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was demonstrated by the tremendous
burst of applause which heralded the
Presidents approach
Taking as a signal the arrival of
Mrs. Roosevelt n a party of friends,
n a moment later of Vice President
Fairbanks and his escort. the APP
plause subsidized to wait the coming
of the man of the hour. Suddenly b
crowd on the stand began 20 cheer.
This was taken up by those immediat-
ely in front of the platform. h
military presented arms, the commit
tees uncovered, and soon the great
sea of people was waving hats and
flags and shouting itself hoarse.
President Roosevelt came forth
from between the massive pillars quiz
city and c~omposedly. He was escorted
by Chief Justice Fuller. With meas
ured read in harmony with the dig
nifed step of the Chief Justice. the
President advanced in state down
the long aisle of distinguished guests.
BY this time all were standing and
nothing could be heard above the
roar of thunderous welcome. Immed-
lately following came, arm in arm,
the members of the committee on ar
~rangementS. AS the President passed
down the aisle he barred his cad and
with characteristic sweep of his hat
bowed in acknowledgements of the
salutation from the stand and the ova-
tion from the people. His manner
was not that of a man mourning oner-
Gus responsibilities, three years in
the White House having familiarized
him with the duties of the i e Of
flee to which he was to be Inaugural
ted. While he waited for the applause
to die out he stood in triumph, with
no show of vanity, with no evidences
of political enmity, apparently no
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and nothing more d~isconcerting than
a huge gathering of loyal Americans.
At a sign from Chief Justice Full
Ter the Clerk of the Supreme Court
stepped forward holding a Bible. A
hush fell over the crowd. The Presi-
dent raised his right hand and the
oath to support the laws and consti-
tuition of the United States was rev.
erently taken amid deep silence.
When this had been concluded there
was practically no demonstration and
the President began his inaugural adj
dress. AS soon as he finished speak
ing he re-entered the capitol and as
he disappeared within the building
a signal wa f1seahfsdr l12aoHoy
a signal was flashed to the navy yard
and the o of twenty-one guns was
begun in official salute to the Presi-
dent.
The Presidents Address.
My Fellow Citizens: No people on
earth have more cause to be hank
full than ours, and this is said eve
emily, and in no sense of bo%astfulness
in our own strength. but with graft
III to the Giver of Good who has
blessed us with the conditions which
have enabled us to achieve so large
a maoSnro of NUon hnino ond of hanI
piness. To us as a people il has been
granted to lay the foundations Of
our national life in a new continent.
We are the heirs of the ages. and yet
we have had to pay few of the penal
ties which in old countries are ex-
acted by the dead hand of a bygone |
civilization. We have not been oblig- |
ed to fight for our existence against
any alien race; and yet u life has
called for the vigor and effort with
out which the manlier and harder
virtues wither away. Under C ON
ditions it woul be our own fault if ,
we failed: and the success which we
have had in the past. the success
which we confidently believe the flu
ture will bring, should cause in us
no feeling of vainglory, but rather a
deep and abiding realization of all
which life has offered us; a full &C
acknowledgements OF the responsibility |
which is ours; and a fixed determine
ton to show hat under a rec gov
best. alike as regards the things of
the body and the things of the soul.
Much has been given to us. and
much will rightfully be expected
from us. We have duties to others,
and duties to ourselves; and we can
shirk neither We nave become a
great nation, forced by the fact of its
greatness into relations with the 9TH
er nations of the earth; and we must
behave as beseems a people with such
responsibilities. Toward all other ma
tons, large or small, our attitude
must be one of cordial n sincere
friendship. We must show only in our
words but in our deeds hat we are
earnestly DESTROYS Of securing their
a spirit of just and generous recog- |
milton of all their rights. But justice
and generosity in a nation. as in an
Individual. III most when shown
not by the weak but by the strong.
While ever careful to refrain from
wronging others we must be no less
insistent tha we are not wronged
ourselves We wish peace but we
wish the peace of justice. he peace