Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1909-03-04

the oath. This done, the entire assem-
blage will proceed to the inaugural
stand.
The sergeants-at-arnis Of the senate
and the house will lead the stately
procession. This is an innovation, as
heretofore It has been led by the mar
shals Of the supreme court and or the
District Of Columbia. Those present III
tbe senate chamber will fall into line
In the same order in which they en-
tered the senate, and the entire com
many will march to the inaugural
stand
The troops gathered In front OF the
stand will present arms ns the presl-
dent and the president elect appear ae
the main door of the capitol, and When
they have arrived at the front or the
stand Chief Justice Fuller VIII step
forward and administer to Mr' Inlt
the oath of office, following when the
new president will deliver his lhau-
rural address, which is understood 10
he unusually brief. From the staha
the president will descend flight ol
stems to his carriage and drive .imme-
diately to the White House, where ne
NAV snatch brief luncheon before
taking his place in the stand.
There will be q slight change TINS
year in the order Of the progress OF the
president, the president elect ana the
vice president and the vice president
elect to the capitol. In view Of the close
relations of Senator Lodge to the pres
ident he will ride in the carriage with
the president and the president eiech
os will also Senator Knox, who as
chairman of the committee on ar
rancements IS the personal escort OF
tbe executive. The vice president VIII
have as escort Senator Bacon and kep-
resentatives Burke and Gaines, while
the vice president elect will be accom-
panied by Senator Frye, the president
pro tcmpore of the senate, and NcpFe-
sentative Young. Heretofore only one
senator has accompanied the two chief
figures In the ceremonies.
Ball a National Function.
ALWAYS q pleasing and picturesque
feature, it is proposed to make the IN
auCural ball Of 1909 something more
q great national function Of supreme
interest and significance. 1t Will take
the form Of reception by President
Taft and Vice President Sherman to
the country at large. Each state IN
the Union will be officially represented.
on the floor by one Of its distinguished
sons. whose mission It will be to CO.
operate officially in the presentation Of
the visitors from here there and eY-
erywhere to the gral men Of the ntli. at !,
lion who win be u dance 80
& Gist Blair, wh
serv 1or-,r, :. . f565cft lsto g7rcTSr nj
the cabinet Of President Iancoln, Is
chairman of the committee IN charge
of the inaugural ball and has 50 plan
ned the event as to bring tic entire
Union through the forty-siZ states into
direct and active participation in the
function.
washington is q national city,
city belonging to the country" Chair
man Blair said In discussing the ball
arrancements. "It IS cur desire that
all who come to the inauSuration-aNd
there promises to he the biggest at
tendance in the history of these af-
fairs-should feel that IN coming to
the national capital they arc coming to
their own city.
"The ball will be essentially and diS-
tinctively national. y representative
from each state has been designated
as member Of the inaugural ball
committee. These gentlemen will
know many Of the people who come
from their respective states and will
see that they are properly introduced
to the statesmen ard their wives and
other distinguished visitors. Thus it
is hoped to bring the forty-six states
into close touch with the national cap
ital on this memorable occasion"