Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-05
chamber for the Inauguration ceremo
les of the vice president.

chamber for the Inauguration ceremo :
les of the vice president.
Senate galleries were thronged ear
ly with a brilliant assemblage in
| which women largely predominated,
their gowns and hats giving a gala ap-
pearance to the upper portion OF the
chamber. Diplomatic galleries were
strictly reserved for the families OF
the representatives Of foreign govern
ments. and the president n vice
presidents galleries for the families
! of the incoming and outgoing execu-
tives. Until the ceremonies of inaug.
Grating the new vice president began
these estimated galleries were the cen.
ter of attraction.
The program provided for the emit
rance Of the supreme court, the house
and other bodies at specified intervals.
from 1880 to noon. leading up TO the
actual ceremonies. While the supreme
court was being announced and the
scmbre ROBBED justices accompanied by
the officers Of the court, found large
leather chairs placed along the front
row of the chamber, facing the vice
president. and at his right, the diplO-
matte corps, brilliantly arrayed in full
state costume assembled in the out
side corridor prepared to enter in a
body. ~
; When the supreme court was an
nounced, Chief Justice White leading
+ho r,oo>coio, onforoI tho cnno{n
/: chamber, followed by Associate Just
ices Lamar, Hughes, McKenna, Lur-
ton; Holmes Day Van Dsv'n'sr and
The representatives, of foreign ma.
tons came next headed by Ambassa-
dor Jusserand, of France, dean of the
diplomatic corps in the absence Of the
venerable Baron Hengelmuller the
Ambassador Of Austria who is absent
from his LOS: on leave and is not to
return.
The Rt. Hon. James Bryce. the Brit
ish ambassador, was next, followed in
order Of seniority by Count Won Bern
storff. the ambassador from Germany;
| Youssouf Zia Pacha the ambassador
from Turkey the Marquis Cusani Con-
falomeri, the ambassador from Italy;
Senior De CANA, the ambassador from
Erazil; George Bakhmateff. ambassa-
dor from Russia; the Viscount Chinda,
ambassador from Japan. and followed
by the ministers and their suites from
Portugal, Bolivia, Salvador, Neither
lands, Venezuela. Switzerland, Greece,
China, Spain Ecuador, Norway, Me
aragua, Cuba, Argentina. Uruguay
Chile, Belgium, Haiti, Guatemala, the
Dominican Republic, Peru, Sweden,
Siam Colombia, Honduras, Denmarck,
Panama and Persia. The ambassadors
and ministers have seats Immediately
behind the space reserved for the cab
met.
Meanwhile the house of representa-
tives formed a double line down the
long corridor toward the house wing
of the Capitol and accompanied by the
~members-elect soon to take places in
the next congress, marched slowly to
the senate door. and, headed by Speak
er Clark, for whom a seat had 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
Rear Admiral Peary, the distinguished
Arctic explorer. When this part OF
the program was carried out the next
move was to escort the president,
p~resident-elect and vice president
| elect to the chamber. The, two most
conspicuous seats in the chamber were
reserved for Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Mar
! shall, both of which faced the presld-
ing officer, Mr.. Wilson's in the front
row to the right of the main aisle, and
Mr.. Marshalvs to the left. Seats for
the cabinet and the committee o n Ar
arrangements were close by.
With the entrance of President Taft
and P~resident-elect Wilson at the
main door of the senate, escorted ny
the committee on arrangements, and
the entrance of Mr.. Marshall and Sen
ator Gallinger, also escorted by the
same committee, the stage was set for
the Inauguration Of the new vice pres.
ident.
First in the order of the proceedings
was the administering of the oath of
Office to Vice President Marshall.
Arising from his seat among the sen.
ators, the new vice president was
escorted to the senate rostrum, to the
right Of the presiding officer. The of.