Marble Hill press., 1893-03-09


States. Benjamin Harrison is only a
private citizen. The great change
from Republican to Democratic rule, a
change that in most of the nations of
the world would have been accom-
panied with bloodshed and civil war,
was effected in the most orderly
manner and with the utmost good feel
ing on each side.
The events of the day are four in
number, as follows:
!. Swearing in of the Vice President
in the Senate Chamber.
2. Swearing in of the President and
delivery of inaugural address on the
asst portico of the Capitol.
8. Inaugural parade.
4. Inaugural ball.
AS all the ceremonies attendant upon
the swearing in of President and
Vice-President took place at the
Senate end of the Capitol the
House was somewhat neglected in
the hustle of preparation during the
early hours. The Capitol police was
on guard from 5 o'clock in the
morning, and only those who held
tickets of admission were permitted to
enter the reserved precincts of the
Capitol.
On the floor of the Senate a trans
formation scene had taken place from
the night session. The row of sofas
usually occupied on public ceremonies
by the President and Cabinet was in
place, but reserved for the Supreme
Court. In front of the Vice Presidents
desk, where the official reporters
usually sit, were two large and hand
somely upholstered leather chairs.
This was the place reserved for the
President and President-elect To
their right were three chairs for the
Senate Committee of Arrangements.
The entire Democratic side of the Sem
ate was given up to the diplomatic
corps and the House of Representa-
tives. while there was left the Repub-
ican side to be reserved for the SEN
ate, and back of them the visiting Gov
ernors and other distinguished guests.
After Father Bassett, the aged door
Keeper of the Senate, had performed
his annual trick Of turning the clock
back several times, the Senate finally
found itself ready to adjourn sine die
When everything was ready Vice
President Morton notified the. Ser
geant-at-Arms, and almost at the same
moment the doors 'nading from the cor
ridor to the Se late Swung open and
old gray bearded Father assett made
his appea4Safce, and bowling low an
nounaod to the Senate:
.vThe President and the President
elect of the United States"
Vice-President Morton raped with
his gavel and the Senate rose to re-
ceive the distinguished men They
were preceded by the Committee of Ar
rangements, Senators Teller, Ransom
and Mcpherson, who in turn an
nounced to the Vice-President their ar
rival, and then escorted them down to
the seats reserved for them in front of
the Vice Presidents desk, the commit
tee taking their seats on the left
Then the diplomatic corps was an
nounced, and in obedience to the rap
of the Vice-Presidents gavel the Senate
rose to receive foreign ministers who
fled in and took the front seats on the
Democratic side of the Senate. "The
Chief Justice and Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court announced Door
Keeper Bassett again, bowling low to
the Vice President, and then enter the
Supreme Court Justices in their silken
gowns. They file down the center
aisle and take their seats on the sofas
n front Of the diplomatic corps. Pres
dent Harrison's Cabinet, the Major
General Of the army commanding, the
Admiral Of the Navy, and the officers
* the Army aud the Navy who by
name have received the thanks OF Con-
gress, are next introduced, and they
moved down the aisle and took seats
% the right Of the presiding officer and
orresponding To those occupied by the
6upre eme Court. Then came the Gov
Gtnors Of the States, ex-senators Of the
United States, Judges Of the Court of
Claims the Supreme Court Of, the Dis
trict AZ Colulnbia, the commissioners
q 'f]se district and members 8f Presi-
dent Cleveland's incoming Cabinet.
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