The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-05

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The huge Inauguration platform.
which Is situated. as usual, at the east
portico Of the capitol, Is arranged to
seat 5000 people. The timbers used
are heavy Georgia pine. thoroughly
braced. The speakers stand, where
the president elect win take the oath
and from which he viii deliver his In
augural address, is ornamented with
q tower balustrade. 1t Is % by 20
feet In dimension, while that for the
spectators is a tribe over 3S by 143.
This will not be big enough by several
hundred feet to accommodate all those
that want to hear the inaugural, hut 1t
viii help Those who cannot get seats
can stand OF on the outskirts, see the
presidential lips move and read the
speech in the papers. The main thing.
after all, Is to be able to tell their
grandchildren they saw Taft sworn in.
II the president elect bulks as large
on the future as he does everywhere
else, the mere fact that one was an on
locker ut his Inauguration ought to
bount for somthing.
1t will be a great show. the biggest
ching OF the kind ever pulled on.
This country is hitting the pike OF
progress so hard that everything II
does Is bigger than 1t ever did before.
Taft himself is the largest president
we ever had with the possible excep-
tion OF Grover Cleveland. and 1t is my
own belief that in a straigF nut weigh
ing match he would have Cleveland
looking like a lightweight. IL the doc
trine Of correspondence holds good,
the largest president deserves the lar
gest 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 more solemn and impressive
than ever before. There may be Joy
and color in the parade and on the
streets, but the only color that will be
permitted at the event itself is that
Of red tape. Dignity ls the watchword
Of the hour.
neal oCaTL Oh the onOW.
The program as given out shows
that the supreme court has got the
best Of the ambassadors and will
march I'm ahead. coming just behind
the honorable speaker and the house
Of Representatives. After the dIplO-
matte corps will march In the heads Of
the various departments. Next the
vice president elect will be announced,
aud James s. Sherman, the Sunny
Jim" Of song and story, will march
down the aisle Of the senate on the
arm Of Senator Frye. Then the show
win really begin, for the secretary OF
the senate In his most official tone will
announce The president elect" Ev-
erybOdy will, Of course, arise, as ev-
erybOdy has before arisen to greet
each illustrious body or functionary as
1t 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, 1.-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
inaugurals 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 VIII proceed up the avenue
alone. while Roosevelt betakes himself
to the Union station and Oyster Bay.
Taft can never complain, as did John
Adams. that be was the second figure
at his own Inauguration. the people
making a 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 ad-
dress. Then all present, headed by
the ergeants-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 DOR
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, as
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 berobed
diplomatic corps and finally the chief
actors In the drama, William Howard
Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, the ris-
ing and the setting sun.