Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-04
TO-DAY's MAUeURal.
A New Pilot to Mount the Ship Of
State.
The Programme Of Exercises Incidental
to the Change Of Ad-
ministration.
The New State Ofaeials = The Governor
Vetoes the Celebrated Boom Bill
The Breakup In the River-Com-
pIimentarv to DIR. Reeves II
Butter Bm-rhe City
In General.

To-day at noon the courteous and efh-
eient officials who have presided over the
various departments Of the State govern
ment for the past four years will retire from
their various places of trust and profit, and
the incoming administration, fresh from the
people, will assume the cares and RESPONSE.
bilities-and salsIies-for the succeeding
term. Regretting, as they do, to see Gov
ernor Jackson and those associated with
him retire to private life, our people will
extend q hearty welcome to Governor-elect
Wilson and the gentlemen entering into
office with HIM, an earnest OF which viii be
given at the State House this
afternoon and evening during the
procedure Of the inaugural ceremonies, the
reception and the succeeding ball. Should
fair weather be vouchssfed Us, as seems
probable at this writing, the following inau-
gural programme will be carried out:
At eleven o'clock this morning the
jefferson Escort Club will assemble at
Germania Hall, and, headed by Kramer s
band, march to the Mcclure House, for the
purpose of eseorting the GoVernor-eleet and
incoming and retiring State officials to the
Capitol. The city officials and City Coun-
ell will assemble at the City Building at
the same hour, and the county officials at
the Court House. The two State admins
trations will take carriages at the Mcclure
at 1870, the jefferson Club acting as
escort to Governor Wilson, and these, fol,
lowed By the wives and lady friends Of
the State officials, also in carriages, the
Judges OF the various courts, and the city
and county officers before mentioned, will
proceed to the Capitol, under command OF
Marshal Oscar Seely and aids, over the fol
lowing route: Down Market to Sixteenth,
east on Sixteenth to Chspline, north on
Chapline to Fifteenth, east on Fifteenth to
the north entrance of the Capitol, where the
Jefferson Club will form in open order from
the curb to the entrance, and through their
ranks the various officers and distinguished
guests will pass. These will proceed to the
east portico, while the Club will march
around outside to the same place.
Arriving there, prayer will be offered 6y
Ri. Rev. Bishop kain, who was an early
friend of Governor Wilson in Harpers
Ferry. The oath Of Office viii then De ad-
ministered to the Governor by Judge Okey
Johnston, President Of the Supreme Court
Of Appeals, after which the Governor will
deliver his inaugural address.
In the evening His Excellency will hold
a reception in the ~gubernatorial apartments
and Immediately following will come the
ball. For this important event, the best o.
arrangements have been made, and it will
undoubtedly be one Of the most enjoyable
affairs of the kind ever trsnspiriug in this
city. The ladies have been in a futIer for the
past two weeks over their costumes. IRA
mer's well known orchestra will appear at
their best, the floor is in fine condition, aud
the supper, in the hands Of Mrs, Zeigenfel
der, viii be everything that could
be wished. Following is Krsmers