The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-05

greeted Champ Clark as he passed on
to the inaugural stand at the head of
the line of House members. The east
front of the capitol sweeping down
| from the dome to the ground. and out
as far as the congressional library and
jneighboring apartment buildings, pre-
sented a brilliant scene of color. There
was no immediate sign of rain.
Major General Wood directed the clos
ing In Of the troops before the guests
\ had all been seated and the crowd gradu
ally edged inward toward the inaugura-
tion platform. Senator Clark leaned to-
ward President-elect Wilson and the two
shook hands bringing more applause from
the crowd.
Cheers for Cannon
| Applause came from the crowds near
the entrance of the capitol door as for
mer Speaker Cannon emerged swelled
INTO larger volume as William J. Bryan
| came forward with the other guests conn
prising the membership OF President VIII
sons cabinet. Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. McAdoo,
| Mr.. Redfield. Representative Burleson,
Mr.. Daniels. Frank X. Lane. Representa-
tive William B. Wilson, Professor Hous-
ton and the others of the new cabinet
twere escorted to seats as the crowd voiced
it's approval by cheers.
| At 1:29 o'clock the last restraint ON
| the crowd was removed and across the
empty space of asphalt came a cheering
mass of men and women waving hats
and flags and coats upward in the direc-
ton of the President-elect.
| In a moment a dense sea OF peopfe
] touched the very edges of the inaugural
stand, the military preserving their places
with difficulty. Somebody In the crowd
shouted:
Three cheers for Miss Nellie Wilson,
| A good natured laugh went up.
Cabinet Practically Intact
| The Wilson cabinet on the stand in
| cluded all but James c. McReynolds,
the new Attorney General, who had been
| unable to attend.
| President Taft who had sat with a. good
patured smile on his face as the crowd
surged about burst into a hearty laugh
when some one yelled Where is Teddy?,
| 1t was 1:34 o'clock when Chief Justice
| White stepped forward, the party arose
and President-elect Wilson raised his
hand to take the oath of office
| Cheers which greeted the rising fell to
a hush as the chief justice repeated the
| oath to the President
A moment later as President Wilson
began his inaugural address.
Belongings Reach White House
While President Wilson was delivering
his address the first van load of the
Wilson family's belongings reached the
White House from Princeton. There were
seven trunks. IL suitcases. II umbrellas
and several walking sticks. There also
reached the White House large cake
which graced the Wilsons dinner table
last evening. 1t was surmounted by a
brown donkey and a purple elephant.
President Wilson'S voice at first failed to
carry into the crowd, but as he raised
it he secured close attention which he
held throughout the reading of his ad-
dress. Though he had memorized much
OF the address he adhered closely to the
reading of the manuscript. A burst OF
cheers greeted the Presidents declara-
ton:
'our work is work of restoration"
The cheer sweled into roars and in
the din hats were thrown into the air
when he said
"A tariff which cuts us off from our
proper part in the commerce of the world
violates the just principles of taxation
and makes the government facile instru-
nnent in the hands of private interests
From time to time as the President
spoke the sun peeped from behind the
clouds. A moment later the crowd voiced
its approval in cheers at his announce
ment that Justice, and only justice
shall always be our MOTTO
A storm of cheers greeted the ending
of his speech at 1854 o'clock.
d.
to shake hands with the President. He
then shook hands with Mr.. Taft. The
party then headed the procession back
to the White House. This time President
Wilson sit on the right side of the car
riage. To the accompaniment of music
the procession started back to the White
House at 155 o'clock. 'HsSss 1sssfas
Marshall in Senate
Vice President Marshall returned from
tIx, irat raI cfa m f1aa 10 NJ
Wilson, with other members of the family
party, took carriages for the White
House.
President Wilson passed between cheer
ing throngs on the way back to the White
House.
The cheering was so constant that he
rode most OF the way with his hat in his
hand.
At the White House Mr.. Taft said good
by to Mr.. Wilson and went to join Mrs.
Taft and Mr.. Hilles to leave for Au-
gusta s
The inaugural procession following the
presidential party at a slower pace began
to wind from the capitol to the White
House and halted before passing through
the court of honor until luncheon be-
ing given by President Wilson to the in
augural committee was over. AT its con-
clusion President Wilson took his place
in the stand before the White House and
the procession passed in review.
startling incident took place in the
march back to the White House. cav
alryman's horse reared toward the Presi-
dents carriage and at one time 1t looked
as If he would plant his forehoof in 1t. A
dozen troopers frantically rushed to grasp
the bride, while President Wilson calm
ly leaned out of his carriage and patted
the frightened animal on the neck. At
the White House reviewing stand Mr.. and
Mrs. william J. Bryan and practically
all the Wilson cabinet and their wives
took places beside the President.
The luncheon at the White House
threatened to delay the procession forl
scme time and the crowds along the street
became restless.
President Wilson, however. cut the az