The Washington herald., 1913-04-09
MESSAGE READ
BY PRESIDENT
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capitol at 12:40. She was accompanied by
John Wilson. the Presidents cousin. She
was shown to the Executive gallery and
took the front seat.
Mrs. Wilson was dressed in tailored
suit of smOke-brown cloth, with black
hat trimmed with an ostrich plume of the
SAM shade as her suit. Her eyes were
bright and her cheeks glowing. She smiled
at friends in adjoining galleries, stopping
to extend her hand to Secretary Lane as
she passed to her seat
Mrs. Marshall arrived few minutes Ia
ter. The Vice President had only pro-
vided his wife with the ordinary blue
tickets of admission to the galleries. She
was turned down by the doorkeepers, who
announced full house" Fortunately for
the second lady of the land, she was rec
ognized at this juncture by newspaper
correspondent, and, after much explain
ing, seat was finally found for her. Her
guests, however, were forced to wait
without, although Chairman Flood, of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, saved
them wait in the corridor by Offering
the courtesies of his office.
The House was FESTIVE, with nothing
to do as Champ Clark was uncertain
just what to do with it. Representative
Clayton of Alabama saved the situation
by moving a recess until 12:25. The
Speaker jumped at the chance. He put
the question. There was a chorus of
ayes" weak and faltering, and an
avalanche of noes but before the ma
jority had had a chance to claim a di-
vision, the Speaker announced:
House Takes Recess.
''The ayes have it, damned his gavel
on the desk, and descended the rostrum
The Senate fumed and fretted the
morning hour away with the regular
mornings business-the introduction of
bills and resolutions. Word having been
received that the President might be If
teen minutes late, the hands of the
clock were turned back that much to
give the semblance of promptitude to the
movements of the upper body. Then,
shortly before l o'clock, the march to
the House-the march to the scaffold, as
it was termed by the irreverent-was
taken UP.
Meanwhile, Speaker Clark, uncertain
as to the exact hour of the Presidents
coming, walked the east corridor and
ner window. He fidgeted considerably
and seemed i'll at ease. Finally, Joe Sin
mott, the chief doorkeeper, was seen in
the offing.
Come here, joe" said the Speaker.
II want You to be sure when the SEN
ate comes over to the House to lead
Marshall up the right side of the dais-
the right side. He sits at
my right, you know"
Joe lowed that he knew. and prom
Used to guide the Vice Presidential bark
to its proper anchorage.
The arrival Of Ambassador James
Bryce and Mrs. Bryce created a diver
sion in the diplomatic gallery. That
space, usually empty. was damned when
the American commonwealth arrived.
John Barrett, the Director of the Pan
American Union, was even repoSing his
graceful form on the top step in lieu of
a chair. BY some means. however, room
was made for the Ambassador and his
wife. Ambassador Jusserand with Nine.
Jusserand, occupied the third seat in the
diplomatic space. Minister Castrillo, of
Nicaragua, also was present.
At 1850 the coming of the Senate was
announced. Speaker Clark was sum-
moned from his coign of vantage in the
corridor and called the House to order.
He smote the desk an awful wallop, and
the House. together with the crowd in
the galleries, arose to greet the conscript
fathers.
The Vice President Leads.
Vice President Marshall led the process
sion, leaning on the arm of the Secre-
tary of the Senate. The Senators trooped
along behind, two by two, like an over
aged orphan asylum out for an airing
Halfway down the center aisle the Pro-
cession halted. and Joe Sinnott, who by
a mad dash from the rear of the hall
had projected himself into his proper
position beside the Vice President an
Mr.. Speaker: The Vice President and
the Senate of the United States"
The Senators filed to their allotted seats
after the Speaker had welcomed Vice
President Marshall to his place At the
Vice Presidents request Speaker Clark
the selection of Senators Kern,
Bacon, and Gallinger to join with tho
House committee of escort and meet the
President in the Speakers anteroom.
Neal, the Speakers negro messenger
was the first among the watchers to des-
cry the President. Neal was watching
from south window and he heard the
purr of the big motor car before any one
else. Word was passed into the chamber
that the President was coming.
The hum in the galleries increased The
flood fidgeted itself into position for the
salute. Then in the basement
corridors there was heard a burst of
President Wilson was shot into the
Speakers private chamber and raised
quickly to the floor of the chamber He
had been welcomed at the door by the
of the House and the
clerk. Only Jimmie Sloan, the Secret
Service guardian of the President, had
accompanied him in the journey up from
the White House. Other Secret Service
men were in the crowd at the door,
The President Enters.
AS he entered the doorway the House
and Senate and the galleries. too, burst
INTO roar of applause. The President
bowed his Acknowledgements and stepped
briskly up to the dais. He walked to the
space habitually occupied by the reading
clerk of the House. He bowed again and
shook hands over the top of the Speak
er's desk with Speaker Clark and the
Vice President, standing behind and
above him. Then he turned again to
face the House and Senate and the
Speaker said
Senators and Representatives, have
the distinguished honor of presenting
the President of the United States"
President Wilson looked thin, but we'll
His eye was clear and his color for
him, excellent In his hand he carried his
message, typewriter upon small square
sheets of paper hardly larger than his
palm.
Immediately after concluding the mes
sage, and before the echoes of the APP
plause had died away, the President
stepped to the well of the House, bowling
rs he went, and, leaving by the same
loor that he had used upon entering, was
gone.
In exactly thirty-seven minutes after
mis- departure on this precedent smashing
Journey, President Wilson descended from