The daily sentinel., 1913-03-04

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the thanks of Congress. Among
these were Rear Admiral Peary, the
distinguished Arctic e1plorer. When
this part of the program was carried
out the next move was to escort the
President, President-elect and Vice
President-elect to the chamber. The
I two most conspicuous seats in the
chamber were reserved for Mr.. Will
son and Mr.. Marshall both of which
faced the presiding officer, Mr.. Will
sons in the front row 10 the right of
the main aisle. and Mr. Marshalrs To
/ the left. Seats for the cabinet and
the Committee on Arrangements
were close by.
With the entrance of President
/ Taft and President-elect Wilson at
the main door of the senate. escorted
by the Committee on Arrangements.
and the entrance of Mr. Marshall and
Senator Gallinger. also escorted by
the same committee, the stage was
set or the inauguratiOn of the new
/ President.
Inducting the Vice President
| First in the order Of the proceed
ings was the administering of the
oath of office to Vice-President Mar
shall. Arising from his seat among
/ the senators. the new Nice-President
was escorted to the Senate rostrum.
to the right of the Presiding officer.
| The office of Vice-President being va
cant by the death of James S. Sher-
man, the administrator of the oath
to the new Vice-President fell to the
lot of Senator Gallinger This was a
brief ceremony, followed with i'm
pressive silence as the oath was slow
/ ly repeated by the new official, stand
ing with appraised hand.
Vice-President Marshall had now
been formally installed as the presid-
( ing officer of the Senate. This much
accomplished, the Senate of the 62d
Congress adjourned sine die. to reor-
/ ganize Immediately as the new Senate
of the 63d Congress, with its new
presiding officer directing its affairs.
A prayer by the chaplain of the Sem
ate was the first formal action of the
newly organized Senate. With this
solemn function over, Vice President
Marshall delivered his inaugural ad-
/ dress.
1t remained only to complete the
organization of the new Senate by ad-
ministering the oath to senators re-
elected or newly elected to the body.
The returning Democratic senator's
to take the oath were: Bankhead, of
Alabama; Bacon, of Georgia. Sim
mons, CT North Carolina; Owen, of
Oklahoma; Tillman, OF South Caro-
line; Sheppard of Texas, and Martin.
Borah, of Idaho; Kenyon. of Iowa;
of Virginia.
The reelected Republicans were
Nelson, of Minnesota, and Warren. of
Wyoming.
The new Democratic members of
the body were John r. Robinson, of
Arkansas; John f. Shafroth, of Colo
rado; Willard SALISBURY, of Della
ware; William II. Thompson, of Kan
sas; Ollie M. James. OF kentucky: Jo-
seph E. Ransdell. OF Louisiana;
James X. Vardaman, of Mississippi;
Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana; Will
liam Hughes. of New Jersey; Harry
Lane, of Oregon; rand John X.
Shields. of sTennesssA< <e--------.s,.
The new Republicans were: Ed
win G. )Burleigh. of Maine; John w.
Weeks, of Massachusetts; George w
Norris, of Nebraska L. b. Colt, of
Rhode Island, and Thomas Sterling,
of South Dakota.
The President.
AT this point the inaugural cere-
and solemnity of the Senate chamber
to one full of color and animation as
the outdoor exercises of administer
ing the oath to the new President be-
gan at the east front of the Capitol
In the shadow of the great dome an
immense stand to hold thousands had
been erected. At tile front and CEN
ter of this vast stage. were arranged
the seats for President Taft and
President-elect Wilson. Chief JUS
tice White. about to administer the
oath of office, was seated at the right
of the President-elect. Fanking this
central group Were the Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court, the
Vice-President, senators and former
senators. Back of them were ranged
the members of the House of Repre-
sentatives and the ambassadors and
ministers of foreign nations. In
groups here and there were govern
ors of states, many OF them with their
snowy staffs of military and civil Of
ticials. Members OF The retiring cabi-
net, officers of the army and navy,
and representative Of the various
branches of the federal government
also had their places on. the broad
platform W
racing the inauSural platform a
dense crowd of spectators packed the
wide plaza and struggled for vantage
Point, while further back the long
lines of mi tary and civic organiza-
tions took position to await the
formation of the parade.
With this setting of animation, all
attention was directed to the two cen
tral figures. of the assem- mblage
President-elect about to take the oath
of office, and the CHief Justice of the
Supreme Court. ready to administer
the oath. These two, rising from
their seats, stood together at the CEN
ter of the platform, he Chief Justice
with the Bible open IN his hands, the
President-elect with uplifted right
hand.
Slowly the Chief Justice repeated
the oath as it is prescribed by the
Constitution:
Il do solemnly wear Cor affirm
that ! will faithfully execute the Of
flee of President of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability,