The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12
sznrasld,s nnausu,.nsion.
THE lsCEEEs ABOUT THE CAPITOL AND
IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
THE OATH ADMINISTERED AND THE IN
AUGURAL READ.
Special to the N. o. Picayune.

began to gather at an carly hour thi
Ismorning atsthe Capitol. The city wa
fairly alive with excitement, com
Ipanies andregimerits marching to tIei
] destination accompanied by bands o
music. The two houses of Congress
sat up te4a4late honr, but by 10 olclocl
4 few Senators began to gather in tn
Chamber, and in an hour quite mum
Der were assembled.
4 The Senators were ranged on th,
left of the Chamber, the space on tn,
4 Democratic side being left for mem
bers of the House and for the diplo
matte corps.
The galleries were nearly filled by
IL o'clock. The front seats were oc
cupied by Mrs. Garfield, lmotller.of tht
I President elect, and Mrs. Garfield, his
wife, Mrs. Hayes sitting between them
One of the first prominent arrivals
was Gen. Hancock, in full uniform
He was welcomed with loud applause
by The galleries, with almost an ova-
tioD by the Senators. The entrance oil
the diplomatic corps, in their brilliant
uniforms, was the next great event.
The Senate, meantime, was in session,
though transacting a little formal
business.
Meantime the House Of Representa-
tives was excited over the fact that
,owingtto some misunderstanding, the
soldiers stationed about the building
to prevent the invasions of the mob
had stopped some of the members, but
it turned ont that they had been try
ingto get in the Senate wing without
tickets, and not the Representative
Hall
Among the notable people were
Whitelaw Reid and Olive Logan, in
the reporters gallery.
The scene at a few minutes before
70 o'clock was brilliant and imposing.
The Senators were generally in place,
looking well despite their night SEES
sion. iConkling and David Davis sat
together discussing with each other.
Adjoining them were Thurman, Ham
lin and Blaine, the new Secretary of
State. Herman, of New York, and
Window, the retrospective Secretary of
the Treasury, sat together. Booth, of
California, and Wade Hampton were
further back. THIS was Mir. Booths
last appearance on the Senatorial stage.
Gov. Foster, of Ohio, sat near Mr.. La
mar, of Mississippi.
Before the Honsc made its formal
entrance, many Of the members came
over and pre-empted good seats.
The most prominent among the
diplomatic corps was Sir Edw. Thorn
ton, the British Minister, but,all wore
gorgeous costumes and enjoyed the
display,
Just before Q o'clock the President.
elect, accompanied by the old Cabinet
officers, ENarts, -Scirurz and the rest,
came in and took front seats, all the
Senators and members arising as they
entered.
The sametribute was paid moment
later to Vice President Arthur as he
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