Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-04

Inc less IOflundIc VINO were pefcneu
upon every point of vantage or
packed into all available spaces
Congress Finishes Work.
President Taft and Mr.. Wilson were
ut once escorted to the Presidents
room. where Mr.. Taft at once took up
the work of signing bills. Mr. Mar
shall went to the Presidents
room. accompanied by members Of
the COMMITTEES and was met by Pres
ident pro tenn. Gallinger The two
narties remained in these rooms until
Congress had done mp the last bit OF
its work snd was ready for the be-
ginning OF the scenes of Inauguration
of the Vice President in the Senat e
chamber.
When President Taft and Mr.. VIII
son approached the Presidents room
Mr. Taft turned to the President
elect and said:
well. Mr. President here's your
room"
The two men passed inside, and as
they did so Mr.. Taft spied Mr.. Bryan
outside in the corridor and invited
him to enter.
81 don't know whether l can come
in there or not" said Mr.. Bryan. I'm
not President, you know"
Taft Still the Boss.
We'll. I'm still President returned
Mr.. Taft. land invite you in" Mr..
Bryan entered.
When Mr.. Marshall entered his
room he found an immense bouquet
of American beauties on his desk
sent by the Indiana Democratic Club.
Mrs. Wilson and her daughters
meanwhile entered the spaces re-
served for them in the Senate gal
leries and were the centre of all eyes.
Mrs. Wilson wore a tan cloth dress,
with a brown ribbed silk coat and
small hat to match. Miss Margaret
Wilson wore blue silk poplin, Miss
Jessie Wilson lavender broadcloth
and Miss Eleanor Wilson bright
blue cloth dress.
Neither Mrs. Taft nor any other
member of the Presidents family oc-
cupied the space reserved for them
in the Senate galleries or on the stand
at the east front. Mrs Taft and her
daughter went to the home of Miss
Mabel Boardman to await the coming
of Mr.. Taft after the inauguration
ceremonies, when they all depart for
Augusta, Ga.
At 11:30 o'clock committees from
the House and Senate waited upon
President Taft in the marble room
and gave formal notification that
Congress was ready to adjourn.
Meanwhile those members of the
cabinet who did not ride in the pro-
eession to the capital gathered in
the Presidents room and said good
by to Mr.. Taft, and We're introduced
to Mr. Wilson.
officials File In.
Some of the officials for whom
places had been RESERVED on the floor
of the Senate chamber began fling In
before the Senate had adjourned. The
Interstate Commerce Commission was
the first to enter and with the other
commissioners was Franklin X. Lane.
who will be President Wilson's secre-
! tary of the interior.
At II 40 o'clock President Mar
SHALL accompanied by the con-
aressional committee. was ushered
into the Senate chamber and given
a seat in the front row facing the
presiding officer.
Mrs Marshall, from her place In
one of the galleries, accompanied by
Miss Caroline Rowland, of Indianapo-
lis, waved to her husband as he came
on the Senate floor. but after a stay
of a moment Mr.. Marshall and the
committee returned to the Nice-Presi-
dents room, while Senator Fall con-
tinued his ilibuster on the Indian
bill.
All eyes were upon the ten chairs
on the Senate floor which were al
ilotted to President Wilson's cabinet
Josephus Daniels and William c..
McAdoo were the first to take seats
there.
Bryan in cabinet Row.
William jennings Bryan and Frank
lin *. Lane then held brief recep-
ton and then each took chair in
the cabinet row" Representative
Redfield entered the chamber mo-
ment later and took his place with
the other cabinet appointees.
President Taft meanwhile continued
to sign the appropriation bills until
all had been approved, with the ex-
ception of the sundry civil bill which
he had vetoed He let it be known
that he would exercise the pocket
veto on the se1men's involuntary
servitude bill.
Tho senate was not ready to ad-
jeurn at noon. the hour set for. the
beginning of the ceremonies of inau-
guration of the Nice-President, and
the clock was set back to 11:25 a. M.
The delay In the Senates adjourn
ment set the inauguration of Mr.. Mar
shall back fully a half hour and de-
layed Mr.. Wilson's as much. While
the senate was working on the sun
dry bill the presa entail party waited
FOR the word TO Alter the chamber,
Asks Probe OF Suffrage Riot.
Senator Poindexter delayed the adj
iournment of the Senate to make a
speech calling attention TO disorderly
scenes which attended the suffragist
parade yesterday and declaring an In
yestigation of the Washington police
should be made before any more
money was appropriated for it.
While Senator Poindexter continued
10 talk with the evident purpose OF
preventing the sundry civil bill from
coming to vote. the House of Repre-
sentatives in n long line outside the
Senate door, impatiently awaited en-
i try. The diplomatic corps in full
court dress also stood outside Finally
with Mr.. Poindexter still speaking the
/ House was announced and filed in
1 II looked as though there could be nc
vote on the bill. Finally Mr.. PoindeX-
Ter gave 1t up with the understanding