Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-06


the diplomatic corps in the absence
of the venerable Baron Hengelmuller,
the ambassador of Austria, who is alb
to return.
The Rt. Hon. James Bryce, the
British ambassador, was next, fol-
lowed in order Of seniority by Count
Won Bernstorff, the ambassador from
Germany; Youssouf zia Pacha, the
ambassador from Turkey; the Marquis
Cusani Confalomeri, the ambassador
from Italy; Senior De- Cana, the am
bassador from Brazil; George Bakh-
mateff, the ambassador from Russia:
the Viscount Chinda, ambassador from
Japan, and followed by the ministers
and their suites from Portugal,
Bolivia, Salvador, Netherlands, Vene-
zuela, Switzerland, Greece, China,
Spain, Ecuador, Norway, Nicaragua,
Cuba, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile,
Belgium, Haiti, Guatemala, Dominican
Republic. Peru, Sweden, Siam, Colon
bia, Honduras, Denmark, Panama and
Persia. The ambassadors and min
listers had seats Immediately behind
the space reserved for the cabinet.
House Members to Senate.
Meanwhile the house of representa-
tives, formed in double line down the
long corridor toward the house wing
of the capitol, and accompanied by the
members-elect of the next congress,
marched slowly to the senate
door, and, headed by Speaker
been placed on the rostrum at the left
of Senator Gallinger as president pro
tempore of the senate, found seats re-
served on the west side Of the cham
Der, the east being held for senators
and others.
Other places reserved in the cham
Der were for Admiral Dewey and his
aide: Major General Leonard Wood,
chief of staff of the army, and his
aide. and officers of the army and
navy, who by name have received the
thanks of congress. Among these were
Rear Admiral Peary, the distinguished
arctic explorer. When this part of the
program was carried out the next |
move was to escort the president, |
president elect and vice president-elec |
to the chamber The two most con-
spicuous seats in the chamber were
reserved for Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Marshall, both of which faced the pre-
siding officer, Mr.. Wilson's in the
front row to the right of the main
aisle, and Mr.. Marshall's to the left.
Seats for the cabinet and the COM
mittee on arrangements were close by.
With the entrance Of President
Taft and President-elect Wilson at the
main door of the senate, escorted by
l. ND
he entrance of Mr.. Marshall and
Senator Gallinger, also escorted by
he same committee, the stage WAS set
or the Inauguration of the new vice
PRESIDENT.
First in the order of the proceed
ngs was the administering of the
oath of office to Vice President |
MARSHALL. Arising from his seat among
he senators, the new vice president
vas escorted to the senate rostrum, to
he right of the presiding officer. The [
,ffice of vice president being vacant !
" the death of James s. Sherman, the {
administration of the oath to the new s
ice president fell to the lot of Sena- t
or Gallinger. S
This was brief ceremony, followed t
With impressive silence as the oath t
vas slowly repeated by the new Off {
ial, standing with appraised hand.
Vice President Marshall had now t
zen installed as the presiding officer s
f the senate. This much accomplished
he senate of the sixty-second con- t
ress adjourned sine die, to reorgan-
ze Immediately as the new senate of q
he sixty-third congress, with its new s
~ TIC, 81 |
| prayer by the chaplain of the sem
tie was the first formal action of the {