The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-10
TEDDY RETIRES
And Turns the Government Over
TO W, Il. Taft In a
TERRIBLE BLIZZARD

TERRIBLE BLIZZARD
Which Upset All the Plans for the
Occasion, Denying the Two Hun
dred Thousand Visitors the Privi-
lege of Seeing the Actual Inaugu-
ration in the Senate Chamber.
Washington, March with all
the homage that assembled thous-
ands, representatives of every State,
almost every hamlet, Of the nation
could pay; to the accompaniment Of
martial music the rhythmic tramp
Of soldiers feet, the echo of saluting
guns, the unchecked enthusiasm
privileged only to free people Of
a great republic, William Howard
Taft, Of Ohio, became the twenty
seventh president OF the United
States.
Second only to the Inauguration Of
the man who will be both ruler and
servant Of the American people for
| the next four years, was the induct-
ion into Office Of James Schoolcraft
Sherman, Of New York, as Vice
President, position carrying with
it always the grave responsibility
of succession to the presidency
through death or disability of the
executive.
And not without its influence upon
the day and the epoch-marking event
was the exit of Theodore Roosevelt,
heralded today by countless admir-
ers, for seven years past the most
picturesque, the most virile, and one
of the greatest figures ever upon
the stage Of American public life.
This afternoon the retiring presi-
\. Y, while upon the spot occupied
\. Y, while uopn the spot occupied
by him four years ago stands Presi-
dent William H. Taft reviewing one
of the most magnificent military and
civic parades in American history,
his dominant figure the command
ing presence in a cheering multi
tude of more than Two hundred
thousand patriotic American per-
sons.
Tonight new ruler of 9O.O00,o0o |
people will wend his tired but hap |
py way into the long sought seclu-
sion of the White House, and the
most magnificent inauguration ever
witnessed by republic will have
seen it's formal END.
President Taft had arrived in |
Washington from New York the af-
ternoon of February 81, and until |
March 2 with his family was the
guest Of Miss Mabel Boardman, of |
the Red Cross Society, at her home,
1901 P street northwest. Yester-
day he accepted the invitation of |
Mr. Roosevelt which had been ex- |
tended some time ago, to be his |
guest at the White House the day |
before inauguration. The Taft fam !
lily went to the White House yester- |
day afternoon and lunched with the |
retiring president at the usual hour. |
He slept in the White House last
night, and was up bright and early. |
Breakfast was served there at $50 |
a. M, and the incoming president |
had practically nothing to occupy |
him until the time came to make
the start to the capital.
Wm. Howard Taft took the oath !
Of Office as 9th president of the
United States in the senate chamber |
at the capitol shortly after noon to- |
day. Owing to the snow and sleet |
storm it was necessary to modify |
the arrangements for the admins
tration Of the oath on the platform
at the east entrance to the capitol. |
An endeavor was made to carry |
out the original program concerning
the inauguration parade, but on &C
count of the storm only the regular
military organizations were in line
Immediately after the Inaugural
tion ceremonies were concluded, eI-
President Roosevelt proceeded to
the union station. there to wait for
a train to New York, which the Of
hcials of the Pennsylvania railroad
expected to be able to start out
about 3 o'clock.
1t was after 10 o'clock ehis morn
ing when the first passenger train
over the PENNSYLVANIA due at S:1o
O'Clock, arrived here. At the union
station it was not known when the
PENNSYLVANIA would be able to scnG
out a passenger train north. or in
fact in any direction. although every
effort was being made to get train
through for ex-President Roosevelt.
who was scheduled to leave the capl-
TO- at 1925 for the union station,
where he was to take Z train for
Oyster Bay, n. Y.
At 1925 o'clock the first commu'
nication with the outside world was
ess ,blished by telegraph through
| wires working to the South. No
wires we're working northward at
/ that time. although both the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph Compa-
nies had hundreds Of linemen at
work between here and Baltimore
and elsewhere repairing the lines
as fast as possible. The telephone
| ~. L,s ~ Goas working