Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-04

thing Of the kind ever pulled Of.
This country Is hitting the pike OF
progress so hard that everything 1t
does is bigger. than it. ever did before.
Taft himself is the largest president
we ever had with the possible excep-
ton Of Grover Cleveland, and it is my
own belief that in straightout weigh
Ing match he would have Cleveland
looking like a lightweight. II the doc
trine Of correspondence holds good,
the largest president deserves the lar
gest Inauguration, and that is what
Taft is going to have. sSss93
1t has been officially decided that the
regular ceremony at the capitol shall
be a 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 IL the watchword
Of the hour. ..%+.a
Real Start of the Show.
The program as given out shows
that the supreme court has got the
best of the ambassadors and will
march in 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
will really begin, for the secretary Of
the senate in his most Official tone will
announce 1.-THE president elect" Ev-
erybody will, of course, arise, as ev-
erybody has before arisen to greet
each illustrious body or functionary as
it 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 will 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 he 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 short ad-
dress. Then all present, headed by
the sergeants-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 por-
tico Of the capitol. The same order Of
precedence win be followed, and that
is an excessively and sometimes palm
fully important point In the capitol, as
that observed on entering the senate
chamber. First Will 60 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.
Once In the speakers stand Mr. Taft
will be sworn In by Chief Justice Full
Ter and will deliver his inaugural ad-
dress. Then he will march down the
east steps Of the capitol to waiting
carriage to proceed at the head Of a
vast procession to, the White House,
where he will eat short luncheon, and
then from a temporary stand ii front
Of the grounds VIII review the great
est Of inaugural parades. and for the
first time in many months the country
will have living ex-president who
will at that very moment be making
active and warlike preparations to
shoot up Africa. %
Wonderful 1lluminations ct Night.
The most brilliant part Of the inau-
gural program will come with the
night. There will not only be the ball
In the pension building, made dazzling
by the escort committee consisting Of
the handsomest man from each Of the
states, also several thousand other
more or less handsome people, but
there will be decorations, arches, lights
and bunting that will Guido even the
famous inaugural illuminate Hons of the
past. To cap all will be d fireworks
display unique in all the history OF the
country, star spangled banner un.
furled a thousand feet high, the word
TAFT written in letters Of fre on
the clouds and greeted by twenty-one
co,1ol emma a n11Iar NJ liobf hundred