The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-04

front row to the right of the main
aisle. and Mr.. Marshalrs to the left.
Seats for the cabinet and the com
mittee on arrangements were close by.
With the entrance of President Taft
and President-elect Wilson al the
main door Of the senate, escorted by
the committee on arrangements, and
the entrance Of Mr.. Marshall and SEN
ator Gallinger, also escorted by the
same committee, the stage was set
for the inauguration of the new vice
president.
First in the order of the proceedings
was the administering Of the oath OF
Office to Vice President Marshal.
Arising from his seat mons the SEN
ators, the new vice president was
escorted to the senate rOstrum. to the
right Of the presiding officer. The Of
fee of vice president being vacant by
the death of James S. Sherman. the
administration of the oath to the new
vice president fell to the lot of Sen
ator Gallinger. This was a brief
ceremony, followed with impressive
silence as the oath was slowly repeat
ed by the new official, standing with
appraised hand.
Vice President Marshall had now
been formally installed as the presid-
ing officer of the senate. This much
accomplished, the senat of the sixty
second congress adjourned sine die, to
reorganize Immediately as tho
new senate of the sixty-third
congress, with its new presid-
ing officer directing it's af-
fairs. A proyer by the chaplain Of the
senate was the first formal action OF
the newly organized senate. With this
solemn function over, Vice President
Marshall delivered his inaugural adj
dress.
MarshalI's Address.
Vice President MarshalTs inaugural
address was as follows:
The prOprieties of this occasion
probably require a few words from
n who is grateful to the American
people for the honor heretofore done
him and this day contaminated.
mo senator has, I trust, a keener
appreciation of the necessities in the
way Of tact and courtesy now devolV-
ing upon me than 1 myself. I offer no
surety as to the discharge of duties
other than a personal pledge that I
will seek to familiarize myself with
them and will endeavor always to ex-
ercise that complaisance and forbear-
ance which are essential to him who
ably presides over great debates upon
great public questions by great men.
Divergent views relative to this
body would be less divergent If the
American people would come to real
ize that on all sides of real questions
much may truthfully be said. Such an
attitude Of the public mind would
eliminate the view that this body is
distinctively deliberate and no thor
oughly patriotic.
Charges of bad faith based upon
an attitude of mind or upon conduct
should never be made until it is clear
ly established that the resultant &C
ton is the outcome of personal inter-
est or improper and d~ishonorable bus
mess or social relations.
Your action has not always met
with universal approval, but up to this
| good hour no workable substitute for
the exercise of the functions OF this
body has been proposed. 1t is not
needful for me here and now to ac-
cept a brief in you defense. This
body will continue to stand not be-
cause of its presiding officer, but be-
cause of the patriotism and intelli-
gence of it's constituent members and
their devotion Ito our system of gov
eminent. '" ~