The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-14
ArTME CAPITOL.
The Scene i'm the Senate.

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The desks were permitted to re-
main in the Senate, but in the aisles,
between the tiers of desks, chairs
were placed as close together as they
could be packed. In the semi-circle
area, Immediately in front of the Vice
Presidents desk. was placed row
of sofas and stuffed chairs. On the
right of the Vice President these
front seats were given to the Su-
preme Court and to ex-Presidents and
Vice Presidents. On the left of the
area from the desk were placed heads
of departments, the retired general of
the army, Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan, Adj
miral Porter and officers of the army
and navy, vino by name have been
thanked by Congress. Immediately
to the left of President pro tempore
Edmunds the committee of arrange
ments had seats, and in a row of
stuffed chairs placed with the backs
toward the presiding officers desk,
fanked on either side by reporters
tables, were the President and Vice
President-elect and their attendants
who accompanied them. In the cen
ter of this row were two large chairs,
the backs and arms of which doomed
above the others in the row. These
were given to President Arthur and
Mr.. Cleveland. The seats to the left
of the main aisle from the Vice Pres
ident's desk we're given up to the
Senators and their families Those
on the right were set apart for the
diplomats and members of the House,
the latter having the rear rows.
Next to the diplomatic gallery por-
ton of the ladies' gallery was rallied
off and given up to the families and
friends Of the President and Vice
President-clect and Vice President.
The other portions of the galleries
were for those outside of official cir
cles holding tickets of admission.
CONSPICUOUS FIGURES IN THE SENATE
CHAMBER.
BY II o'clock nearly every seat in
the galleries was occupied. The Sen
ators grouped themselves together in
the Seats on the east side of the main
aisle. One of the most conspicuous
figures in the rear Of the chamber
was Commissioner Loring. About
halp past ten Senator-elect Evarts
entered the chamber through the
south door. He was Immediately
surrounded by Senators of both par
ties. After exchanging greetings he
retired to the republican cloak room.
Mr.. George Bancroft arrived early,
and was given seat just behind the
Senators. Mr. Evarts spied Civil
Service Commissioner Eaton, and he
made his way half across the cham
Der to shake hands with him. Sena:
tors Garland, Lamar and German
took seats side by side, and in the
earncstness oftheir conversation they
seemed oblivious of what was going
on around them. Senator Bayard
was seated between Messrs. Frye and
Colquitt, and chatted pleasantly upon
passing events. At IL o'clock Sena-
tor Garland, who has so often during
the past few years presided Temporal
rily, was called to the chair. Soon
after 11o'clock Senator elect Payne,
of Ohio, appeared. He was accorded
very friendly greeting by Senator
Edmunds. At 80 Gems. Sheridan
and Hancock entered the chamber
through enc of the lobby doors. They
were, in defiance of rigid Senate rules
greeted with hearty round Of ap.
plause by the galleries.
IN THE PRESIDENTS GALLERY.
A little before IL o'clock the doors
of the Presidents gallery were open
ed, and people entitled to admission
were escorted in. Among them were
Miss Cleveland, Mrs. Hoyt, sisters of
the President-elect, Rev. w. A.
Cleveland and wife and their two
sons; Mr.. Hastings. nephew of the
President elect; Miss Hastings, Miss
Nellie Yeomans and Miss Anna Yeo-
mans, nieces Of the President-elect;
Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon, Of Toledo, and
Colonel and Mrs. Lamont. The blue
tapestried seats of the diplomatic
gallery remained longest vacant, but
they, too, were filed by quarter
past eleven.
APPLAUSE FOR GEN. GRANT.
The only events of the early pro-
ceedings which were not upon the
programme were the outbreaks of
applause which greeted the an
nouncement of the passage Of the
Grant retirement bill, and the reccp-