Evening star., 1897-03-03
TAKING THE OATH
Program Of the Inaugural E1sr-
cises at the Capitol.
ADMISSION 70 The SENATE CHAMBER
How the Procession VIII Move
to the Platform Outside.
SWEARING IN SENATORS

Following Is the official program OF the
exercises at the Capitol tomorrow:
No person will be admitted to the Senate
wing Of the Capitol, the Senate galleries.
the floor of the Senate chamber or the in
augural platform without a ticket or card
signed by Senators Sherman. mitchell and
Elkins, conprisinG the committee Of ar
rangements. except members Of the Senate
and elective officers. members Of the House
Of Representatives and elective ofAcers. the
ex-President and the e1-vice President,
the justices Of the United States Supreme
Court and officers (ths clerk. reporter and
marshaD, cabinet officers, the general COM
mandiug the army and his aid. the senior
admiral Of the navy on the active list and
his aid
Tickets OF admission and cards Except
those for members-elecO will be good only
at the Senate bronze door tat the head of
the marble steps on the east front Of the
Senate wing and at the lower door under
the arch beneath these marble steps.
Ticket holders presenting themselves at
any other than these two entrances will be
refused admission. This provision Is neces-
sary to protect the galleries for the use of
those having tickets and to prevent persons
with or without tickets gaining admission
through the halls leading from the retunda
and the crypt and occupying the galleries
to the exclusion OF the bona fide ticket
holders.
All horses and carriages. except those
used in conveying persons to the Senate
wing Of the Capitol will be excluded from
the north half Of the Capitol grounds unit
monies.
The two eastern doors of the Senate wing.
as above described. will be open at 10
o'clock am. to those holding tickets and
cards and entitled to admission
Distribution in the Galleries.
The section Of the gallery known as the
Senate reserved gallery, on the eastern
side, between the ladies' gallery and the
eastern reserve gallery, will be set apart
for the guests Of the President and Presi-
dent-elect. the Vice President and Vice
Pres!dent-elect, and the families of the
Speaker of the House of Representatiy
the Supreme Court and cabinet officers.
Special tickets will be issued for this gal
lery, and 10 one will be admitted to it
without a ticket
The diplomatic gallery will be reserved
exclusively for the use of the families o:
the members OF the diplomatic corps. and
tickets Of admission thereto will be distrib-
uted by the Secretary of State.
Inc press gsilery will be reserved exclu-
slFeiy Tor the reporters of the press Tick
cts OF admission thereto will be counter
signed by the chairman of the press COM
mittee and will entitle the holders to pro-
ceed to the place reserved for the press on
the platform while the procession is form
Ing and in advance Of 1t.
All other galleries will be open to those
holding gallery tickets, without distinction
or reservation.
Less Than Twelve Hundred Tickets.
The committee Of arrangements have de-
termined that the tickets of admission
shall not exceed the capacity. 1t was nee
essary, therefore, to restrict the number
OF tickets issued to four to each senator.
making 40, and two to each representa-
tive making $50. or 1.1J0 in ALL No one
without ticket will be admitted. This
Eumber takes up all the space in the gall
ier:es. including seats on the steps, in the
aisies and standing room. The sergeant
alarms OF the House will distribute the
Representatives. and Representatives and
delegates should apply to him for their
quota not later than March 1.
The tickets to the fioor of the Senate
ana 10 the Senate galleries will entitIe the
hoioers 10 places on the platform and no
one can be admitted to the platform who
mas not previously been admitted TO the
Senate wing of the Capitol
Admission to the Floor Of the Senate
At IL O'Clock on the 4th of March the
doors Of the Senate chamber will be opened
and the following will be entitled to ad-
mission to the floor: The President, the
President and Vice Presi1ent-elect, the ex-
President and ex-Vice President, the chief
justice, associate justices and officers OF
the Supreme Court: members of Congress
and delegates. cabinet officers and gov
ernors of states, the general commanding
the army and his aid, the senior admiral
OF the navy and his aid. the librarian of
Congress. the elective officers and mem
bers of House of Representatives the ar
chttect of the Capitol and his assistant
senators-elect and ex-seEators, members
OF Congress-elect, ex-Secretaries and ex-
sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, ex-Speak-
er OF the House CT Representatives, am
bassadors and ministers of the United
States. ambassadors and ministers of for
officially to the President, judges of tine
Court of Claims. judges of the Court OF
Appeals and the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict OF Columbia, marshal of the District
sonian Institution, the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia, the lieutenant
general OF the army. retired; officers of the
army and navy who by name have re-
ceived the thanks Of Congress.
How Tickets Are Distributed.
The representatives-elect will be supplied
with cards Of Identification by the SER
geant-at-arms of the House, and will en-
ter the Ser ate chamber by the south door
with the representatives.
The Secretary Of State will distribute to
ambassadors and ministers of foreign coun-
tries cards of admission to the Senate
chamber, and they are requested to enter
at the Senate bronze door and to assem-
ble In the Senate marble room, whence
they will be shown to seats on the Senate
floor.
The sergeant-at-arms of the Senate will
distribute to all the others above named
cards Of admission to the Senate chamber
and they are requested to enter at the Sen
ate bronze door, or the door under the.
arch beneath the bronze door.
Those entitlad to admission to the floor
OF the Serate win be shown to their seats
upon entering the Senate chamber by those
In attendance.
The Supreme Court, beaded by its off,
GERS. will enter the Senate chamber in a
body at II :45 am, and be announced.
The House Of Representatives, headed by
its officers, will enter the Senate chamber
In body at II: 80 am, and be announced.
The Presidential Escort.
The President aid President-elect will be
escorted to the Capitol each by a member
Of the committee of arrangements, and will
enter the Senate wing by the bronze door,
The President will go directly to the Presf-
dents room and the President-elect to the
Vice Presidents room. where they viii re-