The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-05
Senate Crowded For Fair banks Induction. THE INSTALLATION SIMPLE Some Official Acts of Great
 Importance. Body Adi0urns. Is Reconvened In special Session, Hears the Address and swears Into Membership
 Mary Newcomers.
THE INSTALLATION SIMPLE

Washington, March 4.--In the pres- ence of as many of his fellow citizens as could be crowded into the Senate Chamber, Charles Warren Fairbanks was at high noon today, inducted into the office of Vice-President of the Uni- ted States. The ceremony was quick ly followed by the final adjournment of the Senate of the Fifty-eighth Con- gress, the beginning of special ses- sion, an address by the vice-President and the swearing into office of almost a third of the membership of the Sem ate. All these official acts took place in the chamber just before the inaugu- ration of the President, and were in reality, while themselves of great inn port, the prelude of the more import ant event.
 The installation of the new Vice. President was severely simple. and as brief as simple. It consisted of a promise. solemnly made with uplifted hand and bowed head. to perform the duties of the oflce and to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. This was the oath of office- and 1t was administered by Senator Frye as President pro tempore of the senate. LWO VtuCtdtS 1toOu Sch- fronting each other on the elevated platform on which rests the desk of the presiding officer of the Senate. practically on the same spot on which all the incoming Vice-Presidents for the past fifty years have stood, and where majority of American freemen have decreed that Mir. Fairbanks shall preside for the four years to come.
 Gathering of Notables.
 Plain and democratic though the ceremony was, 1t attracted to the Sen- ate gathering of notable people, many of them of such importance that, in with time-honored custom. their appearance was heralded, with pomp and platitude sufficient to atone for the simplicity of the official acts of she occasion, if not to quite over shadow them. These guests included the foremost representatives of the of facial life of the Capital city. foreign and domestic. civil and military, and also many other persons of prominence from all parts of the country.
 On the Senate floor. with his Cabinet were the President of the United States, himself about to be inaugurat- ed: the diplomatic corps. the Supreme Court of the United States. the House of Representatives, Lieutenant General of the army, Governors of States. and others distinguished by reason of po- sition or achievement. These sufficed to tax the capacity of that part of the hall, and they were splendidly supple mented and surrounded by the attend ance In the galleries. consisting in large part of the wives, relatives and friends of the men who occupied seats below, many of them as distinguished in private and social life as the others in the public service.
 Practically all the variety of hue and vivacity of scene came from the gal leries, for aside from the decorations worn by the foreign representatives and the gold lace with which the uni forms of the few army and navy of- ficers present were decorated, there was a dull level of black and brown on the first floor. This monotony was relieved somewhat in the background by a sprinkle of gold on the gray walls of the chamber, but 1t was not suth- ctent to compensate for the absence of their flowers and ribbons and feathers. could contribute.
 The Executive Party.
 The section of the gallery usually devoted to the private use of Senators. was today entirely surrendered to what may be called the executive par tv. and was occupied by the families and immediate friends of the President ana the Vice-Presldent and of the members of the Supreme Court and tbe Cabinet. The front row of seats on one side of this section was filled by members of the Presidents household and the corresponding row on the oth- CT side by those of the Vice-Presi- dents, Mrs. Roosevelt and the wife and mother of Vice-President Fair hanks being prominent among them- The diplomatic gallery, which Is rare iv occupied by more than two or three nersons at a time. was crowded today hv the wives of representatives of the various foreign embassies and lega- tions all manifesting much eagerness to witness what they evidently con sIdered an exceptional ceremony. Di- rectIv opposite that quarter numerous menbers of the newspaper fraternity occupied their usual places in the nress gallery, most of them diligently enraeed in sportraying the interesting scenes about them. Other portions or the gallery were given over 10 persons hoIajnp special tickets. Every niche aud crenny was filled, but the careful which limited the nunnber of tickets to the exact capac- itv of the hall prevented unseemly
 The gallery visitors were practically all in their seats before the official s,,aats began to make their appearance This circumstance was due to the fact that while the officials were detained ,,ntil A specified time, the gallery doors were opened at II o'clock. and ticket holders permitted to enter any time thereafter.
 star Performers In Places.
 They found more of the star per farmers in their assigned places. if Senators may be excepted, but the wait was not long, and in the meantime the gallery visitors easily devised enter tainment among themselves. The Sem ators. many of them showing fatigue as the result of recent long hours of labor, were grouped together compactly on the Republican side of the chamber, an arrangement necessary to make room for other dignitaries.
 The two big ,round-faced gold clocks which front with solemn mien and in stately service from the north and south walls. of the Senate chamber. had meas ured the time up to 11:45 when the first of the special guests arrived. These were the members of the House of Representatives. They had marched over in body to the 0uartera of the