The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-03-08

Tho principal attraction of course, was at
tho senate chamber, where the vice president
was to be sworn. Little more than 1900
tickets had been issued to those who were
entitled to view the proceedings there They
included the members of the senate, ex-sena-
tors and other distinguished persons, who
were to be admitted to the floor, friends of
senators and representatives to whom the
privileges of the gallery had been extended,
members of the press and others. An effort
had been made by the inaugural committee
TO confine the issue Of tickets to a compare
lively small number, 80 that the capacity of
the senate chamber and the galleries should
not be overtaxed. At 10 o'clock the east
doors of the senate wing of the Capitol were
thrown open. and the visitors began to pour
in, The tickets which they carried were of
various colors, to indicate the particular
place to which each was entitled to admit
lance.
The galleries filled very quickly. The doors
of the senate chamber had not been opened
Couches had been placed in the semi circular
space in front of the platform occupied by
the presiding officer and the clerks. In the
center of this space were placed seats to be
occupied by the president and president
elect. Between the chairs usually occupied
by members of the senate, had been placed
other seats, and, directly behind the last of
the senator's desks had been placed a num-
Der of couches and chairs. Before II o'clock
the hour when the senate doors were thrown
open, the public galleries were nearly full.
There were a number of visitors in the diplo-
matte gallery, and the only one which was
empty was the one just west of the diplo-
matte gallery and almost directly opposite
the presiding officer, which had been reserved
for the families of the president and president
pro tenn of the senate, the president elect and
the vice president-elect and of the ex-presi-
dent and ex-vice presidents of the United
States
Meantime the members of the diplomatic
corps had assembled in the marble room, and
at II is o'clock the senate was called to order
BY Senator ingalls,, and the senators rose as
the diplomats entered. Many of them were
in military attire, the Chinese in their silken
robes, and the Coreans with their funny,
bird-cage hats The members of the corps
were shown to the seats in the first two rows
on the west side of the chamber.
Shortly after they were seated the retired
general of the army, the major general OF
the army commanding, and the admiral Of
the navy, entered. They were received by
the senators standing, and were shown to
seats arranged in the semicircle in front and
to the left OF the presiding officer. The MEM
beers of the supreme court, clad in their black
dk robes and led by Chief Justice Fuller,
took the corresponding seats on the opposite
side of the chamber. The venerable Hanni-
bal Hamlin, the only living e1-vice president,
elect, led by Speaker Carlisle, entered the
senate chamber by the main entrance and
took seats on the right of the chair next to
the diplomatic corps. The governors of
states, ex-senators of the United States, judges
of the court of claims and the supreme court
of the district, and the commissioners of the
District of Columbia were assigned to seats
on the east side of the chamber, behind those
occupied by members of the senate. Among
the familiar faces were those of ex-senator