Weekly journal-miner., 1909-03-10

sion. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, the distinguished chaplain, clad in a heavy silken robe, resembling the gowns worn by the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, invoked the divine blessing, and in conclusion requested the entire assemblage to join in pronouneing the Lords prayer. The response was not very general, but to the extent that it was the occasion re- sembled, for a brief time, religious rather than an official ceremony. The proclamation of the president converting the senate in extra session was then read and the vice president | delivered his inaugural address. Vice President Sherman said: "Senators-There is no need to re- cite the history of this great legisla- tive body, proud of it though we be-; HOT yet to suggest methods which might in coming time enhance its use | fitness. The world knows the one and you understand the other.
 "In a government for and by the people the necessity of clearly defn- | ing the rights and limitations of the several branches thereof is manifest. An hundred years has demonstrated the far-Sghtedness and wisdom of the framers of that instrument which has furnished the foundation of our legis- lative action. The vice president is not one of the makers of the law. His duties are rather to regulate in this body the method of making them; to regulate. not in accord with his will and ideas, but iu accord with rules which you yourselves have established. It is for the presiding officer to re quire you to act in conformity with your self-imposed regulations just as it | is the duty of the Supreme Court to determine if your action is in accord with the Constitution. Two decades of service in this capitol, though not | in this chamber, have impressed me with the weight of senatorial respOnsi- bility, and the value of senatorial du- ] tv well done. It is neither well to minimize the former nor eXaggerate the latter. but to have both ever in mind.
 "I am aware that the great burden ! is on your shoulders, not mine. ] do not. however. fail to realize that l have duties to perform which require | industry, a clear mind and cOnrr"li- ed temper. l shall strive to perform such duties with courtesy, impartiality and fairness.
 ''I am inducted into the vice presi- deney with appreciation of the dignity and honor of the lofty place and with pleasureabe anticipation of close as SOciatiOn with men of high ideals and patriotic purposes.
 ''I accept, sir, from your hand the gavel with the earnest hope that l may measures up to the standard you have set and if I do l feel that l shall have met the expectations of the most exacting"
 In the reorganization of the senate the swearing in of thirty-One senators who had been either reelected or elect ed for the first time, was the next or der of business. These senators came | forward in groups of four, in nearly every ease being accompanied by their colleagues, and the oath of office was administered to eacn by the vice pres ident Each of the senators had rela- tives and friends in the galleries, and there was much manifestation of in terest as each group found it's way to ! the front of the chamber.
 The newly elected senators were: | Charles J. Hughes, Colorado; Duncan w. Fletcher. Florida; Benjamin F. Shively. Indiana; Joseph l.. Bristow, Kansas; W. 0. Bradley, Kentucky; Elihu Root, New York; Martin N. Johnson. North Dakota; Theodore F.. Burton. Ohio; George F. Chamberlain, Oregon; F. D. Smith, South Carolina; Coe l. Crawford, South Dakota, and | w. l.. Jones. Washington.
 The senators who had been re-elect- | ed and were sworn in were: Joseph F. Johnson, Alabama; James P. Clarke, Arkansas; George C. Perkins, CalifOr- mia: Frank E. Brandagee, Connecticut; {; A. $. Clay, Georgia; W. B. Hepburn, ! Idaho: Albert B. Cummins, Iowa; C. I. Hopkins, Illinois; Samuel D. Me Emery. Louisiana; John Walter Smith,
 Maryland; William J. Stone, Missouri ;
 Francis G. Newlands, Nevada; Jacob
 II. Gallinger, New Hampshire; Lee :.
 Overman. North Carolina; Thomas P.
 Gore. Oklahoma; BOies Penrose, Penn
 sylvania; Reed Shoot, Utah; William P. Dillingham;, Vermont, and W. J.
 Stephenson, Wisconsin.
 The senators-elect having been thus indueted into office, the vice president
 ordered the sergeant at arms to exc
 cute the order of the senate for the
 inauguration of the president of the United States, and Col. Dan M. Rans-
 dell, sergeant -at-arms, advanced to the
 central aisle and was joined by Henry
 Casson, Sergeant-at-arms of the house
 of representatives. Marshal Palmer
 of the District of Columbia, and Mar
 shal Wright, of the Supreme Court of
 the United States, took places imme.
 diately behind them and they and all
 the distinguished assemblage moved
 towards the south door of the cham
 Der.
 RETURNS FOR BRIDE AND