Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-12
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Continued from pAsp I

The Joint cor pressional inaugural com
miffre, meeting Yesterday 10 consider
the request Of Mr.. Harding for the
simpleai inaugural program" decided
that, with the approval Of the president
elect, the oath Of office slo,uId be adj
miniptered in the Senate chamber and
all outside ceremonies NJ the capitol be
dispensed with.
Tho new President under the plans
formulated by the committee would thus
take the oath If Office in the email and
almost aeIni-privHte chamber II the Senate
immediately after the swearing M Of Chi
win Coolidge as vicspresident ~ the Uait-
ed States and than would deliver his in-
aupiirnl address within the hearing only
of members Of the eenate and House the
Justices If the Supreme Court and not
more than 900 persons able 81 crowd
into the restricted gallery space.
The committee at the conclusion Of
its session submitted it's plans fpr the
approval of Mr. Harding through a tsle-
gram sent hy senator Knox, of Pennsyl-
vanla, the committee chairman. ne fol
lows
THE joint committee on Inauguration
ha W received YOUR telegram transmitted
through tne an chairman. dated Janat1a1y
10. ig2l. indicating your desire for ex-
trrme simplicity IN the inaugural cere-
monies on the fourth II next March, and
that tho saiuc shnl be conducted prac-
tically without expenses The commit
tee has considered your suggestion IN
the spirit in which IL was made and has
| decided subject to your approval. that
| the inaugural ceremonies shall take place
| in the Senate chamber. which involves m
| disturbance uf the arrangements incident
/
/ and involves no expense except such in
,.idental expenses for police ns cfrcitn-
stances shall require
The District of Columbia inaugural
committee. If which 4 y Mclean,
Washington pubiahef. IL chairman. hold
n meeting esaflv Yesterday and this Sos
sion pna followed in the evening hv
meeting of tho committees executive
committee Chairman Mel ean. ~ The
eoneltisiaf, IL thn seeond meeting. said
no foftnal 30 ion had been taken On the ro-
quest If Nj Harding, as forwarded r.
the committee Monday night. for abnn
donment ~ the proposed cnlebrafi IONS inc
dent ~ tho inaugural as "a wholesome
csample ~ economy and thrift
Chairman Mclean added. however. The
| local committee would. If course, fall in
Inc with tho President elect = desire This
wae taken to indicate that the historic
inaugural parade. as veil aa The inaugural
tall. almost as equally historic. would
not hr features ~ the induction in office 1f
Nr Harding
The eanpr eezional committee. ~ itz
| meeting decided y would not be neres
aaty ~ =Ihfnit a. Congress the question ~
changing tho inaugural plars and can-
relied the arrangements FIR erection on tho
easf pla ~ e The Capitol IF huge etard
- accommodate glcata invited ~ hear
the inaugural address Some e the lrun
Tor far Inc stand bad bnen hauled r. the
scene and tho plaza area he'd begtIn tn
show signs "a tho pre-inaugtirati0n dsvE
e PREVIOUS wars. when an order eame
about tie middle q tho day frnIu Elliott
Woeds. superintendent ~ the Capitol. "a
half operations
Abandonment If plans for the Capitol
reviewing stand and FIR the RrndIng 0uf
af engraved official invitations. matnbers
~ tic congressional committee zaid prob
ally vvotIid entail loFs ~ about ~ mn
/ fef preliminary wnrk done his slim
vii he paid nuf If tho shn p00 apnro-
tliafed finally voted by Congress Mon
iay and sent Yesterday 70 President VIII
son ! he remainder of tho appropriation
would be- returned fn the freaEury
President rlerf Harding. IN taking fhe
oath ~ pfiicc m the aenate chamber. will
not he the first If the lnfter dav Prealdent :
ta be zvrrp INTO Office that room Presi-
/ dent Taft took the oath nl Office IN tho
s enate chamber twelve years ago because
lnes'tucnt weather made II impossible r
/ hold the ceremonies outside