Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-04


 The desire to see the president and shake hands with him is the strongest characteristic of the crowds that have come to town.
 Today above everything else this truth towers - Theodore Roosevelt is the man of the moment and the man of the future toward whom the people look. If there is any dictatorship under the constitution it is the dictatorship of the people, and it speaks through the firm lips and with the stubborn, set jaws of Theodore Roosevelt.
 The people have come into their own, and the president of the United States has come into the power that was giv- en to him by the fathers when they ere ated the constitution.
 From the lava beds of the West In- dies to the bamboo forest of the Phil ipplne archipelago, from the magnetic north to the lazy cline of Hawaii, the representatives of our sunsetless re- public have come to lay their tribute at the feet of the nations chosen and to celebrate famous victories that have been won for the whole people in the realms of peace and war.
 The central feature of the grand pageant here is the plaza formed by Pennsylvania avenue between the White House grounds, the treasury building and the state. war and navy building on the south side and Lafay. cite park and the two blocks of build. ings thanking it on the north side.
 This whole space is virtually inclosed by reviewing stands, and the plaza is transformed into "court of history" {" This court stretches along for four blocks. fanked on either side by high Corinthian columns and great bamboo poles with arrow peaks that point far above the roofs of the stands. These columns and poles were brought from the worlds fair at St Louis.
 Sir Mortimer Durand, the British am- bassador. presented to the president a personal letter of cOngratulation on his inauguration and the beginning of the new administration from King Edward VII. Sir Mortimer received the cordial thanks of President Roosevelt. The letter was sealed. and it's contents are known only to the president and to King Edward This is the first of the letters from foreign rulers which. it has been indicated. would be sent to President Roosevelt.
 Starting the inaugural ceremonies. President Roosevelt left the White House for the capitol. accompanied by che congressional committee of ar engagements and escorted by his person al escort of the department of the Po- tomac. C. A. R.. and a detachment of the United Spanish War Veterans. The president without doubt had the largest escort in American history. He had first the escort of the senate and house committees and of the chairman of the inaugural committee. Major Gen eral John NJ. Wilson. The senate and house committees were:
 On the part of the senate. John C. Epooner of Wisconsin. Nelson W. Ald- rich of Rhode Island and A. Q. Bacon of Georgia
 On the part of the house. John Dat zeIl of Pennsylvania. E. D. Crumpack- CT of Indiana and John sharp Williams of Mississippi
 The presidents carriage was preced- ed by Lieutenant General AdnA R. Chaffee. grand marshal of the parade. and his brilliant stan. consisting of the pick sf the United States army and navy. the West Point and Annapolis academies and prominent men in civil life.