THE TAFT REGIME.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 449, 6 March 1909, Page 5

THE TAFT REGIME.

INAUGURATION. • IMPOSING PARADE IN WASHINGTON. ROOSEVELT FAREWELLED. ' (dt TWEGiurn-FEEsa AssociAnoN-corniioirr.) (Roc. March 5, 9.40 p.m.) Washington, March 4. The inauguration of the President-elect (Mr. W. H. Taft) took place at Washington to-day. Thoro was a parade, in which fifty thousand persons took part, thoso participating including tho Governors of fifteen States. A violent snowstorm at Washington necessitated tho swearing-in ceremony being performed in tho Senate Chambers instead of outside tho Capitol. The storm moderated before Mr. Taft, President, and Mr. J. S. Sherman, Viee-Presi-dont, drovo to tho White House. Thoro woro illuminations in tho evening. A thousand members of the New York Republican Committee escorted Mr. Roosevelt, retiring President, to tho station, whence ho proceeded to his home at Oyster Bay. Forty trains laden with sightseers from Philadelphia and New York wero snowed up outsido Washington. Tho telegraph lines are broken, and tho newspapers arc depending on train communication. ROOSEVELT POLICIES ENDORSED. TARIFF AND REVENUE. FOREIGNERS , RIGHTS.-THE NEED OF STRONG DEFENCES. (Reo. March 5, 9.40 p.m.) Washington, March 5. Mr. Taft's inauguration address generally endorsed ox-President Roosevelt's policies regarding trusts, inter-State commerce, and federal supervision of railways. A special s&ssion of Congress will be convoked in March to consider the revision of the tariff. Present conditions, it is added, permit tho reduction of duties in certain schedules, and advancement in few, if any. Tho expenditure during tho current year will exceed tho receipts by a hundred million dollars. If tho revision of tho tariff does not meet the deficit, a graduated inheritance duty will be imposed. Every precaution must bo taken to provent and to punish outbursts against foreigners possessing treaty rights. In the event of possible international controversies in the Orient arising over the "open door" or other issues, tho United States will be unable to maintain its interests without a suitable army and navy. Tho address makes sympathetic references to the negroes. PRESIDENTIAL SALARY. Washington, March 5. Congress has finally, fixed Mr. Taft's salary at 75,000 dollars, and 25,000 dollars for travelling expenses.