New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06
Marshall, Sworn,
Calls on Nation
To Stand United
Saws Government Was Dr.
vineIy Ordained to Up
hold Liberty
From The Tribune Bureau J


Washington, March 5.-For the hrst
time since 1929. when John c. Calhoun
took his second oath Of Office, vice
President OF the United States was re-
inauourated when Thomas Riley Mar,
shall was sworn N to-day by Nn!aiu
Salisbury, President pro TEN. OF the
After A brief inaugural address. in
which he sounded his creed OF patriot
ism. Mr.. Marshall swore IN thlrty-one
Senators, of whom sixteen had been re-
elected. Phlander c. Knox, OF Penn
sylvania. reentered the upper house
Hiram Johnson was the only Senator
elect not to take his oath. Mr.. Johnson
will remain Governor OF Cahtornia
until an extra session OF Congress is
called.
Diplomats Present
Little OF the floor was visible, 80
closely were the chairs crowded TO-
gether. To the right Of the Vice-Presi-
dents rostrum was the dlplomsuS
corps in brilliant Uniforms. Admiral
Benson, commanding ofhcer OF the
navy. and Major General Scott, pf the
army. with their aids, completed the
military side OF the picture.
To the left Of the President were tne
justices of the Supreme Court, while IN
a row of special chairs were the mem
bers OF the Cabinet
La Toilette Is Conspicuous
Tru. "a form Senator La Toilette, OF
Wisconsin. who engineered the flibus
tor which killed the armed neutrahty
biIl seized the occasion. Waiting until
tbo entire assembly WIS seated, until
the chaplain had recited the prayer
and the oath Of Office 10 the Fice,pre
dent was about TO begin, he STROBE INTO
the chamber, marched down the centre
aisle. so that all the galleries could see
him and point him out, and was ABOUT
TO sit in a chair IN the aisle.
"Pitchfork" Ben Tillman, however
had lust left that chair for a moment
"Battling Bob" had not settled down
when the irate South Carolinian hur
ried back, and La Toilette was foreeo
TO vacate.
yice-President's Address
Mr. Marshall called on the nation to
stand united in the spirit OF PATRIOTISM
in this crisis. He said:
Everywhere in America are CLAIMANT
ard strident voices proclaimlng tne
essential elements of patriotism. lie
,,bo seeks out of them all TO select one
claor note Of love for country may iaii.
conceive il TO be far more important
% ovamine myself than TO cross-eXam-
mo another. May | make bold TO IN
sart in the Record some elements OF
.ba creed which have adopted IN this
neriod of retrospection and lntrospee-
toni ..
80 ours was divinely ordained TO dis
.loss whether men are by nature lifted
- can nv education be made mt Tor
olf-oovernment; to teach Jew and
CreeI bondman and free, alike the
ossortial equality of all men before the
iaw and 10 be tender and true 70 hu-
n,aritv everywhere and under all cir
stances: TO reveal that service is
49, highest reward OF life. II ours IS
NOT the Golden Rule of government,
then Washington wrought, and Lincoln
died, in vain.
Predicts World Brotherhood
az believe that the world, now ad-
,,orc;ng and now retreating, is never
,heless moving forward 10 far-or
divine event wherein the tongues or
Babel will again be blended in the Ian
ouaqe of common brotherhood; and
Z believe that can reach the highest
ideal of my tradition and my lineage
as an American-as a man, as cit
izen and as public official-when |
Judge my fellow men without malice
and with charity, when | worry more
about my own motives and conduct ana
less about tho motives and conduct OF
others.
"The time am liable to be wholly
wrong is when | know that am abso-
lutely right. In an individualistic re-
public, am the unit of patriotism. and
if keep myself keyed in unison with
the music of the Union, my fellow men