The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-06
WOODROW WILSON
 NOW IS PRESIDENT
Many Thousands Present tO Witness impressive Ceremony by Which New Executive Is Placed at Head
 of Greatest Nation of Earth.


 United States; Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana, it's vice president; de- mocdacy, the vehicle of it's destiny.
 Under the dome of the nations capitol, in the presence of count less, cheering concourse of his fel- low citizens, the new president raised a hand toward a prophetic sun that a burst of dissolving clouds and pronounced the occasion of dedication; not of triumph.
 It was an intensely human, pre- cedent-breaking inauguration. With members of his chosen cabinet sur rounding him, the justices of the supreme court before him, his wife and daughters actually danc- ing for joy on the platform, and William Howard Taft, eX-president of the nation, at his side, the new president shouted a summons to all honest, patriotic, forward looking men" to aid him, extending the promise that he would not fail them in the guidance of their gov ernment.
 While the presidents concluding inaugural words were tossing in tumultuous waves of applause, the retiring president clasped his hand and enlisted as a patriotic servant in the ranks of private citizenship
 MT. President" said Mr. Taft his face beaming with a smile, q wish you a successful administra- ton and the carrying out of your aims. We will all be behind you.
 Thank you" said President Will son, and he turned to shake tn, hand of his secertary of state William J. Bryan.
 There they stood-Taft, standart bearer of a vanquished party aftel l6 years of power; Bryan, persist ent plodder of progressive Democ- racy, thrice defeated, accepting { commission from a new chieftain and Wilson, the man of the hour victorious, mastering, as he eX- pressed it, mot the forces of party but the forces of humanity"
 A throng of many thousands O. peopel witnessed the newly elected presidents induction into office. Nine-tenths of the mem bers of the crowd were en- Enthusiastically toying, the othel tenth cheered with them, as becoming good American citizens watching { governmental change ordered in ac cordance with the law and the Con stitution
 The Bible which during each sue cessive four years is kept as one O the treasures of the Supreme court was the immediate instrument of tht oath taking of Woodrow Wilson Ed ward Douglass White, chief justice O the United States, held the Book foi MT Wilson to rest his hands upor while he made solemn covenant tC support the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and to fulfill tho duties of his office as we'll and 9! faith fully as it lay within his power to do.
 Thomas Riley Marshall swore feal ty to the Constitution and to thS people in the senate chamber, where for four years it will be his duty tc preside over the deliberations of the members of the upper house of con gress.
 Ceremonies Simple and Impressive.
 Both of the ceremonies proper were conducted in a severely simple but most impressive manner. The sur roundings of the scene of the presi dents induction into office, however were not so simple, for it was an out of-door event and the great gathering of military, naval and uniformed civi organizations gave much more than { touch of splendor to the scene
 In the senate chamber, where the the oath was taken by the man now yice-president of the United States there were gathered about 2,00t people, all that the upper house vii contain without the risk of danger because of the rush and press of tn, multitudes. It is probable that no where else in the United States a any time are there gathered an equa number of men and women whose names are so widely known. Tn, gathering in the senate chamber ant later on the east portico of the capi tol was composed largely of thos, prominent for their services in Amer ica, and in part of foreigners wht have secured places for their namel in the current history of the world | doings.
 Arranged by Congress. The arrangements of the ceremonie for the inauguration of Woodrow Vii son and Thomas Riley Marshall wer made by the joint committee on al engagements of congress. The senat section of this committee was rule, by a majority of Republicans, bu there is Democratic testimony to tn fact that the Republican senator were willing to outdo their Democrati brethren in the work of making el derly and impressive the inaugura