Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-06

reality. While themselves OF Sltil III
port, the prelude of the more important
event. The Installation of the ne"
Vice President was stVe: ely siiiipie.
and as brief as simple. 1t consisted .,
Il promise. solemniy made win upiii'e
hand and bowed head, to perform u,
| duties Of the o.fce ard to support anu
defend the Constitution o. the lHlt'"
States This WAS the cath OF o4!'N''
and it was administered by Stiat"'
| Frye as president pro tenrp"re OF th''
| Senate. The two officials stood con-
| fronting each other Oh the elevator
| platform on With rests the desk oil 'h@
| nr,,adinec officer of he Senate, pfdc-
tically on the same spot on Whlth an
| the incoming Nice-Presidt MS l"l 'i'
past fftv years have stood anu Wlier'
| IL majority Of American lleeli'ii M
Gpcrted that Mr.. Fairbanks shall pre-
| side for the four years 10 come. i'''
| aud democratic though inc 'ti'ii''''S
| was. it attracted % the Seh"'c "
| gathering of notable people many Oh
| them Of such import 4nce that' III az
| r.r,Iauce with time honored CUSTOM
| ,b.ir anuearanoe was heralded with
| o,,n and multitude sufficient to atone
| for the simplicity of the oiiicIal actS OF
| III. ,c.4sion. if not to quite over
shadow. them. These guests included
| the foremost representatives. or IN"
official life Of The capitol city. foreign
and domestic. civil and military. ANA
also many other persons Of prominenc"
from all parts OF the country.
on the Senate floor. with his Cabinet.
nf h.. -,;t 4
States. himself about to he inaugu-
rated the Diplomatic: corps. the Su-
rrcne Court If the United States. the
IIous" of Rcpro sontativcS. the Admiral
Of The Navy. the Lieutenant General
Of the Army. tn2 governors of states
and Others distinguished by reason of
position or achievement. These
sufficcd to tax the capacity OF that part
"f III" hall. and they were splendidlv
supplemented and surrounded by the
attendance in tn galleries consisting
in large part of the wives. relatives
and friends Il the men ~ no occupied
seats below. many Of them as dis
tinguiShcd in privat" and social life as
The Others in the publ" service.
Practically al the variety of hue
galleries. for aside from the decor
atoms worn by he fnrcign representa-
tives and the sold lace with which the
uniforms of lii" few army and navy
officers present Wcr" decorated. there
was q dull lev@l of black and brown
cu the first tlnO" Thi; monotony vas
relieved somewhat in the background
bv Il sprinkle Of sold on The gray walls
# the chamber, but it was not suffi-
cent 10 cOmp"ns lte for the absence of
ANNA zion which only tn" ladies' with
their flowers AMI ribbons and feathers.
could contribute. Tia section Of TIL
gallery usually devoted 20 the private
usn of Senator's was today en-
tirely surrendered to what may be
called the E.x"c:ltiv. rarity. and Wa+
occupied by III families and immediate
friends of the President and Ni;'e-
President and Ct the members of the
Saprcme Court and The Cabinet. The
font row OF seats IN one side of this
section was filled by the members OF
the Presidents household. and the cor
responding row on III" other side pv
those Of the Vice. Presidents Mrs
Roosevelt and the wife AND mother OF
Vice President Fairbanks being promi-
| nont among them. The DIPLOMATS
gallery. which IS rarely occupied by
more than two or three persons at a
time was crnW,l,'I toI1y by the wives
of representative of the various for
! cign embassies ard legations. all mani
| sting much caSerneSS to witness
what they evidently considered an rx-
| ccptional ceremony. Directly opposite
| that quarter numerous members of the
| newspaper Fraternity occupied their
usual places in the Press gallery. most
| Cf them diligently engaged in portray
! ing the interesting scenes about them
| Other portions of the gallery were
given over to persons holding special
| tickets. Every meme and Granny was
filled. but the careful rr"arrangement
which limited the number of tickets to
| the exact tanarity OF the hall pre-
| vented unseemly crowding.
| The gallery visitors We're practically
| all in their seats before the official
| guests began to make their appear
| anca. This circumstance was due to
| the fact that while the officials We're
| detained until Il specified time the
gallery doors We're opened at eleven
O'Clock, and ticket holders permitted to
| enter any time thereafter. They found
| morn of the star performers in their
| assigned places. if Senators may be
| excepted. but the wait was not long.
| and i'll the meantime the gallery visit
orS easily devised entertainment
| among themselves. The Senators.
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 WAS necessary to make
room for other dignitareS.
The two big round-faccd gold clocks
| which front with solemn mitn and in
| stately service from The north ANA
south walls Of the Senate Chamber
had measured the time NJ to 11t5
when the first of the special guests ar
| rived. These were the members of
the House Of Representatives.. They
had marched over in Il body to the
quarters of the Senate through the
| long corridor from their own hall at
| the other send Of the Capitol. headed
| hy their redoubtable leader. Speaker
Cannon. with all the assurance of an
invading army. ana when the south
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