The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-04
Seats for the cabinet

Ialt ana fTtSIuchtoCiSSt - 4''oii
rbe main door OF the Senate. rsc1.
cd nv the committee on arran.,
ments. and the entrance OF "
Marshall and Senator Galllng"r, j;
escorted By the same committee,
stage was set for the inauGuration
the new vice president.
First in the order OF the proc
ings was the administerin? OF
oatb of office to Vice Presid'
Marshall. Arising from his $
among the senators. the new VIC
president was escorted to the Senai
rostrum. to the right OF the presl"
ing officer. The office of vice presi-
Diet being vacant by the death o.
lanes 5. sherman, the adminlstia-
lion of the oath to the new vice pres
ident fell 10 the lot of Senator Gel
Iingcr. This was brief ceremol
followed with impressive silence u
the oath was slowly repeated By tn
new official, standin? with appraised
hand
Vice President Marshall had now
Lcen formally installed rs the p:
siding officer of the Senate. TIL.
much accomplished. the Senate o.
The sixty second Congress adJourne.
SINE die to reOrganize immediatei."
a. the new Senate Of the sixty-third
Congress. with its new presiding o.
ticcr directing its affairs. 4 prayer
by the chaplain of the Senate was
the first formal action Of the newt
organized Senate With this solemn
function over. Vie" President Mar
shall delivered his inaugural address.
1t remained only 10 complete IN"
organization Of the new Senate y"
administering the oath to senator.
re elected or newly elected to tn
body.
The returning Democratic sent
tors to take the oath were: Bank
head, Of Alabama Bacon, of G"nr
eia. simmons. Of North Caroliha;
Owen of Oklahoma: Tillman. o.
south Carolina sheppard. Of T"NA'.
end Martin. of Virginia
The rn-clectcd Republicans w"r"
Horah. Of Idaho: Kenyon. of Iowa,
Nelson. Of Minnesota. aud Warr'n
of Wyoming
The rcw Democratic members Of
the body were John r. Robinson. o.
ARKANSAS; John +. Shafroth, Of Col"
RADIO. William Salisbury. Of Della
ware; William H. Thompson. OF
Kansas: Ollie NJ. James. Of Ken
lucky; Joseph T.. Ransdcll. OF Louis
lana, James X Vardaman, Of Missi.'
sippi. Thomas j Walsh. of Montana,
William Hughes. Of New Jersey.
Harry Lane, of Oregon: and John Il
Shields, OF Tennessee.
The new Republicans were: I'D
win G. Isurleigh, of Maine; John W
Weeks, of Massachusetts; George "
Weeks. OF massachusetts George v
Norris, of Nebraska l.. Il. Colt. ut
!;h0do island. and Thomas StcriiI
al South Dakota
AZ this point the inaugural cc;a
monies passed from the stage y
1uict and sOlemnity OF the SenHl.
cha'nber to one full of color and an
nation AS the outdoor exercises o
Commissioning the oath to the ~ \
| president began at the east iron, %
he capitol In the shadow of u,
.sfeat dome an immense stand to l!G4
thousands had been erected. Al t.,
! front and center Of this vast sta :.
were arranged the seats for Press
| dent Taft and Prcsident-elect VII
son. chief Justice White, about t.
administer the oath of Office, W.
seated at the right of the presideD,
elect. Flanking this central grou
were the associate justices of the Sil
! preme Court, the vice president, sen
tors and former senators. Back 0
them were ranged the members G
he House Of Representatives an
ne ambassadors and ministers Q
'crfign nations. In groups here an
here were governors of tSates, man
/ them with their SNOWY STATS {
t .ilitary and civil officials. Member
the retiring cabinet. officers of Il.
my and navy, and represent. tive
the various branches of the FED
al government also had the
ices on the broad platform.
tacin@ the inaugural platform
anse crowd Of spectators packed IL
de plaza and struggled for yantar
tint, while further back the lon
les of military aud civic or"aniza
ons took position 10 await the for
alton Of the parade.