The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-05

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the wife of the incoming president,
and her three daughters. Mrs. Wilson
paused for n moment to look about
the chamber, then quickly descend
ed the steps to the seats In the front
row on the right side of the aisle.
She wore a suit of smoke brown
cloth with black velvet trimmings, a
large black hat with long ostrich
plumes of varied shades of brown.
Miss Margaret Wilson, the eldest
daughter. sat beside her mother. She
wore a plum colored straw with
band of primroses and ostrich plumes
of light grey.
Apparently Their was some misun-
Outstanding at first in regard TO the
Wilson seats for Miss Eleanor and
Miss Jessie Wilson. the two other
daughters. were seated at FIRST Inn
mediately behind their mother. Later
there was n hurried conference be
tween the three military aides, and the
younger daughters were escorted to
their proper place on the other side
of Mrs Wilson.
Miss Jessie Wilson was attired in
heIiotrope, with a hat to match Miss
Eleanor wore a tailored suit OF light
blue with a black hat trimmed with
roses. All the member of the Wilson
family wore violets and lilies of the
( valley. Many relatives Of the Wilson
family were in the presidential re-
/ served seats.
Mrs. Marshall, wife OF the incoming
vice president, sat In the second row
Of the gallery She wore "A wrap OF
dark gray na-rahou over gray gown,
and a hat OF black velvet oramented
with fiamingo wings.
The Wilson's were hardly In their
seats when the venerable Senator Cni~
lom arose and presented the usual
formal resolution for appointment OF
two senators TO join with the two
members Of the house and wait upon
the president to inquire II he had any
further communications TO submit 20
the congress- Senator Gallinger. pres
ident pro tenn. appointed Senator War
rem of wyoming, ard Senator Mar
tin. Of Virginia and they filed SOL
EMMY out OF the chamber to perform
their mission. fef4tt.
i~a Bryan Greets McAdoo.
By this time the members OF Pres
ident wilson's cabinet had begun TO
take their seats on the floor MFR.
BRYAN was greeted by half dozen or
more Democrats before he had reach
ed his seat. William @. McAdoc, who
is to he secretary of the treasury, al
ready had found an obscure spot over
in one corner Of the chamber. Mr..
Bryan caught a glimpse of him and
Immediately started in that direction.
remained in conversation for several
minutes 1t was apparent that the
commoner had purposely gone out OF
his way 10 make the McAdoo meet
ing conspicuous. There had been
stories that Mr.. Bryan would oppose
the naming of Mr.. McAdoo for sec
rotary os the treasury. and his action
today was accepted as general dis
Ciaimer
Not far from McAdoo sat william
f.. NcCombs the young man who
was largely responsible for Governor
Wilson'S nomination. and who ran the
successful Wilson campaign.
Cabinet Is Present.
There was "A great craning OF necks
in the senate TO get a look at the
Wilson cabinet. There had been no
official announcement Of its personnel.
but there they were on the floor or
the senate. The situation was unique
in the history OF !naugurations.
There was lot of speculation when
il was discovered that James {. Nc
Reynolds. who was slated for attor-
ney-generaI. was missing from the
group. Several senators Immediately
started an inquiry to find out IL
there had been an eleventh hour
change, but they were told that MIR,
McReynolds had been unable to at
tend He was the only member OF
an appearance.
Raid Heads and Few Whiskers.
There are two fine haldheads in the
new official family One Is owned by
Bryan, and the other by Lane. Whls-
kers and mopstaches also seem TO be
unpopular with the new president
McAdoo. Lane. Bryan. Daniels and
one or two others haven't single
adornment OF this character.
But in looking over the group the
senators readily agreed that William
c. Redfield's brilliant mutton chops
easily made up for what was lacking
or other portions of the cabinet
Taft's Last Veto.
1t was now 11:40 o'clock. and
everybody was expecting the an
nouncement which would begin in the
formal ceremonies of the day, but
instead of this a tall young man in
frock coat moved down the center
aisle OF the senate and announced:
THE president directs me to pre-
sent to congress a message in writ
ing"
This turned out to be Mr.. Tafts
last communication to congress, and
for while 1t threatened 10 play
havoc with the plans that had been
made for the Wilson inauguration. III
was partly responsible for the failure
to rush the entire program through
on time
This communication was veto OF
the sundry civil bill, carrying millions
of dollars to run the government, Mr..
Taft had vetoed the bill because TX
exempted labor unions and farmers
from prosecutions under the Sherman
antitrust law.
Poindexter Seizes Opportunity.
The message had no sooner been
concluded than Senator Poindexter,
of Washington. was on his feet He
seized on this opportunity to attack
the Washington police for their fall
ure to protect the suffragettes in their
parade yesterday. He talked on and
on. and on, and everybody grew nerv-
Gus and glanced at the clock which
then indicated 1850. Inasmuch as
the Washington senator seemed to be
wound up for n long run. Inaugural
ton or no inauguration, the senate
clerk hurried around and turned the
big hand of the clock back half an
hour
Y Mr.. Poindexter was so badly work
ed up over this that II looked for a
time as II the senate clerk would have
to give the clocks hand another twist.
One or two senators were beginning to
get nervous over a president. and
.president-elect and all the foreign
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