Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
TIE INAUGURATION.
Cath Taken in SeEate Chamber Be-
cause of Stormy Weather.


While the new President reviewf d
the inaugural parade from q stand. he
had to take his oath before the small
assembly packed in the Senate cham
Der.
HOW 1T LOOKED TO HER.
a lady who arrived from Washington
ut l2:45 Thursday said: 1T was too
much for me. Such n storm l never
saw. The snow was ten inches deem
and the wind was blowing it so heavily
as it fell that it blinded every one. You
could not distinguish an object a hun
dred yards away. Wires were down
all over the city. trees broken Off and
blown fiat; umbrellas were torn WRONG
side out by the time they were raised,
Snow-plows were running, taking The
snow from the side walks. and. oh. my
was thankful when got into Union
Station" This lady also said it was
reported when she left, at IL a. m.
that the parade would be declared off.
but the inaugural ceremonies were in
PtoB iCSo.-rTeeL Lance.
vIRGINIAN FINED.
Robert M. Miller, who come from
Rappahannock county, Va, to witness
the Inauguration, put pistol in his
pocket because he heard that peonle
were not safe on the streets of Wash
ington, was fined 500 in Police Court
on the morning of March 9TH, for carry
ing concealed weapons.
Miller fired three times at n negro
who threw brick at him at Fifteenth
and b. Streets. and was arrested bv
special policeman Cannon.
"Me for home." Miller said very EN-.
phatically, after peeling off ten $40 bills
from his roll and paying the court as
sessment.
VICE-PREslDENT SHERMAN.
And this James S. Sherman will be
president of these United States if Mr.
Taft dies before his term of office ex.
pres. All good Americans will ear
nestly and with utmost sincerity nrav
that the life of Mr.. Taft will be SHARED
for four years longer and the country
saved from this possible danger. Pres
ident Shermani May the Almighty for
oid!-LynchburR Advance.
TAFT ON THE RACE MATTERS.
Richmond Times Dispatch.)
some new notes are sounded in Mr..
iafts inaugural address as where no
remarks OF something or other: 81
venture this as a suggestion only. I"
Mr. Roosevelt was not in the habit of
Venturlng suggestions. When no
spoke. it was to lay down the law with
an iron hand, But on the whole the
speech is good. steady, safe and sane
summary of familiar things. The anti
trust and interstate commerce laws
good and bad trusts" the tariff. the
army and navy, currency, the Philip-
pines, the Panama Canal, the labor
question, are all handled in very much,
the way that would have been generally
predicted. .s.,..,
Regarding the negro, his statements
give as full reinsurance as the Soutb
could reasonably have expected. No
intelligent man could have looked TO see
Mr.. Tart declare for the frank repudia-
ton OF the fifteenth amendment. and.
or course, he does nothing of the kind
on the contrary, he says plainly that
1t ought to be observed" But he
again points out, as he did in his
North Carolina Society address, that
the disfranchisement of ''both negroes
and whites not having education or
other qualifications thought to be
necessary for proper electorate" can
be accomplished by "constitutional
laws" Southern white voters will be
generally satisfied with that. As to
negro appointments. he practically
promises that he will make none of
them IN communities Sin which the race
feehng is SO widespread and acute as to
interfere with the ease and facility
with which the local government bust
ness can be done by the appointee. -
The executive. he adds, ''ip recoeniz-
ing the negro race by appointments
must exercise careful discretion not
thereby to do it more harm than good. &"