Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-05

hold and defend the Constitution he
stopped and kissed the open Bible, held
in the hands of James b. Maher, deputy
clerk of the supreme court. His lips
touched the page, turned to at random,
upon which is the 18th Psalm, Verses AZ
to As inclusive The verses of the 18th
Psalm, beginning with the 4lst and in
Guiding the 4Sth, are;
Let Thy mercies come also unto me.
Lord. even Thy salvation according to
Thy word.
80 shall / have wherewith to answer
him that reproacheth me; for / trust in
Thy word.
"And take not the word of word utter
~ out of my mouth, for 1 have hoped in
thy judgments.
80 shall l keep Thy law continually
forever and forever.
And l will walk at liberty for seek
Thy precepts.
Il will speak of Thy testimonies also
before Kings and will not be ashamed
And / will delight myself in Thy COM
mandments, which / have loved
My hands also will l lift up unto Thy
commandments, which l have lover; and
will mediate in Thy statutes"
son was eheered frequently by the peo-
pie Immediately in front of the stand
who could hear him They We're permit
ted to crowd into the space cleared just
before he began his speech. The APP
plause was particularly emphatic when
President Wilson declared:
THE scales of heedlessness have fallen
from our eyes. We have made up our
minds to square every process of our ma
tional life again with the standards we
so proudly set up ut the beginning and
have always carried at our hearts Our
work is a work of restoration.
When congratulations on his address
We're over. the justices of the supreme
court. members of the retiring and in
coming cabinets and others shook the
| hand of the new Chief Executive and
he was ushered to the carriage in front
of the stand. Mr.. Taft followed him into
| the carriage. His smile had not worn
off and it radiated over the crowd a
| the new President DOTTED his hat to the
| people when the procession started.
| The special session of the Senate.
which Vice President Marshall called
to order, today immediately after the
1
BILE again, at noon tomorrow, to receive
and act upon President Wilson's cab
| met appointments.
Just before the House adjourned,
Speaker Clark called former Speaker
Cannon to the chair. and an affecting
scene of farewell took place. Speaker
Clark told the House that he violated
no condolences in saying:
L
President of the United States if / had
wanted to, but l preferred to stay with
! YOU
Speaker Clark and Mr.. Cannon re-
ceived an ovation upon the adjourn
ment of the House.
There was hardly a minute during the
new Presidents ride from the Capitol
TO the White House that he did not hear
a constantly growing chorus of cheers.
As his carriage passed up Pennsylvania
/ avenue and each section of the densely
crowded thoroughfare spied the visage
of the new President, the outbursts
| seemed to increase in volume and en-
thusiasm. The mass of humanity that
crowded its way within seeing distance
of the Presidential carriage would not be
pictured by estimates, for there was
] hardly a space in the avenue or it's trib-
utary streets which was not filled. The
| buildings along the way seemed fairly
hidden by their human coverings and the
/ specially built street stands were crowd
! ed to overlooking. Amid it all was a pro-
/ fusion of decorations of vari-colored and
elaborate, so that the buildings along
the way We're fairly hidden behind II ALL
President Wilson dotted continuously
/ in recognition of prolonged ovations.
/ The ride from the White House to
/ the Capitol was brief, but spectacular
/ The Essex Troop of New Jersey led
/ the Presidential carriage. The Culver
! Cadet Troop of Indiana, escorted Mr.
/ Marshall. While the crowds were not so
| demonstrative on this occasion as they
were on the return journey from the
/ Capitol to the White House, there was
cheering tribute all along the line.
The inaugural Parade.
1t was nearly 3 o'clock before Presi-
dent Wilson returned to the White
House, where he partook of a buffet
lunch with "a invited guests, including
members Of the new cabinet and Off
cial folk generally. The inaugural pa
rade itself was a delight to the new
| President, he said afterwards, but it
was an extraordinary physical strain.
President Wilson and Vice President
Marshall stood side by side for nearly
| five hours. Members of their families
! sat behind them, all intensely inter
ested in the various divisions of mill
| tary and civic organizations as they
! filed by.