St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
Congress in Joint Session Gel
ebrates the Inauguration
Of Washington.
1t Was Literally a Gathering
Of All the American
Nations.
Through the Foreign Lega-
tions at the Capital, All
We're Represented.
Chief Justice Fuller's El0-
quent Grafton on the Prog
resS Of America.

WASHINGTON, Dec. livery little
interest was taken in the proceedings of
the house of Representatives when il
met at noon to-day, although the CALLER
les were filled to overflowiug. They
were almost perfunctOry, for all inter-
est centered in the joint meeting of the
house and senate to celebrate the in
auguration of President George Wash
ington and the first American congress.
The chaplain in his opening prayer re-
ferred to the approaching gathering in
few appropriate words. At 1925.
after the transaction of some routine
business the house took recess of
twenty-five minutes. A general air of
expectancy pervaded the house during
the short recess. The people in the
galleries watched the main doorway
leading to the foo r with an unusual de-
gree of interest, not forgetting, how
ever to chat with those about them.
The arrangements for the ceremonies
had been so perfected that the galleries
were not crowded to the discomfort of
those having admission to them. In
the executive gallery a number of
SEATS WERE VACANT.
On account of the death of Mrs Scott
Lord, Mrs. Harrison's sister, none of
presidents family atte nded. Mrs.
Wanamaker, Miss Wanamaker, Mrs:
HalfOrd. Miss Halford. and Miss Strong.
the daughter of ex-Justice Strong of
the United States supreme court, were
in the executive e llery. In the diplo-
matte gallery adjoining, were Mrs.
Blaine with Miss Blaine and the wives
and families of members of the diplo-
matte corps. The wife and several of
the daughters of Chief Justice Fuller,
and the wife of Vice President Nor
ton. with the Misses Morton and the
families of delegates to the Pan-Ameri-
can congress and international marine
conference were in the private gallery.
Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Carlisle, and the wives
of many me mbers occupied seats in the
members gallery. Between 1890 and
and l2:45, these having tickets of adj
mission to the floor began to straggle
into the floor of the house. Among
these were Maj. Gen. Schofield. with
Assistant Adiutant General Vincent, tx
Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson. ;
Assistant Secretary .Batchellor, of the
treasury department, the interstate
commissioners. and few members
of the marine conference who
came in by mistake before their body
was announced. At l2:45 Speaker Reed
called the house to order. MIR. Bayne,
of Pennsylvania. was ready with res
olutiOn that the house inform the senate
that it was in session and ready to begin
the ceremonies of celebrating the cen
tennial of the Inauguration of George
Washington as president of the United
States. After wait of few minutes
one of the assistant dOOrkeepers of the
house, accompanied by another officer,
APPEARED IN THE MAIN AISLE
leading to the bar of the hnuse and an
nounced: The president of the United
States and his cabinet" 1t was thought
that. on account of Mrs. Lords death,
the president would not be present,
and murmu ur went around when he APP
pea red leaning on the arm of Mr.. Blaine.
Following them came Attorney General
Miller and Secretary Proctor. Postmaster
General Wanamaker and Secretary
Secretary Halford brought up the rear.
The president and Secretary Blaine took
seats i'm front of the first tier of desks,
and on the immediate right of the main
aisle. The cabinet members took
seats on the left of the main
aisle. The chief justice and the
associate justices of the supreme court
were followed by the chief justice and
Judges of the court of claims. Georgs
Bancroft. the venerable historian. and
ex-Justice Strong brought up the rear
of the supreme court. Then came the
senate. with Sergeantrat-Arms Canaday
leading. The major general OF the
army was next announced, and he adj
vanced down the aisle, clad in his
BRILLIANT FULL-DREsS UNIFORM, {
o. nd aof.nrnnar,iat Inv (Non :
also in full uniform. and Assistant Ad-;
jutant General Vinctnt. Solicitor
Walker Blaine and Chief Clerk Lee,
of the state department, were at the
head of the diplomatic corps, the Pam
American congress. the marine confer
ence and the Venezuelan commission
Much amusement was afforded the
galleries by the manner in which the
assistant doorkeeper, who made the an
nouncemehts, pronounced the name lof
the Venezuelan minister. Minister
Preston, of Hayti, the dean of the di-s
plOmatic corps, and Minister Romero.
of MeNico, entered behind MesSrs. Lee
and Blaine. The sight of the Official!
resplendent with gold lace and
variegated trimmings, brought low
hum of admiration from the gale ries.
The conventional full-dress suits worm
by most of the members of the Pam
American congress looked even more
sedate, coming, as they did. between
the uniforms of the diplomatic corps
and those of the members of the ma
rine conference, most of whom are
naval officers and were attired in full,
dress. The supreme court justices were
seated to the right of the main aisle in
chairs placed before the first row of
desks. Behind them. in the seats of
members. We're the senators. To the
left of the main aisle. in the seats of
the Republican representatives, sat the,
diplomatic corps, the International ma
rine conference and the Pan-American
congress. On both sides of the house,
in the rear seats, were members of the
house of representatives, and behind
them were the governors of more than
twenty states. who
HAD COME IN UNANNOUNCED
and tax en- their places before the eere-
monies began. When the aSsemhiage
was seated Speaker Reed resigned his
seat to the vice president and took a
Sc at to the left. Mr.. Morton gave
quick rap with his gavel. and announced
that the ceremonies would begin. He
had hardly ceased speaking when the
Marine band, concealed in the south \
corridor, to the rear of the presiding
officer, struck up "Hail C0mbia.n
When it ceased prayer was offered by
Chaplain j. &. Butler, Of the senate.
and then Mr.. Morton announced thai
Hon. Melville w. Fuller, chief justice
of the United States, would deliver an
Grafton. The chief justice was escorted
to the speakers desk 10y Senator Hiss
cock and Representative Payne the