Milford chronicle., 1905-03-10

instead OF having the uShl anu
nervous mounts to which they are
accustomed. When thee President
reached the Capitol he proceeded
at once to the marble apartment
known as the presidents room.
Here the floral decorations were
elaborate. The mantle and win
dows were banked with roses and
orchids and the bronze bust Of Nc
Kinlev was surrounded by flowers
and a draped flag. The bills were
brought from the Senate and the
( House and the President signed
chem as fast as he could but not
without looking them over. Then
accompanied by the members OF
the Cabinet he went to the Senate
where at twelve O'Clock Vice
President Fairbanks took the oath
of office, and made short address.
The floor of the Senate was crowd
ed with Senators, Representatives,
members of the Diplomatic Corps
and the Presidential party. The
galleries in which every seat had
been reserved for the families of
the President, Vice-Presideut, the
Speaker of the House, and of Sen
ators and Members were packed
even the steps which were utilized
as seats by the observers. After
his address and a prayer by the
Chaplain Vice President Fairbanks
administered the oath of Office to
the Senators-elect.
At the conclusion of these cere-
monies the President took his stand
on the Inaugural platform facing
the great crowd that had assembled
on the plaza which extends from
the Capitol to the gold domed Ii
brary of Congress. On his right
sat the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court who administered the oath
of Office the President then deliver
ed his Inaugural address. 1t was
very short taking not more than
ten minutes for its delivery and
owing to the immensity Of the
crowd could be heard only by those
who sat in his immediate vicinity.
Immediately after his address
the President returned to the Presi-
dents room in the Senate and after
congratulations and a few words
with his friends he re-entered his
carriage and was driven rapidly to
the White House.
The waving of flags and cheer
ing met him on all sides as he pro-
ceeded at a swift trot up the avenue
and he was kept bowling from the
right to the left, acknowledging
the enthusiastic salutes the entire
way. After a luncheon to which |
a number of guest were invited but
which was a hurried meal he took
his place in the glass enclosed stand |
which was in the center of the
"Court of History" and from this
point reviewed the procession
which filed past him for three
hours. Stands lined both sides of
the Avenue and obscured Lafayette
Park and even the White House,
but in order to make the scene as
picturesque as possible the stands
had been painted and draped with
flags and statues from the St Louis
we're placed on special
ly prepared pedestals about the
Court" The Avenue as far as
the eye can see is a mass of human
ity. In the centre of the broad
clean street soldiers, scouts, the
National Guard, West Point and
Annapolis cadets, civic clubs and
bands playing stirring music as
the gorgeous drum majors perform
their tricks which stir the soul of
the small boy along the route.
On either side of the parade the
spectators are blocked and packed,
and working into more
positions or chang
ing from side to side to rest the
weary feet which have held them
for six or eight hours.
The stands arranged with seats
Of the soft side of planks and roof
ed owe: are filled for the most part
and every window along the Ave
nue. some of which rented for a
hundred dollars each is filled with
In a short time the
crowd will be returning homeward
for the end is in sight and the
street cars are beginning slowly to
run again and gather up the crowd
eager to avoid the rush that will
follow.
LATER
1t is now past midnight and the
Inaugural celebration is ended.
At twelve o'clock the music of the
great Marine band which played in
The panr3o,, ht4iidinor for the hail