Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-03-13

islation was in the rapids. 1t was
mighty chaos to most onlookers, bu1
the skilled officers of each house and
those handling and guiding the rush oil
the closing work in the conferences
where the last supply of bills were
being hammered into agreement, like
the pilots in the rapids of st. Law
renee, were speedily conducting their
legislative craft to smooth waters.
Fairbanks Takes Oath.
The five minutes remaining at the
close of the senate's session were
given to inaugurating the new vice
president. He appeared at the main
entrance escorted by the joint com
mittee of arrangements and as the
senate and it's guests rose he was es-
corted to a seat at the right of the
presiding officer, where he delivered
brief inaugural remarks and repeated
the oath of Office after the presiding
officer, Senator Frye.
When the stroke of noon put an end
to the session, little was known be-
yond the fact that no important appro-
priation bill had failed. Then immedi-
ately began the opening and the for
NAL organization of the new session in
the senate chamber.
Crowds See and Hear President.
In this little box where the galleries
seat about 500, seats eagerly but vain
| ~ sought for, by at least 100000 peo-
pie, the senate, after dull roll call,
and duller reading of the president S
proclamation assembling the body, be-
gan it's work Packed like sardines in
the restricted space of the little cham
Der were the official visitors, the presi,
dent and cabinet in plain clothes; the
ambassadors and ministers, gorgeous
| in gilt braid and decorations; the SUI
preme court in deep black, the army
and navy in silver and gold and
swords; and last of all, members of a
dead house of representatives banked
about the walls or crowded into the
cloak rooms. Each of these grand df
visions of official life, or official
death, was announced and saluted
| by the senate rising. All this pro
! Ionged form with it's solemn progress
and weighty dignity was preliminary
| to the ceremonies outside and the
march at once began to the immense
platform where the president was tC
deliver his inaugural address and take
the oath of office. Here the great
pageant began to unfold itself and the
people were on hand to see.
! The windows of the capitol were
crowded; there was a deep fringe OF
spectators along the roofs of senate
and house and the porticoes of the
dome. The trees of the park were
loaded with boys and men. The broad
acres of the, park itself were crowded
with thousands upon thousands. Back
of these windows, the roofs anG
commodated a multitude and every res
| idence fronting on the park added tt
the imposing scene. All these were
the plain people. Surrounding the
| plaza in front of the presidents plat
form were the forming lines Of the
|
streets everywhere projected the
heads of columns, military and civic
waiting to fall in their places in line
With the appearance Of the president
from the senate chamber, the shouting
began, swelling into a roar like Mag
ara, rising to cyclonic effects, and con
tinuing while the senate and members
of the house, cabinet, supreme court
| the heads Of army and navy, ambassa
/ doris and ministers, representatives Of
every subordinate branch of the gov
eminent and great company Of
guests filed out of the senate doors ant
I filed the immense platform.
Roosevelt Kisses Bible.
At length all was ready for the
browning ceremony. The sea of hui
mainly was stilled. The president ad
vanced to take the oath. With his
hand upon the bible held by the chic
justice he reverently repeated the
oath. kissed the book, and Theodore
Roosevelt became president He the1
delivered his inaugural, which sur
prised his hearers by it's brevity. Az
the ceremony closed he was agar
greeted by the cheers of the immense
throng.
Accompanied by his escort and fol
lowed by the troops and civilian parad
ers, ne started for the white house. L
was the most perfect column that evel
marched in an inaugural parade.
Never has there been so perfect {
regular army column in any previou: