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ROOSEVELT TAKES OATH
Amid Tragic Scenes Successor (o Martyred President
Swears to Faithfully Uphold the Constitution.
WILL CONTINUE POLICY OF DEAD CHIEF EXECUTIVE
In Presence of Few Persons at Residence of Ansley Wilcox, at Buffalo,
the Solemn Obligation Is Imposed —All Members of the Cabinet
Will Be Asked to Remain In Office For the Time Being.
Saturday afternoon Theodore Roose
velt was tragically elevated to the
chief magistracy of the American re
public by the death of President Mc-
Konley. He reached Buffalo on a spe
cial train an hour previous to his inau
guration after a remarkable and per
ilous pourney from the heart of the
North Woods, where he had gone on a
hunting expedition. He had been
president under the constitution and
law of the land since the minute the
martyred president ceased to live.
All the duties of the office had de
volved upon him, but he was as power
less as the humblest citizen to exer
cise one of them until he had complied
with the constitutional provision re-
PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
quiring him to take a prescribed oath
to support and defend the constitu
tion and laws of the United States.
He took that oath at 3:30 Saturday
afternoon in the library of the resi
dence of Ansley Wilcox, a personal
friend with whom he stopped earlier
in the week when he thought Presi
dent McKinley would recover from the
wound inflicted by the assassin.
The scene w T as a most affecting one.
The new president had just come
from the Milburn house, where his pre
decessor lay cold in death. Overcome
by the deep personal sorrow he felt,
in his characteristically impulsive
way he had gone first to the house
of mourning to offer his condolence
and sympathy to the heart-broken wid
ow. Secretary Root, who twenty years
ago had been present at a similar
scene, when Arthur took the oath af
ter the death of another president
who fell a victim to an assassin’s bul
let, almost broke down when he re
quested Mr. Roosevelt, on behalf of
the members of the cabinet of the
late president, to take the prescribed
oath. There was not a dry eye in the
room. The new president was visibly
shaken, but he controlled himself.
With the deep solemnity of the occa
sion full upon him, he announced to
those present that his aim would be to
be William McKinley’s successor in
deed as well as in name.
The great, far-reaching significance
of this pledge to continue the policy
of the dead president, announced at
the very threshold of anew govern
mental regime, profoundly impressed
his hearers, and President Roosevelt’s
first step after taking the oath was in
line with its redemption. His first act
was to ask the members of the cabinet
to retain their portfolios in order to
aid him to conduct the government on
lines laid down by him whose policy
he had declared he would uphold. Such
an appeal was not to be resisted, and
every member of the cabinet, includ
ing Secretary of State Hay and Secre
tary of Treasury Gage, who were com
municated with in Washington, have
agreed for the present, at least, to re
tain their respective portfolios.
President Roosevelt came out of the
Milburn rouse at 2:56 and drove to the
Wilcex home, reaching there at 3:15.
WILL RELEASE ANARCHISTS.
Chicago Officials Fail to Find Any Evi
dence of a Plot.
Efforts to connect the Chicago an
archists with a plot to assassinate
President McKinley will be abandon
ed, and the prisoners will be released.
This decision was reacheu by Chicago
authorities Monday.
A ten minutes’ wait for the members
of the cabinet ensued, and preparations
were made for taking the oath of of
fice.
The place selected was the library
of Mr. Wilcox’s house, a rather small
room, but picturesque, the heavy oak
trimmings and the massive book cases
giving it somewhat the appearance of
a legal den.
At precisely 3:32 o’clock Secretary
Root, who had been earnestly convers
ing with the president, ceased his con
versation, and stepped back, while an
absolute hush fell upon every one in
the room, said in an almost inaudible
voice:
“Mr. Vice President, I —”
Then his voice broke and for full
two minutes the tears came down his
face and his lips quivered so that he
could not continue his utterances.
There were sympathetic tears from
those about him and tw ? o great drops
ran down either cheek of the successor
of William McKinley. Mr. Roots
chin was on his breast. Suddenly
throwing back his head as If with an
effort, he continued in broken voice:
“I have been requested on behalf
of the cabinet of the late president,
at least those who are present in Buf
falo, all except two, to request that for
reasons of weight affecting the affairs
of government you shouiu proceed to
take the oath of president of the Uni
ted States.”
Judge Hazel had stepped to the rear
of the president and Mr. Roosevelt,
coming closer to Secretary Root, said
in a voice that at first wavered, but fi
nally came deep and strong, while, as
if to control his nervousness, he held
firmly to the lapel of his coat with
his right hand:
“I shall take the oath at once in
accordance with your request and in
this hour of deep and terrible national
bereavement I wish to state that it
shall be my aim to continue absolutely
unbroken the policy of President Mc-
Kinley for the peace ana prosperity
and honor of our beloved country.”
The president stepped farther into
the bay window and Judge Hazel, tak-
ing up the constitutional oath of of
fice, 'which had been prepared on
parchment, asked the president to
raise his right hand and repeat it after
him. There was a hush like death in
the room as the judge read a few
words at a time and the president, in
a strong voice and without a tremor
and with his raised hand as steady as
if carved from marble, repeated it af
ter him. “And thus I swear,’’ he
ended it.
The hand dropped by his side, the
chin for an instant rested on the
breast and the silence remained un
broken for a couple of minutes as
though the new president of the Uni
ted States was offering a silent prayer.
Judge Hazel broke it, saying: “Mr.
President, please attach your signa
ture,” and the president, turning to a
small table near by wrote, “Theodore
Roosevelt” at the bottom of the docu
ment in a firm hand.
mckinley memorial arch.
Movement Is Started Already For
Erection of Shaft in Washington.
At an informal meeting of one hun
dred prominent people of Chicago, held
Monday afternoon, a proposition to
start a movement for the erection of
a magnificent memorial arch for Pres
ident McKinley in Washington was
made.
The suggestion was universally ap
proved.
I RAMSAY IS SELECTED
To Fill flowison’s Seat In Schley
Court of Inquiry.
PROCEEDINGS ARE POSTPONED
Death of Martyred President Necessi
tates Recess of Board—Samp
son Granted Additional
Leave of Absence.
A Washington special says: Admi
ral Ramsay has been selected as the
successor to Admiral Howison on the
Schley court of inquiry.
Admiral Ramsey is the immediate
successor of Admiral Crowninshield as
chief of the navigation bureau of the
navy department. He was appointed
from Pennsylvania to the naval acad
emy as midshipman in 1850, and his
record in the civil war is full of en
gagements with the enemy on the low
er Mississippi and Yazoo rivers and
around Fort Fisher and Richmond on
the Atlantic coast. He is 66 years old.
It is impossible to predict as to his
acceptability to Admiral Schley.
The death of the president has caus
ed the court of inquiry to become a
matter of secondary importance, and
it will postpone the net session of the
court indefinitely.
Admiral Schley’s friends are jubilant
over the successful manner in which
the objection to Admiral Howison was
sustained, and it does not seem likely
that any objection will be made to Ad
miral Ramsay.
The court did not meet Friday morn
ing. but Judge Advocate Lemly and
Solicitor Hanna visited the navy yard,
where they conferred with a number
of witnesses who nave been summoned
by the navy department. The pres
ence of Admiral Sampson at the court
is still undetermined and will doubt
less hinge upon the nature of certain
evidence to be introduced by Admiral
Schley. The evident desire of all par
ties seems to be to avoid a comparison
of Admiral Schley and Admiral Samp
son. The latter has been granted an
additional leave of two weeks’ ab
sence on account of sickness.
A number of important witnesses
are in the city.
A DAY OF MOURNING.
Many Thousands View Remains of
Martyred President at Buffalo
Sunday Afternoon and Night.
Sunday Buffalo was converted into
a city of mourning and mourners. Tho
gay and flaming decorations of the
Pan-American exposition gave way to
the symbol of sorrow. The black dra
pery of the city’s streets muffled the
tolling bells of the churches. Bits of
crepe appeared on every sleeve. The
sorrow was everywhere apparent. In
the morning a simple service took
place at the residence on Delaware
avenue, where the martyred president
died.
A hymn was sung and prayer was
offered over the dead body. That was
all. Only the immediate family ard
the friends and political associates of
the late president were present. The
scene was pathetic in the extreme.
Then the body was borne out to the
waiting cortege on the brawny shoul
ders of eight sailors and soldiers of
the republic. The cortege passed
through solid walls of living humanity,
bare-headed and grief-stricken, to the
city hall, where the body lay in state
Sunday afternoon. There a remarkable
demonstration occurred which proved
how close the president was to the
hearts of the people. Arrangements
had been made to allow the public to
view the body from the time it arrived,
at about 1:30 o'clock, until about 5
o’clock. But the people were wedged
into the streets for blocks. Two lines
were formed. They extended literally
for miles. When 5 o’clock came 40,-
000 people had already passed, and the
crowds waiting below in the streets
seemed undiminishH.l. When the
doors were closed at midnight Sunday
night, It was estimated that 80,000
people had viewed the remains, but
thousands or disappointed ones were
still in the streets.
ANARCHIST LEADER ARRAIGNED.
Herr Most Hauled Up In New York
Court and Held Under Bond.
John Most, who was arrested in New
York Thursday night on the charge of
circulating incendiary literature calcu
lated to incite unlawful acts, was ar
raigned iH police court Friday. At the
prisoner’s request his examination was
set for Monday. The assistant district
attorney asked that Moßt be held in
$2,500 bail, but the magistrate said
the prisoner was only charged with
a misdemeanor and fixed the bail at
SI,OOO. Most was locked up in default
of bail.
’LONGSHOREMEN ON STRIKE.
New Orleans Port Business Tied Up.
Cargo Handlers Want More Wages.
The business of the port of New Or
leans was tied up Thursday on account
of the Btrike of longshoremen. The
shipping agents refused to grant the
demands fer higher wages, and about
1,700 of the cargo handlers failed to re
turn to work.
Romance of Old Houies.
There are standing at the present day
Elizabethan houses known to contain
hidden chambers; the very positions of
these chambers can be shown, say the
London Chronicle, yet their secrets have
remained inviolate for centuries, the
spring that should serve as the open se
same being undiscoverable. Some day
the accidental touch of a girl’s finger
may set a column of stone rotating, or
a panel sliding, or a door in a picture
frame retreating on invisible hinges, and
the secret —if any remain—will be re
vealed. The place of mystery in these
ancient granges that served as a shelter
to a friend in distress might equally
prove the deathtrap of an enemy of the
house. The priest’s hole behind a fire
place was easily converted into an oven!
There were staircases which the foot of
a friend might press in perfect security;
another, not instructed how to tread,
sets his foot apparently on the same
place—the stair yawns open, and at the
end of the pit is the water. Here is
much romance.
To Identify Her Picture. "
She pictured her room with her photo
graph smiling down at him from over
the mantel, while another of her pic
tures looked demurely at him from a
leather case on the dresser.
She could see him often standing in
front of her mirrored likeness and mak
ing vows of constancy and fidelity. She
knew he would rather part with anything
he had than those pictures. But they
had quarreled, and she felt she must ask
him to return her photographs, and she
wrote to him a ■ yrdingly.
When she received his reply she nearly
fainted. Here is what the wretch wrote:
“Dear Mabel: I would like awfully
much to return your pictures, but, hon
estly, you girls all dress and pose so
much alike for pictures that I can’t tell
any two of you apart. If you like I
will send you over three or four hundred
pictures that I have of miscel!anous
girls and you can pick yours out. Hop
ing this will be satisfactory, I am, sin*
cerely, etc., etc.” —Chicago Tribune.
A PRELIMINARY SPURT.
She—l fear you will find me full of
faults.
He—Darling, it shall be the dearest
office of my life to correct them.
She—lndeedyou shan’t. —Chicago Rec
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