The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-03-11

lived by party lines or controlled by
p1fesan affiliations, and which have SO
happily marked my intercourse Wlth sen
senator's and officers of the senate, from
whom 1 have received so many good Of
fees in the discharge of my duties, accept
ton Of your kindness, with my heartfelt
wishes for your future welfare, happiness
AID prosperity in life
A New Vice President.
Then Vice President Morton administered
the oath Of Office to his successor, and
yielded to him the chair of the presiding
officer. The special session of the Fifty;
with prayer by Chaplain Butler; Vice
President Stevenson arose and addressed
the senate. He said;
sense Of its responsibilities and Of it's dig
nifty, 1 now enter upon the discharge of the
duties Of the high office to which I have
fact that among the occupants of this chair
during the 1O4 years of our constitutional
history have been statesmen, eminent alike
to public duty. Adams. Jefferson and CAL
houn honored its incumbency during the
Gally days Of the republic, while Arthur,
cd of our history shed luster upon the Of
flee of president Of the most august deliber.
alive assembly known to man. 1 assume
the duties Of the great trust confined to me
with that Of gF8k distrust Of my ability
satisfactorily Fac nsrGon to me aI Its r f19 81 ssns !
my earnest endeavor to discharge the i'm
portant duties which lie before me with
no less of imPa1tiality and courtesy, than Of
the cooperation. the forbearance. the
charity Of each of its members, I now enter
upon my duties as presiding officer of he
senate"
Fifty-Third Congress.
As he closed his remarks he directed the
secretary Of the senate to read the procla-
ate in extraordinary session. Mr.. McCook
read the proclamation, and then the SEN
ators newly elected or reelected were in
vited by the vice president to come for
ward and take the cath Of Office. They
did so leach escorted by his colleague) and
the oath was solcmnly administered by the
vice president, the senators afterwards sub
scribing to the same at the clerks desk.
Twenty OF those to whom the oath of
office was administered were senators who
their seats in the senate for the first time.
These are: Messrs. Lodge Of Massachu-
setts, Murphy Of New York, Roach of North
Dakota, Smith of New Jersey and White of
as senator from Kansas were presented by
PETER and read. Mr.. Hoar said that
the credentials just read seemed to be In
due form and to entitle Mr.. Martin prima
ate. If there was to be q contest as to his
title on it's merits, the senate could pass
upon that afterwards. He moved that the
oath of office be administered to Mr.. Mar
tin. The motion was agreed to, and MIR.
Martin took and subscribed to the oath.
All these preliminaries having been duly
disposed of, the vice president directed the
sergeant-at-arms to proceed to the execu-
ton of the order of the senate relative to
the inaugurating Of the president Of the
United States. The procession to the east
of the capitol was then begun:
On the outside the snowstorm had sub
sided towards noon, but the temperature
had lowered and the northeast wind blew
The sun made several fneffectual
efforts to pierce the clouds with only par
tial success. The troops arrived ut the
hour and filled up the place reserved
for them, while several photographers
themselves in the box house en-
the Washington statue and pre-
pared to taxi a picture of the wintry scene.
patience Of the cr0wd was at last re-