Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-05
SENATE CHAMBER IS CROWDED WITH
 VISITORS
GALLERIES PACKED TO WITNESS ADMINISTERING OF oATHS
 OF OFFICE.
LADIES THRONGED GALLERIES
SENATE EXTENDS VOTE THANKS TO RETIRING PRESIDENT
 OF UPPER HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March A.. With simplicity and dignity in keep ing with American traditiones the in. itial procedure attending tho inaugura- ton of the president of the United States, which included the swearing in of the vice president and of all the in coming senators, was conducted in the senate chamber in the presence of a distinguished company consisting of leading officials of the three coordinate branches of the government and the diplomatic representatives of practical ly every nation of the world. In point of interest the personality of the men occupying seats on the floor of the chamber was equaled by the gather ing in the surrounding galleries, which were filed with the women who make up the social life of the capital and whose names are scarcely less gener- ally known than those of their hus- bands or relatives who took part in the historic event.
 Women Grace Galleries
 Every available seating space in the galleries was filled. The array of beau tiful gowns worn by the ladies present. cd scene that suggested a social gath ering, rather than an official occasion, and the waving of delicate fans and the buzz of conversation lent zest and animation to the scene. In the front row of the senator's gallery were the families of the president and the presi- dent elect and of the vice president and vice president elect. Mrs. Taft was there with her daughter Miss Helen Taft, and her son Robert, both home from college, to be present on this occasion, together with "Charlie,' the youngest member of the family, who was beaming in anticipation of the great event in which his father was the central figure of interest. The presi- dent s brothers, Charles F., Henry w., and Howard, were also present, as were Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. sherman, with her sons and daughters, Mrs. Fairbanks and members of the viee-president $ family, and many others intimately connected with the chief actors in this historic scene.
 While the galleries were being filled the priscipals in the drama were assem- bling in readiness to enter the cham. Der, according to thoroughly ordered arrangements. The president and tho president elect were in the president s room, the mural decoration of which, the work of the famous Brumidi, has gained it the distinction of being the most ornate apartment in the capitol. MT. Roosevelt, accompanied by members of his cabinet, had arrived early to at tach his signature to measures, the pass age of which had been delayed by the rush of business during the close of the session, and had been very busily oecu- pied during the last hours of his admin istrat;on. The vice.president and the vice-president elect were in the almost equally elegant apartment at the other end of the marble lobby, which is oeeu- pied by the vice president throughout the sessions of congress, and is desig hated as the vice president s room. Tho diplomatic corps assembled in the lobby, where the ambassadors and ministers awaited an invitation to enter.
 The entrance into the chamber of the several bodies of officials was an nouneed by Assistant Doorkeepers Stewart and Keller in clear and distinct tones. "The supreme court of the United States" was called, and the ven erable chief justice, followed by the eight associate justices in their official gowns of black, and accompanied by the officers of the court, came in slowly, and all were conducted to large leather covered chairs, which had been placed along the front of the chamber facing the vice. president, and on his right: Then came the ambassadors and min