Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-02
CLEVELAND IN OFFICE.
The Inauguration Ceremonies at Albany
The Executives Address.

The Executives Address.
The Inauguration of Governor Cleveland,
OF New York, at Albany, drew large
| number of spectators to the capital Mon
| day. It had been announced that the for
| mality of cards Of admission would be dis
pensed with, but The throng in the build-
| ing was so great loug before the hour set
for the inauguration, that q check was at
tempted by late and imperfect issuance
of the ticket necessitatcd the en-
plOyment of IN additional force of
policemen, but uaSuccessful!y. At 10
o'clock the corridors and lobbics began to
fill and a grand rush was made fOr the
Senate chamber the scene of the proposed
ceremonies. Knots of policemen were
stationed at every elevator and stairway
and at each of the several entrances to the
Senate chamber and its galleries, but
despite the efforts looking toward d;scrim-
inatlOn the assemblage was imposed with
the previously promulgated idea Of infor-
mality, aud as consequence ccuntrymen
with pantalOOnS in boottops crushed past
the bewildere6 doorguards, while the
latter were par!eyiDg with woll-known
senators, assemblymen and officials, who
| in many cases gained entrance only after
unimpeachable proofs Of identity. At II
O'Clock the galleries were crowded, the
aisle steps being utilized for seats. The
floor of the chamber 1T this time was also
well-filled and the space allotted to the
incoming celebrities was being trespassed
upon. There were present many brilliant
ly dressed ladies. Miss Cornell, Mrs. Adj ju-
tant General Farnswovth and daughter and
others were seated Oh the left Of the pres.
ident's desk. Auditor Place, Attorney
General Russell, Superintendent of Public
Works butcher Doctor David Murray,
Secretary of the Board of Regents cx-
Adjutant General j. L. Woodward, ex-
Judge Advocate General Charles Hughes,
w. S. Bissel, Governor Cleveland's law
partner, and prominent senators and mem
bers of the Assembly We're also scattered
here and there. At ten minutes past
eleven o'clock cries o. "hats off, were
heard in tho main corridor and policemen
quickly made a passageway through the
swaying crowd which blocked Up the main
entrance. Superintendent OF the Capitol
Eaton appeared, conducting Rev. George
w. Dean, chaplain of tho Senate, who
was clad in an Episcopaliau robe. Behind
them came Governor Cornell and Cover
nor-elect Cleveland arm III arm, followed
by their respective executive and
MILITARY SI2lS. 1u lIODG Oh Gue Clerk s
desk the parties separated Governor Cor
nell advanced to the right and Governor
elect Cleveland TO the left. Tho chaplain
mounted to the presidents desk followed
by the governors, the staff being 50 dis
posed that tho aids-de-camp met in the
centre Of tho floor, thus forming IN cllipse
All this was neatly effected, and the sceno
as the chaplain offered prayer, was i'm
pressive. The gay uniforms OF the new
staff, duplicates Of those OF the old, were
worn with grace and dignity, and the per-
sonnel of tho incoming compared favor
ably with that of those whose Office was
now expiring. At the conclusion of the
invocation secretary of state. Joseph L.
Carr, advanced and administered to Mr..
Cleveland the oath of Office. Mr.. Cicve-
land made firm response, and became .
governor.