The Cairo bulletin., 1913-03-05

Taft and President-eleet Wilson al
the iaain door OF the Senate. -
oertod by the Committee on Al
ran sements, and The entrance OF AZ
/ Marshall and Senator GalliGgef
also escorted ny the same commit
Tee. The stage was set for the inaug
uration OF the new Vice President
First in the order of the proceed
! ing was the administering of the
cath Of office TO Wee President
Marshall. Arising from his seat
among the Senators, the new Vice
President was escorted to the Sen
ate rostrum, TO the right of the pre-
siding officer The office of Vice
President being vacant by the death
Of James S. sherman the admins
tration Of the oath ia the new Vice
President fell 10 the lot OF Senator
Gallinger. This was n brief eere-
many. followed with impressive ST.
lenee as the oath was slowly repeat
cd BY the new official. standing with
appraised hand.
Vice President Marshall had
now been formally installed as the
presiding officer of the Senate. This
much accomplished. the Senate of
the I'D Congress adjourned sine die.
TO reorganize Immediately as thu
fnew Senate of the esd Congress.
with rs new presiding officer direct
ing It's affairs A prayer by the
haplaln ~ the Senate was the first
farTnal action Of the newly organ,
lied Senate, With this solemn
function over. Vice President Mar
shall delivered his inaugural adj
dress
II remained only TO complete the
Organization of the new Senate by
administering the oath to Senators
reelected or newly elected TO the
body,
| At this point the inaugural cere-
monies passed from the stage Of
quiet and eolemnity of the Senate
champer to one full of color and ami
nation as the outdoor exercises OF
administering the oath to the new
President began at the east front OF
| the Capitol. In the shadow of the
great dome an immense stand to
hold thousands had been erected
At the front aud center Of this vast
stage we're arranged the seats foi
President Taft and President
Wilson. Chief Justice White, abou
o administer the oath of office, wa
seated at the right Of the President
aleet. Thanking this central groul
were the Associate Justices OF tn
| Supreme Court, the Vice President
senators and former senators. Bacl
Of them were ranged the member
Of the House of Representatives an,
the ambassadors and ministers 0
foreign nations In groups her
ard there We're governors OF states
many 81 them with their show.
stats Of military and civil officials
Members Of the retiring cabinet, Of
ficers Of the army and navy, an
representative Of the variou
branches Of the federal government
also had their places on the broa'
platform
Facing the inaugural platform
: tense crowd of spectators packe,
the wide plaza and struggled 70
antage point. while further bacl
The long lines of military and civil
organizations took position to avail
the formation of the parade.
4 With this setting Of animation
all attention was directed to th
two central figures of the as
| sembIage the President-elect abou
to take the oath OF office. and til
| Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
ready to administer the oath. Thes
two, rising from their seats. stoo
| together at the center Of the plat
form, the Chief Justice with th
| bible open in his hands, the Presl
dent-elect with uplifted right hand
y Slowly the Chief Justice repeate
the oath as il is prescribed by tn
Constitution:
/ i do solemnly swear Tor affirm
that | will faithfully execute the of
ice Of president of the Unite,
States, and will to the best Of m,
ability. preserve, protect and defen,
the Constitution OF the Unite,
States"
The President-elect repeated tn,
cath word for word, and kissed thu
open bible It was over. A new
President had come into office.
At the moment Of conclusion O
the oath a pres dental salute O
twenty-one guns doomed out III
news that a new Chief Executlv
had been inaugurated.
The President at once began hi