The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-03-05

the same circle of seats TO the left with
members Of the House.
The only incidents of the interim
preceding the arrival Of the President
and Vice President elect was the ap-
pointment of Committee of Notifica-
tion to the President of the close of
the present Congress, their subsequent
report that the President had no fur
ther communications to make, and
the receipt and reading OF messages
from the President, transmitting the
call for a Senate executive session,
and announcins the resignation Of
Hon. Benjamin Harrison from the
Mississippi River improvement Com
mission.
The Presidential procession, headed
by President Hayes and President
elect Garfield, finally entered under
escort of Senators Pendleton, Antho-
ny, Bayard, and others Of the Commit
tee of Arrangements, and two minutes
later was followed by Wee President
elect Arthur, in charge Of sub-com-
mittee composed Of the above named
Senators, all present In the Chamber
rising upon each occasion.
Vice President elect Arthur was
then introduced to the Senate by Vice
President Wheeler, and delivered the
usual formal address as follows -
VICE PRESIDENT ELECT ARTHUR's
SPEECH.
Senator's Il come as your presiding
officer with genuine solicitude, remem-
bering my inexperience to parliament
tary proceedings. l cannot forget
how important, intricate and often en-
barrassing are the duties of the Chair.
On the threshold of our official as
sociation l invoke that courtesy and
kindness with which you have been
won't to aid your presiding officer.
| shall need your constan: encour-
ageIlent and support, and | rely with
confidence upon your lenient judgment
of any errors into which l may fall.
In return, be assured of my earnest
purpose to administer your rules in
spirit of absolute fairness, to treat
every Senator at all times with that
courtesy and Just consideration due -
the representatives of equal 8 ates, and
TO do my part, as assuredly each of
you will do his TO maintain the oider,
dscorum and dignity Of the Senate.
/ trust that the official and pc rsonal re-
lations upon which we now enter will
be marked with mutual confidence and
regard and that all our obligations
will be SO fulfilled as TO rebound to our
own honor, to the glory of our COM
mon country, and the prosperity OF all
its people. (Applause.) l am now
ready to take the oath of office pre-
scribed by the Constitution.
THE oRGANIzAPIoN OF THE NEW SENATE
was begun by the swearing in of the
new Senators, of whom the only alb
sentees we'e Senators-eloct Eumunut
and Mahous.
As their names were called by thu
Clerk they advanced TO a position to thu
lett of the Chair and took the prescribed
oath of otfiee.
DIsTINGUIsHED LADIES IN THE GAL
LKRIES.
WASHINGTON, March AIN the ga
leries were many ladies of renOwn. Mrs
HAYES sat between General Garfield
J mother and wife, another daughter
several ladies OF Legation and State De
parfment officials were in the Diplomat
10 gallery. Mrs Sprague was In tn
South gallery.
2 THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
AT twenty minutes past IL the Dipli
matte Corps filed in and took seats on III
rikht, the Ambassadors taking fror
seats and the attaches of legation occu
pviug seats behind them. Their gol
geous costumes diverted the active eye
), of the ladies from their inspection of tn
e Senators and of one another
A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
= l2.45P. MA little before IL o'cloc
the sun came out, and the weather
S now all that can be desired. The sligt
y snow that fell last night melted and lai
d the dust, and the streets are for the mos
a part clear and dry, particularly along IL
J. route OF the profession.
! Temporary staDds, windows aud sid
are densely thrOnged, all the way frol
the Capitol TO the White House. A
D the Treasury Department the stahu'
corridors, sidewalks, and even the roa
way is so packed with people that ih
e passage of carriages is impossible. FroI
h all appearances the entire inauguratio
@ wi II be brilliant success. Everythln
a is going along according to the pro
G gramme.
+, Viee-President Wheeler, before rtil
t from the Char, said:
Senators, the moment which terminate
- my official duties as preslalnB ON ce
y of the Senate is at hand. Those dutit
y have been rendered ofeasy performanc
Is by your uniform leniency and fol
II bearance l am sure thatin this partln
le hour need no ether guarantee of fu
ID amnesty for all my shortcomings: II d.
: it ia furnished in your very kind resolr
10 ton of approval of my official acsio
~ shall carry into my yretiremsntg gratef'
memories of personal kindness alike I
the Senate and its officers, and cordli
wish for the future wellbeing OF all. An
~ now proclaim my last official act
)l declaring that, the hour for the termi nf
A. ton of tn forty sixth Congress havin
h arrived, the Senate stands abJourns
10 without day.
ts Vice President Arthur here assums
=" the char and ex. Vice President Wheel
retired To the lounge on which Gener
le Hancock was seated, and cordial
II grasped the officers hand.
The existence of the new Senate wi
al next made Knownby The reading, I
az direction of the vice President, OF u
~ or official proclamation ofthe President,
y call.
Of The oath of ce was here admins
III cred to the Vice. President-ele
or THE INAUGURAL.