St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-05
YIELDS The GAvEL.
Adlai E. Stevenson Succeeds
Levi P. Morton as Vice
President.
Upon Taking the Chair He
Makes a Short Adj
dress.
Newly Elected Senator'S Then
a1 Took the Oath OF
Office.
No Opposition to Admission
Of Senator Martin, Of
Kansas.

WASHINGTON, March Ain the SEN
ate at quarter before IL SENATE clock
the speaker and house of representa-
tlves were announced. The speaker
was escorted to chair at the secretary's
desk, and the representatives who fol-
lowed him were crowded in wherever
space could be found for them. But as
to finding seats for them. that was en-
tlrely out Of the question. At this time
the general spectacle was magnificent.
The galleries were filled with elegantly
dressed ladies, with few gentlemen
scattered among them. The senators
from forty-four states were all
in their places. When the senate
clock Indicated 1l:30, but when the
actual time was 1880, the vice presi-
dent-elect was announced, and Mr..
Stevenson, escorted by Senator McPher-
son, took his chair to the right OF Vice
President Morton. Immediately after
wards the president Of the United
States and his cabinet were announced,
and President Harrison and the mem
bers of his cabinet entered the chamber.
Mr.. Harrison was escorted to one of the
chairs standing in front of the clerks
desk. Immediately afterward the presi-
dent-elect was announced, and Mr..
Cleveland. escorted by Senator Ransom,
took the chair next to Mr.. Harrison. His
entrance into the chamber was greeted
with applause. 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-third
congress was then formally opened with
prayer by Chaplain Butler. Vice Pres
ident Stevenson arose and addressed the
senate. He said:
Senators: Deeply impressed with
sense of its espOnsibilities and Its dig
nifty, | now enter upon the discharge of
the duties of the high Office to which
have been called. l am not unmindful
of the fact that among the occupants of
this chair, during the 104 years of our
constitutional history, Lave been stataS-
men eminent alike for their tai
ent and their tireless devotion to
public duty. Adams, Jefferson and
Calhoun honOred it's incumbency dur
ing the early days of the republic, while
Arthur, Hendricks and Morton have
at later period of our history shed
luster upon the office of president of the
most august deliberatiVe assembly
known to man. / assume the duties of
the great trust confided to me with no
feeling Of self-conhdence, but rather
with that OF grave distrust of my ability
satisfactorily to meet its requirements.
| may be pardoned for saying that it
shall be my earnest endeayor to dis
charge the important duties which lie
before me with no less of impartiality
aud courtesy than Of firmneSS and tidel-
ity. Earnestly invoking the cO-opera-
ton, the fOr0earance, the charity Of
each of its members, | now enter upon
my duties rs presiding officer Of the
senate"
The New Senate.
AS he closed his remarks, he directed
the secretary of the senate to read the
proclamation of the president cOnven-
ing the senate in extraordinary session.
Mr.. McCoOk read the proclamation, and
then the senators newly elected or re-
elected were invited by the vice presi-
dent to come forward and take the oath
of Office. They did so leach escorted by
his colleague), and the oath was solS-
dent, the senators afterwards subscrib-
ing to the same at the clerks desk.
Twenty Of those to whom the oath Of
Office was administered were senators
who have been reelected. Five of them
took their seats in the senate for
the first time. These are: Messrs.
Lodge, of Massachusetts; Muir
ply, of New York; Roach.
of North Dakota; Smith, of New Jer-
sey, and White, Of California. The crs-
dentials of John Martin, as senator
from Kansas. were presented by Mr..
PETER and read. Mr.. Hoar said that
the credentials just read seemed to be
in due form, and to entitle Martin prima
tace to be admitted into a seat in the
senate. If there was to be contest as
to his title on its merits, the senate
should pass upon that afterwards. He
moved that the oath of Office be admin
istered to Mr.. Martin. The motion was
agreed to, and Mr.. Martin took and sub
scribed to the oath. All these prelim-
inarles having been duly disposed Of,
the vice president directed the sergeant
alarms to proceed to the execution of
the order OF the senate relative to the
inaugurating of the president of the
United States.
After the inaugural ceremonies the
senate returned to its chamber. A COM
mittee was ordered to wait on tine preSi-
dent of the United States and to inform
him that the senate was organized.
Messrs. Blackburn Dem., Ky.) and AL
liSon (Rep., lO.) were appointed as such
committee, and then, at 2:10, the senate
adjourned until Monday at noon.
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