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...Inaugural Committee announced that it would return to the donors the greater part of the $60,000 to $100,000 that had been subscribed for the celebration. The President, after witnessing the inauguration of Vice President Dawes in the Senate Chamber, will step out before the Capitol, take the oath of office, deliver an inaugural address (said to be brief), proceed up Pennsylvania Avenue, followed only by such military and naval contingents as happen to be posted in the capital. The Governors of a few states-12 had accepted and 19 declined last week-with their staffs will also...
...expect your soldiers to be loyal to you if you yourself are a perjurer? I am absolutely convinced that my officers and my troops are still loyal to the oath they originally gave to their King, and are obedient to the oath given to you only in so far as it may be interpreted as you yourself have always interpreted it therefore-that is to say, as an oath to the Admiral of the Emperor and King...
...know and who doesn't know anything about us and who would in reality be an expatriate." Then, said he of: Republicans. "Nearly half the elected membership of the Dail is Republican. Of about 100 members, perhaps 48 are Republican. But they will not take the oath, and so they do not sit. This is very unfortunate, for there is no opposition and (perhaps in Ireland, particularly) where there is no opposition there is no Government." Irish Women. "They all have the vote, but they are dividing pretty much as the men. In all that Ireland has gone...
...When Louis XVI called a meeting of the States General, in 1789, to discuss taxation reforms, deputies of The Third Estate (the people), enraged because they were not allowed to sit with the Nobles and Clergy nor given like powers, repaired to a tennis court, where they took an oath never to disband until they had made a constitution for France. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution...
...carriage beside a Governor. Red-coated foot guards made a guard of honor. Cavalry, an additional protection, pranced in the parade. A State Capitol was reached. The Lieutenant Governor entered. The Legislature had just declared him elected for two years as Governor of the State. He took the oath of office. He delivered a very long inaugural address-9,000 words. That evening, a great ball was given for him in the armory of the foot guards. He stayed up late. Next morning early, he rose, went to Capitol, tendered to the Secretary of State his resignation as Governor...