The Brinkley argus., 1913-03-07
WOODROW WILSON
 MADE PRESIDENT
Many Thousands Witness His h.
 duction Into Office.
CEREMONIES ARE IMPRESSIVE
New Executive of Nation Takes oath on East Portico of Capitol After Marshall Becomes Vice
 President.
av EDWARD B. CLARK.

| WaSulngtOu, NdTCu f' " o~NAS '" Wilson of New Jersey is president Of the United States and Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana is vice-president. | The instant that the oath-taking cere- monies at noon today in front of the capitol were completed, the Democrat ic party of this country 'came into its own" again after an absence of SIX teen years from the precincts or ex- ecutive power. | A throng of many thousands or people witnessed the newly elected presidents induction into office. Nine tenths of the members of the crowd were enthusiastically joyful, the other tenth cheered with them, as becoming good American citizens watching a governmental change ordered in ac- cordance with the law and the Con- stitution
 | The Bible which during each sue cessive four years is kept as one or the treasures of the Supreme court, was the immediate instrument of the oath taking of Woodrow Wilson. Ed ward Douglass White, chief justice Of the United States, held the Book TOT Mir Wilsoi rest his hands upon l while he made solemn covenant to support the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and to fulfill the duties of his office as well and as faithfully as it lay within his power | to do.
 Thomas Riley Marshall swore feal- | ty to the Constitution and to the 1 people in the senate chamber, where | for four years it will be his duty to | preside over the deliberations of the members of the upper house of con gress.
 Ceremonies Simple and Impressive. Both of the ceremonies proper were l conducted in severely simple but most impressive manner. The sur roundings of the scene of the presi- dents induction into office, however. were not so simple, for it was an out of-door event and the great gathering of military, naval and uniformed civil organizations gave much more than a touch of splendor to the scene. In the senate chamber, where the the oath was taken by the man now | vice-president of the United States, | there were gathered about 2,000 people, all that the upper house will contain without the risk of danger because of the rush and press of the mulitudes. 1t IS probable that no where else in the United States at l any time are there gathered an equal number of men and women whose names are so widely known. The 1 gathering in the senate chamber and later on the east portico of the capi tol was composed largely of those | prominent for their services in Amer ica, and in part of foreigners who have secured places for their names in the current history of the worlds dOings.
 Arranged by Congress.
 The arrangements of the ceremonies for the inauguration of Woodrow Will son andsThomas Riley Marshall were made by the joint committee on ar engagements of congress. The senate section of this committee was ruled by a majority of Republicans, but there is Democratic testimony to ths fact that the Republican senator, were willing to outdo their Democratic brethren in the work of making or derly and impressive the inaugura ceremonies in honor of two chieftains of the opposition.
 President Taft and President-elec Wilson rode together from the White House to the capitol, accompanied by two members of the congressiona committee of arrangements. The vice president-elect also rode from tht White House to the capitol and in tho carriage with him were the senate's president pro tempore, Senator Bacor of Georgia, and three members of thu congressional committee of arrange monts.
 The admission to the senate cham ber to witness the oath-taking of ths vice president was by ticket, and il is needless to say every seat wal occupied. On the floor of the cham Der were many former members oi the senate who, because of the fact that they once held membership in that body, were given the privilegea of the floor. After the hall was filled and all the minor officials of govern ment and those privileged to witness the ceremonies were seated, William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson, preced ed by the sergeant-at-arms and the committee of arrangements, entered the senate chamber. They were fDl lowed immediately by Vice President 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 al. rectly in front and almost under the desk of the presiding officer. In the same row, but to their left, weue the yice-president-elect and two former vice-presidents of the United States, Levi F. Morton of New York and Ad- lai A. Stevenson of Illinois.
 When the distinguished company en- tered the chamber the senate was still under its old organization. The oath of office was immediately admin istered to Vice-President-slect Mar