The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-03-06
WOODROW WILSON
IS |NAUCURATfD
AN HISTORICAL EPOCH
PRESIDENT KISSES PROPHETIC
VERSES IN BIBLE OPENED
AT RANDOM.

ed yesterday as president Of the Unit
ed States; Thomas K. Marshall of In
diana, its vice president; Democracy
the vehicle of its destiny.
Under the dome of the nations
capitol in the presence Of countless,
cheering concourse of his fellow-citi-
zens, the new president raised hand
toward a prophetic sun that burst
dissolving clouds and pronounced the
occasion day of dedication, not of
triumph.
1t was an intensely human, prece-
dent-breaking inauguration. With
members of his chosen cabinet sur
rounding him, the justices Of the su-
preme court before him, his wife and
daughters actually dancing for JOY
on the platform below, and William
Howard Taft, eX-president Of the ma
ton, at his side, the new president
shouted summons to all honest, pa
triotic, forward-looking men" to aid
him, extending the promise that he
would not fail them in the guidance
of their government.
President Wilson stood for more
than an hour under the glare of my
riads of brilliant electric lights as he
greeted thousands in the long line,
among them the host Of Princeton
students who as they passed before
h col,,tnl bno,.f,y frroa-irfr III bot
he never can forget.
The music of the bands. the gilt
tering of the uniforms and all the en-
thusiasm that had gone before him
had stirred him again and again, but
the sight of this cheering student ar
my was to President Wilson an inspi-
ration that brought cherished memo
ries and joyous tears. Not long after
the boys from old Nassau had passed
he turned from the human panorama
and entered the white house 10 grasp
the wheel of the ship Of state.
Ceremonies in the senate chamber
which marked the dying Of the sixty
second and the vitalizing Of the new
lsiXty-third congress, embracing the
inauguration of Vice President Mar
shall and the swearing in Of the SEN
ators-elect, were never more impress
sive. Though delayed somewhat by
the course of legislation necessitating
turning back half an hour the hands
of the clock, the interest was intense.
The procession in the chamber Of
the members of the house, ambasSa-
doris and ministers Of foreign coun-
tries in all their brilliant regalia, the
chief justices of the supreme court in
their somber robes, the vice presi-
dent elect, President Taft and the
president-elect side by side, escorted
by members of the congressional in
augural committee, was an awe-inspir-
ing spectacle.
When all had taken their places
and the members of the new cabinet
had been seated in the rear of the
room, Mr.. Marshall took the oath of
office, administered by Senator Gal
linger at exactly 1884 o'clock. He
then referred to the senate as the
cylinders of the governmental har-
ness"
When the new president swore to
uphold and defend the constitution,
he stopped and kissed the open Bible
held in the hands of James D. Maher,
deputy clerk of the supreme court
His lips touched a page, turned to at
random and fell upon the 10th
Psalm, 43 and AS verses. inclusive.
The verses, beginning with the forty
first, are these:
LET thy mercies come also unto
me, O Lord, even thy salvation, ac-
cording to thy word.
$50 shall | have wherewith to an
swer Him that reproacheth me; for
trust in thy word.
''And take not the word of truth ut
terly out of my mouth; for l have
hoped in thy judgments.
$50 shall l keep thy law continual
ly forever and ever.
"And l walk at liberty; for / seek
thy precepts.
Il will speak of thy testimonies al
so before kings and will not be
ashamed.
"And | will delight myself in thy
commandments, which | have loved.
"My hands also will l lift up unto
thy commandments, which / have low
ed; and / will mediate in thy stat
utes.' IL