Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-05
WILSON YIELDS To :.
PLEA Of FAMILY
AND STAYS AWAY
Walks With Aid of Cane and
Declines to Use Rolling
Chair Which Had Been
Placed at His Disposal

WASHINGTON. March ,4.-Warren
G. Harding, of Ohio. andl Calvin
Coolidge, of Massachusetts,, were in
augurated today president and vice
president of the United States. Mr..
Harding took the oath at 1:1S p. m, \
and Mr.. Coolidge at 1921 p. m.
Pressing his lips to an historic Bf.
BILE used at the inauguration OF
George Washington, the new presi-
dent took the oath administered by
Chief Justice White. He had chosen
the eighth verse from the sixth chap
ter of Micah, saying:
what doth the Lord require or
thee but to do justly and to love
mercy and to walk humbly with thy
God?"
President Wilson, yielding to the
last minute entreaties of his family
and his physicians, took no part In
the inaugural ceremonies other than
to accompany the incoming president
from the White House to the capitol,
where he signed some bills and then
went with Mrs. Wilson to the new
home which will be theirs in the res
idential section OF the city.
Begins Inaugural Address
Immediately after the administra"
ton of the oath Mr.. Harding turn
ed to the vast crowd which stretch
ed across the capitol plaza and began
the delivery of his inaugural adj
dress
Sound amplifiers carried his voice
to the outskirts of the big assembly.
A chill wind feebly warmed by a
bright sun, swept the broad space
which appeared strangely in contrast
Of other years when it has been IL
Illuminated by the uniforms of West
Point cadets, midshipmen from An
napoliS and troops.
Pledging his faith anew to Amer
lean institutions, President Harding
reiterated a plea for return to
"normalcy'' for industrial peace, for
friendship with the world, and spoke
again a promise to work for mas
ISOLATION of nations to bring about
peace and approximate" disarma-
ment. But he coupled his renewed
declarations with fresh pronounces
ment against "entangling alliances
warned OF A1Sk
Walking feebly with the aid Of
cane, the outgoing president had per-
sisted in carrying out so much of
his part of the program as called
for him to accompany his successor
in the abbreviated inaugural process
sion from the executive mansion to
the capitol. When he departed from
ba
for secret service men to place his
feet on each succeeding step as he
descended and it was apparent to all
that it was next to impossible or
him to take part in the ceremonies
at the capitol.
Mr.. Wilson had been warned that
he would do SO at the risk of losing
all the gains he has made toward
health If not indeed his life. Persist
ent at first, he yielded at last and
quit the capitol before the inaugural
ceremonies actually had begun.
Mr.. Wilson departed from the
capitol about IL o'clock, noon, when
the ceremonies in the senate cham
Der were about to begin.
Both houses Of congress at that
moment were marking time wait
ing for the incoming vice president
to take the oath.
Starts ON Schedule
The inaugural program got undar
way according to schedule promptly
at 10 o'clock when the congressional
committee in charge of the affair
arrived at the New Willard hotel
to escort the President-elect and
Mrs. Harding and the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge to the White
House.
Everything was in readiness for
the ceremonies of the next three
hours which concluded with the &C
tual inauguration of the new presi.
dent at the capitol.
Congress about the same time was
resuming it's work and with less
than three hours to live was at
tempting to clear it's decks for the
inaugural ceremonies which began
at noon.
President-elect Harding, with Mrs.
Harding, and the Vice Presidents
elect and Mrs. Coolidge, left their
hotel for the White House at 1920
a. m. They were accompanied by
members of the congressional inau-
gural committee and riding in coll
umns on either side of the automo-
biles were four troops of cavalry
from Fort Myer with drawn sabers.
Set Fast Pace for Cavalry
Accompanying the president-elect in
the White House automobile was Sem
ator Knox, chairman Of the inaugural
committee, and Representative Can
non. Next came an automobile bear
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