Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-05

washington, March 4.-(By The A. P) The reins of presidential authority pass cd from Woodrow Wilson to Warren U. Harding today in an inaugural ceremony st one of the simplest and most drastic of e generation.
 The drama centered about the re- tirenent of Woodrow Wilson to private life Insistent to the last moment that he would carry out a retiring presidents customary part in the ceremonies MT: Wilson finally yielded to the pleading or r.iat lives and to the warning of his physi- clan that he might endanger his life and onlv accompany his successor to the capitol.
 As he descended from the White House nortico to enter the waiting automobile, secret service men placed his feet on each descending step: when he left the car to enter the capitol he was practical ly lifted up a short flight of steps by an attendant and although he walked alone with the aid of cane to the presidents room where he signed bills, he told Senator Knox. chairman of the con- Eressional inaugural committee that he was not equal to participa tiag in the ceremony of inaugurating Vice President Coolidge in the senate chamter nor in he ceremony of inaugurating President Harding on the portico facing the plaza outside.
 After a few moments at the capitol MT. wilson went to his private home to be- some plain woodrow Wilson now" as be expressed.
 Before MT. Harding had been presi- dent an hour he had revived precedent set by George Washington by conferring with the senate in executive sesion, sub hitting in person the nomination of his len cabinet officers, all of which immedi- ateIy were confirmed Within another hour he had gone to the White Houes ''tc hang up his hat and xo Q work s-s he h l1seir often had said, and unlocked the White House gates which for four years had been closed to the public The public celebrated the event by actually over-running the grounds and peeping through the win flows to see the new president in confer snce with cabinet officers.
 IhauEural CeremonissS
 Mir Harding took the oath of office at 1ls D. m. exactly eight years to the minute from the timC the same words of oblaEation were spoken by Mir Wilson al his first inauguration. The inaugura ceremonies, conforming to Mir. Harding's wishes were kept free from almost every show of the pomp and circumstance that usually surround the incoming of chief executive Thousan nds witnessed the oath and cheered the old and new president along Pennsylvania avenue but the crowd was only a fraction fthe cus- toulary inauguration thringS. On the Bible used by George Washing tor at his first induction Into office and on q verse of Scripture extolling the vir- ture of an humble faith in God. Mir Hard ing pliEhted his best ability to the presidency In his inaugural address he reanirmed his reverence for the tra- di,ions of the fathers and reiterated his belief that the supreme task ahead was to bring the country once more to nor malcy.
 The inaugural ceremony took place as usual on a stand erected above the ear! steps of the capitol. but in marked col . trzst to previous inaugurations, whs thousands of seats were provided All the distinguished company had to remain standing. Even the inaugural stand was much smaller than usual. and was erect ed to accommodate a telephonic appara- tus which carried Mir. Harding's voice far out over the Capital Plaza and for the first time enabled thousands to hear an inaugural address.
 Only Familiar Features.
 About the only features familiar to in suEursls were the patriotic decoration: that huttered under a bright sun alons Pennsylvania avenue and the usual es eort If cavalry [ citing as a presidential guard of honor in the ride to and from the capitol The only semblance of 2 parade was presented by the little grouy of oficial motor cars and the hollow square of troopers, kept at tTot all tn, way.
 Before his own inauguration began, MT Harding attended that of his vice pres ident- Calvin Coolidge, in the senat chamber It was an hour past noor when the first of the inaugural compan, began to file out on the platform fac Ing the east plaza, members of the sen lte and house coming first followed b, the foreign diplomats in d1Nss uniform and last of all by the justices of the su 1rene court and the president-elect Chic Justice White and Mir Harding wake out to the front of the platform together AS the Marine band. the presidents owr played the National Anthem. Then tn path was adninistered and the new pres ldent began his inaugural address. read Ing from manuscript but making hi points with vigorous gestures that awak sned repeated periods of applause.
 The presidents visit 70 the senat chamber followed immediately the cor elusion of the address He had mad Enovp his intentions to few of tn leaders, and thr senate wzy waiting 1 special executive session to recieve hin He ewtn first to the presidents room and was escorted by committee of ser ators to the rostrum of the chamber { make his nrst communication to COT Tress.
 Submits Selections ts scDats.
 Submission of the cabinet selections VI srefaced by brief explanation, in whic The new chief executive suggested tn; rood relations between executive and le, siative branches might be cemented | me element of personal contact. He req rom 2 memorandum the names of Il hen he had selected for his official, ci Es of counsellors Within 20 miuut, lfi-- Ais departure all tb~, -as,inatioi