The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-03-06
DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUCCEEDS G. 0.P.
IN CONTROL Of GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Woodrow Wilson Is lnaugurated Presi-
dent and T. R. Marshall Vice-Presi-
dent on Tuesday---lmpressive Cere-
monies Mark the Change

turned from the human panorama and
entered the White House to grasp the
wheel of the ship of state
Ceremonies in Senate Chamber.
Ceremonies in the senate chamber
which marked the dying of the sixty
second and the vitalizing of the new
siNty-third congress, embracing the in
aueuration of Vice President Marshall
aud the swearing in of the senator's
elect never We're moro impressive.
Though delayed somewhat by the
course of legislation. neccssitating
turning back half an hour the hands
of the clock, the interest WAS tense.
The procession into the chamber o.
/ the members Of the house Of repre-
sentatives ambassadors and minis
/ ters of foreign countries II all their
brilliant regalia, the chief justice and
! Justices of the supreme court in their
somber robes, the vice presdent-clect,
President Taft and the president -elcct.
side by side, escorted by the members
of the congressional Inauguration COM
mittee, was an awe inspiring spectacle.
When all had taken their places and
the members of the new cabinet had
been seated in the rear room Mr.. Mar
shall took the oath of office, adminis-
tered by Senator Gallinger at exactly
12:34 o'clock Hc then delivered his
inaugural address, in which he refer
red to the senate as the "binders of
the governmental harness"
Then began the procession from the
senate wing to the great amphitheater
at the east front of the capitol After
Chief Justice White, followed by the
Justices of the supreme court, had en-
tered the inaugural stand, President
Taft and President -clect Wilson APP
pcared in the doorway of the capitol.
| Their presence was the signal for pro-
led in The wide espanade, the huge
grandstand, and perched, fringe like.
on the roof Of the capitol from one end
to the other.
|
elect stood for sc"oral moments with
head barred. acknowledging the plaud-
its of the crowd. Then. with .hc pres
idcnt. the chosen members Of his cab
met, the vice president elect, Speaker
| Clark and the justices, he seatd him
self to await the solemn ceremony.
Meanwhile Mrs. Wilson, the Misses
Margaret, Eleanor and Jessie Wilson.
Mrs Marshall and the Wilson family
party reached the front of the plat
form and took seats adjoining the in
augural rostrum. AS the gay crowG
cheered Mrs. Wilson was carried away
by enthusiasm. She ran to the front
rail and waved to the throngs. Her
daughters followed SO did Mrs. Mar
shall
Promptly at 81. when Chief Justice
White rose to administer the oath and
Woodrow Wilson stood with hand up
raised to heaven, the most human
touch In the picture Of the day assert
ed itself
The first lady of the land could not
see well from her seat AS spryly as
a school girl Mrs. Wilson moved her
chair to the side Of the rostrum and
climbed upon 1t with the assistance of
Lieutenant Commander Rodgers, the
presidents naval aide. Grasping the
railing she stood there gazing at the
president as he kissed the Bible and
she remained standing until his ad-
dress was concluded. The Misses Mar
garet and Eleanor joined her but Miss
Jessie remained sitting throughout the
address.
Throughout his address President
Wilson was cheered frequently by per-
sons Immediately in front Of the stand
who could hear him. They were per-
mtted to crowd in the space cleared
lust before he began his speech. The
applause was particularly emphatic
when President Wilson declared
Work os Restoration.
The scales of hecdlcssness 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
| restora lion"
When congratulations on his address
were over the justices of the supreme
court, members of the retiring and in
coming cabinets and others shaking
| he hand of the new chief executive he
was ushercd to the carriage in front OF
the stand. Mr. Taft followed him in
to the carriage. His smile had not
worn off, and It radiated over the
| crowd as the new president doffed his
hat to the populace when the process
: sion started.