New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-02
ALBANY.

GOVERNORS-TIIE NEW OATH
IRON THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE rRrBUSEl
ALBANY, Jan. las inauguratioAs 90 that Of the
new Governor was successful, and il simplicity IN
the ceremonies is to be considered II might be said
that Albany is nearer TO repubheanisni than wash
ington. For Washington has drifted away from the
primitive habits of the forefathers in he days when
Jefferson rode up to the Capitol on horseback. tied
his horse, and when he had emerged rode quietly
home. The man on horseback in Jefferson's time is
very different from the man on horseback in Grants,
and tie Presidential Inauguration from being
simple and impressive ceremony has Grown intoa
scene for O satirist. The diplomats who appear on
that day in the splendid uniforms Of their
| legations must look with secret amusement on
this mimic pageant whose pomp and circumstance
rise only to the hight of carcature A display that
should be national in its character nDe would think,
| IL any display at all were ATTEMPTED IL devoted 10
the qualification of local concen. Resident militia,
badly drilled and highly hilled; marines, to whom
| the cynical might say the Presidents speech is
largely directed; coored troops who when there is
halt fight nobly 10 keep themselves warm, if the
day be cold as 1t was March 4, 1873; all sorts OF
clerks, veterans, politicians, and what not-these
make up the procession. while the fringe OF coored
small boy and bandanned old woman that bangles
along its whole line, gives IL semibar5aric AIR that
reminds one of the tropics The man who could add
further touch of dizziness to Washington inau-
| guration could cast damper over the gloom of a
civic funeral Perhaps it is foolish to be so exact
ing but nevertheless it is pleasant TO cherish the
hope that the Chief Magistrate Of the future will
perceive that a display which would hardly become
Mayor can only belittle President.
To-day's ceremony an improvement on IL ID,
There seemed to be more of the popular element ia
it, and while there WAS the inevitable militia wit.
the everlasting batteries the whole display seemed
to be conducted with republican simplicity and dig
nifty STILL it is impossible to diveSt the mind OF a
curious sense Of incongruity in tho Inauguration OF
| civilian, q man whose trlumphs have all been Of
the brain and not Of the sword by the aid ofsolders
aud horsemen and howltzers The Governor is, to DO
| sure Commander-in-C Chief of the Army and Navy OF
the State of WORK but il the one implies mill
tary escort it is difficult to see why the other should
not Justify the introduction of Baxter Steam canal
boat into the procession. This would round out tho
proprieties with vengeance
Albany, as may be supposed, was considerably
agiated over the matter. This is city whish could
never by any possibility come under the head OF
drunk and disorderly. It's citizens are AZ veil
behaved as its girls pretty, and that Is saying
great deal; and the business walk home to
their early dinners with lesurey step that implies
faith which must be absolutely sublime IN the for
bearance of the other boarders. IL is diIfcult TO
imagine ANYBODY running 10 fire here, and not IS
simply out of the question. But new Governor IL
not an everyday occurrence; he is biennial phe-
nomenon. and after Centennial year The ransits OF
the new Governors across the disks OF the old will
be three years apart. So that the Knich crbocker
quiet which usually reigns here was somewhat
broken by the concourse Of sehtseers the streets,
who were however as they seem to be always here.
on their good behavior. The weather could not
have been more auspcious If the sky had had
| promises of low taxes and good gov arumeDt in
scrbed all over it's unbroken blue and the heavens
smiled and smiled until it might almost seem that
their smiling capacity was exhausted. Yesterdays,
which was "a nipping and eager air." had greatly
moderated though the day still of that hearty.
| honest cold which New-YOrkers seldom enjoy at
| home. The brightness of the skies served to aug
ment the crowds that were, nevertheless, neither
large nor noisy. There have been Governors and
| Governors. and Albany has seen too many Of them
to grow turbulent over the accession OF new one,
| promising though he be.
In the Assembly Chamber where the ceremonies
were to take place. the desks had been removed and
the floor left clear for action There TO attempt
to disguise the inherent ugliness of the Chamber
either by flags or flowers though the room nas not
without its decorations in the ladi.s, Who largely
filed the narrow gallery aid clustered IN the cor
ners of the Chamber The floor had uadJpbt dly
been swept and the carpet cleanser a. LIT ds pos Dle
Of all traces of legislative ink and tobacco extract
| but the attainment Of general neatness was tine
| limit of these extravagant preparations. Tie foor
was kept closed except 20 persons OF note ntl the
| arrival of the Governors Among those who entered
before that time were ex-Unted States Senator Ira
| Harris, ex-Gov. Hoffman, Lieut.-Goy. Johnson,
| Controller Nelson K. Hopkins, ex-Lieut.-Gov.
Thomas G. AlvoId, the Hon. jeremiah Mcclure, IL.
S. Tflden, brother of the new Governor, Canal Com
missioner Jackson, State Senators Benjamin Raw
and John S. King and many Others.
The Governors were escorted to the Capitol as fol
lows; Brig.-Gen ID. NJ. Woodhall, commanding
| Ninth Brigade, aud staff; Eand; 18th Regi-
ment, Col Fred. Andes commanding; Bat
terry A, Capt John Polk commanding Band;
Jackson Corps Major James Macfarlsae COM
handing; Governors and staff in carriages Battery
| b. Tenth Brigade, Capt Green commanding; band;
| 10th Regiment Col. Robert s. Oliver commanding;
| cavalry, Ninth Brigade, Breyet Major George
| schyartzman commanding. Tie Jackson Corps,
which served as the special escort of the Governor
seems to be in the habit Of doing SO, IT Is by no
means the first time that 1t has acted IN that ca
| pacity At 70 O'clock and with reasonable pune
tuality for an official Inauguration TO which hours
| are but as minutes, tho simple procession entered
| the Assembly Chamber 1t was composed only OF
the two Governors, arm-n-arm, and with uncovered
heads the staff of each following, and forming q
double file of handsome uniforms The military bad
been left outside to that silence which the Latin
maxim prescribes The Governors parted IN front
Of the Clerks desk, and passing around the opposite
sides met face TO face behind IL. while their stats
| fell back from each other aud halted. Gov. DIX
| ah1 aed Goy Tilhan a a. lOWs: