Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-06
SAYS SENATE SHOULD
PROTECT PUBLIC. FROM DANGERS

open bible. 1t was over. A new presi
dent had come into office.
At the moment of the conclusion o.
the oath a presidential salute o.
ttwenty-one guns doomed out the news
that a new chief executive had been
inaugurated.
inaugural address.
At the conclusion of the inaugural
address, the program called TO" the
senate to return to it's chamber, either
to confirm appointments or adjourn to
a later day, while the house stands ad'
journed to the date of the extra ses'
sion to be called by the new president.
At the head of the inaugural process
sion the president rode back to the
white house to review the pageant and
begin the duties of his office.
City In Gay Decoration.
President Wilson's desire for JET
fersonian simplicity is distinctly re-
f1ected In the decorations of the ma
tional capital for his Inauguration to-
day While the city is aflutter with
green and white-the color scheme
adopted for the whole affair-and there
are occasional blazes Of red, white and
blue from entwined flags, rosettes ana
streamers with here and there a
touch of Princeton's orange and black
yet the whole effect is one of simple
dignity. y
The central point of this decorative
scheme is the court of honor, that wide
expanse of Pennsylvania avenue i'm
mediately fronting and extending the
entire length of the white house
grounds. Usually, great columns and
arches of classical design, with shields
and banners and the insignia OF
Roman triumph, have marked this
precinct of chief activity. But today
simplicity is the dominant note, with
nature taking the place of art, and
great forest cedars replacing the
classic columns and Venetian masts
for past inaugurations. Before this
wide area usually stand out the monu-
ments and trees of Lafayette Square,
but today these were shut off by great
tiers Of seats, rising to the tree tops
and sweeping along the whole front
of the park.
The court of honor extended from
the treasury building at Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, to the
state, war and navy building, at Sew
enteenth and Pennsylvania avenue, a.
distance of a little more than 1000
feet. This stretch was practically en-
closed with tall and graceful cedar
trees about thirty feet high, making a
complete circle of the enclosure and
forming the background for the review
ing stands. At either entrance to the
court were placed two giant cedars,
looming some fifty feet high, these,
huge products of nature replacing the
ponderous arches which at former in
augurations were among the main fea-
lures of the decorations. d. ....ts
.t Like Jefferson's Home. .:,.
It was with this idea in view that the
principal feature of the presidents
reviewing stand was designed as re-
olica of the portico of Monticello, the
home Of Thomas Jefferson, regarded !
Is type of that simplicity which the
early president exemplified. This re-
)lica of Monticello is directly in front
If the white house forming the left
If thewhite house forming the left front
If the broad court of honor. While
preserving the severe design of the
original structure, the replica sug-
tests some of the stately old mansions
# the south, the row Of colonial pill
ars along the front resembling the
,orticos of Mount Vernon and Airing
on, as we'll as those of Monticello