Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
and remain standing until the person
announced is seated.

AuuOuICSu ID SSstteu.
MIR. Farbsnks' valeGietory.
When all the dignitaries have ar
rived the vice president will deliver,
his valedictory and will then eau to
the rostrum James S. Sherman, to
whom he will administer the oath Of
the vice president of the United States,
after which he will declare the senate
adjourned without day. Having been
sworn, Mr. Sherman will ascend the
rostrum and, taking the gavel, will call
the senate to order for the new session
and will ask that new members of the
senate come forward and take the
oath of office. Presumably there Will
be sixteen new faces in the senate.
Each new senator, accompanied by his
colleague. will step forward and take
the oath This done, the entire assem-
blage will proceed to the inaugural
stand.
The sergeants-at-arms 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 of the
District of Columbia. Those present In
the senate chamber will fall into line
in the same order in which they en-
tered the senate, and the entire COM
pany will march to the inaugural
, stand.
The troops gathered in front or the
stand will present arms as the presl-
dent and the president elect appear at
the main door of the capitol, and when
they have arrived at the front of the
stand Chief Justice Fuller will step
forward and administer to Mr.. Iaft
the oath of office, following which the
new president will deliver his inau-
| c1raI address, which is understood to
! be unusually brief. From the stand
| the president will descend flight or
steps TO his carriage and drive imme-
! diately to the White House. where he
| NAV snatch q brief luncheon before
! taking his place in the stand.
There viii be slight change this
wear in the order of the progress OF the
president. the president elect and the
vice president and the vice president
elect to the capitol. In view of the close
4, relations of Senator Lodge to the pres
! ident he will ride in the carriage with
| the president and the president elect
as will also Senator Knox, who as
chairman of the committee on ar
ranCements is the personal escort of
the executive. The vice president Will
| have as escort Senator Bacon and Rep
| resentatlves Burke and Gaines, while
| the vice president elect win be accom-
| panied by Senator Frye. the president
pro tempore of the senate, and Repre-
sentative Young. Heretofore only one
senator has accompanied the two chief
| figures in the ceremonies.
| Ball National Function.
Always pleasing and picturesque
feature. il is proposed to make the in
augural ball of, 1900 something more
a 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 1t will be to co
operate officially in the presentation OF
the visitors from here, there and ev
erywhere to the great men of the ma
ton who will be in attendance.
Gist Blair, whose father. Mentgom
erv Blair. was postmaster general II
the cabinet of President Lincoln, is
chairman of the committee in charge
of the inaugural ball and has so plan
ned the event as to bring the entire
Union through the forty-siX states int
direct and active participation In tht
function.
washington Is national city. ,
city belonging to the country" Chair
man Blair said In discussing the bal
arrangements. SIT is our desire tina
all who come to the inauguration-ant
there promises to be the biggest at
tendance in the history of these af
fairs-should feel that in coming t
the national capital they are coming t
their own city.
"The ball will be essentially and dis
tinctively national. A representative
l from each state has been designate,
: as a member of the inaugural bal
: committee. These gentlemen vii
e know many of the people who com
e from their respective states and vii
see that they are properly introduce
8 to the statesmen and their wives an
: other distinguished visitors. Thus
8 is hoped to bring the forty-six state
: into close touch with the national car
e ital on this memorable occasion"