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EUJOTT W. HJUOH'S
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CALLS ATTENTION OF LEGISLA
TURE TO PLEDGES MADE
TO THE PEOPLE.
EDUCATION FIRST INTERESi
Pleads for Ample Appropriations
Recommends Numerous Reforma
in the Adminstratlon of
State Affairs.
JcfToison City. Gov. Elliott W.
Major, ut tho Inutigurdl ceremonies at
the capitol Monday read hia first meB
Mige to the nicnibcrs of the general
Mhseinbly. The governor, in part,
raid:
TIiIb is a proud moment indeed, and
why should it not be so? Standing
ut the meridian of life, flushed with
Its activities, its hopes and its joys,
1 am honored with the highest office
within the gift ot the people of this
i;reat state.
In taking the office of chief oxecu
I he, I realize the responsibilities I
ussume and the interests of great mo
ment committed to my keeping. In
meeting the duties, however, I have
beloie me the record made by u long
tine of illustrious sons whose public
,-eiviee adds luster to the glory of
the commonwealth.
Woids fail to expiess my appre
ciation of the people's confidence
Mich can only ho felt in the hearts
of men. My one desire is to serve
i hat I may leave an impiess lor good,
and that my admlnistiation may be
one of, at least, modest achiecment.
in this new edifice we begin a new
administration and a new chapter.
History, in the coming years, will
state the fact that 1 took the oath of
office in the temporary new capitol
building. May this building, simple
and clean as it is, be emblematic ot
ft clean public service. Let no act of
ours tarnish those chambers above
which now floats the emblem of our
country, and let us here dedicate and
christen them In the purity of olticial
lite.
We have now closed the political
forum and the battle flags are folded
Let no rapier leap to the sunlight,
let no quarrel be among us, but rather
let us laboi to advance our state
ulong every line that we may achieve
the highest purposes conceived by a
gieat citizenship.
Today, three and one-half millions
of people aie building a new and
greater Missouii, and while they labor
in the business nuuts and the foiuin.
let us do well our part. You aie the
lepiosentattvos of the people, freshly
t boson from the Held of busiuesb
activities. You see mound you the
ciystallizalion ol a piogresslvo and
const mctive spirit which is destined
to give us a greater btate toinonow
You must be imbued with the spirit
of the new day, and meet the new
conditions in the new era.
In the matter of constructive legis
lation, you alone can act I can onl
leeommend. You are the builders,
tlte moving and the driving spliit.
You can forge ahead and push the
dome of Missouri's greatness still
higher In the skies, or you can still
the wheels of progressive achieve
ments. Be safe, conservative and
fair to every Interest because you
can not seive the people faithfully
n nd efficiently if you distress tho le
gitimate business interests of the
Mate. He not radical nor extreme.
I ut iatlier place your feet upon the
i ikhlle path, for after all that is the
path of safety and will ultimately lead
tn, 10 the door of success and com
mercial and civic glory.
Tlieie aie many questions of impor
tance which must be considered by
j mi In carrying forwaid the progress
ive spiilt and In meeting tho pledges
to the people, to which, in tills nil
dress, I wish to call your attention
specllicully.
Educational Interests,
Among the tlrst considerations of a
people should be the cause of educa
tion, foi it Is one of tho foundation
nones upon which icsts the labile
ol this splendid state ami matchless
republic 1 would lather leave my
Impicfb upon the educational inter-
sts ol the countr.v than in any otliui
way. Wo have a gteat university,
t,t normal schools, a splendid public
s-liool system and the largest avail
dhlr public school fund of any state
In tlir Fnion, save one
'Ihc public schools of the state nro
I I uly Us uulvctbitifs, and the io.il
.u-lilY-U'iiKMitb ol a people aie incus-iir.-d
li the efficiency of its system
it popular education. Look' well In
iu (lmarioii of the youth of the laud,
foi ihuielu lies the fatety and hope
ol Hi'- nittiie, as no state or nation
ck-i ilse above the i-haraclei and In
fctljgcnre ol its cltcus, in iirdei
t i i m i tin- educational inteiests ot Mis
t -iii'i ii ay bo advanced, this leglsla
tun -.limild create an educational com
jiii in consisting of tin eo or live
members, uppoiuted by tho governor,
to seive without pay, but whose ex
penses should be paid out of the gun
eial leveitue fund,
Having established the rural high
nuhools, the law should provide that
the high school giaduutes in both the
rui ul and city schoolB who attain a
certain giado should be given a cur
tain class certificate to teacli without
jiu examination thus providing a re
vurd for merit and a prize for effl
cltucy.
MISSOURI'S NEWLY
INAUGURATED GOVERNOR
Teachers, aB a rule, should have
better wages, and the profession be
placed upon a more substantial basis.
There is no economy in employing
anything but the best talent. The
children have their school days but
once. They can only pass that way
one time, and the opportunities pre
sented, if lost, aie lost forever.
We have a great university at Co
lumbia, school of mines at Holla, with
normals at Warrensburg, Klrksville,
Maryvllle, Springfield and Cape Girar
deau. They represent the state's In
tel est in the cause ot higher educa
tion, and ample appropriations should
be made to meet the ieasonnble re
quirements of these institutions.
Public Roads.
The public roads of the common
wealth are its highways of commerce
They constitute the strongest link in
the chain of commercial greatness,
and are the first evidence of commer
cial pi ogress. In fact, good roads are
the great Appian ways over which
true progress must march.
The state is alivo to this necessity
and two things are necessary to be
considered" first, an adequate system
tor public expenditures and road
building; second, the pioviding of
levenue by the state and the local
subdivision, and this may necessitate
a constitutional amendment.
To accomplish this, we must neces
sarily have a state highway depart
ment and a county highway depart
ment, the county department articu
lating with the state department, and
thiough which departments we can
have a complete system for supervis
ing and building public roads.
Immigration.
To the end that our great iesources
and oppoitunites may be properly ad
vertised and a wholesome immigra
tion brought among us, I recommend
the enactment of a carefully prepared
law providing for the appointment of
an immigiatiou commissioner and as
sistant commissioner to pioperly ad
vertise our resources and advantages
to the world. There should be a
bianch office located at Springfield,
and placed in charge of the assistant
commissioner of immigiatiou.
Land Reclamation.
We have more than 4,000,000 acres
ot swamp and overflowed lands in
Missouri. This rich, alluvial soil is
awaiting the time when its fertile
acies can hear abundant harvests. It
constitutes one of the state's most
valuable assets, and its reclamation
and protection would ultimately add
$500,000,000 to our wealth. It would
increase the assessment of real es
tate for pui poses of taxation at least
$150,000,000, and produce $200,000 ad
ditional state lovenuo annually, be
sides adding greatly to tho local reve
nues. This legislature should provide a
special department for this work, and
continue it on a broader and moio
definite basis. It can be done for the
same amount of money now being ex
pended, oi a small increase, and will
piove, in the end, a great investment,
not only to the owneis of the land,
hut in the advancement of tho state
and In the Increase of Its revenues.
In tho matter ot taxation no sys
tem cun be devised which will be per
fect. Tho methods of handling this
question arc us uumcious as there arc
men writug upon tho subject. The
burden of taxation docs not fall upon
tho i Ich nor tho poor, but rather upon
the great iitiddlo classes. No more
taxes should bo collected from tho
people than are necessary to efficient
ly administer the affairs of the state.
I oppose any policy or elfort to un
necessarily increase the bin dens of
taxation on the citizens. I am not,
Iheiefore, seeking any subjects upon
which the police power of tho stato
ran lay its hand by Imposing a li
cense foe oi a piopoity tax, Tills
legislature should create a tax com
mission to study tho questions of tax
ation and report Its laboi a to tho next
loglslutuio. to the end we may revise
and impiove our ic venue system.
A higher standard of efficiency
must be established in our eleemosy
nary institutions to the end that the
Inmates may be piopeily treated nun
lecetve more humane consideration.
Wo have four state hospitals loi the
Insane, in which arc contiucd an aver
age ot 4,000 inmates each year. It
seems to mo tho state has failed to
meet its full duty to these unfortu
nates. Wo are too apt to look upon
these institutions as places merely of
Incarceration places where tho un
fortunate citizenship 1b confined.
To tho end that wo may discharge
a higher duty, thoro should be created
in this Btate an office known as med
ical supervisor for tho hospitals for
tho insane. He should be a man emi
nent as u specialist in nervous tils
eases, und paid a .salary sufficient to
secure the beet talent in the land.
Public Service Commission.
A public scrvlco commission Is om
of tho necessities ot tho hour. Tho
creation of such a. commission Is a would expend hla private funds. Tho
progressive Btep which, in view of duty resting upon a public official is
past experiences, every state must 0Ven greater to protect tho stato
take. In dealing with questions aria- that to protect hla own funds, because
ing nB to our lawa and orders of he is acting for the people and in n
hoards, nffcctlng tho public sorvlco trust capacity. Wo must, therefore,
coiporations of tho stato, I have had exercise economy, but should not sac
perhaps as extensive an experience rlflco efleclency merely for the sake
on account of the two-cent passenger 0 economy,
faie and maximum freight litigation i Insurance Rates,
now being considered by the supremo ' Much has been said iii tho past
court of tho United States as any pub- Jnout great reductions having been
He official In the republic. The right mnde in insurance rates. We have
of the state to regulate the chargea no evidence, however, of any such ro
und the conduct of every business lm- ductlon savo and except tho mere
pressed with a public use is no longer ciaim. The Insurance department was
questioned. Practical experience haB (nstrunn ntal in securing the passage
demonstrated that the laws in their f th. present insurance rate law. At
pro-lent condition and tho old methods (na tim- there Is a controversy be
are. Insufficient and inadequate to twoo tin ,cs,.nt superintendent ami
meet piesenl day conditions. 1, there- lhc M,r!1,lCo companies In lcforoiico
loie, recommend the passage of an t0 mib,. ,)d spp(!nc rates In Hie
ifficient public service commission meantime, b icason of Inaction or
law, with adequate powots given tho BOme ,iu.r cause, it stems that no
commission to fix and regulate fi eight beneficial results hnve been secned
aim passenger rates, express rates, ,
telegraph and telephone rated, tho
charges ol elcctilc light, gas, water
and power companies, and all other
public service corpoiations doing bust
ntbs in the state.
Workingmen's Compensation Law.
With the giowth and development
of our transportation facilities, fac
tory systems and industrial progress,
and with the inciease in the number
of unskilled workmen about high pow
er machineiy. the necessities demand
the enactment of a workingmen's com
pensation livv. One of the prime ob
jects of a workingmen's compensa
tion law is to avoid the gieat waste
attending the litigation which ariseb
under the old system of employers'
liability law.
The practical success of a working
men's compensation act depends upon
its simplicity, doflniteness, reasonable-,
ness and compatibility with our stato
and federal constitutions. Such a law
must be fair and just, both to em-
ployer and employe. Committees ap-
pointed by the last legislature have
investigated the subject, and no doubt
are now ready to enact a proper law
upon this subject.
Court Procedure.
The judiciary committee In both
branches of this assembly should se
riously consider the question of en
acting legislation which will simplify
court pioceduie, really tend to bring
about an earlier determination of litl-
gation and l educe the cost in both
civil and ciiminal cases to the mini-
mum. The item of criminal costs is
one of the heavy drains on the state
revenues. The necessity of reform
along these lines is felt and advocated
by both the bench and bar of the
state, and should be hi ought about,
even if changes in the constitution
are required.
To whatever extent legislative en-
actments can accomplish this reform,
such should be passed, and to the ex-
j tent that changes in the constitution
I are necessary to achieve this end,
proposed constitutional amendments
. should be submitted.
I Pardon Board.
I There should be created a board of
pardons consisting of thiee members,
whose duties should be to consider
I the applications for executive clem-
I ency, and make recommendation to
the governor in refeience theieto, and
i to, on their cwn account, grant pa-
toles.
i There should be reforms in caring
, for and protecting the dependents in
the city and county institutions, and
more humane considerations lequired
to be accorded them by law.
Combinations In Restraint of Trade,
The laws of this stato against pools,
trusts and conspiracies have proven
effective and, as recently construed
by the state supreme court, seem
sufficient to leach any and all ur-
rangt-Tients, agreements or under
standings made with the view to
lessen, or which, in point of fact, tend rltle upon the mountain side, and his
to lessen full and free competition. plowshare glistened in the valley. He
It Is my opinion, however, that cor- fought the battles of our western war
tain phases of the penalty provisions faie, and when the conquest was
should be amended so as effectively ended helped set In Uip azuie Held the
to reach and criminally punish indl- galaxy which emblematizes tho sis
viduals who, from without the stntc, tcrhood of states,
manage and control the affairs and With his face to the future, he
transactions of corporations and con- dreamed of the great states and the
coma doing business within the state mighty people which would soon rise
In violation of the anti-trust law.
Primary Elections.
The state primal y law affords an
ample opportunity for every one to
cast his ballot for those whom ho
may wish as party nominees. I am a
strong advocate of the state primary
law because It more nearly approach'
cs the ieal inle of tho people. There
are several minor administrative de
fects in the law which should bo per
fected. It should further he made a felony
for any poison or persons to print,
distribute, circulate or use a copy or
a tncsimiic ot any primary ticket, or
any part thereof, prior to or on pri
maiy election day, to tho end that
combinations and alutc-niuklug may
bo prevented.
Revenue.
The levenues of the state dining
my administration will be drawn
upon more heavily than over before,
because of the building and equipping
of tin new temporary capitol build
Ing, the loss of approximately 5200,
000 annuall.v by icason ol the oxpirn
tion tit the contractu for pitsou labor,
tho added expense of tho Kale of
bonds, construction of tho $3,000,000
cnpitol building, and tho rebuilding
of state institutions recently do-
j Btroyed by ilro.
' The administration of the affairs ot
tho state is one purely of business,
The biennial revenues will be so
much and tho state obligations will
I bo so much, both known to a reason
able certainty. We nmst so manage
tho business aa to glvo to tho people
the maximum benefits at the mint-
mum ftxpenso. Too often tho puMc
servant will spend the puollc fundB
with a mora lavish hand than ho
BO fllI. nil raloa ur r0ncernid. I wmil.I
recommend that this lcgislatuie ap
point a committee to Investigate the
policy and labois of the insurance de
partnieiit under the new law, and in
referent o to tho matters in conten
tion, and r-port back to the body, that
such action mav bo taken by the leg
islature, if necessary, as will bring
about tho establishment of reasonable
insurance rates.
Heme Rule.
One of the vexing problems con
fronting every executive is the admin-
j istration of affairs in the large cities
by and through the police and exctsqj
officers appointed by the governor. I
believe that the cities can be better
governed by men of their own selec
tion, rather than to bo governed by
representatives selected by an author
ity without the cities. The question,
therefoie. of home rule or local self
Kovernment in excise and nolico af.
falre has ueen a much-discussed cues-!
tion for the last eight years. Homo i
rule is a Democratic principle, and is I
declared for in the nlatforms of all
the parties. Home mle meiely means
that the cities may select for them-'
selves their excise and police officers, i
just as they select their other oflicers.
and just as all other cities in the btate j
now have the right to do. j
Law Enforcement. ,'
The laws of the state represent the
will of the people. The people can,
rule only by and through the due oh-1
servance of the same. As the chief,
executive of the state, I am charged
witli the care, under the constitution.
of seeing that the laws are distrib-
uted and faithfully executed this I
shall do so far as lies within my legal
rights.
The laws enacted by the legislature
should be impaitially enforced, and
where an official enjoined with this
duty willfully fails or refuses to act
he should be removed from office, and
adequate provisions should be made
for such removal for such failures.
in Conclusion.
While Missouri has ever ranked
with the tii st states of the republic,
her star is still in its ascendency and
has not yet reached the meridian
height nor the zenith of its glory, and
the state is today the fairest blossom
plucked from the Louisiana Purchase.
She has stood In the foiefront in
every line of pi ogress and her lance
has ever pointed to the field of battle.
When Jackson and Pakenham weie
struggling at New Oi leans, tho cov-
eied wngons diawn by oxen were i
bringing to tho territory of Missouri i
the noble men and women whose I
, splendid lives, fortitude and heroism !
builded heie a state unequaled in the1
girdle of the globe. i
The Missourian has been the sol-
dier of fortune and the messenger of
our western civilization. He led tho
way to tho Golden (late and the land
of the Montezumas. His ax was
heard in the forest, tho ciack of his
from tho wilderness of centuries
Looking to the coming years, lie .saw-
steepletops busy with the bummer's
twilight; he saw shadow meadows
fragrant witli the perfume of roses
and clover blooms; he saw golden
Mniln ripening in valleys moie fertile
than those of the Nile; he heaitl the
tiead of the teeming millions that
would feed upon its bosom; ho hoard
tho rich, mellow tones of chinch bells,
the lnughter of fair women and tho
prattle ot happy children. It vvns n
beautiful vision a phantom picture,
a dream in fancy born vet the .Mis
sourlun know within his soul ho could
touch tho picture and it would spiing
into life. Ho thorefnre turned his
buck upon tho pleasures of civiliza
tion, upon the bcouca of his childhood
and the mother who bore him, and
went forth to brave the danners of a
broader, deeper and duiker wilder
ness that V.OU and i might enjoy the
full fruition of its possibilities. Firm
in tho faith, ho blared the path and
led the way to the splendid achieve
incuts ol Hie twentieth ceuttir.v. and
to the full icalUation of al his
dreams.
As the descendants of this gieat
people, let us keep in the first rank
In tho forward march, mid continue
first In the field of progressive action
The executivo door is now open to
every man, both rich and poor. No
man will be heard because lie la rich,
and no man will go unheard because
ho is poor. As the representative of
nil tho people, my heart is in the sor-
vjce, aUd that for th accomplishment
0( progressive thlnga,
NEWS jf MISSOURI
NEW CONVICT 8YSTEM URGED.
McClung Says This Is Moat Serious
Question Before Legislature.
Jefferson City. D. C. McClung, who
will succeed Henry Andrao ns warden
of the penitentiary, says the question
of what shall be done with the con
victs when the present contract sys
tem terminates the last of the year, la
the most serious confronting the leg
islature for solution.
McClung spent a day exchanging
ideas with the uienihets of the legis
lating. Ho says he has no sucestlons
to offer and dons not know what
Major's position upon this subject will
lie. Some of Major's Intimates, how
ever, say lit will leconimeiiil the use
of the convicts upon the public loads
jf Missouri.
Warden Andrae Favs it costs about
.'370,000 annually to fed and clothe
the convicts and furnish medical aid.
This money is mote than earned each
year under tho contract system.
The loisifturo must appropriate
money for the support of the convicts
next year when the state contiact sys
tem expireB.
The law abolishing the state con
tract system provides that the con
victs shall be worked, except 300, in
manufacturing plants and the making
of supplies for the state institutions.
The state, however, has no equip
ment for factories, and to equip the
will cost over $1,000,000, it 13 esti
mated. Names Missouri Old Trails Delegates.
Columbia. Dean Walter Williams,
president- of the Missouri Old Trails
Road association, has appointed H. B.
Shaw of the University of Missouri,
Oscar Winkler of Lexington, J. P.
Brlggs of Arrow Rock, M. B. Adcock
of Millersburg and Howard Ellis of
New Florence to represent the asso
ciation at the meeting of the Missouri
Highway association in Jefferson City
Januaiy 29.
Three Prisoners Paro'ed.
Jefferson City. Gov. Hadley added
to his parole record by releasing three
convicts fiom the penitentiary. The
men liced are Clarence Bay, serving
twenty-one years for murder commit
ted in St. Francois county; James
Dockery, serving five years for rob
bery in St. Louis, and Sam Harris,
a negro serving twenty years from SL
Louis for larceny.
"Poor" Woman Had $4,500.
Osceola. Mrs, Mary Hughes, 60
jeais old, who died here apparently
poor, has been found to have been
well-to-do, if the deposit slins found,
in her house are genuine. Mrs. j
Hughes' body showed signs of starva-1
tion, yet in her pocketbook was found j
$75 and under the mattrets $400 in
gold and a deposit slip on a Kansas
t ity bank for $4,000.
New School Law 'Framed.
Columbia. A joint high school bill
will be intioduced by Fiank G. Har
ris, representative from Boone coun
ty, at the present session of the gen
eral assembly. It was drafted by
Prof. R. H. Emberson of the chair of
rural education at the university, to
replace the law In vogue over twenty
years.
Seniors Bar Smooth Faces.
Columbia. Whiskers foi all seniors
in the civil engineering depaitment of
the University of Missouri, is the edict
that has gone forth, according to the
annual custom between Christinas and
"exams," which come the first week
in Febiuary. A fine of $2 is pre
scribed for smooth-faced offenders.
Ventilation Bill Prepared.
Jeff ei son City. The campaign for
better ventilation and sanitation in
factories and business houses In St.
Louis has resulted In a bill which
Senator Joseph H. Brogan Intends to
introduce as soon ns possible, and to
which It Is believed there will bo little
opposition.
Farmers Want Adviser.
Hannibal. Hundreds of fnrmers in
Marion county are especially Interest
ed lu tho securing of a farm adviser
for the county, judging from letters
that have been received by tho Han
nlbnl Commercial Club.
Woman Is Bank Director.
Hannibal. Mrs. Helen IC. Garth haa
been elected a member of the board of
directors of tho Farmers and Mer
chants bank. She is the Hist woman
to be honorpd with such an oftice by
a Hannibal bank.
One Mooser in Legislature,
Jeffpibou City. Representative Som
inerviltf, the lone Bull Mooser, occu
pies a seat well to the rear and side
of the hall He is playing a lone hnnd
and Intends to affiliate with neither
Iho Republicans nor tho Democrats,
he says.
Firemen Rescue Man From Ice.
St. Joseph. Hurry Johnson, a bales
man, who attempted to cross tho Mis
souri ilver on tho ice. was rescued by
mombers of the fire department, after
be had been adrift on &i Ice floe about
(hreu hours.
Gov. Hadley Parolee Two,
Jefferson City. Gov. Hadley issued
twp paroles to convicts in tile peni
tentiary, as follows: M, E. Blckman,
convicted in Buchanan county -pf rob
bery, and Ed, Carboy, allaB Leo Wil
jon, convicted in Kansas City of burr
IF-
MAJOR. ilKl
LIMITED CAPACITY OF HALL PER
MITTED BUT 800 TO VIEW ' ''
CEREMONY.
OATH ADMINISTERED BY LAMB
Battery B of Kansas City Fires Satuta
of 21 Guns on Capitol Grounds
Ball Held in Public Hall '
Hired for Occasion. '
Jeflcison City, Jan. IS. Elliott W, I
Major became governor of Missouri
at noon today. Ho took tho oaJi.ot
office in tho house of representatives
in the ptesence of the members of tho
general assembly, their families, tho
other appointive and elective state of
ficers, the Democratic state committeo
and ab many others as could procure
tickets of admission. Not more than.
800 people, including the members of
the legislature were admitted, becauao
of the limited capacity of the hall and.
the fact that It has never been sub
mitted to a test of strength.
The Induction of Gov.-elect Major
into office was unusually simple ami
democratic, yet coupled with the dig
nity befitting the occasion.
At 11:30 an automobile took tho
governor-elect from his home on .Mon
roe street to the executive mansion,
where he was met by Gov. H. S. Had
ley and the two were driven to tho
east door of the temporary capitol. la
waiting there was the inauguration,
committee from the senate and the
house, which escorted the two up tho
stairs Into the house, on the third
floor toward the west.
Lamb Administers Oath.
As the next governor entered all
senators and representatives received
him standing. The oath of office was
administered by Chief Justice Lamb
of the supreme court.
The moment the new governor was
sworn in a battery from Kansas City,
under the command of Capt. Harry
M. Boyer, fired a salute of twenty-ono
guns. At the close of the inaugural
address, the new governor proceeded
to his office on the second floored
held a levy, alter which he was taken
in the automobile to the mansion,
where he and Mrs. Major at once took:
charge. ,
The orchestra which furnished' mu
sic at intervals during the inaugura
tion was stationed on a balcony"jin
the house above the head of the speak
er. The state officials and their wives
were provided with seats within the
front railing.
At 4 p. m. the personal staff of the
governor met with him in the, man
sion. At 8 p. m. the public reception,
will be held in the mansion.
Felice Lynn to Sing.
Many more Democrats were in Jef
ferson City than possibly could wit
ness the administering of the oath of
office in the house of representatives
chamber in the temporary capitol.5
A more festive occasion will be -tho
inaugural ball, which will occur Uo
nlght at the executive mansion. Thero
Gov. and .Mrs. Major will receive tho
; congratulations of thousands of
jtiiends. So many desired to particl
' pate in the testivlties that an addi
tional hall two blocks from the man
sion wab secured, where several hun
dred coupies reverted to the dances o
olden davs of which Gov. Major is so
fond.
Miss Felice Lynn, the Missouri girl,
who has sprung into fame because oC
her sweet voice and who sang in Eng
! land before the king and queen, is to
sing tonight, according to arrange
ments in the mansion, at the inaugura
tion ball. Miss Lynn, her mother and
aunt, Dr. Zudie Purdom, are tho
guests of Gov. Major and wife. Her
homo Is in Kansas City. In a fow
weeks Miss Lynn will sail for Eng
land. I The new cnpitol was decorated and
decked with flowers, flags and bunt
ing, and music was furnished whllo
tho inaugural ceremonies took place.
After Major was sworn In by Chief
Justice Lamm of the supreme court,
tho senate members returned to their
chumber across tho hall, where Lieut.
Gov. William R. Painter was sworn.
Gov. and Mrs. Hadley will depart
for Kalisas City, their home, next
Tuesday. The children, John and
Henrietta, have already been sent to
Kansas City in tho caro of friends,
where they could start In school.
A special train bearing the St. Loula
delegation to the inauguration exor
cises arrived here at 11:30. Thin
train was made up of one baggage
coach, one diner, three Pullmans and
ono observation cai. Tho Kansas' City
contingent anlved early in special
cars attached to the regular passen
ger tiaius.
Alleged Lobbyist Indicted,
Columbus, (., Jan. 13. Indicted on.
thiee counts for the alleged influenc
ing of legislation boforo the lat as
beiubly, William Kii kby of Toledo, for
mer railroad commissioner and welt
known as an attorney, appeared at
tho Franklin coun y court house and
submitted to arrest.
Kaiser Acts as Fire Chief.
Potsdam, Germany, Jan, 13. -Emperor
William assumed a brand new
role, that of Are chief; when a sudd-m
blaze for a time threatened tho do
strrctlon of a part of the now palace.
He. took command ot the yftlace Art
brigade, V '
INAUGURATION
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