Evening star., 1917-03-05

the President and all others standing
with bowed heads. The invocation call
ed for exercise of wisdom, discretion
and justice by the nations ofhciais
with a prayer for the coming OF tne
| prince of peace"
The Presidents proclamation cenVen'
| ing the Senate special session was read
by order of Senator salisbury, who Al
| 1908 administered the oath of office to
Mr.. Marshall, the entire assemblage
| standing.
The Vice President replied in clear
firm voice. in Affirmative.
Il do, SO help me God, in whom l be-
lfeve."
| The Vice President then delivered his
brief customary inaugural address.
Listens Closely to Vice President.
! With his hands at his lips the Presi-
dent listened carefully to the Vice
Presidents address The Presidents face
4 was firmly set and at the conclusion OF
the address the President and the entire
throng applauded long and vigorously
| The Vice President then called for
the senators to be sworn in, four at a
| time, in alphabetical order, the last OF
the ceremonies in the chamber
| In the midst of the proceedings in the
Senate, while the invocation was being
| delivered, Senator La Toilette of Wis
near the rear door, after all others had
taken their seats. The prayer conclu-
| ed. the Wisconsin senator sought to
find a seat and stood hesitatingly in
| the aisle for several moments. Senator
Stone of Missouri finally directed Sena-
tor La Folette to a chair placed be-
tween two desks.
| While the thirty-two new senators
were being sworn into office the of
hcial party began moving in pre-
outside. where President Wilson was
to take the oath in public and deliver
| his inaugural address.
Procession to Inaugural Stand.
| The procession to the inaugural stand
began at 1915, while new senators
were taking the oath. First the corps
| of correspondents marched from the
stand under the giant dome of the
great Capitol building.
Dark mists of the morning had been
dispelled by the intermittent sunshine
| before the inaugural procession reached
| the stand, by that time surrounded by
eager thousands of spectators, packed
into the plaza between the east front
anu the congressman The
wind was raw. however and the
| throng of guests kept up a diapaSon"o OF
sound by continued stamping of their
| feet to keep warm.
A noticeable change in the usual in
| auguration arrangements was the prox-
| unity of the crowd to the Presidents
inaugural stand
Formerly cadets from West Point and
| midshipmen from Annapolis formed a
guard lined up across the plaza be-
ST he
President-elect was ready to speak
Today the place of the cadets were
| taken by a thin line of boy and girl
scouts and the crowd was permitted to
| park in within twenty feet of the stand
| directly In front of the President and
| President-elect was a Gordon of mount
ed police and secret service men were
scattered throughout the crowd.
Chief Flynn Close to President.
| W. J. Flynn, chief of the secret serv.
ice. was stationed on the platform di.
rectly beside the Presidents chair and
directly below was company of blue
jackets and marines
After the correspondents had reached
the platform there was a long wait be-
fore the inaugural procession from the
| Senate chamber was resumed In this
interim some one in the crowd jammed
into the plaza began singing Amer
lea. Within a few moments the strains
OF the chorus were taken up by others
and the patriotic air then resounded
| over the entire assembiage
| At 1890 o'clock the sergeants- alarms
Of the Senate and House arrived at the
Senate bronze door, followed by Chief
Justice White and associate Justices
of the Supreme Court They were es-
President Wilson with Mrs Wilson al
his side. The President walked dowr
the long aisle with barred head. Cheers
swept over the crowd as he faced the
| throng. The President wore no over.
| coat, and as he reached the stand Chic,
Justice White asked him If he did not
fear he would catch cold, and Presi.
dent Wilson smilingly responded that he
did not
Escorts Diplomatic Corps.
The diplomatic corps were escorted te
seats by the committee on arrangements
members of which were Senators Over.
man, Smith of Georgia, Warren anG
Representatives Garrett. Rucker of Mis-.
souri, and Mckinley, who then rejoined
the Presidents party. Next in line were
the members of the Senate and House
Vice President Marshall and Speaker
Clark took their seats on the Presidents
stand near the Chief Justice and asso
standing for several minutes and ther
took seat facing the crowd in the plaza
Although the sun had by this time
broken through the clouds. the whistlins
| wind caused the President to change his
mind and he accepted his overccat, which
had been carried to the stand by his
naval aid. DR.. Cary T. Grayson.
The crowd cheered as he put 1t on.
| 1t was 12:45 before the members of the
cabinet reached the stand. They were
ushered down the red-carpeted aisle te
by officers of the army and navy.
President Takes the Oath.
Then came women of the White HOUSE
party and honored guests Of the occa sior
bringing up the rear Of the inaugural pro-
cession Continued cheers for the Presi-
dent came from the throng while waiting
Tor him to take the oath.
| "Hurrah for Woodrow Wilson" was re-
peatediy shouted from the crowd The
President and Mrs. Wilson, who sat be-
side him, clad in a sumptuous coat OF
black fur with hat to match, smilingly ac-
knowledged the piaudits of the multitude
In the White House party were Mrs
Sayre, Miss Margaret Wilson, Mrs Boil.
ling, Vance Mccormick and Francis B
Sa,re.
The President took the oath bare
headed, Mrs. Wilson standing just op.
posite, a few feet away. He shook
hands Immediately with the Chief JUS
tice, who gave the oath, and with the
Vice President He lifted his hat tc
the crowd and began at once to deliver
his address, while the crowd leaned for.