The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-17

The Committee on Arrangements, hav-
ing in charge the inaugural ceremonies
of President Mckinley and the Vice Presi
dent-elect at the Capitol on March 4, have
completed the programme. The details OF
the exercises, which will soon be printed,
follow:
No person will be admitted to the SEN
ate wing of the Capitol, the Senate gal
leries, the floor of the Senate chamber. or
the inaugural platform without a ticket
or card signed by the Committee on Ar
rangements, except members of the Sem
ate and elective officers, members of the
House of Representatives and elective
officers, ex-PresdeDts and ex-Vice Presi-
dents, the Justices of the United States
Supreme Court and officers Ohe clerk, re-
porter. and marshall. heads of executive
departments, the Lieutenant General Com
handing the Army and his aide, the Ad
miral of the Navy and his aide.
Tickets of admission ard cards Tex
cept for members-elect will be good only
at the Senate bronze door (at the head Of
the marble steps on the east front CT 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
he refused admission. This provision is
necessary to protect the galleries for the
use of those having tickets, and to pre-
vent persons with or without tickets gain
ing admission through the halls leading |
from the rotunda and the crypt and occu- /
pying 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 until |
after the inaugural ceremonies
The Two eastern doors Of the Senate
wing. as above described. will be open a !
10 o'clock s z. 20 those holding tickets
and cards zz5 entitled 20 admission.
The section q Jee gallery known as
the Senate reserved gallery. on the east
eTn side between The ladies' gallery and
the eastern reserved gallery. will be set
apart for the guests OF the President. the
Presidential The Vice PresidenJ-elect,
the President Cf the Senate pro tempore,
and the families Of the Speaker Of the
House OF Representatives, the Supreme
Court. and Cabinet officers Special tick
cts will be issued for this gallery and 10
one viii be admitted TO it without such
ticket.
The diplomatic gallery will be reserved
exclusively for the use of the families of
the members Of the Diplomatic Corps, 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 process
sion is forming and in advance Of it.
Galleries Open TO Ticket Holders.
'All other galleries will be open to these |
holding gallery tickets without distinction |
or reservation. The Committee of Ar |
rangements are determined that the tick
cts issued shall not exceed the capacity of /
the galleries, and therefore it will be i'm |
possible to allot more than four to each |
Senator and Senator-elect. or more than |
two to each Member, Delegate, and the
elective officers Of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
las seats on the aisle steps and stand
ing room in the galleries have to be util-
fzed to accommodate even this number,
gentlemen are requested TO give ladies' the
precedence for the chairs.
The gallery tickets allotted to the
House of Representatives will be distrib-
uted by the Clerk of the House, TO whom
Members and Delegates should apply for
their quota on or before March l.
The doors of the Senate Chamber will |
be opened at II o'clock a. m. to those en-
titled TO admission, as follows:
The President. the President elect.
THE Vice President-elect.
Ex-Presidents and ex-Vice Presidents.
The Chief Justice, Associate Justices,
and officers Of the Supreme Court.
Standardized and ex-Senators.
Ambassadors and Ministers Of the
United States.
Ambassadors and Ministers Of foreign
countries who have been presented Of
hcially TO the President.
Heads OF executive departments.
Members, members-elect, and elective
officers Of the House Of Representatives. |
Governors OF States and Territories.