The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-03-05

for their homes without waiting for
the ceremonies. A smaller attendance
OF representatives. than usual. how.
ever, made for the comfort of those
in the small senate chamber.
Escorted by Committee.
4 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-
tives 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. A few other
places were set apart on the floor for
high officers of the army and navy
and persons who by name have re-
ceiyed the thanks of congress. With
so much of the party assembled every
thing was in readiness for the first
ceremony, the Inauguration of the
vice-president. '7'a'
President Wilson. escorted by the
committee on arrangements. entered
the senate chamber at the main door
and was escorted TO seat on the
floor. on the right hand side of the
main aisle and facing the rostrum.
Vice-president Marshall was escorted
to seat on the rostrunl.
From that stage the ceremonies
moved along rapidly. The senate
chaplain, the Rev. ]. Forresy Pretty
man, offered prayer and the senate of
the SiNty-Fifth congress was called 10
order by the president pro tempore,
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-
dents oath: the vice-president repeat
ed the words Brief and simple, the
ceremony quickly was over and the
50 new senators were sworn into
office.
New Senators.
The new senators were:
Democrats: Josiah o. Wolcott. Del
aware: Park Trammeil. Florida: a. Al
Jones. New Mexico: Peter zGoeleC;
Gerry, Rhode Island: Kenneth D. Nc.1
kellar. Tennessee: William H. 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 NJ. Calder New
York: Philander c. Knox. Pennsyl-
vania Howard Sutherland. West Viz
ginia
Reelected senators who took the
oath we're:
Democrats: Henry F. Ashurst. Ari-
IONA; Chares A. Culberson, Texas:
Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock. Nebraska:
Henry l.. Myers. Montana: Key Pitt
man, Nevada: Atlee Pomerene. Ohio:
James A. Reed, Missouri: Claude A
Swanson. Virginia: John Sharp Viii
Jams. Mississippi.
Republicans: Robert II. LaF gillette, |
Wisconsin: Henry Cabot Lodge. Mas
sachusetts; Porter ]. McCumber, |
North Dakota: George P Mclean. |
Connecticut: Carroll S. Page. Yer
mont: Miles Poindexter. Washington:
Charles E Townsend. Michigan.
Senator'S Retired.
Senators who retired with the end |
of the Sixty-Fourth congress were:
Democrats: Nathan p Bryan, |
Florida: William E. Chiffon, West |
Virginia: Charles F. Johnson. Maine; |
John W. Kern, Indiana; Luke Lea.
Tennessee; Blair Lee. Maryland: |
James E. MARITIME, New Jersey: James |
A. O'Gorman. New York.
Republicans: Thomas B. Catron, |
New Mexico: Moses E. Clapp. Mime
sofa: Clarence D. Clark, Wyoming: |
Henry A. Du Point. Delaware; Henry
F. Lippitt, Rhede Island: George T. |
Oliver. Pennsylvania: John D. Works, |
California: George Sutherland. Utah. |
While this ceremony was in prog
ress the remainder of the party began
moving out of the chamber
All of the party on the senate floor
and the guests in the galleries. 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.
Climax Of Drama.
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
inaugIrated, it was as if the curtain