The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-05
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IS DULY INDucTED INTO OF
 FIcE AS NATIONS CHIEF.
TAFT PLEDGES HIS LOYALTY
Ceremonial Is Marked By a Triumph ant Simplicity and is Witnessed By Hundreds of Thousands
 of People.

Washington, March 4--Woodrow Wilscon of New Jersey was inaugur- ated today as president of the United States; Thomas R. Marshall of ln- diana, it's vice president; democracy, the vehicle of it's destiny.
 Under the dome of the nations capital, in the presence of countless, cheering concourse of his fellow citf zens, the new president raised a hand toward a prophetic sun that burst dis solving clouds and pronounced tie occasion a day of dedication not or triumph.
 It was an intensely human, pre- cedent breaking inauguration. With members of his chosen cabinet sur rounding him the justices of the SUI preme court before him his wife and daughters actually dancing for joy on the platform below, and Wm. How ard Taft, ex-president of the nation at his side, the new president shout ed a summons to all honest, patr- otic, forward looking men" to aid him, extending the promise that iTe would not fail them in the guidance of their government
 While the presidents concluding in. augural words were tossing in tumu- tuous waves of applause the retiring president clasped his hand and en, listed as d patriotic servant in the ranks of private citizenship.
 Mir. President" said Mir. Taft, his face beaming with d smile, q wish you successful administration and the carrying out of your aims. We will all be behind yon
 Thank you said President Wis son, and he turned to shake the hand of his secretary of state, Wm. j. Bry- an.
 There they stood, Taft. Bryan. per sistent podder of progressive demo- cracy, thrice defeated, accepting 2 commission from new chieftain, and Wilson, the man of the hour. vic torious, mastering, as he expressed, mot the forces of party but the for ces of humanity"
 It was a political picture far be- yond imaginings of a few years gone by, setting that stirred the souls oi the assembled hosts whose cheering at the scene seemed actually to re- yerberate from the distant Virginia hills
 The military and civic pageant that followed this climax of the historic day was more than five hours piSss ing in review. Leaving capitol hill at o'clock in the afternoon, the last of the marching thousands had not saluted their president until long after darkness had fallen.
 President Wilson stood for more than an hour under the glare of my riads f brilliant electric lights as he greeted thousands in the long line, among them the host of Prince ton students, who, as they passed be- fore him shouted a hearty greeting that he never can forget.
 The music of the bands the glitter of the uniforms and all the enthus- iasm that had gone before him hasf stirred him again and again but the sight of this cheering student army was to President Wilson as inspra- tion that brought cherished memor- ies and joyous tears. Not long after the boys from old Nassau had passed he turned from the human panorama and entered the White House to grasp the wheel of the ship of state.
 ceremonies in the senate chamber which marked the dying of the 62nd and the vitalizing of the new 63rd congress embracing the inauguration of Vice President Marshall and the swearing in of the senators-elect were never more impressive. Though delayed somewhat by the course of legation necessitating turning back half an hour the hands of the clock the interest was tense.
 The procession in the chamber oi the members of the house, ambassa- dors and ministers of foreign coun- tries in ali their brilliant Tegasa, the chief justice and justices of the supreme court in their sombre robes. the vice presldent-elect, President Taft and the president-elect. side bs side, escorted by members of the cen gressional inaugural committee, was an awe-inspiring spectacle
 When all had taken their places and the members of the new cabinet had been seated in the rear of tho room, Mir. Marshall took the oath of office, administered by Senator Gal finger at exactly 12.S4 o'clock. He then delivered his inaugural address, in which he referred to the ses..te as the "blinders of the goyermenta! harness"
 Then began the procession from the senate wing to the great amphl- theatre at the east front of the capi- tol. After Chief Justice White fot