The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05


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5|N SENATE CHAMBER
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& niIcItyl q tho ofnciai acts Of the OCCASION.
~ not to quite ovcrsliudo them. sIfles 3
gif1clued tho fore ost $,e "a !.
Stjycy o 4 tlje@ofltldlf tffc 70 the apitals
clty, foreign mid dottcsti 81. OWL and MILL.
tafy, ard aa1sp many other persons s0lt
on The Senate floor VIII #hls Ga t,t'ne
we're tito President Of the uiilted States
4ilin1sclf 5 about Ito I'D inaugutnted the
4 diplofnuti IL corps, tic Supreme Court Or
d tilo United Stat the Fl oiiso OF Repre-
diplomatic corps the s,prei,e Court 81 tlic
United States. the louise of "
#tivcsf tho Lcutcnntit. General f the army,
stntes ana ptera d'stl,,-
ii ruished BbyYrtasOnio of posi- ton tci CT
Sii,ent. Iheac stiGlced . tax tie Gu pnct yEof,
Ettifit Dart o. the iii. and they were ar2lcini
didly supplemented and Ssirrol1nded by thef
attendance III tho GALLERIES, consisting IN
i large part 4 OF tho wives, relnt ives ana
friends ofIt he men WHO Occupied seats 2. Is
a below, many OF them as guishcd ~
private life as the others In the public
scrylce. ~ 81 Y. 5f 4 & 4. s. . h III
Galleries Brilliant. 81
Practically all the VARIETY of hue a ny
vivuolty Of scene came from the gnll RES
& for aside from tle dccornt tons worn tyf
lace With whlcli8the uniforms. Of the Few
army and navy ofllcers presen were "a e 6.
Il ra ted thuro was a dull level 0f black and
brown on tho first floor. This smonotony
b 1vas relieved somewhat IN the bac kground
by a. sprinkle ot gold on the era y walls
Of tho chamber but was not SUN ".
ctentito compensate for the absence oi
animation which only the ladies, WITH u
v their flowers ana lbb0ns anu yea tncrs
could contribute ~ " y Z.
The section OF the gallery Y sua''ly d |eS
voted to 4 hn private use of senators was
i to-day entirely surrendered to what may
he called 1.-THE executive party, and was
& occupied by the families and Immediate
Il friends OF the President and the Vice
President and Of the nlefnbers OF the.
Supreme Court and the Ca binet.9 The
4 front row s & Yea Is on one Side OF this.
4 sect Ion wa s filled by the members OF the
& Presidents household, and the corre-
spondlr1g row on the other side by those
4 OF the Vice Presidents. Mrs. Roo seyelt
ana tho wife and mother OF Vicc-Presl-.
dent Fairbanks being prominent among
them. ss3 KY 3Ss5ls Al WA
Tho diplomatic gallery, VII ichss is \ rarely
4 occupied d by more than two or threc5
" persons d a Il time, was crowded to-day
1 ~ the wi YES OF represe Of ss5the
A various fore ign mbassies and legations,
Il all ma nifesting much eagcrness to WY
y ness what they evidently considered i an
exceptional ceremony Directl y op roslte
that Sauar ter numerous members OF the
~ newspaper fraternity occupied their4llsual
H places in tho press gallery, most Of them
diligently engaged In port rayin "A Nc az
in their sens before the ofiicial guests
tons OF the gallery were Glven g over 70
persons holding special tickle Is. Every.
Il niche and Granny was filled. but the care
" full Sprearrangement,4w which limited Id tho
Il number. OF tickets to the exact apnctty
of the hall, prevented unseemiy Gro wd-l
& ing. .l IS. i5a
$@# Arrival Of Participants.
s Tho gallery ylsj tors were tprac tea lystall
I in their seat sbefore the official guests
N began to make their appearance. This
III cIrcumsta nce was due to the fac that
while tho Off Gals were detained until
y a specified time, the gallery doors were
4 opened at II o, clock and ticket holders
permitted to en- ter any lme thereaf ter..
They found none of the star per formers
4 IN their assigned fplacesstifs senator may
Al be- excepted. but The val 3 was not long
u ana In he meantime the CALLER visitors
& onAily devised ntertatnment among Them
Il selvess3 The u senators, many \ Of 81 them
Il showing fatigue aH the result OF recent
long hours OF labor were grouped t$to-
y gether compact on the Republican side
OF !.the chamber. an arrangementstt that
u was! necessary to make room for other
81 dignitar ies. n I. sa
Tho two big round ia cd !. gold clocks
which front with solemn tmien and in
e stately service from the snorth?and south
walls OF the Senate chambers had meas
4 ured the time up to Has, when the first
| OF, the special guests arrived. These
I. were tho member OF the House OF Rcp-
rcsentatiyes. They had marched over In
X q body to the quarters 4 OF the Senate
(, through tho long corridor from their own
e hall at 1 he other. end. of the. 4 Capitol,
headed by their Speaker. Cannon. and
whenthe south doors OF the senat es cham
u Dor swung open and Assistant Sergeant
y alarms Lay on announc ed til Speak
* err ana the House Of Representa- tives".
they walked to the seats signed them