The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-04

from the chair, the Senate and its
guests rose and stood while Doctor
Hale in his usual impressive manner
uttered the invocation.
The organization of the Senate
was then completed by the swearing
in of Senators elected to serve for the
next six years. They appeared in
platoons of four in alphabetical order
at the desk of the Vice President,
each being accompanied by his col
league. The oath was administered by
Mr.. Fairbanks, and in each case was
Immediately followed by signing the
Senate roll of membership. This cere-
mony concluded the days session and
the Senate adjourned to the outside
platform to witness with Others the
Inauguration of President Roosevelt.
The official guests left the chamber
in order the reverse of that in which
they had enter, N were closely fol
lowed by the visitors in the galleries.
The arrangement for the exit was ex-
CCllCllly COLlAINSu, liz uCpdI dS
without confusion or disorder, and on
ly a few minutes were required TO
clear the hall.
The Inauguration of Roosevelt.
Washington, March president
Roosevelt took the oath of office be-
fore a vast gathering of the people he
has been elected to serve. The attend
/ ont Cnnnnc wnrn NOT np,,c,,o1 Inor~
urations from the time the east front
of the capitol first became the setting
for the have been much the
same. Many of the central figures nave
officiated in like capacity on other oc-
c~asions when presidents lave acced-
ed to the highest office in the gift of
the American people. Chief Justice
Fuller. in administering the oath. re
peated a solemn function he has per
formed foul times,-today his last.
Yet with all this repetition, nothing
was jaded and everything appeared
new.
The great crowd assembled for the
browning of a day full of features,
cannot be estimated rel by compari-
SON.. II extended far beyond the
reach of the voice and was so dense
ly packed as to carry the stage out
of the sight of many. The capitol
plaza; resourceful in accommodating
the thousands eager to view the cere
mony was completely filed. People
came by its numerous streets and
avenues, which. like so many yawn-
ing, maws, greedily swallow
ed the throng until every coign of ad
vantage was occupied. The trees bar
rem Of foliage. carried their hui
man burdens on limbs capable of bear
ing the weight of man or boy, and so
far away as the terraces and marble
steps of the Library of Congress thou
sands stood.
Hours before the ceremony could be
expected to take place the people
sought the most advantageous posit-
ions. They came by every means of
conveyance, carriages discharging
their occupants blocks away, and cars
in steady streams unloading their
passengers =ithin the prescribed ar
ca from which the unlicensed vehicles
were excluded. The number of con-
veyances of all kinds was totally in
adequate to meet the demands of the
public.
The scene was one of remarkable
animation. Those who sought places
maintained a running fire of raillery
and pushed and jostled each other.
the sound of their voices mingling |
with the shutting of feet on the as
phalted plaza. 1t was a cosmopolitan |
public. varied and inclusive. taking
in those who from force of circum-
stances and lack of opportunity were
to gain desirable places 10
view the grand procession that was
to follow. Although the ceremony
differed little from those that have
preceded it, in the great sea of spec
probably there was a larger
number of representative Americans
than any Inauguration has brought
to Washington The eastern states
were rivalled In point of attendance