The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-04
President Elect Given En-
thusiastic Welcome by the
Nations Capital-Visits
the White House
{ sRElIONIES TO BE
MOST IMPRESSIVE
AND EXTENSIVE
Senate Begins Inaugural Ceremonies
Promptly at Noon Today and by
O'Clock the Inauguration Of
Wilson Will Have Passed
Into History

Washington, March Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey has come to
Washington to be inaugurated tomor-
row, The twenty eighth President of
the United States.
His was triumphal entry, the pent
up democratic enthusiasm of 16 years
concentrating seemingly at the gate
way of the nations capital and burst
ing forth in joyful acclaim.
Through lane of Princeton univer-
sity students and surrounded by cheer
ing thousands, the President-elect and
members of his family were hastened
from the station, escorted by an Off
eial reception committee, to thesf
hotel
The dome of the capitol glistened
under bright sun as they passed,
and the city below presented pam
Drama of patriotic colors as they
viewed it from the hill. Smiling in
the glow of a kindly day and bowling
to the plaudits of the people, the
former president of Princeton univer-
sity, who rose through the governor
ship of New Jersey to the highest
office in the land, looked happy.
Within less than two hours after his
arrival, Mr.. Wilson, for the first time
IN his life, crossed the threshold of
the White House and grasped the hand
of William Howard Taft, President Of
the United States, for few hours
longer. With Mrs. Wilson, the Presi-
dent-elect was escorted to the home
which will be theirs tomorrow by Col.
Spencer Crosby shortly before 6
o'clock in the evening. The President
and Mrs. Taft awaited their coming
and extended them their cordial greet
ing and the keys to the home of the
Presidents.
Before visiting the White House
the Wilson's received the Vice Presi-
dent-elect and Mrs. Marshall, Gov
ernor Sulzer of New York, Governor
Pothier of Rhode Island and staff and
a few personal friends. First, how
ever, Immediately after their arrival
at the hotel, the President-elect, Mrs.
Wilson and their daughters joined in
an informal reunion with other mer.-
bers OF the family who have gathered
from different parts Of the country.
An entire floor of the hotel is oc -
pied by the members of the family
who dined later in the evening as rh .
guests of John Wilson of Franklin,
Pa, cousin of the President-elect.
GUEST OF HONOR
AT ALUMNI SFs,vrn
Tonight as an alumnus of Princeton
university, the man who is to guide the
destinies of the nation was the honor
guest OF the alumni of his alma mater a.
a smoker. There he rubbed elbows win
old classmates and boys who had grown
l'p under his guidance and he left the
iast OF ms functions as a private citizen
at late hour to seek few tours' resi-
hefore the climatic event of his career to-
n Nv
hing has been left undone to make
S inaugural ceremonies the most extern
and impressive in the history of the
Hsiien. The city tonight was alive with
tazs lsiasm ard thousands gaily paras.e.l
tn1 Electrically enblazoned streets. Con-
ktantly arriving thfongs oi visitors mill
trary organizations and marching clubs
served to keep excitement alive far into
The night, the coming of Tammany
Braves, their first invasion of Washing
ton for 20 years, marking the climax OF
Abe pre-inaugural demonstrations
president elect Wilson has reserved a
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