The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-05
WILSON BEGINS
SECOND Term.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF NATION
TAKES OATH OFFICE IN PRES
isNCE MIGHTY THRuNG.
PEOPLE GIVE ACCLAIM
following solemn Ceremonies Of
Administering Oath Wave After
Wave Of Applans swept
TIP From Vast Crowd.

WASHINGTON March 5.---In an
open carriage drawn by four horses,
in true colonial fashion, President
Wilson at IL O'Clock drove through
the great iron gates of the white
house, down Pennsylvania avenue,
between massed lanes of frantic AM
orleans, to the capitol, where, after
witnessing the swearing-in of his
second-in-command, Vice President
Marshall, he was to take his formal
loath Of office
Mrs. Wilson, following prece-
dent set by Mrs. Taft, rode to the
capitol with her husband.
The presidents carriage was sur
grounded by a personal escort Of the
End cavalry, and was followed by
| the vice presidents carriage, also
drawn by four horses, escorted by
1.-THE famous black horse troop of the
Culver Military Institute Of Indiana,
Marshalfs. home state.
] A third carriage contained the
presidents military aides and inau
gnral officials.
AS the small party clattered down
| the fIag-decked way, storms OF
cheers followed him along the his
toric way The president frequent
!ly arose and, hat in hand. acknowl-
lodged the reclamation.
Arriving at the capitol, President
and Mrs. Wilson and Vice President
and Mrs Marshall were met by a
special committee of senator's and
Representatives and escorted to the
presidents room and the vice presi-
dents room, both just off the senate
chamber.
immediately afterward they pro-
| ceeded under a distinguished escort
! OF congressman to the senate cham
Der. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Marshall
were escorted to a specially prepared
section of the senate gallery, to wit
j ness the ceremony Of swearing-in
the vice president and the new SEN
ators. Custom forbids the floor of
the senate to women of all ranks.
Arriving at the senate chamber,
an attendant announced: THE Pres
sdent Of tbs United States"
President Wilson entered and,
proceeding to the front of the cham
Der, was seated before the great
marble rostrum OF the vice president.
Here, Senator Salisbury OF Della
ware. president pro tempore Of the
senate, administered the oath of Of
t flee to the vice president.
AS the brief ceremony, which in
Quoted her husband into the second
highest office the nation can accord.
was completed, Mrs. Marshall, from
the gallery waved q tiny handker-
chief down to the vice president.
/ The vice president then assumed
| his chair as president OF the senate,
and in turn administered the oath
of fidelity to the incoming senator's.
There were 80 senators-elect or re-
elected senators to take the oath.
| Following the ceremonies in the
senate chamber, the president fol-
lowed by the entire company, pro-
oeeded to the east portico of the
| capitol, where the final swearing In
Of the president was to be held.
A vast expanse of flag-draped
stands completely covered the side
of the great building.
Wave after wave of applause
swept the stands as 1900 midship-
men from the United States Naval
Academy swung up the avenue IN
| close formation. Uncle Sans en-