St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-03

ana tne preSlQ ent or the senate takes
control of the parliamentary administra-
ton of the constituent assembly of the
states of the Union with brief intro
ductory remarks, and then proclaims
that the senate is now in session by yir-
tue of the proclamation of the president.
which the secretary of the senate is
ordered to read. 1t is the practice for
the retiring president, few days before
the Inauguration of his successor. to call
the senate into special session, declar-
ing that objects of interest to the United
States require that the senate should
be convened at IL o'clock on the 4th
day of March, to receive and act upon
such communications as may be made
to it on the part of the executive. He,
therefore, gives notice to all who are
then entitled to act as members of the
senate to be present. This preliminary
having been complied with, the newly
elected senators whose credentials are
on file are called forward in alphabet
lcal order in groups of four by the sec
istered. The senators, having taken
the oath of fealty to the constitution
and the laws, take their seats, and the
roll of the senate, by states, in alpha
betical arrangement, is complete.
RECEIVING THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.
The persons entitled to admission to
the floor of the senate chamber under
the rules OF that body and the pro-
gramme of the committee on arrange
mentS, having been seated in the places
reserved for them, the new president,
who has been escorted from his tenn
porary residence in the city by the re-
tired president and the committee of az
rangemeuts, and such attendant body
of soldiery as the incident demonstra-
tiOns have prepared for an escort of
honor to the capitol, enters the senate
chamber accompanied by his predeces-
sor and the committee, and is shown to
seat, the entire assemblage rising, in
front Of the secretary's desk, the ex-
president and members of the commit
tee ON arrangements sitting on his right.
The vice president OF the United States
then announces from the chair.
''The sergeant-at-arms will now exc
cute the order of the senate relative to
the inaugural ceremonies of the presi-
dent of the United States"
THE PROCESSION.
The persons in the senate chamber
then proceed to the platform on the
eastern central portico of the capitol in
the following order:
Marshal of the District of Columbia
and marshal OF the supreme court of the
United States.
Ex-presidents and ex-yice presidents;
the supreme court of the United States
of the United States. The sergeant-at-
arms of the senate. The committee of
arrangements. The president and
president-elect. The vice-president and
secretary of the senate. The members
of the senate. The diplomatic corps.
The heads of executive departments.
The members of the house of repreSen-
tatives and representatives-elect. Gov
ernors and eX-governors of states, and
others admitted to the floor.
Upon reaching the platform on the
eastern pOrtlcO the president elect,
chief justice, and committee of arrange
mentS occupy seats on a raised dais.
The others of the distinguished partici-.
pants i'll the scene have appropriate
seats in the vicinity. The people oc-
cupy tine spacious plaza east of the
capitol. and the escorting soldiery are
massed in the rear, the sahlting battery
is in the park, and the participating
sOldiery aud civic bodies are formed
in positions cOnverging upon the plaza
ready to swing into column as the in
augural procession moves from the
capitol to the reviewing stand of the
president in front of the executive
mansion.
TAKING THE OATH.
The president, as soon as the order of
arrangements on the platform is COM
plete, advances to the front and de-
livers his inaugural address. Having
completed his address he turns, facing
the chief justice in the presence of the
people; the clerk of the supreme court,
oHy ,aiy haf ha1 do
hands formerly on velvet cushion) an
open Bible. The president rests the
palm of his right hand upon the open
page, and repeats, after the chief JUS
tice, the only oath prescribed by
the constitution. Having finished,
the new president leans over and
kisses the sacred book, as a SYM
boi of acknowledgment of his great
trust in behalf of the people and their
institutions. The chief justice then
bows and extends his hand in greeting
to the new president. This he receives
from the head of the judiciary. The
vice president advances and extends
the same form of salutation on behalf
of the legislative coordinate branch of
the government. When Washington
was inaugurated, State Chancellor Jay,
there then being no chief justice of the
crowning act of the constitution: Long
Live George Washington. President of
the United States Of America"
A CANNON SALUTE.
The moment the president places his
lips upon the Bible, in response to a
given signal the batteries in the park
fire national salute. The troops pre-
sent arms and the masses of the sol
dierS and citizens at once become cleo
trified by the stir of preparation. The
senate returns to its chamber and form
ally adjourns. The committee on az
rangements having charge of the presi-
dent, escort him to the state carriage,
drawn by four horses, awaiting him at
the senate entrance to the capitol. The
president takes position near the head
reviewing stand in front of the execu-
tive mansion. The diplomatic corps
proceed to the reviewing stand, where
they form part of the brilliant entour-
age of the new president.
The earlier forms of inaugural cere-
mony were technically the same, though
simpler in detail. The present more
elaborate demonstration, ceremonial
and spectacular, began with the lnau-
guration of President Polk, March 4,
1S45.
At the close of the review the new
president is usually escorted to his
official home for the next four years by
the ex-president, where luncheon is
served. After this act of salutatory
the retired president with
his family withdraws to his private resi-
dence at the capital and usually departs
from the city the following day.
The new president is now fully in
yes ted with the powers of his office, and
his wife, OF presiding lady, takes the
place of first lady of the land.
Death of William Silkworth.
Special to the Globe
LISBON, Dak.. March a.-William