The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-06

ceremonies iii honor of two chieftains If the opposition.
 President Taft and President-alect Wilson rode together from the hite House to the capitol accompanied by .vo members Of the congressional .ommittee of arrangements. The vice. presideutelect also rode from the White House to the capitol and in the carriage with him were the senate's president pro tempore, Senator Bacon of Georgia, and three members of the congressional committee of arrange. ments.
 The admission to the senate cham. per to Wllness the ooLu-uaKIug o1 the tice-president was by ticket. and it is needless to say every seat vas occupied. On the floor of the cham
 were many former members of he senate who, because of the fact that they once held membership in hat body. were given the privileges of the floor After the hall was filled md all the minor officials of govern ment and those privileged to witness
 
 T. Taft and Woodrow Wilson, preced- ed by the sergeant-at-arms and the committee of arrangements, entered the senate chamber. They were fol- | lowed immediately by VicePresident- elect Thomas R. Marshall, leaning upon the arm of the president pro tempore of the senate
 The president and the president elect sat in the first row of seats di- 1 rectly in front and almost under tho desk of the presiding officer In the same row, but to their left, were the yice-president+elect and two former vice-sresidents of the United States, Levi P. Morton of New York and Ad- lai A. Stevenson of Illinois.
 When the distinguished company en- l tered the chamber the senate was still under it's old organization. The | oath of office was immediately admin istered to Vice-President-elect Mar shall, who thereupon became Vice | President Marshall The prayer of the day was given by the chaplain of the senate, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, pas tor of All Souls Unitarian church, of which President Taft has been a mem Der. After the prayer the vice-presi- dent administered the oath of office to all the newly chosen senator's and herewith the senate of the United States passed for the first time in years into the control of the Demo- cratic party.
 Procession to East Portico.
 Immediately after the senate cere- monies a procession was formed to march to the platform of the east DOT tico of the capitol where Woodrow Wilson was to take the oath. The pro- cession included the president and the 1 president-elect, members of the Su- preme court, both houses of congress, all of the foreign ambassadors, all of the heads of the executive depart ments, many governors of states and territories, Admiral Dewey of the navy and several high officers of the sea service, the chief of staff of the army and many distinguished persons from civil life. They were followed by the members of the press and by those persons who had succeeded in secur- l ing seats in the senate galleries to witness the days proceedings.
 When President Taft and the presi- dent-elect emerged from the capitol on to the portico they saw in front of them, reaching far back into the park to the east, an immense con course of citizens. In the narrow line between the onlookers and the plat form on which MT. Wilson was to take the oath, were drawn up the cadets of the two greatest government schools, West Point and Annapolis and flanking them were bodies of reg ulars and of national guardsmen. The whole scene was charged with color and with life.
 On reaching the platform the presi dent and president-elect took the seats reserved for them, seats which were fianked bs many rows of benches rising tier on tier for the accommoda tion of the friends and families of the officers of the government and of the press.
 MT. Wilson Takes the Oath.
 The instant that MT. Taft and MT Wilson came within sight of the crowS there was great outburst of ap plause, and the military bands strucl quickly into "The Star Spangled Ban ner." Only a few bars of the musi were played and then soldiers and ci williams became silent to witness re spectfully the oath taking and t listen to the address which followed.
 The chief justice of the Suprem court delivered the oath to the pres dent-elect, who, uttering the words | Continued on Fifth page)