The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-03-12
THE NEW PRESIDENT,
Cleveland and Hendricks Inaugurated
as President and Vice President of
the United States.


| The president-elect was escorted itnmedl-
| ately to the room of tho vice president by
the senate committee, where he remained
until the arrival of the hour fixed for his APP
pearance in the senate chamber to witness
the Induction OF Mr.. Hendricks When the
senate assembled this morning the chamber
was in q state of preparation for the first
part of the Inauguration ceremonies. The
line which divides the seats of the Republic
cans from the Democratic side of the cham
Der was obiterated, and the senators Of both
parties We're crowded together on the eastern
or Republican side OF the hall Chairs were
arranged between the usual seats and in the
aisles, and BY thus crowding together sena-
| tors were enabled to wind up the business of
che session before the arrival of the several
! )dtes who were assigned places on the floor.
| There was some curious grouping in the
consolidated arrangement On the front
row and on the extreme right
Lamar GARLAND and German were
seated together, and during most of the
time were engaged in what seemed to be an
earnest conversation. On the extreme right
of the same row sat Bayard, looking pleas
anter than he ever before looked at the close
| of a session. and striving to assume an indif-
ferent air, as though he were not nervously
watching the passing of the few moments
| that would terminate quarter of a century
| OF RepuNlcan supremacy and
BRING HIM FORWARD AS THE PREMIER
of a Democratic president Adjoining Bay
! ard sat Colquitt and Vest, while slightly in
front of him and between the two, on a chair
| placed for his temporary occupation, sat But
Ter OF South Carolina his face beaming with
smiles at the sunburst whose brightness was
already visible above the horizon. Pende-
ton sat on the right of the second row. with
Payne on his left, prepared to assume the
toga which was slipping from the shoulders
of Gentleman George" When Mr.. Payne
entered the chamber he paused for a
moment and looked around, as if
uncertain whether to advance He was
recognized by Mr.. Pendleton, who beckoned
to him. This was particularly noticed in
view of the terribly bitter contest between
the two men for the senatorship, and their
meeting was watched with interest Mr.
Payne, in obedience to Pendleton's call,
passed down the main aisle, cordially grasped
the hand which Pendleton extended him. and
took a chair bv his side. Voorhees, sat with
Hale, Allison, and Frye, occasionally casting
anxious glances toward the north door
Presently the clerk of the house entered and
announced the passage of a bill to authorize
the secretary of the treasury to issue
duplicate certificate of deposit to an Indiana
bank for one that had been lost This ex-
planned Voorhees, uneasiness. He asked the
senate to pass the bill, and was gratihed by
having the request granted. On the left of
the outer row sat "Honest John Patterson"
at one time senator from South Carolina
and next to him was Chace, the Rhode
Island Quaker, who did not seem to enjoy
the rattle of small talk which Patterson was
pouring into his right ear
Mr.. EyARTs.
tie new senator from New York, sat in the
same vicinity. tlanked by Lapham, whom
Evarts succeeds. and Dr. Loring, the aesthetic
commissioner of agriculture. Lapham and
Loring are beyond the average man in
stature and ayordupois, while Evarts is
below the average, and being sandwiched in
between these two physically heavy weights
Mr. Evarts appeared at a decided dlsad-
vantage In mental weight and stature,
however the little man will perhaps out
weigh the two individuals who overlapped
him to-day. Cullom, Dawes and Henderson
formed another group, and appeared to be
enjoying the scenes that were rapidly trans
piring. Spooner of Wisconsin sat with Angus
Cameron, to whose seat he succeeds and was
evidently receiving first lesson from the
man whose place he to-day assumed Morrill,
occupied his regular seat, and, as is his habit,
looked grand, gloomy and peculiar; while
Don Cameron, who sat in front of him,
entertained Maxey and Platt with Incl
dents of his recent trip to Florida.
Meanwhile the galleries were rapidly filling
with people in their holiday attire Admis-
sion to the capitol was obtained only by
tickets, but notwithstanding this arrange
ment furnished some guarantee that holders
of the coveted pasteboards would have an
opportunity to witness the ceremonies in the
senate chamber, every seat was occupied
before L o'clock except the spaces reserved
for the diplomatic corps and the relatives of
Mr. Cleveland At IL o'clock a message was
read from the house announcing that the
sundry civil bill had been agreed upon
Conger wanted to know what had been done
about the public buildings paragraphs of the
bill, which Mr.. Allison explained, and Con-
ger sat down apparently satisfied A few
minutes later announcement was made that
another appropriation bill had been agreed
upon, This was the last of the supply bills,
and the legislative business was virtually
ended with the agreement of the senate tc
the report of the conferrees During the
pause in the proceedings Col. Lamont ap-
peared in the reserved gallery, escorting the
FAMILY OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT,
Rev. William Cleveland, the presidents
brother, and wife and two sons; Miss Cleve-
land and Mrs. Hoyt, sisters of the president;
Mr.. Hastings, nephew, and Miss Hastings and
the Misses Nellie and Annie Yoeman nleces of
the president. In addition to these were Mr..
and Mrs. Bacon Of Toledo and Mrs Lamont
Mrs. McElroy and Miss Nellie Arthur Mrs.
John Davis and Miss Lucy Frelinghuysen
occupied seats in the diplomatic gallery,
which was filed for the first time in four
years At IL: 80 o'clock Gen. Sheridan and
Gen. Hancock entered by the north door on
the Republican side of the chamber. The
seats assigned these distinguished officers
were located near the door by which they
entered, and they were seated before the vast
audience noted their presence. But when
recognized the audience made up for the
oversight by adding to the volume of
applause with which the two great SOL
dlers were welcomed. Gen. Terry entered
soon after Sheridan and Hancock and seated
himself on Hancock's left. Thsse three
officers and Surgeon General Murray were
the only representatives of the army present
in uniform, and the navy had solitary but
worthy representative in Rear Admiral
Warden. Ten minutes later the dioiomatic
corps, gorgeous in gold lace and Respondent
with glittering stars and jewels of various
knightly orders and headed by Senior
Dominguesa, the minister from Portugal,
entered by the main door and were escorted
to the seats reserved for them The buzz of
excitement and hum of conversation oc-
casioned by the entrance of these dazzling
representatives of foreign governments had
not ceased when the clerk of the house
again made his appearance, and stepping
down the main aisles until the front row of
seats was reached he announced that the
house had passed without amendment the
senate bill to place Grant on the retired list
of the army. There followed one of the
most
THRILLING AND DRAMATIC SCENES
ever witnessed in the senate chamber The
audience did not catch the title of the blk
from the announcement of the clerk of the
house, whose voice had become hoarse and
husky from much reading during the past
twenty -four hours Ingalls, rose and asked
that the bill be read which was done, and
upon tbs conclusion of the reading the ap-
pause broke spontaneously from those in
the galleries, as well as those on the floor
Grave senators, even, forgetting the rules of
the senate, joined in the general acclama-
ton Mr.. Edmunds raped the desk, and
looked Mortified at senators who were giving
open and dlsordery manifestations o.
approval.
CLEVELAND INAUGURATED.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, March A.
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