New President Is Inaugurated in Washington
Woodrow Wilson and wife arrive in Washington for inaugural ceremonies. Taft and Mrs Taft greet them in the Blue Room. The day features the oath at the Capitol and a large parade with about 30 000 participants including Tammany braves.
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New York
Suffragists in Washington Parade Promote Equal Franchise
About 6000 women formed seven divisions in a Washington parade from Peace Monument to the treasury and Continental Hall. An allegorical tableau on the treasury steps featured Columbia summoning Justice Charity Liberty Plenty Peace and Hope. The day culminated in a large suffrage meeting at Continental Hall.
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Dunning Appeals Voters to Push Bills in House
Dunning writes from the State House urging Whatcom County voters to contact Speaker Taylor to bring bills before the House before adjournment. He seeks passage of bills on child labor, private employment agency fees, lease of fish trap sites, a stricter morals code, and a dairy livestock exhibit allocation at the San Francisco Exposition.
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Rules Committee
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Whatcom County
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Senate
First Alaskan Assembly Meets In Juneau
The first territorial legislature assembles in Juneau with eight senators and sixteen representatives. Notably, half the members are miners, and relatively few are lawyers.
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Debris may hide bodies in Omaha Dewey Hotel fire
News item notes a fatal blaze at the Dewey hotel in Omaha with reports that several bodies or more may lie beneath the wreckage.
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Omaha
New York
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Democratic National Committee
Washington
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California State Insectory
Tribune
Wilson's Views on Justice and National Duty
The speech frames governance as a moral, not partisan, task. It calls for honest counsel, reform of the economic system, and commitment to justice over political expediency, urging Americans to unite behind a high course of action with dedication and humane principles.
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