The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-05

"a rriage with the Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall rode Senator Warren
of Wyoming, ana Representative
Rucker of Missouri. In the carriage
with Chairman Harper of the local
committee were Representative Gar
| rett of Tennessee, and Mckinley of
| illinois,
AS the presidents carriage swung
1 out of the White House grounds, the
escorting cavalry came to salute and
the procession moved off.
+ The presidents carriage was entire
" surrounded by troops, police and
secret service men. First came the
regular cavalry men riding in the
formation of a hollow square. Nov
ing in the center of that was the pres
ident's carriage, surrounded by secret
service men. Riding on the outside
/ of the hollow square and moving be-
] tween the cavalry and the New York
( troops, which lined the streets was a
+ body of police. The guard of the
/ president was extraordinary. On the
| tops of buildings along the line and
scattered thru the crowd were large
numbers of police, detective and secret
| service men.
! sun Broke Forth as Parade Starts.
| Just before II o'clock the president
and the whole party moved off for the
capitol The sun broke out while the
I presidential party was on the way
tention as the president passed. There
were cheers from the crowds and
some waving of hats and handker-
chiefs.
The presidential party arrived at
the capitol without incident; the
escort took places on the plaza while
President Wilson went to his room
and Vice President Marshall went to
his room to await the hour of noon
for the ceremony in the senate cham
Der.
Distinguished Guests Fill Galleries.
Meanwhile the galleries of the
chamber had filled with DISTINGUISHED
guests. The diplomatic corps, re-
splendent in their gorgeous court uni
forms, after being announced took
places on the floor of the chamber.
The supreme court, headed by its of
ficers, entered after the diplomats.
The justices in their black silk gowns
took chairs before the rostrum Re
firing members of the house of rep
reSentauNeS and representatives
elect of the SiXty-fifth congress who
had been forming in long lines in the
corridors, marched into the senate
chamber to seats reserved for them
on the west side. The senators and
Senators-elec took seats on the east
A chair was placed on the rostrum
for Speaker Clark beside that of Sen
ator salisbury, president pro tenn of
the senate. This practically COM
pleted the assembly and everything
was ready for the senate of the
SiXty-fifth congress to convene at
noon. Before the vice presidents
rostrum the cabinet officers were
seated. A large silken flag hung di-
rectly over the vice presidents stand.
the only decoration of the chamber.
1t was the first time at an Inaugural
ton that even this patriotic decoration
had been employed in the dignifiel
ceremony attending the vice presi-
dents induction to office.
The President Enters
After few minutes in the pres
ident's room Mrs. Wilson, escorted by
one of the presidents aides, went to
the seat reserved for her in the gal
! Iery.
! Just before noon President Wilson
escorted by the congressional commit
tee on arrangements entered the SEN
ate chamber thru the main door and
/ took seat in the front row on the
/ right hand side of the aisle and facing
the rostIum. The committee then
went to the vice presidents room and
/ escorted hlm to his place on the ros-
trum to take the oath where Senator
! salisbury was waiting. Bible in band
/ 10 make Mr. Marshall the first man TO
succeed himself. as vice president of
the United States since the present
! system OF party convention and cleo
ton was adopted
All the members of the nresido,,+,o.
cabinet came in and took seats viii
nlm and that dispelled any notion that
there were to be cabinet changes an
nounced. 1t is the custom for the
president to bring into the chamber
WI nm the men who are to be
members OF the cabinet in the COM
ing term. ooiii-
Marshall Sworn in at 12:O3 Moo,
A q
ate had been called to order and The
cha plain had offered PRAYER. Vic
PRESIDENT Marshall stepped to the
uesk ana Senator Salisbury admin
I l the oath The ceremony was
/ ofleI and simple. Immediately a f+ar
ward, while the thirty-two new CO.,
ators were being sworn into office the
o1Ilcial party began moving in nra-
arranged order to the open air stand
ouLslde where President Wilson was
~ ~ 'the the oath in public and deliver
MS inaugural address.
The sun kept on PLAYING hide
seek with the clouds as the oo r.lu
/ monies moved to the open air sor,o
liant light WIN Drill
The long line of officials and dig-
nltd1es moved slowly thru tho 80.
door of the capitol and oI,t ~ man a.
inauguration stand, while the crowd
cHeefed their arrival The marty +oo1-
PAGES according to program with The
PresIoent seated at the left of the
c cilren Justice and to the right of the
/ toa S9sioilal arrangements commit
tee Members of congress. dinIon,ats
governors of states with their Stats
IiseHioefs or the cabinet and officials
nearby. Pioceo
| someone Began Singing America.
j., =, ,.l noelceaple change in the usual
lhauguration arrangements was the
ProNi1hlty OF the crowd to the presi-
( Gent stand Formerly cadets from
west Point and Annapolis have
formed a guard lined across the plaza
between the crowd and the stand
Ioday the place of the cadets was
taken by thin line of boy and girl
1 scouts and the crowd was permitted
/ 10 come within twenty feet of the
stand. Directly in front of the nresi-
uent' however, was Gordon of
mounted police. The cadets stood