Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-16

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 distributed by the
clerk of the House. to whom members and
delegates should apply for their quotas on
or before March l.
Coupons will be detached from gallery
tickets at the entrances to the Senate wing
of the Capital by the Senate doorkeepers.
"All tickets to the galleries and all cards
of admission to the floor of the Senate
chamber will also entitle holders thereof to
places the inaugural platform, and it
will be impossible to admit any person to
the platform who has not previously been
admitted to the Senate wing of he Capitol.
On the Senate Floor.
THE doors of the Senate chamber will be
opened at IL o'clock a m. to those entitled
to admission, as follows:
The President, the President-elect.
1.-The Vice Presdent-eect.
''Ex-Presidents and ex-Vice Presidents.
1.-The chief justice, associate justices and
officers of the Supreme Court.
'SenatorS-elect and eX-senatorS.
Ambassadors and ministers of the Unit
ed States.
Ambassadors and ministers of foreign
countries who have been presented official
ly to the President.
Heads of executive departments.
Members, members-elect and elective Of
Ulcers OF the House OF representatives.
Governors of states and territories.
1.-The lieutenant general commanding the
army and his aid
THE admiral of the navy and his aid.
THE lieutenant general of the army, re-
tired
Officers of the army and navy who. by
name, have received the thanks Of Con-
gress.
"Exspeakers of the House of Represen-
tatves.
"Ex-secretaries and observation-disclosures
of the Senate
Judges of the Court of Appeals and of
the Supreme Court of the District of Co.
lumbia.
Marshal of the District of Columbia.
Judges of the Court of Claims
THE Commissioners of the District of
Columbia.
THE secretary Of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition.
The librarian Of Congress.
The architect of the Capitol and his as
sistant.
THE superintendent of public buildings
and grounds
The clerk of the House Of Representa-
uves will distribute to members-elect cards
of identification, and they are requested to
come with the members of the House and
enter the Senate chamber at the south door,
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
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 Sem
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 off,
GERS, will enter the Senate chamber in
body at II AS am. and be announced.
1.-The House Of Representatives headed
by its officers. will enter the Senate cham
Der in a body at II 80 am, and be an
nounced.
Escort to the Capitol.
1.-THE President the President-elect, will
be escorted to the Capitol by the committee
of arrangements, and will enter the Senate
wing by the bronze door. The President,
the President-elect, will go directly to the
Presidents room, where he will remain
until he enters the Senate chamber Hav-
ing been escorted to the Senate chamber
ant introduced by the committee Of ar
rangements, he will occupy the seat re-
served for him in front of the Vice Presi-
dents desk. The committee of arrange
ments will occupy the seats on his left.
1.-The Vice President-elect will be accom-
panied to the Senate by the committee OF
at the bronze door, and will go to the
Vice Presidents room. From there he Will
go to the Senate chamber where the oath
of Office will be administered to him by
the President of the Senate pro tempore,
Just before the adjournment Of the present
Senate.
After prayer by the chaplain the Vice
President will deliver his inaugural ad-
dress and will administer the oath OF Of
flee to the senators-elect.
Procession to Inaugural Platform.
AFTER the organization of the Senate
shall have been completed those assembled
In the Senate chamber will proceed through
the rotunda to the platform on the center
portico of the Capitol in the following or
der. viz:
1.-THE marshal of the District OF Columbia
and the marshal Of the Supreme Court.
.Ex-Presidents.
'sEx-v1ce Presidents.
THE chief justice, associate 3usticsss