National Republican., 1877-03-06
UNITED STATES SENATE.
EXTRA SESSION.

the entrance being almost unbearabiy great and
as soon as the throng could pass through the
| doors and corridors and reach the Senate Chambe,
that place was filled both above and below, and
| by IL o'clock, outside Of the Diplomatic Gallery
and few seats on the floor, there was not an
| inch Of room to spare. Outside the bar OF the
Senate seats were arranged for the members OF
the House, and they were among the earlier ones
| hllcd. The Senate seats proper were occupied by
Senators, Sonntorse Get, and Lx-Sonators. In the
c.ose up to the front row on the right was placed
| the heavy furniture upholstered in purple Tur.
& keI morocco from tn the reccpiion.room. On the
and directly in front OF the desk sat the bright
rod set from the Presidents room.
| Generals Sherman, Hancock and various ST.,
| officers were among the early arrivals and took
seats on tho left Of the members Of the House In
the rear Of the bar. A glance around the gai
brilliant scenes ever witnessed IN tho ca 5II",
Every seat is nlled and the overflow at tho doors
toiIet,es are the most elaborate and sbowv tbss
can be conceived. Cheerful faces, hutterIng fans,
and bright raiment closely combine In forming a
Gus life The light blue drapery Of the Diplo.
matte Gallery forms fine backg kgrouud for the
tlon. Just at tho right Of that gallery, In what
| is known as the "Members Gallery" sits the
female bon ton Of the Government, headed by
the President. elect who occupies the corner sea
next to the Diplomatic gallery, in the front row
row, and the A'' ono sue behind di'"'E 'ai. sIi:
the remainder Of the Presidential party in
| charge Of Colonel Cor bin, who wears a full uni.
form, and by hts side, sitting on the steps in the
aisle, Is young Webb Hayes.
family Of Cabinet officers and other dIxuiiaries'
| At 1880 the Turkish minister, Aristakthi Bey,
attired In full diplomatic uniform, trimmed with
| gold lace, with bright rcd fcz on his head and
olanking sabre at his side, entered the Dlpio.
matte Gallery, and attracted much attention and
A large and elegant bouquet is standing on tho
Presidents desk, while numerous smaller ones
have been placed on the desks OF different Sena-
tors, remembered more kindly than Others.
Many OF tho new Senators are mixed up with
the old ones. In group on the middle row OF
MoaoHS taS5 GintaHp (Arkj dfn and iu.t ats. az sbs
head Of the row, reading a newspaper, and appa-
tently dignihed and oblivlous 70 ali around
| youngest son is by his side in the aisle.
Never before, in the memory OF all, was there
t,GngfegS,sd t"ge,her such large number Of dis.
is immense, and the hum is fearful At minutes
to " the Diplomatic Corps, headed by Sir Ei.
court uniform, entered tho Chamber, and were
assigned seats in the body Of the Chamber, on
Court, headed by the Marshal and elerfs' The
Judgesin their long, black silk gowns, came in and
took seats on the sofas In 'front.' and to the right Of
absent from this group, while Justice DAVID
DAyIsappeared without his gown, and bearing
Sh. sPs1T h, Svsrc2at oyer his arm inste,d
Precisely at twelve O'Clock the Presidential party
entaSsed, a preceded by Sergeant.at.Arms FEENcn
ments, Immediately followed by ex.Presdsot
GRANT and President-olect HAYES, arm In arm
Tsro Tsc P4assen BY the menSeE Of the 0so
the red sofas directly in front Of the desk.
facing the Senate, while the Cabinet
AS they came down the aisle the audience
Raye expression to their 10y by unbOunded cnthu.
seated.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain, after
which Mr; GoRHAM, Secretary Of the Senate,
called the Senate to order and called upon the
Chief Clork to read the proclamation cOny ening
the Senate, which was read.
AIR. HAmLIN arose and offered q resolution
providing that in order to perfect the orraniZa
tion Of The senate, senator HOWE administer the
be elected President pro tenpors.
r Ihs sI resolution was adopted and Senators HOWE
pnu'e when Mr HOWE read the the Oah % w6Ieh eh' sn
Mr. FERRY then asccnded to the Chair, and
briefly returned thanks to the Senate for the
honor conferred, and then directed the CLERK 10
call the new Senators for the purpose Of being
sworn s In; M Messrs. BEcK, BLAINE and HoAR came
forward hrst, escorted by their colleagues, and
took the oath OF office. Messrs DAVIS, Of Illinois:
DAVIS, Of West Virginia; KIRKwoob, OF Iowa,
group who took the oath. GRoviR, OF Oregon, was
called NTH this group but did not appear These
MeIe ioiioweu py Messrs PLuMB, OF Kansas; RoL-
LiSs, Of New Hampshire; SALISBURY, OF Della
rado. and WINDOW, of Minnesota. The next
sett were Messrs CoKE, OF Texas; GARLAND, Of
Arkansas; HARRIS, of Tennessee: HILL, of 3cor.
ga; JOHNSTON, Of Virginia, and RkSsoN, OF
Mor1n isrIna These were followed by the call
objection TO the oath being administered to Mr..
Mr. ANTHONY submitted a resolution thu,
the credentials in all contested cases lie on the
taple tll tomorrow. Mr.. THURMAN asked
how'll how they were to know whose seats were con.
pass a separate resolution in each case, as this
Wholesale resolution would, he thought, prove a
rs own merits. He moved to strike out ali amer
the word resolved" and insert the name OF VIM
N Mr.. CAMERON P.3 though, Al, ,s. CASE,
had better lie over till Tomorrow, as there were
several Of them, and not occupy the time Of the
Mr.. CoNKLING said that while sympa,bi,lnp
somewhat with the Senator from Ohio In his crit.
icism, he would suggest that the session to-day
was more an occasion Of ceremony than business
and as no one will suffer by the delay It
would be better to let the objections all 60 to.
Mr.. THURMAN said he made tbs suggestion
90 that II might be known to which Senators the
GSsCIuton would apply Ho would, however, with.
Mr.. BOGY suggested that the names Of those
senators whose seats will be contested be read
t, ot h1rnSuon. The resolution was then adopted,
The CHAIR said there were two sets Of creden.
uss nom Souln Carolna aud only one vacancy,
Mr.: SPENCER said he objected to the gentle.
men from Alabama and Mississippi being sworn
IN for good reasons which bad come to his
knowledge. "
The CAAIR said that this completed the lis,
OF senators 10 be sworn in and the Sergeant at.
Arms would now Inform the Vice-Pres sident.ele lect
that the senate was organized that he might be
sworn Into office. The Sergsant.at Arms ap.
pesred at the center door with the Vice. .Presdent
leaning on tho arm Of Senator McCREgEY, one
OF the Committee Of Arrangements, and they pro
ceeded to the desk, where Mr.. Ferry introduced
the Nice:Presdent, who was resolved with ap.
plause Mr.. WHEEL RR spoke as follows:
senators: Ofcial station ever brings with It
corresponding duty and responsibility. Service
me how delicate, and at times diffoait
the oath am 'H' about au'''' to ~s,Ss taSs
VIII impose upon me. As President OF the SEN
ate II Is my sincere purpose to lift myself en-
tfely above the realms OF fpartizanship, to admin.
hrmness, and, by all means In my power, facilI.
tate and expedite Its deliberations In doing this
snail need your aid, your generous forbearancc
and ottentimes your lenient Judgment upon ali
0twhich know l may safely rely when you
shall be satisfied Of the rectitudc Of my inten.
| tions
| trust that the relations about to be estab
lished between us may prove mutually pleasant
and productive Of good, to the best interests Of
| our Dational Commonwealth.
| Mr. FERRY then administered the oath of
once, ailer which Mr.. WHEELER took the CHAIR
and al once assumed the duties OF his ONCE.
| Mr.. WHEELER said: The Sergeant at rms
will now announce the order Of area ,genents for
carrying out the Inauguration ceremonies OF the
Presldentelect OF the United States,
mr. Christie, Deputy Sergeant-at-A Arms then
announced the order for the assembly TO proceed