St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

Mr. Roosevelt and Gov. Hughes of N. Y.
The contederates are greatly delighted
because Mr.. Roosevelt ordered the name
OF Jefferson Davis restored to the Ma
sonry arch of Cabin Johns Bridge.
Amongst the many comparisons made
between Messrs Roosevelt and Taft was
that TAFT was a steam engine, but
Roosevelt was prairie fire." Mr.. Taft
Will have for his secretary, Fred w.
Carpenter of Minnesota. He has been
twice round the world with him, was
a newspaper man and a lawyer, and
he said he got him by accident in the
Philippines, and he has been with him
nearly 10 years.
Vermont naturally will feel quite an
interest in the President, when they
learn the Taft genalogy prepared by
his mother and published in Worcester
(Mass.) Society of Antiquity: Capt.
Peter Taft of Uxbridge, Mass, moved
to Townshend, VT. in March, 1890;
Peter Rawson Taft born in 1885, mar
ried Sylvia Howard in 1910 and settled
in Townshend, VT; Alphonso Taft was
the father of the President.
There was considerable satisfaction
when the entire list of the nine members
of the cabinet was completed. The par
liamentary tangle about Senator Knox
being made secretary of state, increased
the tension about who would be secre-
tary of the treasury, for both New York
and Chicago were pressing their claims.
1t is a very important office to fill, as
there is quite a deficit in the revenues
the question occurs, How is the money
to be raised The new Congress. which
is to assemble March Is, will face this
conundrum. The 61st Congress will
have IA new members, it is said, and
probably II new senator's. There were
81 republicans in the Goth Congress and
81 democrats. Frank Plumley, the new
member from Vermont, is said to have
good knowledge of law. Representa-
tive Haskins has been a most loyal
Vermonter in Congress, and also in the
Vermont state organizations here in this
city, attending nearly all of its meetings
and giving to its support.
The State Society gave a reception to
Gov. George H. Prouty and his staff,
Wednesday evening, March 3, at its
headquarters on | street, N. w. Gov.
Prouty and his staff and their wives all
attended, 81 in number. That was one
of the pleasing features, that all but one
gentleman brought his wife with him,
for it added very much to the pleasure
socially, for Vermont women are intel
ligent and patriotic. Representatives
Haskins and Foster were both present.
Judge H. B. Moulton, who is again the
president of the society, took great
pride in presenting this fine delegation
of representative Vermonters to the
Washington Vermonters; the only draw
back was the terrible storm that
evening, which prevented many from
being able to attend.
The morning was cloudy and misty,
but before evening the rain became a
regular down-pour, increasing in VIC
lence and fury, when thunderstorm
broke in upon the scene, and it not only
rained and hailed, but finally showed,
and as someone stated it, there was
general mix-up,' until quite body of
snow had fallen, covering the streets,
and trees, and the worst storm
of the season, but the valiant Vermont
ers did not seem to mind it. One OF the
Vermont delegation said that it was a
that Gov. Prouty's birthday
occurred upon March 4, and the men,
bers of his staff presented him with a
beautiful silver loving cup in the parlor
of the Raleigh hotel, on which was in
graved Presented to Gov. George H.
Prouty on the occasion of his 47th
March 4, 1909, by his statfand
the members of theNinaugural party"
Great was the surprise and consterna-
ton of people in this city to waken on
the 4th of March to find themselves in
the grip of a March blizzard after all of
the weeks of preparation. 1t was a
pulling question could the troops
march in the streets filled with snow
and slush and would it stop showing?
Many declared it was the worst inaugu
ration day since Garfield was sworn
into office or worse than the second
of President Cleveland,
but the weather man predicted the sun
would come out about 2 p. m, and
at 10 a. M, President Roosevelt and
Mr.. Taft, with the vice president, cabi-
net officers, in closed carriages, accom-
panied by the famous Black Horse
Troop from Cleveland, Ohio, Mr.. Taft's
personal escort, the veteran soldiers and
sailors, under Major 0. 0. Howard, U.
S. A., with the Coast Artillery Band
playing Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the
Bows are Marching" started for the
Capitol, although the wind blew and it
showed. President Roosevelt and the
looked out ofthe carriage
windows and smiled and waved their
hands to the hundreds of people as
sembled on the sidewalk in all OF the
storm. AS snow covered the whole plat
form and seats at the Capitol, change
of program was hurredly made. AL
though Mr.. Taft was willing to take the
oath of office outside, it was not thought
prudent to expose the aged chief justice
and senator's to the storm, and 1t was
thought necessary to have the cere-
monies in the Senate Chamber which
was done in the first Inauguration OF
Grant. This was the second time in our
history. The 9th President, William
Taft, was inaugurated and
m ade his inaugural address before very
audience. Mrs. Taft and
family were in the galleries and also
Mrs. Sherman, wife of the new vice presi-
dent. Rep. Sherman has announced he
shall retire from public life at the end of
fur years as vice president. Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks received a unanimous
vote of thanks for presiding so faithfully
and impartially in the senate. He adj
m nj stored the oath of office to Mr. Sher-