Evening star., 1901-03-04
THE VICE PRESIDENT
Theodore Roosevelt Inducted Into
Office.
SCENE In THE SENATE CHAMBER
Galleries Were Thronged at an
Early Hour.
ARRANGEMENTS PERFEC

Standing upon spot hallowed by history
and In the presence Of brilliant and dis
! tinguished assemblage. Theodore Roosevelt
OF New York today was inducted into the
office OF Vice President of the United
States.
The oath was administered by Senator
William P. Frye of Maine. president pro
| tempore Of the United States Senate The
ceremony was thoroughly democratic, yet
| In its very simplicity profound and impress
sive.
The setting Of the scene would lend in
spiration to the artists brush The historic
senate chamber, superb In its white and
gold beauty, was without decorations of
any Kind. Not even the stars and stripes
were displayed officially, although, as the
last words OF the oath Of Office fell from
the lips Of the silver-haired senator from
Maine. and Vice President Roosevelt fer
vently clasped his hand, the galleries were
splashed with the national colors, many
silken hand flags futtering breezily among
hundreds Of handkerchiefs.
Upon the floor of the chamber, intent
upon the ceremony. were men whose names
are household words in every city of the
land The President Of the United States
was there. Senators and representatives
members Of the Supreme Court of the
United States, governors of many states
| members of the diplomatic corps, army and
navy officers, and men distinguished in all
the walks of life, were passive participants
In the ceremony. The galleries presented a
spectacle of unusual beauty, the hundreds
OF brilliantly attired women gay in hand
some toilets. lending a color scene to the
almost too somber surroundings.
AS the new Vice President dropped the
hand of Senator Frye he glanced upward
at his wife, seated in the executive gallery.
An instant later he faced the United States
Senate for the first time as its presiding
officer.
Perfect Arrangements.
The induction of the Vice President into
office is particularly a Senate function. AS
such the arrangements for the ceremony
were carried to completion by the sergeant
alarms Of the Senate. Col. Daniel NJ. Rams
dell. To his admirable executive ability,
and to the cordial co-opera ton and assist
ance of Mr. Alonzo H. Stewart and Mr.
Bernard w. Layton, doorkeepers Of the
Senate. the perfection Of every detail of the
function was due. Not a flaw In the pro-
ceedings was noticeable. The whole was
perfectly planned and beautifully executed.
The Senate was in session, constructively
having been so since II o'clock Saturday
morning. although recesses taken at in
tervals had rendered the mental and phys-
ical strain the more endurable.
Since 1870 last night, however, that body
had been in continuous session, although
at an early hour this morning the demand
for call of the Senate to secure a quorum
had afforded opportunity to prepare the
chamber for the ceremonies incident to the
induction Of the Vice President.
Early in the morning the galleries had
been cleared by an executive session and
they were not opened again until 10 o clock,
and then only to those who held cards of
admission to the Capitol and to the places
reserved for them In the galleries
Notable Spectators.
Rapidly the galleries began to fill, and
long before the hour for the ceremony
proper to begin they were thronged to the
doors. Among the first persons Of note to
enter the galleries were ladies and attaches
of the diplomatic corps, not entitled to the
floor of the Senate. Lady Pauncefote, wife
of the British amba ssador was among the
early arrivals. as also was Madame WI,
wife of the Chinese minister. Seated in
the front row and attired in gown of
ion of her native land, and wearing a blue
silk band studded with diamonds about her
jet black hair she was the cynosure of
hundreds of eyes. Another attractive fig
ure in the diplomatic gallery was Madam
Takahira. wife of the japanese minister.
Not a Vacant Seat
At II 80 o'clock there was not a vacant
seat in the galleries. except the two re-
roI fron in ha
After every seat was taken the spectators
were banked up In the aisle4 doorways
and space behind the seats and each gal
lery looked like flower bed Of most gor-
geous hues. The unusual incident was pre-
sented of the diplomatic gallery being SO
filled that number of the foreign repre-
sentatives had to stand back against the
wall
Some attention was attracted by Iieuten-
ant Governor Woodruff of New York. who
was the New York candidate for Vice Pres
ident before the Philadelphia convention
before Roosevelt was compelled to yield to
the pressure brought to bear on him to ac-
cept the nomination. Mr.. Woodruff arrived
in the Senate chamber soon after IL O'clock
accompanied by a number of the New York
delegation in the House. He was recognized
by number of people in the galleries,
who pointed him out to others, and some
OF whom waved their hands to him.
One of the incidents of the morning ses-
sion was the first appearance of Mr. Quay
Of Pennsylvania. When his name was called
to help make up a quorum many senators
went over to snake hands with him.
About twenty-five minutes of IL W. A.
Clark. senator-elect from Montana, entered
the chamber. and Immediately Senator
Jones of Arkansas and number of demo-
cratic senators arose to shake hands with
him as he passed near where they were
seated. He took a seat between Senators
Jones of Arkansas and Foraker of Ohio
and was engaged in conversation with Sen
ators Foraker and Elkins, who sat in front
of him.
Arrangement Of Seats.
BY the arrangement of the seats the SEN
ators were all seated on the republican side
Of the Senate, placed without reference to
party. 1t happened that four democrats,
Lindsay. Daniel, Martin and Taliaferro, and
one populist, Kyle, occupied the line Of
seats Immediately upon the center aisle
Among the first of the officials to arrive
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