Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-13

ed he turned from the human pano-
rama and entered the White House to
grasp the wheel of the ship of state.
Ceremonies in the Senate chamber
which marked the dying of the Sixty
second congress and the vitalizing of
the new Sixty-third Congress, embrac-
ing the Inauguration of Vice President
Marshall and the swearing in of the
senators-elect, were never more i'm
pressive. Though delayed somewhat
by the course of legislation, necessitat-
ing turning back half an hour the
hands of the clock, the interest was
tense.
Senate Scene AWe-InSpiring.
The procession into the chamber of
the members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Ambassadors and Ministers
Of foreign countries in all their bril-
liant regalia, the Chief Justice and
Justices of the Supreme court in their
somber robes, the Vice President-elect,
President Taft, and the President-elect,
side by side, escorted by the members
OF the congressional inaugural COM
mittee, was an awe-inspiring spectacle.
When all had taken their places and
the members of the new cabinet had
been seated in the rear of the room,
Mr.. Marshall took the oath of office,
administered by Senator Gallinger at
exactly 1884 o'clock. He then deliv-
cred his inaugural address. in which
he referred to the Senate as the, "blind-
ers of the governmental harness"
Then began the procession from the
Senate wing to the great amphitheater
at the east front of the Capitol. After
Chief Justice White, followed by the
justices of the Supreme court, had en-
tered the inaugural stand, President
Taft and President-elect Wilson ap-
peared in the doorway of the Capitol.
Halted by ROars of Cheers.
Their presence was the signal for
prolonged cheers from the crowd as
sembled in the wide esplanade, the
huge grand stand of the Capitol perch
ed fringelike on the roof of the Capitol
from one end to the other, Reaching
the stand the President-elect stood for
several moments, with head barred, &C
knowledging the plaudits of the crowd.
Then, with the President, the chosen
members of his cabinet, the Vice Presi-
dent-elect, Speaker Clark, and the
justices, he seated himself to await
the solemn ceremony.
Mrs. Wilson Yields to Enthusiasm.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Wilson, the Misses
Margaret. Eleanor, and Jessie Wilson,
Mrs. Marshall, and the Wilson family
party reached the front Of the platform
and took seats adjoining the inaugural
rostrum. AS the gay crowd cheered,
Mrs. Wilson was carried away by enS
thusiasm She ran to the front rail
and waved to the throngs. Her daugh-
ters followed. So did Mrs. Marshall.
Before the ceremonies began Miss
Margaret Wilson stood up in her chair
to view the scene to better advantage.
Clark Offers Seat to Mrs. Marshall.
isn't it beautiful?" said Mrs. Wilson
as they viewed the gay crowd, the West
Point cadets and naval cadets from
Annapolis, drawn up in review before
her.
"Isn't it?" said Miss Margaret. Then
suddenly reminded that she was stand
ing in her chair, high above the heads
of all, the magnet for thousands of
peering eyes, she exclaimed: "Oh, I'm
afraid 1 am too CONSPICUOUS up mere.
Eleanor, come on up here with me-.
And her sister seized another chair,
6nC SQ6, 100, SCOOu up dAu WdISAOO IhO
throng. Then Mrs. Marshall stood in
her chair, waving to the Vice Presi-
dent.
"Come on in here" said Speaker
Clark to Mrs. Marshall. 'and will
give you my seat"
Most Human Scene of the Day.
Promptly at 1885, when Chief Justice
White rose to administer the oath, and
Woodrow Wilson stood with right hand
appraised to heaven, the most human
touch of the picture of the day assert
ed itself The first lady of the land
could not see from her seat. As spry-
ly as a schoolgirl, Mrs. Wilson moved
her chair to the side of the rostrum,
and climbed upon it, with the assist
ance of Lieut.. Rogers, the Presidents
naval aid Grasping the railing she
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