The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-04
OLD DOMINION STATE
MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS
CONTINUED from Page Two.)

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 aInbe ssador from
Brazil; George Bakhnateff, the ambaS-
sador from Russia; the Viscount Chin
da, ambassador from Japan. and fol-
lowed by the ministers and their suites
from Portugal, Bolivia Salvador, Meth
erlands. Venezuela. Switzerland, Greece,
China, Spain, Ecuadc~ Norway, Near
aqua, Cuba, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile,
Belgium, Haiti, Guatemala, the Do
minican Republic. Peru. Sweden, Siam,
Colombia, Honduras, Denmark, Pan
ANA and Persia. The ambassadors and
ministers have seats Immediately be
hind the space reserved for the cabi-
net.
First in the order of the proceedings
was the administering of the oath of
office to Vice President Marshall. Aris-
ing from his seat among the senators,
the new vice president was escorted to
the senate rostrum, to the right of the
presiding officer. The office of vice
president being vacant by the death of
James S. Sherman, the administration
of the oath to the new vice president
fell to the lot of Senator Gallinger. This
was brief ceremony, followed with
impressive silence as the oath was
slowly repeated by the new official,
standing with appraised hand.
Vice President Marshall had now been
formally installed as the presiding Of
ficer of the senate. This much accom-
plished, the senate of the 62d congress
adjourned sine die, to reOrganize i'm
M diately as the new senate of the esd
congress with its new presiding officer
directing its affairs. a prayer by the
chaplain of the senate was the first
formal action of the newly organized
senate. With this solemn function
over, Vice President Marshall delivered
his inaugural address.
1t remained only to complete the or
ganiZation of the new senate by adj
ministering the oath to senators re-
elected or newly elected to the body.
The returning Democratic senators TO
take the oath were: Bankhead, of Ala
bama; Bacon, of Georgia; Simmonds,
of North Carolina; Owen. of oklahoma;
TiIIman, of South Carolina; Sheppard,
of Texas, and Martin, of Virginia.
The New Senators.
The reelected Republicans were:
Borah, of Idaho; Kenyon, of Iowa
Nelson, of Minnesota, and Warren. of
Wyoming
The new Democratic members of the
body were: John T. Robinson of Ar
kansas, John +. Shafroth of Colorado; !
-
fam II. Thompson, of Kansas; Ollie NJ. |
James, of Kentucky; Joseph E. Rams |
dell of Louisiana; James K. Vardaman, !
of Mississippi; Thomas ]. Walsh. of
Montana; William Hughes. CT New
Jersey: Harry Lane. of Oregon and
John K Shields, of Tennessee.
The new Republicans were: Edwin c. |
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.
From Quiet to Action.
At this point the inaugural cere-
monies passed from the stage of quiet |
and solemnity of the senate chamber |
to one full of color ana animation as |
the out door exercises of administering |
the oath to the new president began |
at the east front of the Capitol. In /
the shadow of the great dome an i'm /
mense stand to hold thousands had :
been erected. At the front and center /
of the vast stage were arranged the /
seats for President Taft and President
elect Wilson. Chief Justice White, |
about to administer the oath of office, |
was seated at the right of the preSi- |
dent-elect- Thanking this central
group were the associate justices of !
the supreme court, the vice president, |
senators and former senator's. Back /
of them were ranged the members of |
the house of representatives and the |
amba ssadors and ministers of foreign |
were governors of states, many of them !
with their snowy staffs of military and |
civil officials. Members of the retir- |
ing cabinet, officers of the army and !
navy. representatives of the various
branches of the federal government
also had their places on the broad
platform.
Facing the inaugural platform
dense crowd of spectators packed the
wide plaza and struggled for vantage =
point, while further back the long
lines of military and civic organiza-
tons took position to await the for
nation of the parade.
With this setting of animation, all |
attention was directed to the two CEN
trail figures of the assembling e-the !
presi6ent-elect about to take the oath /
of office. and the chief justice of the |