was cold on the inaugural stand. The
wind was blowing from the northeast and
! it was chill. raw wind People shuddered
and drew their wraps about them, but the
President, bareheaded. without an over
coat, did not seem to mind II bit. He
bowed to the crowd in response 10 the cheer
it gave when be took the oath. and then to
those on the stand who appauded by clap
ping their hands
Turning 10 those on the stand with his
back to the far away gathering on the plaza
the President opened his mouth to begin
the delivery of his inaugural address He
held the manuscript in his ungloVed hand,
just then the rigid lines OF soldiers and
police that had held tho outside crowd
in check were purpoeely relaxed and there
was mad rush Of men and women and boys
across the plaza. They shouted az they ran.
and the men and boys waved their hats.
These scuITying thousands bore down upon
tho West Point and Annapolis battalions
guarding the stand, but mounted police
headed them of before they knocked the
cadets and middies out OF formation
Without waiting until the lines Of plaza
folk had been read justed to their advance,
position. the President began TO speak.
Behind him the diplomats and the Sena-
tors and Representatives, and all the rest
of the dgnitaries remained standing As
Mr. Roosevelt turned his back to them
to address those in the plaza, some OF the
people on the stand sat down This caused
a racket. The President heard It, and
stopping his speech. looked around and
grasped the situation.
Pray sit down. he said 10 those who
remained standin Everybody sat down.
of course,
The address was delivered impressively.
BY this time the force Of the wind had ,
increased. and IL was difficult for those
Il few feet away to catch the Presidents |
words, although his voice was strong and I
had good carrying power He made few
gestures. Occasionally he looked at the |
manuscript. but not often.
Wore the MartSred Lincoln's Ring.
On the hand in which it was held he wore
two rings. on different fingers One Of |
them had been presented to him last night |
by John Hay. his Secretary Of State 1t |
was massive gold band and had been ]
taken from the finger OF the dead Lincoln .
on the morning after his assassination.
1t had been set with a crystal through
which showed some strands Of Lincoln's
hair. Mr.. Hay, who had valued highly
this nernento of his dead mentor, asked
the President to wear II to-day
The people on the stand who could hear
applauded some Of the Presidents senten-
ces by clapping their hands and stamping
on the floor. Those in the plaza crowd
who couldn't hear cheered just tho same
when they saw the people the stand
applauding.
When the President declared that 40
strong nation should single out this oorntry
as the subject OF insolent aggression the
spectators on the stand gave their trot
cheer a feeble one. which was taken up
by the outside crowd with hearty good will.
just twelve minutes were required by
the President to deliver his ina ugural.
cheer and more handclappinR marked
its conclusion The President went haok
10 his place beside the Chief Justice and
put on his overcoat and hat. All the people
on the stand arose. An attendant let down
a flight of stepe that had been triced up
to the inaugural box, and the President
descended to the plaza where his carriage
was waiting
The Annapolis boys and the West Point
boys presented arms again. the Rough
Rider escort galoped up TO the carriage
and the Pesident started off on his tr
lmphal return journey to the White House.
The inaugural exercises had taken just
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