Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-03-05

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Irinc of correspondence holds good.
the largest president dt cry,s The lar.
fCSt Inauguration and that is what
Taft is going to have.
1t has been officially decided that the
regular ceremony at the capitol shall
be little mere solemn and impressive
than ever before. There may be joy
and color in the parade ;tnd on The
streets, but the only color that viii he
permitted at the event Itself is that
of red tape. Dignity is the watchword
of the hour.
Real Start of the Show.
The program as given out shows
that the supreme court has got the
best of the ambassadors aud will
march i'll ahead, coming just behind
the honorable speaker and the house
of representative. After the diplu-
matte corps will march in the heads Of
the various departments. Nryt the
vice president elect Will be announced,
aud James $. Sherman, the sunny
jim of song and story, viii march
down the aisle of the senate ON The
arm Of Senator Frye. Thea the show
will really begin. for the secretary Of
the senate In his most official tone will
erybody will, of course, arise, us ev-
erybody has before arisen to greet
each illuStrious body or functionary us
II or he has entered the chamber.
Taft will not be the last Of the great
arrivals, however. The mOmentouS an
nouncement will next be made, "The
president Of the United States" Then
Theodore Roosevelt, greeted for the
final time by that high title. will enter
the chamber alone. No double entry
innugurais for him, The custom of
the president and president elect
marching down the aisle together will
be abrogated, as will also that of rid,
ing back to the White House in the
same carriage. After the inaugural is
over Taft will proceed up the avenue
alone. Willie Roosevelt bptakes himself
to the Union station ard Oyster Bay.
Taft 'an never complain. as did John
Adams. that he was the second figure
at his own Inauguration. the people
making hero of his predecessor.
The Rising and the Setting Sun.
After President Roosevelt enters the
senate chamber Vice President Sher-
man will be sworn In, call the new
senate to order and deliver a short ud-
dress. Then all present, beaded by
the sergeants-at-arms of the senate
and house, instead of the marshals of
the supreme court and District Of Co
lumbia, as heretofore. will proceed to
the temporary stand ON the east por-
tico of the capitol. The same order of
precedence will be followed, and that
Is an excessively and sometimes pain
fully important point in the capitol. rs
that observed on entering the senate
chamber. First will go the senate, led
by the vice president; next the house
of representatives, with your Uncle
Joe in the van; then the supreme
court, next the gorgeous and herobed
diplomatic corps and finally the chief
actors in the drama. William Howard
Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, the ris-
ing and the setting sun.
Once in the speakers stand Mr. Taft
will be sworn In by Chief Justice Full
Ter and will deliver his inaugural ad-
dress. Then he will march down the.
east steps of the capitol to II waiting
carriage to proceed at the head of
vast procession to the White House,
where he will eat 4 short luncheon. and
then from a temporary stand in front
Of the grounds will review the great
est Of inaugural parades. and for the
first time In many months the country
will have living eX-presidcnt who
active and warlikeN preparations to
shoot up Africa.
Wonderful Illuminations at Might.
The most brilliant part of the inau-
gural program will come with The
night. There will not only he the BAH
in the pension building. made dazzling
by the escort committee consisting of
the handsOmest man from each of the
states, also several thousand other
more or less handsome people. but
there will be decorations arches. lights
and bunting that will outdo even the
famous inaugural illuminations of the
past To cap all will be fireworks
display unique in all the history of the
country, star spangled banner I'M
furled thousand feet high, the word
TAFT written In letters of fire on
the clouds and greeted by twenty-one
aerial guns, pillar Of light hundred
feet in height that will give daylight
effect for miles. fire portraits of Taft
and Sherman and, last and greatest of
all, "battle of the skies" This will
consist of number Of arships and Of
a miniature city 800 feet long and with
lofty buildings. some of them hun
drcd feet In height The airships will
meet In midhcaven. lombard each
other in realistic manner and crumple
up under the onslaught. Others will
drop bombs into the miniature city,
which will take fire and burn with
mighty contlagration.
Thus the path of the new president
into the White House will be literally
one of light.
Simple Remedy For La Grippe.