Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-05
WILSON AND
MARSHALL
SWORN IN

thanks of Congress. With so much of
the party assembled everything was in
reauhness Tor the first ceremony, the
inauguration ot<the Vice-President.
President Wilson, escorted by the
on arrangements, entered
the Senate chamber at the main door
ana was escorted to a seat on the floor,
on the right hand side OF the main
aisle land facing the rostrum. Vice
President Marshall was escorted to a
seat on the rostrum.
From that stage the ceremonies
moved along rapidly. The Senate
the Rev. j. Forrest Pretty
man, offered prayer and the Senate of
the Sixty-ffth Congress was called to
order by the president pro tempore,
senator Salisbury.
A silence settled over the chamber,
Vice-President Marshall stood beside
Senator Salisbury. Both men raised
their right hands; the president pro
lempore slowly spoke the Vice-Presi-
dents oath; the President re-
the cermony quickly was over and
the thirty-two new senators were
sworn into office.
New Senators
The new Senators were
Democrats: Josiah Q. Wolcott, Della
ware; Park Trammell, Florida; A. A.
Jones, New Mexico; Peter Goelet
Gerry, Rhode Island; Kenneth d. Nc
kellar, Tennessee; William Ii. King,
Utah; John b. Kendrick, Wyoming.
Republicans: Hiram w. Johnson,
California; Harry S. New, Indiana;
Frederick Hale, Maine; Joseph l.
France, Maryland; Frank b. Kellogg,
Minnesota; Joseph S. Frelinghuysen,
New Jersey; William M. Calder, New
York; Philander c. Knox, Pennsyl-
Vania; Howard Sutherland, West Vir-
ginia.
Reelected Senators who took the
oath were:
Democrats; Henry Il. Ashurst, Ari-
IONA; Charles A. Culberson, Texas;
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Nebraska; Henry
L.. Myers, Montana; Key Pittman, Ne
vada; Atlee Pomerene, Ohio; James
A. Reed Missouri; Claude A. Swanson,
Virginia; John Sharp Williams, Missi-
ssippi.
Republicans; Robert NJ. LaFollettte,
Wisconsin; Henry Cabot Lodge, Massa-
chusetts; Potter ]. McCumber North
Dakota; George z. Mclean, Connecti-
cut; Carroll S. Page, Vermont; Miles
PoindeXter, Washington; Charles e.
Townsend, Michigan
Senators who retired with the end
of the Sixty-Fourth Congress were:
Democrats: Nathan p. Bryan, Flor
ida; William e. Chiffon, West Vir-
ginia; Charles Il. Johnson, Maine:
John w. Kern. Indiana; Luke Lea,
Tennessee; Blair Lee, Maryland; James
p. MARITIME, New Jersey; James A.
O'Gorman, New York.
Republicans: Thomas b. Catron,
New Mexico; Moses Il. Clapp, Minne- !
sofa; Clarence ID. Clark, Wyoming;
Henry A. Dupont, Delaware; Henry
f. ippitt, Rhode Island; George Il.
Oliver, Pennsylvania; John d. Works,
California; George Sutherland, Utah.
While this ceremony was in progress
the remainder of the party began NOV
ing out of the chamber.
All of the party on the Senate floor
and the guests in. the gallery, by pre-
arranged directions, moved along
through the rotunda in lines which
converged at the main entrance and
thus out on the platform reached from
the center portico.
Move to Reservations
BY fixed arrangement the party
moved, to places reserved, in the fol-
lowing order:
Sergeant at arms of the Senate and
sergeant at arms of the House. Mar
shall and clerk of the Supreme Court.
Chief justices. associate justices and
reporter of the Supreme court. The
President and chairman of the
arrangements committee. The re-
mainder of the arrangements COM
mittee. Ambassadors to the United
States Ministers to the United States.
Former presidents. Former vice.
president. The Vice-President and
the secretary of the Senate. Senators
and former Senators. The Speaker
and Clerk of the House. Retiring rep
resentatives. Representatives. elect and
officers of the House. Members of the
cabinet. Governors of States and terri
tories. The ranking admiral of the
navy and his aids. The chief of staff
of the army and his aids. Officers of
the army and navy who, by name, have
received thanks of Congress. All other
persons who had been admitted to the
Senate floor followed by those who
had been admitted to the gallaries.
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 been
inaugurated it was as if the curtain
had been raised for the climax of the
drama.
Before a great sea of humanity, Off
cial and unofficial. invited and unin-
Vited, President Wilson toook his place
at the left of the Chief Justice and at
the right of the arrangements COM
mittee. Places for former presidents
and vice-preSidents, associate justices
of the Supreme Court, the Vice-Presi-
dent secretary of the Senate, senators
and former senators were arranged
along on the right. Retiring mem
berS of the House and members-elect
were next to and behind the Senate.
To the right of the President were
seated the diplomatic corps, governors
of States and territories members of
the cabinet, army and navy officials
were at the left.
While the party was assembling the
units of the inaugural procession were
forming on all sides of the capitol, and
the music of marching bands as the
organizations took places waiting to
swing into line behind the President
when he started back to the White
House, gave the only appearance of a
military air in the whole proceeding.
The assembling of the Presidential
PARTY, its departure and the demonstra-
tions Of the crowd were the only spec
tacular features of the outdoor cere-
mony. The actual ceremony itself is
simplicity and solemnity.
Repeats Oath
When the President takes the inL
augural oath, the Chief Justice. Bible
in hand, steps forward; the man who
is about to taffe office stands beside
him with raised hand Slowly and
solemnly the Chief Justice repeats the
oath prescribed by the Constitution.
When that was concluded the Senate
returned to its chamber, and the Presi-
dent returned to the White House at
the head of the inaugural procession
Mrs. Wilson, following a precedent set
by Mrs. Taft, rode with her husband.
after having created a precedent her
self by riding to the capitol with him
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