Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-07
LAST MESSAGE OF HIS HOPE
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 When the official party arrived at i the capitol the president with Mrs. Wilson went to the presidents room near the senate chamber and the vice president and Mrs. Marshall went to | the vice-president's room to await the beginning of the ceremonies in the senate chamber.
 Galleries had been filling long be- | fore this hour Invited guests of the president, vice-president, speaker and | justices of the Supreme court of the i United States supplied with coveted cards of admission, were assigned to | the east side. The gallery ordinarily reserved for the diplomatic corps was given over to members of their fami- ] lies as the diplomats themselves were assigned to places on the floor. Guests ! of senators were assigned to the north | cast gallery and guests of representa- ! tives had seats in the three west ones.
 The party in the galleries was little | less distinguished than the party on the floor It was composed of Amer ! ican women scarcely less known than their husbands taking part in the | ceremony below, men and other wom- | cn in the forefront of the social life Of | the nation, families of foreign diplo- mats, who with memories of the re- ! splendcnt ceremonies of the corona ! tions of monarchs on other continents were about to sec the comparatively simple inaugural of an American president.
 A flood of light, softencd by the 1 tinted glasses in the lofty ceiling was diffuscd throughout the beautiful au- ditorium, which has few rivals among the assembly chambers of the worlds parliamentS and illuminated the dig nilicd. impressive, even dramatic, and yet simple ceremony about to bc en- acted on the floor
 Il While the senate was assembling for its special session. the first of the Sixty-ffth congress, the diplomatic corps was arriving and assembling III the marbleroom, to be escorted into the chamber. Gorgeous in the colOrS and gold of their court uniforms, the corps entered headed by its dean, the ambassador of France, Jules ]. Jess erand. One figure which had been familiar at other inaugural ceremonies was missing. It was that of the Ger man ambassador, Count Johann H. von Bernstorff, with whose country the United States has severed diplO- matic relations. The other diplomats entered by precedence in order Of the time they have been accredited to this country. the ambassadors coming first and the ministers last. They were shown to seats reserved for them near the center aisle and immc- diatcly behind the space reserved for the presidents cabinet.
 Then came the chief justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme court. in f'c ecmbre black silk gowns f o7'-~, moving in body with slow dignit 10 the places reserved for them in large chairs placed in the front TOW facing the vicc-presidcnt and at his right.
 Immediately afterward. the retiring members of the house of representa- tivcs and the members elect were an
 nounccd 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 departed for their homes without waiting for the ceremonies. \ smaller attendance of representatives than usual, how ever, made for the comfort of those in the small senate chamber.
 \ seat had been placed on the rOs- trum for Speaker Clark at the left of Senator Salisbury, president pro tenn pore of the senate. The representa- tivcs and former representatives filed through the chamber to places re- served for them on the west side Of the chamber while the senators were seated on the east \ few other places were set apart on the floor for high officers of the army and navy and persons who by name have re- ccivcd the thanks of congress. With so much Of the party assembled everything was in readiness for the [ first ceremony, the inauguration of the vicc-prcsidcnt.
 President Wilson, escorted by the committee on arrangements, entered the senate chamber at the main door and was cscartcd to seat on the floor. on the right hand side of the main aisle and facing the roStrum. ! Vice President Marshall was escorted to a seat on the rostrum.
 1 From that stage the ceremonies moved along rapidly The senate chaplain. the Rev. ]. Forrest Pretty man, offered prayer and the senate of the SiNty-iifth congress was called to order by the president pro temporc, Senator Salisbury.
 As silence settled over the chamber, ! Vice President Marshall stood beside ! Senator Salisbury. Both men raised their right hands; the president pro tcmporc slowly spoke the vicc-prcsi- dents oath; the vicc-prcsidcnt re- pcatcd the words. Brief and simple, the ceremony quickly was over and the thirty-two new senators were sworn into office.
 As the inaugural party passed out from the great dome and into the open air to the spot where practically all presidents since Monroe have