Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-27
NEW DQORKEEPERS
INAUGURATION DAY
Old Friendships Will Not Avail
to Gain Entrance to the
Capitol

WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.-A coat ot
white paint applied to-day to a square
reading desk from which Woodrow
Wilson will deliver his inaugural ad-
dress March 4. constituted one of tho
real finishing touches" TO the great
temporary structure that has gone up
on the east front of the capitol In
preparation for inauguration.
Across a stretch Of asphalt pavement
carpenters still are working on the
rampart-likc stand from which the
battery Of cameras and motion picture
machines will be trained upon the in
augural scene hut the managers of
affairs at the capital promise that
week before the day of action practi-
cally every detail of the arrangements
al the capitol will have been COM
pleted,
on every available corner of the
capitol, and from the top of House and
Senate wings OF the building. supple
mentary stands have been reare ], look
ing down upon the main structure and
affording perches for capitol employees
and others who cannot he accommo-
dated on the main structure,
Days and nights of labor Ivy the
Joint congressional communities or
which Senator Crane Is chairman ana
by Z. L. Cornelius, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of the Senate, Elliott Woods, superin-
| tendent Of the capitol, and army ofl-
GERS representing the general lhauHn-
raj committee have resulted In the ar
! ranCcment of the most of the detdlIs
! for the event.
! Under the reading stand at when I'es-
| ident Wilson viii stand to address inc
crowd after he takes the oath 81 "Ill'e ~
a concealed gate that viii swing "p'" 10
! allow him to descend To- his carriage LOT
the return TO the White 'ouse without
passing through the crowd ON the stands
President Taft and Presdent-elnet VIII
son will pass into the capitol upon the
bread steps of the Senate wing and Will
ca after the ceremonies in the Senate
chamber through the central door of the
capitol to the inaugural stand.
The entire area of the capitol grounds
viii be policcd ON Inauguration day by
the regular Washington police The capl-
toll poiice will Zee withdrawn into the cap
itol building for protective purposes the
doors Of the capitol Il which adnis-
sion may be had nv special card only,
are to be turned over however, to strange
doorkccpers, so that old friendships and
Official prestige may have nothing To do
with breaking down the strict rules or
the day.
Sergeant-at-Arms Cornelius is following
the same method in handling the Senate
gallery for the ceremonies attendant 10
the innuguration of Vicc-Presidont-elect
Marshall Head ushers from the thea
tres of Washington have been engaged to
handle the seating of guests, so that OH
clal pressure may not he eNerted on the
regular ca pitol employees,
In front of the inaugural platform,
) nanked on the one side by the midship-
men from Annapolis and the other by
cadets from West Point, will be Maj-Gen.
/ Leonard Wood and his staff guarding the
space between President Wilson and the
camera rampant.
, After some difficulty, provision has been
made to get President Wilson's personal
guests, who will number 200, off the stand
and up through the crowded streets to the
White House To the official review, Spe-
, cial stnirways in the rear of the stands,
| and fleet OF motor cars will be used.