THE NEW PRESIDENT

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3131, 6 March 1909, Page 5

THE NEW PRESIDENT

MR TAFT'S INAUGURATION.

A MONSTER PARADE,

Recpived March 5, 8.42 a.m. WASHINGTON, March 4. The inauguration of the Presidentelect, Mr W. H. Taft, took place at Washington to-day. There was a monster parade, in which fifty thousand persons took part, those participating including the Governors of fifteen States. Congress has finally fixed Mr Taft's salary at 75y0»0 dollars, and 25,000 dollars for travelling expenses.

INAUGURATION ADDRESS,

I Received March 5, 9.50 p.m. WASHINGTON, March 5. President Taft's inauguration address generally endorsed ex-Presi-dent Roosevelt's policies regarding Trusts, inter-State commerce and Federal supervision of railways. A special session of Congress j has been convoked to consider th'i revision of the tariff. • The present conditions permit of reduction iir certain schedules, and' the advancement of few, if any.- The expenditure for the current year will exceed the receipts by one hundred million dollars. If the tariff revision does not meet the deficit a graduated inheritance duty will be imposed.Every precaution must be taken to prevent and punish outbursts against foreigners possessing treaty rights. United States, said Mr Taft, able t'O' maintain her interests without suitable army and navy.. Sympathetic references were also made to the negroes.

A< VIOLENT SNOWSTORM. Received March 5, 9:40 p.m. WASHINGTON, February 5. A J -violent snowstorm'at Washing; ton necessitated the swearing-in of the Senate in the Chamber instead of-outside the Capitol. One thousand members of the New York Republican Committee escorted Mr Roosevelt to the station, and thence proceeded to Oyster Bay. Two trains of sightseers from Philadelphia and New York were snowed up outside Washington. The telegraph lines were broken and the newspapers depended on obtaining news of the celebration by train.