The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-03
BIGGEST CROWD KNOWN IN HISTORY
TO WITNESS INAUGURATION TUESDAY

parkings and In front of buildings all
fifty cents to two dollars for seats.
the government gave over
the use of the pension office building
for the holding of the inaugural ball.
concert and supper.
The price of the tickets for the ball
was IS for each person attending and
50 additional for supper. During the
week of inauguration a concert was
held in the ball room and an admis
sion price of 81 was charged to enjoy
the music and view the decorations.
The money received from these sour
ces went to the business men Of Wash
ington to reimburse them for their
subscriptions for decorations, etc.
In view of the fact that there will be
no official ball this year. the inaugur-
al committee has decided to increase
the charge for seats along the line OF
parade. Seats costing on an average
of 81 during former inaugurations
will bring all the way from 50 to $40.
Window space for reviewing the pa
rade will be sold at from S. chair
dows. Rooms will bring from $500 to
$500 and upwards, depending on the
location on Pennsylvania Ave. The
number of these indoor view points
is exceedingly limited and generally
they are bought up by the Weather
class of visitors and local residents.
800 Newspaper Men.
The grandstand erected in front of
the Capitol where the president takes
his oath of office and delivers his in
augural address, will be limited for
the occupancy of Cabinet officers,
the diplomatic corps, members of the
Senate and House of Representatives
and their families, officers of the
House and Senate, government Off
Gals and nearly three hundred news
paper correspondents.
To the average visitor to Washing
ton who has arranged to take advan-
tage of the many special excursions
to the capital which will arrive in
time for the inauguration ceremonies
and depart early in the evening, a
place in the crowds that will throng
the plaza before the capitol and line
Pennsylvania Ave, will be most eco
nomical. Here such a visitor will wit
ness in part a program which has
been made as exact as a mathemati
cal equation by over a hundred years
of precedent.
Inauguration Program.
The program for the inauguration of
President-elect Woodrow Wilson and
Vice President elect Thomas Riley
Marshall is as follows:
The doors of the Senate Chamber
will be thrown open at IL o'clock on
the morning of March 4 to those en-
titled to reserved seats on the floor
of the Senate.
The members of the Supreme Court
of the United States will enter the
Senate chamber at HAS a. m, and
after being announced will take their
seats. The members OF the House of
Representatives will then follow and
take their seats in the space reserved
for them. Then will follow the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps.
President Taft and President-elect
Wilson escorted to the Capitol by the
committee on arrangements will en-.
! ter the Senate wing at the bronze door
on the east side. They will go directly
to the Presidents room where they
will remain until the committee on
arrangements waits upon them and es
corts them to the senate chamber
They will occupy seats reserved fol
them in front of the vice presidents
desk. The committee on arrangements
will occupy seats Immediately on the
| left.
The Vice-President-elect will be es
corted to the room reserved for hin
by the committee on arrangements
He will then be escorted to the Senate
chamber where the oath of office will
be administered to him by the presi
! dent pro tenn of the Senate Aftel
prayer by the Chaplain the vice pres
ident will deliver his inaugural ad
dress in the senate chamber and will
then administer the oath of office t.
the Senators elect.
Afater the organization of the Sen
ate Is completed, those in the chamber
will proceed through the rotunda te
the platform on the center portico a
the east front of the Capitol.
On reaching the platform on tn,
east side Of the Sapitol, the president
and President-elect will take reserved