Evening star., 1897-02-23
CAPITOL PROG RAM
Exercises to Take Place ct McKinley's
Inauguration.
PROCEEDINGS N fHESENAE CHAMBER
The Order of Procession to the
Platform Outside.
ARRANGEMENT FOR TICKETS

| ARRANGEMENT FOR TICKETS
The program for the inaugural ceremonies
| at the Capitol Is practically completed. The
Arrangements for the comfort and conve-
| nience ur all those participating In the
ceremony and the spectators are about as
nearly perfect AZ possible. Great care has
been taken to insure a seat for each per-
son having ticket. SO that there wtH be
no need OF a rush to get in the building,
In the galleries or on the stand at the eas.
front OF the Capitol. where the Presidents .
inaugura, address will be delivered.
Cards of Admission.
No person will be admitted to the Sen
ate wing of the Capitol. the Senate CALLER
les. the floor Of the Senate chamber, or the
inaugural platform without a ticket or
card sighed by Senators Sherman, Mitchell
and Elkins. comprising the committee OF
arrangements, except members of the SEN
ate and elective officers. members of the
House Of Representatives and elective off,
| GERS. the ex-President and the ex-Ntce
President. the justices of the United states
Supreme Court and officers (the clerk, re-
porter and marshaD, cabinet officers the
general commanding the army and his aid.
| tive list and his aid.
Tickets of admission and cards (except
those for members-elect) will be good only
| at the Senate bronze door lat the head OF
| the marble steps on the east front of the
| Senate wtng) and at the lower door under
| the arch beneath these marble steps.
Ticket holders presenting themselves at
| any othet than these two entrances will
be refused admission. This provision IL
| necessary to protect the galleries for the
use OF those having tickets. and to prevent
| persons with or without tickets gaining ad-
mission through the halls leading from the
rotunda 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 Capilol. will be excluded from
| the north half of the Capitol grounds until
| after the conclusion Of the inaugural cere-
monies.
The two eastern doors of the Senate
| wing. rs above described, win be open al
| 1o O'Clock am. to these holding tickets
| and cards and entitled to admission.
The Galleries.
The section Of the gallery known as the
| Senate reserved gallery. on the eastern side
between the ladies' gallery and the eastern
| rserved gallery, will be set apart for the
guests of the President and President-elect,
the Vice President and Vice President-elect.
and the families of the Speaker of the
House of Representatives,. the Supreme
| Court and cabinet officers. Special tickets
| will be issued for this gallery. and no one
will be admitted to it without a ticket
The diplomatic gallery will be reserved
| exclusively for the use of the families of
the members of the diplomatic CORDS and
| tickets Of admission thereto will be dis
| tributed by the Secretary of State.
The press gallery will be reserved ex-
clusively for the reporters OF the press.
| Tickets of admission thereto will be coun-
tersigned by the chairman of the press
committee. and will entitle the holders to
proceed to the place reserved for the press
| ON the platform while the procession is
| forming and in advance of 1t.
All other galleries will be open to those
| holding gallery tickets without distinction
| or reservation.
| 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 for each senator
making 42o: and two to each representa-
tive. making 730. or 1.15O in all. No one
| without a ticket will be admitted. This
number takes tp all the space in the gal
| leries. including seats on the steps. In the
aisles and standing room. The sergeant
alarms of the House will distribute the
gallery tickets allotted to the House of
Representatives. and representatives and
delegates should apply to him for their
quota not later than March 1.
The tickets to the floor Of the Senate
and to the Senate galleries will entitle the
holders to places on the platform, and no
one can be admitted to the platform who
has not previously been admitted to the
Senate wing OF the Capitol.
Those Entitled to Admission.
At IL o'clock on tie 4th OF March the
doors OF the Senate chamber will be
opened. and the following will be entitled
to admission to the floor: The President
the President and Vice President-elect, the
aY-Praoidant nd
chief Justice, associate justices and officers
OF the Supreme Court: members of Con-
gress and delegates, cabinet officers and
governors Of ste tes. the general command
ing the army and his aid, the senior ad-
miral Of the navy and his aid the librarian
OF Congress. the elective officers and MEM
bers OF House OF Representati' O. the ::
chitect OF the Capitol and his assistant,
senators-eiect and ex-senators, me of
Congress-elect, ex-secretaries anu er-
geant-at-arms Of the Senate, ex-Speaker
of the House Of Representatives, ambassa-
dors and ministers of the United States.
ambassadors and ministers Of foreign coun-
tI1es who have been presented officially to
the President, judges of the Court of
Claims. judges of the Court of Appeals and
the Supreme Court Of the District of Co
lumbia, marshal of the District Of Column
bia, the secretary of the Smithsonian In
stitution, the Commissioners OF the district
OF Columbia. the lieutenant general of the
army. retired: officers of the army and
navy VINO by name have received the
thanks of Congress.
The representatives-elect will be supplied
with cards of Identification by the sergeant
alarms of the House, and will enter the
Senate 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 assemble
in the Senate marble room. whence they
VIII be shown to seats on the Senate noor
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 entitled to admission to the floor
OF the Senate will be shown to their seats
upon entering the Senate chamber by those
in attendance.
The Supreme Court. headed by its ofii-
GERS will enter the Senate chamber In q