Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-18

THE SCENES AT THE CLOSE OF THE CONGRESS
THE PROGRAM FOLLOW ED IN INDUcrrNa INTO
OFFICE THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT AND
VICE OVERWHELMING IN SENATORS.
The merely official part of the Inauguration
of the new government will not take very long
nor is the ceremony very impressive, but an
immense crowd will be present at the Capitol.
and the disappointment Of those who cannot
get in the building to witness it will be great
Cards will be issued for admission to the Capt.
tol on Inauguration day. There is sure to be
q terrible pressure to get possession Of tickets,
but the number ia necessarily limited, and the
persons disappointed will be vastly in excess Of
those who will get admission. The officers Of
the Capitol are usually vigorous in the enforce
ment Of the orders of the sergeant-at-arms Of
the Senate to exclude all but the holders Of
tickets, and while they may be roundly abused
by many free-born citizens who have walked
all the way to Washington to see Grover inau-
gurated, or who have not had their hair cut
since his first election and think that they
should be entitled to some consideration, or
who know their rights a. citizens and part own
ers Of the building, they will keep the doors
closed to all but the chosen few who have suffi-
olent pull with Senators or members of the
House to get tickets.
hEEPISo PEOPLE OUT.
Fifty thousand people may surround the
building without, but within the purpose is to
avoid all crowding and to leave a clear way from
the Senate chamber to the stand at the east
front Of the Capitol where the oath Of Office ia
administered to the new President and where
he delivers his inaugural address This stand
is now being erected, taking up the entire space
OF the east main portico and staircase leading
20 the rotunda.
Congress is liable to be in session all night
from the Sd to the 4th Of March. with short re-
cesses every now and then, if there are appro-
priation bills still hanging fire in conference,
as Is usually the case, and lot of sleepy states
men lying on the sofas or snoring back in their
chairs, with their feet on the desks will greet
the rising sun of the 4th Of March with languid
indifference.
The Ffty-second Congress will be in existence
and in session until IL o'clock on the 4th OF
March, but constructively it will be the Sd up
to that hour. The Congress will live until II
O'Clock by the Senate timepiece. Shortly be-
fore IL o'clock the President and his cabinet
and the President-elect and the Vice President
and the Vice Presdent-elect will reach the
Capitol, having been escorted from the White
House by the inaugural procession through a
clamorous crowd.
IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
The outgoing and the incoming Presidents and
the cabinet will occupy the Presidents ROOM
and Mr.. Morton and Mr.. Stevenson will occupy
the Vice Presidents room. Shortly before noon
they will ali assemble in the Senate chamber
members of the House and Senate and Supreme
Court being present. Probably about two min
utes before u the retiring Vice President will
administer the oath of Office to his successor
and then, with very brief address will, at the
stroke of IL declare the Senate of the Fifty
second Congress adjourned without day. The
new Vice President. an extra session Of the Sem
Mt hou haan IaA
call the Senate Of the Fifty-third Congress to
order and administer the oath to all the newly
elected Senators. The custom is to take the
list of new Senators in alphabetical order and
swear in the Senators in blocks of four.
This being done the new Senate will. if Gus
tom il followed. take q recess, and the process
sion will move from the Senate chamber to the
east front Of the Capitol. The way will be led
by the sergeant-at-arms and squad Of Capitol
police. Then will follow the President and the
President-elect, the Vice President and the ex-
Vice President the chief justice, members of the
Senate and of the House and various officials OF
the two houses and Of the Supreme Court and
others who have tickets to thu stand.
THE OATH OF OFFICE.
The oath Of Office will be administered to the
President-elecs by the chief justice, and the new
President will deliver his inaugural address.
The length Of time the ceremonies will take will
depend upon how much the new President has
to say to the assembled multitude and to the
people on the subject Q: democratic teachings
and the importance Of the ceremony being per-
formed and its obligations upon the principal
actor.
This over Mr.. Cleveland will be ready to go
back to the Presidents room and from there to
be escorted to the White House, while the clam
orous crowd cheer, cannon boom, flags wave
and there is a wild expression of rejoicing. The
Senate will recouvene after the formal cere-
mony Of administering the oath. and will be
ready to at once confirm the cabinet, provided
no wicked person raises objection to the
prompt confirmation.
The administering Of the oath by the chief
justice is really all there is officially of the in
auguration Of the new President, but the
crowd and the procession. the address and all
the noise and rejoicing. and the ball at night
make up the great demonstration Of the day.
Officially the thing is very simple.