Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-08
To Announce Supreme Court.

Representatives and representatives
elect assembled in the house chamber
and marched over the senate cham
Der, entering at the south door. Mean
while the diplomatic corps, resplend-
ent in full regalia, assembled in the
marble room and when the party was
complete, were announced and es-
All others entitled to admission to
the floor, meanwhile entered through
the bronze door.
When all this party was seated the
supreme court was announced and
was followed by retiring senators and
representatives. Members of the cab
met and high officials of the army
and navy had seats reserved for them
Then President Wilson was escort
ed to the chamber and seated directly
in front Of the vice presidents desk.
The committee on arrangements took
their seats to his right and left. The
vice president was escorted into the
chamber, and after the president pro
tempore called the senate to order in
extraordinary session, the oath of Of
flee was administered to the vice
president, who then delivered his in
augural address. Following that he
administered the oaths of office to
incoming senators.
New Senators.
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flee, sixteen reelected. OF the six
teen new members nine are repub-
licans and seven are democrats.
The senate Of the Sixty-fifth con-
gress now has 54 democrats, AZ. re-
publicans; democratic majority, r..
At the conclusion of the ceremony
Of swearing in new members the par
ty marched out through the rotunda
and to the inaugural stand erected on
the plaza.
The Oath.
When the president took the oath
at the public ceremony the chief JUS
tice stepped forward, Bible in hand,
to administer the oath of office. He
repeated, and the president touched
his lips to the Bible, repeated after
him, this oath prescribed by the Con-
stitutton: ~
II do solemnly swear that l will
faithfully execute the office of presi-
dent of the United States and will
to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution
of the United States"
The next thing on the program was
the delivery of the presidents ad-
dress. At it's conclusion most of the
party except the president and vice
president and their escorts returned
to the capitol, while the president and
vice president, with their escorts
headed the inaugural procession to
the White House
When the procession reached the
court of honor directly in front of the
executive mansion it halted while the
president, vice president and their
parties took places In the reviewing
stand. Then the procession passed
along, disbanding little further on
The procession moved by in a
steady stream of marchers, requiring
eleven hours to pass the reviewing
stand. State delegations sang their
state hymns, southern delegations
gave the shrill rebel yell, Grand Ar
my veterans trudged past giving
cheers, the midshipmen and West
Point cadets marched by "eyes left"
and the many military organizations
passed at salute. All during the GER
emonies, which became physically ex-
hausting, the president stands, head
uncovered, acknowledging greetings.
BY the time the last of the march
ers passed it was dark, the great
green expanse at the foot of the
Washington monument came the
sound of exploding bombs. Then came
a display of fireworks. The presi-
dent and his family saw this spec
tacle from the south windows of the
executive mansion. 1t was past mid
night before the last of it was over.