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CH. March io, igog.
Secular News
The Inauguration; William Howard
Taft took the oath of office as the twenty-seventh
president of the United Slates
in the senate chamber at the capitol
shortly after noon on#March 4. Owing
to the snow and sleet storm, it was
"necessary to modify the arrangements
for the administration of the oath on the
platform at the east entrance to the
capitol. Thousands who had gathered
were disappointed. An endeavor was
made to carry out the original program
concerning the inaugural parade, but on
account of the storm only the regular
military organizations were in line.
Immediately after the inauguration ceremonies
were concluded, ex-President
Roosevelt proceeded to the union station,
there to wait for a train to New York,
which the officials of the Pennsylvania
railroad expected to be able to start out
about 3 o'clock.
Taft's Address: President William
Howard Taft, in opening his inaugural
address, declared that an> man must feel
the heavy responsibility implied i:i the
oath just administered to him. Without
that feeling no conception of the powers
and duties ot the office can rest on the
individual. He paid high tribute to his
predecessor, and pledged himself to carry
forward the great reforms inaugurated
under Roosevelt, and which the party
(platform advocates. 'These reforms,"
he said, "were directed to the suppression
of lawlessness and abuses of power
of the great combinations of capital invested
in railroads and industrial enterprises
carrying on interstate business.
The steps which my predecessor took and
the legislation passed on his recommendation
have accomplished much, have
caused a general halt in the vicious policies
which created popular alarm, and
have brought about in the business affected
a much hisher reearil fnr ovist
ing Jaw." He declares, however, that
further legislative and executive action
is needed to safeguard (hose conducting
business along legitimate lines.
The President's Salary: Congress fixed
definitely the salary of the president
at $75,000, an increase of $25,000, but
no additiorial allowance is made for traveling
expenses. The house and senate
split over this matter, and the $75,000
salary was in the nature" of a compromise.
The house won out in its fight
against increased salaries for the vice
president, speaker of the house, supreme
court and other federal judges. In the
passage of the penal code the Democrats
won a complete victory. All the
objectionable features were stricken out.
The bill retains the anti-jug provision,
which protects dry states on liquor shipments.
The Extra Session of the sixty-first congress
will convene at noon, March 15, following
a proclamation of the president
to begin the work of revising the tariff
schedules. There will be no committees
appointed at the next session of congress,
except those absolutely necessary
to carry on the tariff revision and conduct
the two branches of the legislative
department of the government. By a