Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-05
CLOUDS ROLL By AND SUN Shines
As Wilson kisses THE BIBLE

/ gresslonal inaugural committee, was
an awc-inspiring spectacle.
When all had taken their places
and the members of the new cabinet
had been seated in the rear room,
Mr.. Marshall took the oath Of office,
administered by Senator Gallinger at
exactly l2;3i o'clock. lie then de-
| livered his inaugural address IN
which he referred to the senate as
the "blindcrs OF the governmental
| harness"
Ready for Oath.
Then began the procession from the
senate wing to the great amphitheatre
at the east front of the capitol AZ
ter Chief Justice White. followed by
the other justices Of the supreme
| court had entered the inaugural
| stand. President Taft and President
elect Wilson appeared in the door
way OF the capitol. Their presence
was the signal for cheers from the
crowd assembled in the wide cspla-
made, the huge grandstand, and
perched fringe-lke 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, acknowledging the plaud-
It's OF the crowd. Then, with the
president, the chosen members of his
cabinet the vice president-elect, the
| justices and Speaker Clark, he seated
| himself to await the solemn cere-
| Iaony.
Meanwhile Mrs. Wilson, the Misses
| Margaret, Eleanor and Jessie Wilson,
| Mrs. Marshall and the Wilson family
| party, reached the front of the plat
| forid and took seats adjoining the
| inaugural rostrum. AS the gay crowd
cheC red, Mrs. Wilson was carried
away by enthusiasm She ran to the
| Fl ont rail and waved to the thronss.
! Her daughters followed. SO did Mrs.
Marshal Before the ceremonies be-
gan Miss Margaret Wilson stood up
o,t her chair to view the scene 70
better advantage.
Cadets on Review.
/ "!st't it beautiful" said Mrs. Will
son. as they viewed the gay crowd,
| West Point cadets and naval cadets
frcm Annapolis, drawn up in review
before her.
Isn't it," said Miss Margaret.
When suddenly reminded that she
was standing on her chair. high above
the heads of all, the magnet for
thousands of peering eyes, she ex-
. claimed "Oh, I'm afraid Pm too con-
spicuous up here. Eleanor. come on
up here with me" and her sister
! seized another chair and, she too,
stood up and watched the throng.
Then Mrs. Marshall stood on her
chair, waving to the vice president.
Come on in here, said Speaker
Clark to Mrs. Marshall. and | viii
give you my seat
As He Kissed the Bible.
Promptly at 1875. when Chief JUS
tice White rose to administer the
oath and Woodrow Wilson stood with
right hand upraised, to Heaven, the
most human touch in the picture Of
the day asserted itself Mrs. Wilson
| could not see well from her seat. As
spryly as a school girl she moved her
chair to the side of the rostrum and
climbed upon it with the assistance
Of Lieutenant Rogers, the presidents
naval aide. Grasping the railing she
stood there gazing at the president as
he kissed the Bible and she remain
ed standing until his address was
concluded. The Misses Wilson joined
her.
When the oath had been admnis-
tered. President Wilson kissed the
Bible. a page opened at random. His
lips fell on the 18TH Psalm, forty
second to forty-eighth verses inclu-
sive.
Throughout his address, President
Wilson was cheered frequently by
the people Immediately in front OF
the stand who could hear him. The
applause was particularly emphatic
when President Wilson declared
Work of Restoration"
The scales of heedlessness have
fallen from our eyes. We have made
up our minds to square every pro-
cess Of our national life again with
the standards we so proudly set up
at the beginning and have always
carried at our hearts. Our work is
Il work of restoration"
When congratulations were over.
the Justices of the supreme court,
members of the retiring and incoming
cabinets and others shaking the hand
Of the new chief magistrate, he was
ushered to the carriage in front of
the stand. Mr.. Taft followed him
into the carriage.
Chorus of Cheers.
There was hardly minute during
the new presidents ride to the
White House that he did not hear
constantly rising chorus of cheers.
As his carriage passed up Pennsyl-
vania avenue and those in each sec
tion OF the densely crowded thor
ouhgfare spled the visagc Of the new
president, the outburst seemed to in
crease In volume and enthusiasm
The mass OF humanity that crowded
its way within seeing distance of the
presidential carriage could not be pic
tired by numerical elements, for
there was hardly space for the ave-
Lues or its tributary streets which was
not filled. The buildings along the
way seemed fairly hidden by their
human coverings and the specially
built street stands were crowded to
overflowng. Amid it~all was a pro-
fusion Of decoration. vari-colored