Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-04

scntativcs to seats i'll the three
| west ones.
The party in the galleries was
| little less distinguished than that
on the floor. 1t was composed OF
American women scarcely less
known than their husbands tax
ing part in the ceremony below,
families OF foreign diplomats and
men and women in the forefront
'of the social lie of the nation.
While the senate was assenb-
! ling or its special session, the first
OF the 9th congress, the diplo-
matte corps was arriving and as
/ Sembling III the marble room. to
be escorted into the chamber.
Gorgeous in the colorS and gold
OF their court uniforms. the g.; ,rs
: entered headed by its dean the
ambassador OF France. Jules J..
JuSserand. The other diplomats
entered by precedence in the Or
der of the time they have been ac-
credited to this country. the am
bassadors coming first and the
ministers last.
Next came the chief justice and
, the associate Justices of the SUI
.premc court. in the sombre black
silk gowns of office moving slow
ly and digniied to the places re-
served for them in chairs pldt ed
in the front row facing tic >l.c
president and at his right
Immediately aftcrward, mem
bcrs OF the house of representa-
tivcs were announced. y scat had
been placed ON the rostrum fof
Speaker Cillctt at the left of Vice
President Marshall. The r".,rc
scntativcs fled through the cham
Der to places reserved for them
ON the west side while the sena-
tors were seated ON the east.
Prc,idcnt-clcct Harding, escort
cd by the committee on arrange
mcnts, entered the senate cham
Der at the main door and was cs-
cOrtcd to the scat on the flo,,: IN
the right hand side Of the main
aisle and facing the rostr>sin. Vice
President Coolidge was escorted
to scat on the platfor1 l.
The senate chaplain, the Rev
J. Muir. offered prayer nd = t
senate OF the 9th cong .so was
called to order by Vice Prc%r.cnl
Marshall. As silence settled uvc:
the chamber. Vice President Con
lidgc stood beside Mr. Marshal.
Both men raised their right
hands, Mr., Marshall slowly spoke
the vice presidents oath. the re v
vice president repeated the words
and then delivered his address.
While the new senatols were
being sworn iii the rem7m'ief If
the party began moving out of the
chamber toward the east ',CrtiCC.
All of the party on :he senate
floor and the guest in the gr';s1-
les, by prearrarged dlr"cti DIS.
moved along the rotunda in lines
which converged d; the main tr-
tanCe and thus out to the portico
steps. The guests wee IL the
places before Mr. lIar';ing ap-
pearcd on the sp lErr> star.1. Il
small structure 80 feet square,
built with iron girders an'i with n
covered canopy above ho.lsin-r : the
sound amplifying instruments.
The whole was decorated with
flags and bunting.
AS they came out of the capitol
the comany from the senate pass
ed through lane of marines to
places on the capitol steps and
under the east portico, back of the
presidential party. Mr.. Harding
was accompanied by Chief Justice
White to the supreme court and
the congressional committee
which had seats on the platform
with him.
Then before great sea of hui
official and unofficial, in
vited and unlimited, Mr.. Harding
took his place at the left of the
chief justice and at the right of
the arrangements coIpmittee. The
assembling of the/ presidential