The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-05

trust that our official and personal re-
lations may be always agreeable; that
the friendship we may form here may be
genuine and lasting, and that the work
of the senate may rebound to the peace
and honor of the country and the pros
perity and happiness of all the people
NEW SENATOR'S SWORN IN.
Then President Cleveland's proClama-
tion convening the senate in session for
the Ath of March was read and the
vice president called upon the newly
elected senators to come forward and
be sworn. Mr.. Morrill, (Rep., NtD had
the distinction conferred upon him on
account of his age and long service of
being sworn first and alone at the
clerks desk. the oath being admins
tered by Vice President Hobart. Then
the newly elected senators were pre-
sented, as we'll as the old ones, and
sworn in patches 9. four at time.
The new senators are fifteen in number,
and the old senator's who have been re-
elected twelve.
The names of the senator's s-elect We're
called in alphabetical order and they
advanced to the clerks desk and We're
sworn in by Vice President Hobart.
They We're as follows:
ALLISON, w. B., Iowa
EARLE, j. H.. South Carolina.
FORAKER !. B., Ohio
HANSBROUGH II. c., North Dakota.
HARRIS, w a.. Kansas.
JONES, j. p, Nevada.
MASON, W. r., Illinois.
MORRILL,, j. s., Vermont.
PERKINS GEORGE c., California.
PLATT, O. H., Connecticut.
PRITCHARD, j. c., North Carolina.
SPOONER, j. c., Wisconsin.
TURNER, GEORGE, Washington.
WELLINGTON, GEORGE L., Maryland.
CLAY. \. S. Georgia.
FAIIfEl NKS, c. W., Indiana.
GALLIN ER, J. H., New Hampshire.
HEIT7ELDT, HENRY. Idaho
JONES, j. X. Arkansas.
KYLE. j. H.. South Dakota.
M'ENERY, SAMUEL D., Louisiana.
PENROSE, BOIES, Pennsylvania.
PETTUS, f. W., Alabama.
PLATT, r. c., New York.
RAWLINS, J. L., Utah
TELLER, II. NJ, Colorado.
VEST, G. c., Missouri.
The vacancies are in Florida, Kentucky
and Oregon
Each senator. as he came forward to
take the oath, was escorted by his col
league, so that Mr., Sherman performed
his last official act in the senate cham
Der by escOrting Mr.. Foraker, Mr..
BriCe's successor. The only exception
to the rule was in the case of Mr.. Kyle
(POp., S. d. who was escorted not by
his colleague, Mr.. Pettigrew, but by
the POpulist senator from Nebraska
Mr.. Allen. The ceremony came to a
close at five minutes after one, when
the order of exit and the procession
to the inaugural platform was put in
| execution.
1t was a quarter past one o'clock
when the floor of the senate chamber
was once more deserted, and then the
| spectators in the galleries We're per-
mitted to join in the procession.
While the inaugural ceremonies We're
| progressing in the senate chamber the
vast throngs of the plaza of the capitol
resorted to various devices to pass the
time waiting for the appearance of the
| presidential party. At 1890 some one
started the familiar strains of Bethany
| Nearer Ny God to Thee" and they
| soon swelled into a mighty roar. The
| people We're maSsed at every point OF
| vantage and VieW covering almost
every exposed part of the capitol. They
| fOcked even upon the premises ami
| dome of the building, not less than teh
| thousand finding room on the front