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than their husbands taking part IN
the ceremony below, men ana other
women in the forefront of the social
life of the nation, families OF loreleh
diplomats, who with memories OF the
resntendent ceremonies Of the cOrOn-
ATOMS of monarchS on other continents
were about to see the comparatively
simple inaugural of an American pres
ldent. ~,
A flood of light, softened by the
tinted glasses in the lofty ceiling was
/diffused throughout the beautl1ul au-
Aitorium, which has few rivals among
the assembly chambers or the WoIlo 3
barliaments and Illuminated dlgnlIieo,
impressive, even dramatic, ana yet
simple ceremony about to be enacteo
on the floor.
while the Senate was assembling
for its special session, the first of the
S;xtv- Fifth Congress, the diplomatic
corps was arriving and assembling IN
the marbleroom, to. be escorted into
the chamber Gorgeous in the colors
and gold Of their court uniforms, the
corps entered headed by it's dean, the
Ambassador of France, Jules ). JUS
serand. One figure which had been
familiar at other inaugural ceremon-
les was missing It was that OF the
German Ambassador Count Johann
H. Won Bernstorff, with whose coun-
try the United States has severed dl-
pIomatic relations. The other olplo-
mats entered by precedence In order
of the time they have peen accredlteo
to this country, the ambassadors COM
ing first and the Ministers last. They
were shown to seats reserved TOT them
near the center aisle and Immediately
behind the space reserved for the
Presidents cabinet.
Then came the Chief Justice and
the Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court, in the sombre black SILK
gowns of office, moving in body
with slow dignity to the places re-
: served for them in large chairs placed
In the front row facing the vice-pres-
ident and at his right.
Immediately afterward, the retfr-
ing members of the House of Repre-
sentatives and the members elect were
announced. They had been forming
meanwhile in two lines down the long
corridor reaching toward the House
wing Of the Capitol. The House, ~un-
like the Senate, was not in session.
Some retiring members had depart
ed for their homes without waiting
for the ceremonies. A smaller at
tendance Of Representatives than us
uaf, however, made for the comfort
of those in the small Senate chamber.
A seat had been placed on the ros-
trurn for Speaker Clark at the left of
Senator Salisbury, president pro tenn
pore Of the Senate. The Representa- :
tives and former Representatives fiji :
ed throug the chamber to places re-
H. nF
the chamber while the Senators were
seated on the east. A few other places
were set apart on the floor for high
officers of the army and navy and
persons who by name have received
the thanks of Congress. With so
: much of the party assembled every
thing was in readiness for the first
ceremony, the inaugurationN Of the
vice-president
President Wilson, escorted by. the
committee on arrangements, entered
the Senate chamber at the main door
and was escorted to a seat on the
floor, on THE right hand side of the
main aisle and facing the rostrum.
ce-President Marshall was escorted
to seat on the rostrum.
From that stage the ceremonies
moved along rapidly. The Senate
chaplain, the Rev. J. Forrest Pretty
man, offered prayer and the Senate of
the Sixty Fifth Congress was called to
order by the president pro tenpore,
Senator Salisbury.
AS silence settled over the chamber,
Vice-President Marshall stood beside
Senator Salisbury. Both men raised
their right hands; the president pro
tempore slowly spoke the vice-presi-
n a VII f.
ed the words. Brief and simple, the
ceremony quickly was over and the
thirty-two new Senators were sworn
into office.
The new Senators were:
osiah 0. Wolcott
Delaware; Park Trammell Florida;
A. A. Jones. New Mexico; Peter Goe-
let Gerry, Rhode Island; Kenneth D.
Mcclellan, Tennessee; William H
King, Utah; John, B. Kendricl<, Wyom-
ing.
epub1icans:-Hiram w. johnson
California; Harry s. New, Indiana;
Frederick Hale, Maine; Joseph T.
France, Maryland; Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota; Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
New Jersey; william M. Calder, New
York; Philander G. Knox, Pennsyl-
vania; Howard Sutherland, West vir-
ginia.
Reelected Senators who took the
oath were
Democrats:-Henry F. Ashurst, Ari.
zona; Charles A. Culberson, Texas;
: Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Nebraska;
Henry L. Myers, Montana; Key Pitt
man, Nevada: Atlee Pomerene, Ohio;
James A. Reed, Missouri; Claude A
Swanson, Virginia; John Sharp Will.
liarns, Mississippi.
Republicans:-Rober NJ LaFol.
lette. Wisconsin; Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts,; Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota; George p Mclean
Connecticut; Carroll S. Page, Yer
mont; Miles Poindexter, Washington
Charles e. Townsend, Michigan.
Senators who retired with the end
of the Sixty-Fourth Congress were:
Democrats:-Nathan p. Bryan
Florida; William E. Chiffon, West Vir-
GINA; Charles #. Johnson, Maine
John W. Kern, Indiana; Luke Lea
Tennessee; Blair Lee, MARYLAND
James E. MARITIME. New Jersey; Jane
A. O'Gorman, New York.
Republicans:-Thoma 3. Catron
: New Mexico; Moses E. CIapp, Mime
sofa; Clarence d. Clark, Wyoming
Henry A.. DUPONT, Delaware; Henri,
F. Lippitt, Rhode Island; George 7
Oliver, Pennsylvania; John d. Works
California; George Sutherland, Utah.
While this ceremony was in pro
greSs the remainder Of the party be