Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-04

ministering the oath TO senators re
elected or newly elected to the body
The returning democratic senators
to take the oath were: Bankhead, G.
Alabama; Bacon, of Georgia: Sim
mons. of North Carolina; Owens. Of
Oklahoma; Tillman, of South Caro-
lima: Sheppard, Of Texas, and Martin,
OF Virginia.
The reelected republicans were:
Borah, of Idaho; Kenyon. of Iowa:
Nelson, of Minnesota, and Warren,
Of Wyoming
The new democratic members of the
body were John T. Robinson, OF Ar
kansas; John F. Shafroth, of Colorado;
William Salisbury, of Delaware: vii
liam H. Thompson, of Kansas; Ollie
NJ. James, OF Kentucky; Joseph f.
Ransdeu, Of Louisiana; James X
Vardman, Of Mississippi; Thomas ].
Walsh. OF Montana; William Hughes,
Of New Jersey; Harry Lane, of Ore
gon. and John X. Shields, of Ten
nessee.
The new republicans were: Edwin c.
Burleigh, OF Maine; John w. Weeks,
, of Massachusetts; George w. Norris,
of Nebraska: L. B. Colt, of Rhode
1 Island, and Thomas Sterling, of South
/ Dakota.
( At this point tht inaugural ceremon-
| les passed from the stage of quiet
and solemnity of the senate cham
/ Der to one full OF color and ANNA
ton as the outdoor exercises of ad-
] ;v,ge he 70 he
dent began at the east front of the
capitol. In the shadow of the great
dome an immense stand to hold thou
sands had been erected. At the front
and center of this vast stage were ar
ranged the seats for President Taft
and Presdent-elect Wilson. Chief JUS
tice White, about TO administer the
oath Of Office, was seated at the right
Of the president-e. ect.
GOVERNORS AND sTAFFS.
Thanking this central group were
the associate justices of the supreme
court, the vice president, senators and
former senators. Back of them we're
ranged the members of the house of
representatives and the ambassadors
and ministers of foreign nations. In
groups here and there were governors
of states, many Of them with their
showl STATS of military and civil Off
cials. Members OF the retiring cabinet,
officers of the army and navy, and rep
resentatives Of the various branches
of the federal government also had
their places on the broad platform.
Facing the inaugural platform a
dense crowd Of spectators packed the
wide plaza and struggled for vantage
points, while further back the long
; lines OF military and civic organiza-
, lions took position to await the for
nation of the parade.
With this setting of animation, all
' attention was directed to the two cen
trail figures of the ssemblage-the
!, president-elect about to take the oath
CT office, and the chief justice of the
. supreme court, ready to administer the
> oath. These two, rising from their
% seats. stood together at the center OF
: the platform, the chief justice with
% the bible open in his hands, the presi
dentelect with uplifted right hand.
Slowly the chief justice repeated the
oath as it is prescribed by the consti
tuition:
q do solemnly swear Tor affirm
that l will faithfully execute the Office
of president of the United States. anC
: will to the best of my ability, preserve
> protect and defend the constitution
of the United States
The president-eect repeated the
oath word for word, and kissed the
) open bible 1t was over. A new presi
y dent had come into office.
At the moment of conclusion o
the oath a presidential salute of q
guns doomed out the news that a new
chief executive had been inaugurated
> The president at once began his in
augural address.
At the conclusion of the Inaugural
>, address, the program called for th'
= senate to reutrn to its chamber. eth
er TO confirm appointments or ad
journ to a later day, while the house
{ stands adjourned TO the date of tn,
Z extra session TO be called by the new
u president. At the head of the inau
u Eural procession the president rod,
Il back to the White house TO review
the pageant and begin the duties of hi
o office.
j THE GRAND PARADE.
The parade vas the great spectac
=, lar event of the Inauguration. 1t va
" formed into four grand divisions, tn
d first comprising the regular militar,
II and naval forces under the commant
r of Major General w. w. Witherspoor
as the chief of staff; the second, cor
# sisting of the militia of the Unite
e States under the command Of Briga
" der General Albert L. Mills, Unite
d States army; the third, composed 0
D. the veterans of the Grand Army Of tn
e Republic, the Union Veterans unior
IT the Spanish war veterans, and variou
e other patriotic organizations, con
manded by Brigadier General Jane
q E. Stuart Of Chicago, and the fourt
1f made up of the civic organization
Il. from all parts OF the country. led b
n Field Marshal Robert y. Harper @
3 Washington, D. c.
70 All told there were more than 40
80 600 men in line under the suDreu