The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-04
PRESIDENT WILSON
IS SWORN INTO
HIS OFFICE TO-DAY


appeared in the same role that Wood
row Wilson assumed today, and it was
not strange, therefore, that the enthus-
iasm of these partisans which has had
no occasion for expression during this
long period should have burst forth in
spontaneous manifestations of happi-
ness.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Democrats were the chief actors in
the ceremonies of today, however,
neither the public feeling nor the pro-
ceedings were characterized by par
tisanship. The President of the whole
country rather than the president OF
a party was being inaugurated, and
such was the spirit of the occasion
that Democrats and Republicans join
ed to extend greetings and good
wishes to the new executive.
Today's Inauguration, like many
others which have preceded it, was
characterized by two features; one
official the other unofficial one for
NAL, and the other rather informal and
chiefly spectacular in it's nature.
The Formal Ceremony.
The formal ceremony was perform
ed as a governmental function, while
the informal celebration was purely
an arrangement made by the citizens
of the nations Capital in commemora
ton of an important event in Ameri
can history.
The Constitution prescribes only
that the man chosen to be President
shall, before assuming Office, take the
oath which it sets forth. That is all.
1t does not require even that it shall
be administered by the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court or even mem
Der of the Supreme Bench.
Custom and tradition alone are re-
sponsible for the elaborate functions
and ceremonies, the brilliant street
pageant, the marching thousands of
troops and civilians, the crowds and
the cheers and the general festivities
which marked today's events.
Aside from the fact that the usual
Inaugural ball-the social fete of presi-
Dental succession-was eliminated
from the program-at the especial
request of President Wilson, every
thing else in connection with the in
auguration was carried out in accord
ance with etiquette which time and
practice have developed.
The program was carried out to-
day as follows:
Program of the Day.
Promptly at 1890 this morning the
congressional committees on arrange
ments waited upon the President-elect
and escorted him to the White House
where President Taft was ready to ac-
company him on the ride down histor-
ic Pennsylvania avenue to the Capitol
building. The streets were densely
thronged with people who cheered lus-
tily as the official carriage moved
rapidly along the thoroughfare Presi-
dent Taft sat upon the right side of
the carriage and President-elect Will
of Essex County, N. j., troopers acted
as escort of honor.
In the meantime another committee
had waited upon Vice President-elect
Thomas r. Marshall at the Shoreham
Hotel where he is to make his home
for the next four years, and escorted
him to the Capitol. Also members of
the reception committee including
number of women accompanied Mrs.
Wilson and her daughters and Mrs
Marshall. together with their women
friends to the capitol where were seat
ed in the galleries especially reserved
for them in the Senate chamber.
Upon reaching the Senate wing of
the Capitol, the President and the
President-elect We're shown to the
Presidents room where they were at
tended by the congressional committee
on arrangements. The Vice President
elect repaired to the room of the Vice
President where he was met by Sena-