The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-05
OATH ADMINISTERED
BY JUSTICE WHITE

:
Promptly at 1:S5, when Chief Justice
White rose to administer the oath and
Woodrow Wilson stood with right hand
upraised to heaven, the most human touch
in the picture of the day asserted itself
Mrs. Wilson could not see well from her
seat. AS spryly as a school girl she
moved her chair to the side of the ros
trum and climbed upon 1t, with the as
sistance of Lieutenant Rogers, the Pres
idents naval aide. Grasping the rail-
ing, she steod there gazing at the Presi-
dent as he kissed the Bible and she re-
nained standing until his address was
concluded. The Misses Wilson Joined her.
When the new President swore to uphold
and defend the constitution he stopped
and kissed the open Bible, held in the
hands of James d. Maher, deputy clerk
of the supreme court. His lips touched
page, turned to at random, and fell
upon the One Hundred and Nineteenth
Psalm, the forty-third and forty-eighth
verses inclusive. The verbes, beginning
with the forty-first, are these:
Let Thy mercies come also unto
me, o Lord, even Thy salvation, ac-
cording to Thy word.
$50 shall have wherewith to answer
Him that reproacheth me; for l trust
in Thy word. ~
"And take not the word of truth
utterly out of my mouth; for have
hoped in Thy judgments.
80 shall keep Thy law continually
forever and ever.
And L will walk at liberty; for l
seek Thy preccpts,
II will speak of Thy testimonials
ashamed.
And | will delight myself in Thy
commandments which l have loved.
MY hands also will [ lift up unto
Thy commandments which l have loved
and | win mediate in Thy statutes
Throughout his address President
Wilson was cheercd frequently by the
people Immediately in front of the
stand who could hear him. The applause
was particularly emphatic when Pres
ident Wilson declared. THE scales of
heedlessness have fallen from our eyes.
We have made up our minds TO square
every process of our national life again
with the standards we so proudly set
up at the beginning and have always
carried at our hearts. Our work is a
work of restoration"
| When congratulations were over, the
| justices of the supreme court, members
| of the retiring and incoming cabinets.
| and others shaking the hand of the new
chief magistrate, he was ushered to the
carriage in front of the stand. Mr.. Taft
followed him into the carriage.
| his SlDlc Ddu Iot WUIIl OIL ana II Id-
dated over the crowd as the new Presi-
dent offered his hat to the populace when
the procession started.
| Cheered Along Route
| There was hardly minute in the new
| Presidents ride from the capitol to the
White House that he did not hear a con-
stantly rising cheer. AS his carriage
passed up Pennsylvania avenue and those
| in each section of the densely crowded
| thoroughfare spied the visage of the new
| President, the outburst seemed to in
crease in volume and enthusiasm. The
mass of humanity that crowded its way
| within seeing distance of the Presden-
tial carriage could not be pictured by
| numerical estimates for there was hardly
| space on the avenue or its tributary
streets which was not filled. The build
| ings along the way seemed fairly hidden
| By their human coverings and the spe-
cially built street stands were crowded
to overf1owing. Amid it all was profu-
sion of decorations, var-colored and ela5-
crate, 50 that the buildings along the
way were fairly hidden behind it all.
President Wilson doffed his hat contin-
uously i'll recognition of prolonged ova-
tions.
The ride from the White House 70 the
capitol was brief but spectacular. The
Essex troop Of New Jersey led the Presi-
dental carriage, while the Culver cadet
| troop Of Indiana escorted Mr.. Marshall.
Although the crowds were not as DEM