The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-03-11


IsWFRls NEGRO Vtst fORS ssvsIfiaN
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!. 81 T " s. 4 &
400 Busy ding inaugural FaS,
fs9S tisitles q; say What They mo uGist
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III; lsyshltnGton, $pe I, J, y ith
sa leity festt yal DRESSED In gay coi 8fs,
Stita8ss AHtterihg. nifty lioiisa1d 81 n,
taae Ta9 Ina ito the tunes OF more ! hi,
&C. sga1 utll ID rsa, crashing bands; amid
tehttT 81 4 shouts .ahd Joyous Seals;
iirom the Threats, and thea rts5 OF h,Iii.
b8Fsds spf thopa ID i'd pap Pc. VIII
Howard Taft on the fourth of
tAedfarch, was transfe fred from, a prtl;
Ssy;Sts Il tttgen to sthe President OF the
El 5n!ted States, and Theodore Roose.
t34lt fr9nj the President of the United
states to a. private citizen. a This in.
1KnTaL taetaniprpho sis was the; M ost
Sshtl limit I'M ths HISTORY ofAthe rs rae, as
ttir1ft'l rheSf only happening Which
sIdeffacte from this great sscene was
9 the ~hardh and 5frigid weather. 4 Tie
taptife iwinte up. TO March the third
n " been 2. Most ideal and TT seemed
E d- z old king Winter: reserved HIS
wrath ssneoially for this. .inaugI1ra I
ttioh: ss IA the, thousands of people
liff te 8ail parts Of the country on the
Third I, iSgf' March were gathered here
RI Esafn1a fnival spirit was at high
[tl3Se, everything a. pearing. bright. and
|IatHS Its best, his. Wintery HI khness;
ts Y mn t'ned. every MIN bose element In
h ne heavens to assemble directly oy-
aatrW y tfgton, and then in all OF his.
|arger9he !; ulncork ed the mpst1}severe
a 1850 "a, emit OF winter. weather. The
Cheav ens s hundered 8, and lightning
ktftashsd wind blew, the hail ana
the rain asd the snow ragged. about "a,
unit mt }S:ee were Soaked to the limit. ::
h 81 h rninR,g the fourth found
VVaslHngt0R tmantied ,in& snow and IS,
s SIN King winter had taken abso--,
~ lutte + s, possession Of the city, blowing
down telegraph poles, completely ty-
Eiag un the rail- road system, and cut.
Sing, Washin gtony on. from, all z com
Emun1eatfon with the outside world,
!; The set. day. was cold and raw with a
deep B alush under. foot which was
moat edisaefeeable. IN speaking of
this storm m and its disagreeable ef-
fect' one, man AT said; that 1t certainly
was q atftna farewell; To- the. strenr,iu-
Gus Thsodo re, ss and nature must -1lI1l
have oEdtssred 81 es peeialIy In his on NJ
FOR. The weather. however, did moi!
stop top the inaugural ceremonies which
we're carried ~! s,st sof epurse in much
x 80 alcap ned Ne al manner The parade
was very much shortened and many
ofSttg features had to$be omitted IN
q re hiiip bar o ,s ps siss
aSsslna :Ehe we're zt,a,
Angg storm. bound &dpt e.. Of the civ
and thousands az thoae who s. Were . nj.
ssaa IL the 7 city Tx we're prevented
from Viewing. It. Because OF the IN:
ctem slt and dlsagreeabis. tW,aSathep
S9na tlti Ia VIZ s9 said
ana s9pt HtEttten conserving the .decora-
l 1t,5 81 eieks ttaa1 disnlay, and cfher
bgau ttful features Of this: char r,, ~.
thhat 1t stwoMld be useless FOR me- me- is
attempt to 3s add anything h. .f,1rthaf
e ellt to sarnpha size the Crane sas 3;of
fh nee! Count OF Honor, which extehdef
from ,t Ftftaeath street to. SEVEN tssa.s.fN
street: along Pennsylvania avenue III
tfFQnt or the White Hn,ssa> a,, = 80. ~