River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-03-06
WOODROW WILSON
MADE PRESIDENT
Many thousands Witness His In
duCtion Into Office.
CEREMONIES ARE IMPRESSIVE
New Executive Of Nation Takes Oath
on East Portico of Capitol After
Marshall Becomes Vice
President.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

Washington, March 4.-Woodrow
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 of ex-
ecutive power.
A throng of many thousands Of
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 of
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 for
Mr.. Wilson to rest his hands upon
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 we'll and as
faithfully as it lay within his power
to do.
Thomas Riley Marshall swore feal-
ty to the Constitution and to the
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
conducted in a 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 ont
cf-door event and the great gathering
Of military, naval and uniformed civil
organizations gave much more than a
touch of splendor to the scene.
! President Taft and President-elect
| Wilson rode together from the White
House to the capitol, accompanied by
two members of the congressional
committee of arrangements. The vice
president-elect also rode from the
White House to the capitol and in the
carriage with him were the senate's
president pro tempore, Senator Bacon
| of Georgia, and three members Of the
congressional committee of arrange
ments.
Ceremony in Senate Chamber.
The admission to the senate cham
Der to witness the oath-taking of the
vice-president was by ticket, and it
is needless to say every seat was
occupied. On the floor of the cham
Der were many former members of
/ the senate who, because of the fact
that they once held membership in
that body, we're given the privileges
OF the floor. After the hall was filled
and ali the minor officials of govern
ment and those privileged to witness
the ceremonies were seated, William
II. Taft and Woodrow Wilson, preced-
ed by the sergeant-at-arms and the
committee of arrangements, entered
The senate chamber. They were FOL
lowed Immediately by Vice-President-
elect Thomas R. Marshall, leaning