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 Life and Charactep v 
 
 James Abram Garfield, 
 
 DELIVERED BEFORE BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AT THEIR REQUEST, IN THE HALL 
 OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 
 
 Hon, James 0. Blaine 
 
 TWENTY-SEVENTH OF FEBRUARY, 1889. 
 
 WASHINGTON : 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
 1882. 
 

D 
 
 ROGRAMME OF ARRANGEMENTS. 
 
 The Capitol will be closed on the morning of the 27th 
 to all except the Members and Officers of Congress. 
 
 At 10 o'clock the east door leading to the rotunda will 
 be opened to those to whom invitations have been extended 
 under the Joint Resolution of Congress by the presiding 
 officers of the two Houses, and to those holding tickets of 
 admission to the galleries. 
 
 The hall of the House of Representatives will be opened 
 for the admission of Representatives and to those who have 
 invitations, who will be conducted to the seats assigned to 
 them, as follows: 
 
 The President and ex-Presidents of the United States 
 and special guests will be seated in front of the Speaker. 
 
 The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme 
 Court will occupy seats next to the President and ex-Presi- 
 dents and special guests, on the right of the Speaker. 
 
 The Cabinet Officers, the General of the Army and Ad- 
 miral of the Navy, and the officers of the Army and Navy 
 who, by name, have received the thanks of Congress, will 
 occupy seats on the left of the Speaker. 
 
 The Chief Justice and Judges of the Court of Claims and 
 the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme 
 Court of the District of Columbia will occupy seats directly 
 in the rear of the Supreme Court. 
 
 The Diplomatic Corps will occupy the front row of seats. 
 
Ex- Vice-Presidents, Senators, and ex-Senators will occupy 
 seats in the second, third, fourth, and fifth rows, on easl 
 side of main aisle. 
 
 Representatives will occupy seals on wes\ side of main 
 aisle and in rear of the Senators on east side. 
 
 Commissioners of the District, Governors of Stales and 
 Territories. Assistant Heads of Departments, and invited 
 guests will occupy seats in rear of Representatives. 
 
 The Executive Gallery will lie reserved exclusively for the 
 I'a mi lies of I he Supreme Couri and the families of l he Cabinet 
 ami the invited guests of the President. Tickets thereto will 
 be delivered In Ihe Private Secretary of the President. 
 
 The Diplomatic Gallery will he reserved exclusively for 
 
 Ihe families of the members of the Dipl'omatic Corps. Tickets 
 thereto will he delivered lo Ihe Secretary of Stale. 
 
 The Reporters' Gallery will lie reserved exclusively for 
 
 I he use of the reporters lor the press. Tickets thereto will 
 he delivered lo Ihe press comniillee. 
 
 The Official Reporters of the Senate and of the House will 
 occupy the reporters' desk in front of the clerk"s table. 
 
 The House of Representatives will he called to order by 
 
 the Speaker at 12 o'clock. 
 
 The Marine Hand will he in attendance. 
 
 Tin' Senate will assemble at 12 o'clock, and immediately 
 after prayer will proceed in the Hall of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives. 
 
 The Diplomatic Corps will meet ,ii 11 .."in in Representa- 
 tives' Lobby, and he conducted by the Sergeant-at-Arms of 
 the House in I lie seals assigned them. 
 
 The President of the Semite will occupy Ihe Speaker's 
 
 chair. 
 
 The Speaker of the House will occupy a seal at the lefl 
 
 of the President of the Senate. 
 
The Chaplains of the Senate and of the House will 
 occupy seats next to the presiding officers of their respective 
 Houses. 
 
 The Chairmen of the Joint Committee of Arrangements 
 will occupy seats at the right and left of the Orator, and next 
 to them will be seated the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk 
 of the House. 
 
 The other Officers of the Senate and of the House will 
 occupy seats on the floor at the right and the left of the 
 Speaker's platform. 
 
 Prayer will be offered by the Rev. F. D. Power, Chaplain 
 of the House of Representatives. 
 
 The presiding officer will then present the Orator of 
 the day. 
 
 The benediction will be pronounced by the Rev. J. J. 
 Bullock, Chaplain of the Senate. 
 
 By reason of the limited capacity of the galleries the 
 number of tickets is necessarily restricted, and will be dis- 
 tributed as follows : 
 
 To each Senator, Bepresentative, and Delegate, 3 tickets. 
 
 No person will be admitted to the Capitol except on 
 presentation of a ticket, which will be good only for the 
 place indicated. 
 
 The Architect of the Capitol and the Sergeant-at-Arms 
 of the Senate and Sergeant-at-Arms of the House are charged 
 with the execution of these arrangements. 
 
 JOHN SHEBMAN. 
 WM. McKINLEY, Jr., 
 
 Chairmen Joint Committee. 
 
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