Arizona republican., 1905-03-05

IIIGIlQS Ol lilS PTGSlQcnI dIlQ ll4G NiCc president and of the members of the
 supreme court and the cabinet. The | front row of seats on one side of this
 section was filled by the members of
 the presidents household, and the
 corresponding row on the other side by | those of the vice presidents, Mrs.
 Roosevelt and the wife and mother of
 Vice President Fairbanks being prom
 inent among them. The diplomatic | gallery which is rarely occupied by
 more than two or three persons at a
 time was crowded today by the wives | of representatives of the various for
 eign embassies and legations. all man. ifesting much eagerness to witness
 what they evidently considered an eX- ] ceptional ceremony. Directly oppo-
 site that quarter numerous members
 of the newspapers fraternity occupied their usual places in the press. gallery
 most of them diligently engaged in
 portraying the interesting scenes about
 them. Other portions of the gallery
 were given over to persons holding
 special tickets. Every niche and cran-
 ny was filled but the careful prear-
 engagement which limited the number
 of tickets to the exact capacity of the | hall prevented unseemly crowding.
 The gallery visitors were practical l ly all in their seats before the official | guests began to make their appear
 ance. This circumstance was due to
 the fact that while the officials were
 detained until a specified time. the gallery doors were opened at Il o'clock
 and ticket holders permitted to enter
 anytime thereafter. They found none
 of the star performers in their assign
 ed places. if senators may be except l ed. but the wait was not long, and in the meantime the gallery visitors cas- fly devised entertainment among
 themselves. The senators, many of
 them showing fatigue as the result of
 recent long hours of labor, were group ed together eompactly on the republi-
 can side of the chamber. an arrange i ment was 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 measured 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 a body to the
 quarters of the senate through the
 long corridor from their own hall at
 the other end of the capitol. headed
 by their redoubtable leader, Speaker Cannon, with all the assurance of an invading army, and when the south doors of the senate chamber swung open and Assistant Sergeant at arms Layton announced "The speaker and the house of representatives," they walked proudly to the seats assigned them on the democratic side of the chamber. accepting as their due the honor done them when, upon the stroke of the gavel of the president l ia vie rose as one person to welcome them. | The speaker had scarcely taken his | seat at the side of the presiding off | cer, and senators and guests had not | more than resumed their chairs when | the doors again parted, and Alonzo H. | Stewart, also assistant sergeant-at- | arms, heralded in genuine feudal style | the approach of the diplomats head | ed by Count Cassini, dean of the corps |
 "The ambassadors and ministers | plenipotentiary," he said in ringing | tones, and again. upon the fall of the | gavel, all came to standing posture, | after which Sergeant-at Ransdell | escorted the foreign dignitaries to ! their places fronting the presiding of | ficer. The foreigners attracted much ! attention. and the brilliancy of their | dress and the distinction of the gen. tlemen themselves. were the subjects | OI comment.
 Events followed quickly. From this time until Senator Fairbanks began ! his address the senators and their II visitors were kept quite constantly en- II gagged in rising to receive newcomers. \ The ministers were sharply followed II by the supreme court officially gown II ed in long monkish robes and with II Chief Justice Fuller, distinguished in II appearance, leading the van. The ju- dietary was in turn succeeded by Ad- II miral Dewey and his aide, and they, II by Lieutenant General Chaffee chief of staff and his aide, who were separ- ately announced as the representative II of the two warlike arms of the gov ernment.
 Gradually the hall was filled, and the scene had become more and more anil mated, until for the last time in con nection with the occasion, the doors | were opened to admit a guest. He Il was the guest of guests-the president H and the president elect, Theodore II Roosevelt. "The president and his cabinet" proclaimed Sergeant-a Arms Ransdell in well modulated Il phrase.
 Again all were on their feet, and Il again was attention sharply fixed. In the entire assemblage there were com paratively few who could not boast Il personal acquaintance with the chief executive, but this fact did not pre- vent a general craning of necks to ob- serve him on this, the crowning occa- sion in his career. All eyes were turn ed upon him as, accompanied by the congressional committee and the mem bers of the official household, he strode down the center aisle of the chamber in the wake of the conveying sergeant at-arms who placed him in a bie rod |. leather chair immediately in front of the presiding officers desk, where. himself an interested spectator and still flanked by the committee on ar engagements, he sat facing the other spectators. He had gone directly to his seat, looking scarcely to the right or to the left, but evidently never un- of the splendid scene about him. Once at the place assigned him,