Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08

1 protect and defend the constitution | Of the United States.
 The second term of Woodrow Wilson began at noon Sunday. To be abs lutely exact, it began at 12.04 p. m. when in the presence of only Mrs. Wilson, members of his cabinet and i before Chief Justice Edward Douglas ] White. he repeated the solemn inau- gural oath and, bending over the little black Bible held out to him by the aged jurist, pressed his lips to its open pages.
 "The Lord is my refuge. very pres ent help in time of trouble,' were the sacred words upon which the kiss was imprinted. The passage had been so lected by the president himself.
 President Wilson, accompanied by his wife and augmented detail of so. cret service operatives, motored through blinding rain to the capitol He repaired to the presidents room and there throughout the morning en I crossed bills were brought to him for signature. The cabinet gathered about l him.
 Mrs. Wilson, wearing deep mourning sat ir the window recess. Her sister Mrs. H. H. Maury of Roanoke. Va. had died less than week ago. The president expressed the wish ! that the party to witness the taking Of the oath should be the smallest pos l sible. Even so close a friend and cOun- selor as Secretary to the Presiden; Tumulty effaced himself. Mir. Humility heard the murm'lr of the oath from the corridor of the senate.
 Wilson Again Takes Oath. The president took the oath of office | for the second time this week at the | public exercises at the capitol Monday
 The exercises at the capitol were un. l der the direction of n joint committee 1 of the senate and the house. It's chair. man was Senator Lee :. Overman of i North Carolina.
 Just as the doors of the senate cham Der were opened three carriages, each drawn by four horses. left the White House grounds. In the first sat Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson and Senator | mittee, with Senator Hoke Smith.
 AS the carriage emerged into Penn sylvania avenue a squadron of the Sec. ond cavalry. regular army, wheeled into place around it. For the first time in many years the regular branch of the service had been given the cOnspic- uous honor of escorting a president to his oath taking.
 Presidents Party Guarded.
 Vice President and Mrs Marshall rode in the second carriage, and they were escorted by the Black Horse troop of Culver Military academy of Indiana, which had discharged that duty for it's Hoosier fellow citizen four years ago.
 At the capitol the presidential party was escorted directly to the ornate room just off the senate chamber set aside as the presidential office. The committee on arrangements was in waiting, and Vice President Marshall and Mrs. Marshall were escorted to the vice presidents room. At a given sig nal the presidential and vice presiden- tial parties proceeded to the senate chamber, where, after prayer by the chaplain, the special session of the sen ate was called to order.
 The organization of the senate com l pleted, those assembled in the senate chamber proceeded through the To- tunda to the platform in the center | portico of the capitol overlooking the ! pl.za. upon which the public had as- sembled
 So soon as all were assembled on the 1 platform Chief Justice White advanced | to the front, accompanied by President | Wilson. There the oath was admins | tered.
 | Crowd Serious at Address. President Wilson then stepped for ward to the front of the platform and began his inaugural address. An i'm pressive silence hung over the throng , that had gathered in the plaza to wit ness the history making event. There was realization in every heart of the i seriousness of the occasion and of the i gigantic burdens the slender man in black was taking upon his shoulders in ] assuming the high office of the presi- dent of the United States for another l four years.
 Immediately after the address the pa ! rade began in the direction of the i White House esCorting the newly elect. ed president and vice president X brief halt was made in front of the White House to permit the president to par, take of q light luncheon and assume his position in the reviewing stand.