The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-04

leather chairs placed aione x,;oa
row of the chamber, facing the Wv
president, and at his right the olpiv
matte corps. brilliantly arrayed in lu.'
state costume. assembled in the o"'
side corridor prepared to en'ef -
body.
The Supreme Court.
When the supreme court was an
nounced, Chief Justice White ieAua .e
the procession entered the oena.'
chamber, followed by Associate Jus
tees Lamar, Hughes, Mckenna'
Holmes. Lurton, Day, Van DeVan'ei
and Pitney.
The representatives Of foreign ma
lions came next, headed by AmOaSsa
dor Jusserand, of France, dean OF tne
diplomatic corps in the absence OF the
venerable Baron Hengelmuller' 'ne
ambassador of Austria, who is absent
from his post on leave and is not "
return.
The Rt Hon. James Bryce, the BTU
ish ambassador, was next, followed III
order of seniority by Count Won bern'
storff. the ambassador from Germany
Youssouf Ella Pacha, the ampassauof
, from Turkey; the Marquis Cusanl oon'
falomeri, the ambassador from ltaiy'
Senior De Cana, the ambassador from
Brazil; George Bakhmateff, the am
bassador from Russia; the Viscoun'
Chinda. ambassador from Japan anu
followed by the ministers and theii
suites from Portugal, Bolivia, SaiVa
dor, Netherlands, Venezuela, Swltzer
land, Greece, China, Spain, Ecuador
Norway, Nicaragua, Cuba, Argentine
Uruguay, Chile, Belgium, Haiti, Guate
mala. the Dominican republic, Peru
Sweden, Siam, Colombia, Honduras
Denmark, Panama and Persia. TINT
ambassadors and ministers have seat
Immediately behind the space reserves
for the Cabinet.
Meanwhile the House of Represen
tatives, formed in double line dow
the long corridor toward the Hous
wing of the capitol, and accompanie
BY the members.elect soon to TAX
places in the next Congress, marche
slowly to the Senate door, and, heade
by Speaker Clark, for whom a sea
had been placed on the rostrum at tn
left of Senator Gallinger, as presiden
pro tempore Of the Senate, found seat
reserved on the west side Of the chan
Der, the seat being held for senator
J and others.
Army and Navy.
= Other places reserved in the chan
Der were for Admiral Dewey and h
aide; Major General Leonard Woo
chief of staff Of the army, and his aid
5 and officers of the army and nav
who by name have received the than(
of Congress. Among these were Rel
. Admiral Peary, the distinguished Ar
S tic explorer. When this part Of Il
( program was carried out the next mo'
/, was to escort the President, Presiden
e elect and Vice President-elect to Il
: chamber. The two most conspicuol
e seats in the chamber were reserve
= for Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Marshall bo
e of which faced the presiding office
d Mr.. Wilson's in the front row to Il
right of the main aisle, and Mr.. Ma
shall's to the left. Seats for the Cal
S net and the committee on arrane
a ments were close by,
With the entrance of President Ts
and President-elect Wilson at the ma
door of the Senate, escorted by t
committee on arrangements, and t
entrance of Mr.. Marshall and Senat
Gallinger, also escorted by the saI
committee, the stage was set for t
Inauguration of the new Vice Pre-
dent.
First in the order of the proceedin
+, was the administering of the oath
office to Vice President Marshall. Al
l. ing from his seat among the senate
the new Vice President was escort
to the Senate rostrum, to the right
:, the presiding officer. The office
- Vice President being vacant by |
death Of James S. Sherman, the
ministration of the oath to the NJ
" Vice President fell to the lot Of Sc,
tor Gallinger. This was a brief ce
., mony. followed with impressive siler
~ as the oath was slowly repeated
the new official, standing with
raised hand.
z Vice President Marshall had n
u been formally installed as the pres
ing officer Of the Senate. This mi
- accomplished, the Senate of the Six
ke second Congress adjourned sine 1
he to reorganize Immediately as the n
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