New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-05

c.m. IN standstill. Meanwhile the Committee
| an Arrangements was hard AZ work assembling the
narticiponts in the ceremony and introducing
them into tho Senate Chamber Captain bassco
made two more trips 20 the clock. setting the
hands back each time, amid murmur Of applause
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN FULL FORCE
The Diplomatic Corps was the first body 70 be
| nshered in It's members had assembled with SON"
difficulty owing TO tho wrc'ched weather OF the
morning and the ofciousness OF the 'api'oi
policc Ono OF these functionari"s had turner
! back a carriage containing the SWISS ana To''u-
cucsc Ministers. although both were in full court
dress. because they had mislnid their 'icNe's o'
admission 10 the Capitol They were rescued by
friend. however, and carried through the lines
safely.
The Diplomatjc Corps as il marched in was
headed by its Dean Baron Fava, the Italian
Minister lie was accompanied by two Young
attaches one Of them the son Of the Marquis OF
Rudni the Italian Prime Minister. by whom
Baron Fava was recalled temporarily in 1891
Behind the Dean came the Ministers IN the ordcr
| of their seniority of residence here. The serrc-
,aries and attaches followed and occupied inc
second row of seats Next TO Baron Fava on the
front row came the Dutch Minister, Mr.. DE
| Wcckhcrlin; Mavroycn Bcy. the Turkish Minister
! in the costume Of the Sultan's Court; DR. Guzman.
OF Nicaragua, in the republican fuil-dress sun
| Mr. De Claparede. the Swiss Minister Sir Julian
Pauncefotc; Mr.. lie CHAT, of Belgium senior
| DE Souza Roza. Of Portugal; Count Spon-
neck. Of Denmark; Mr.. Tateno. the japanese
Minister: Senior Mcndonca, Of Brazil: the
French and German Ministers, Mr.. Pa'c-
notre and Dr. Won Ilollchen and on the
end the Russian Minister, Prince Catacu2"n".
Minister Mott Smith. of Hawaii. with tire"
| Of the Hawaiian ENJOYS, SAT apart III one oil Tue
! back rows. All the Ministers but DR. Smith ana
| Dr. Guzman. wore brilliant court costumes, Whi'h
ravc an unwontcd aspect Of gayety 10 the Some
| below made otherwise rather sober by III" Hoho'-
onous uniformity OF the American black coal
! The uniforms Of the secretaries ana attaches III
| tho second row even more rainbow c'i"i''
in their hucs and more striking in their pictorial
| effect While the spectators in the eallcri", were
fcasting their eyes the brightness beneath they
could we'll afford TO wait in patience for the taidicr
arrivals.
| TuF s,,pRrME COURT APPEARS IN BLACK ROBES.
Tho next body 10 he conducted into thc Chamber
was the Supreme Court. It's members in Their
flowing robes of black entered and were escorted
10 seats in the left half of tho little scmciiclo AZ
| the foot of the VicePrcsidents desk. ChI"i
! Justice Fuller walked with the venerable Justice
| Field who leaned heavily on stodt black cane
| They were followed by justices Gray and Batch
| ford, Brewer and Brown. Shiras and Jackson ana
ex-Jnstice Strong Justice Harlan is absent in
Europe as one of the members Of the DhrinS Sea
Board Of Arbitration The radical Change which
has taken place in the membership OF the Supreme
| Court during the last four years must nave "'h
| apparent AT glance TO every spectator f'' Io"i
Of the Justices present had seen President Harrison
nangurated in 1880 During one Administration
Matthews, Miller, Bradley and Lamar had All dis
e., Ia all In
Field. not member Of the Court was now present
whose term OF service dated BACK hNohu TIE
| Administration Of President Arthur.
no SEATS FOR THE HOUSE.
After the Justices had been received there
was a long delay The House was next expected
but there were no signs of the arrival of Speaker
Crisp at the head Of the column OF Represent
tivcs. Many members. foresccing perhaps what
was threatened, had hurried over by thrccs and
fours and had slipped into the Scna'" unan-
nounccd without any formaty. The lew
chairs still vacant and unsezcd by senate cirikS
and employees were rapidly claimed by them an"
occupied, and when, finally, shortly before OIL
| fetal noon, the Speaker and the Sergeant-at-ArmN
! Of the House appeared, followed by 100 or -oo
members, they were received with Dlank amaze
ment by the Senate ushers, and were blandIN
asked TO find what standing room they conid, ana
| 10 OUNCE all ndnOs IOuHu w HdNi"S
as conveniently small as possible. Members
with strong scnse Of self-respcct were forced
by these tactics to return 10 their own end Of
fine Capitol The more curious and ons-sufer-
ing hcrdcd like sheep in the narrow spaces between
| the back rows Of seats and the gallery walls, en-
numbered the aisles till they made lie burden
both 10 themselves and TO the stan OF
the Senate employees. IL looked az
one time as if all the arrangements
for the seating and orderly control OF the person
ages on the floor would fall 10 pieces but The
struggle for survival soon brought about certain
adjustment. The adjustment was not necessarily
| favorable 10 the members Of the House. Tor MI
the end of the ceremony the incongruons and dis
crcdtabe spectacle afforded Of the father
Of tho popular branch, Representative Charles
ONeill Of Pennsylvania, being forced TO stand, In
spite OF his gray hair and accommodating years,
while within ten yards of him at least Il dozen
or fifteen Youthful Senate employees were brazcnly
occupying seats to which they had not even the
remotest excuse Of title.
The commanding General Of the Army, General
Schofeld. and the ranking Admiral Of the Navy.
Admiral Ghcrardi, had gotten into their places
at the right of the Vice Presidents platform be-
fore the mob Of the Representatives invaded the
Senate Alongside Of them, also in uniform was
! the handsome and martal-loOkng Chief Marshal
| Of the parade, General Martin L. M"Mahon. IN
| Senator Carlisle rcappeared about this time among
his old colleagues, Senator Cameron securing a
seat for him after much difficulty. Back among
the Senators another familiar face, that OF
General Wade Hampton, Of South Carolina, who
looked at everything around him with vastly
interested air Representative elect Joseph G..
Cannon, OF Illinois, could also be seen seated
| among the Senators, his face full OF the enjoy
| mcnt of his return TO public life, from which
he was so unexpectedly driven by the great Con-
! gressonal disaster Of 1890. Speaker Crisp,
though Speaker Low only in name, is invited
in accordance with custom 10 a seat on the Vice
Presidents platform, and sat there comfortably
during all the rest of the ceremonies.