Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-05
THE INAUGURAL.

cesslon, which was TO escort the GoVernor
10 the State House, began to form on Mar
ket street, with the right resting south. AT
ll:4O the procession moved down Market
street, along which thoroughtare many
houses were handsomely decorated, in the
following order:
Chief Marshal, Oscar See'ey; assistant,
George Baird.
Lieutenant Steve Johnson, commanding
eighteen policemen in uniform.
Hramers full band.
Jefferson Democratic Club, escorting the
Governor elect.
FIRST carrisgC-Chairmen Of the lnaugu-
raj Committees: +. P. Jepson, o. S. Long
and C. P. Brown.
Second carriage-Governorelect Wilson,
Governor Jackson, Ri. Rev. Bishop Kahn,
Judge Okey Johnson, President of Supreme
Court of Appeals.
Third CHARACTERIZATION Miller, Treas.
urer O'Brien and State Superintendent OF
Schools B. L. Butcher.
Fourth CHARACTERIZATION elect Parick
Duffy, Treasurer elect W. T. Thompson,
State Superintendent of Schools elect B. s.
Morgan, Attorney G~eneralelect Alfred
Caldwell.
Fifth carriage-County Clerk George
Hook, Sheriff Vim. Handlan, Circuit Court
Clerk Major John Mitchell, Delegate VIM.
Myles.
Sixth carriage-W. F. Butler, State
Librarian and eN-oficio Adjutsnt General;
Major Viii Jackson, Secretary Of State
~S,alnaker, ana ID. U. Kelley, Doorkeeper OF
the Senate.
Seventh cauiage-Hon. Henry S.
Walker, incoming Secretary OF State, ex
MAYOR Miller and ladies.
Eighth carriage-Msyor Jacob W. Grub,
ex-Mayor Andrew Sweeney, Judge Jefers
and City Clerk Frank Bowers.
Omnibus. DR.. misunderstanding mem
bers Of city Council.
The procession proceeded down Market
street TO Sixteenth, up Sixteenth to Chap
line, and up Chapline to Fifteenth where the
Jefferson Club and police were drawn up in
open line. and the State officers, new and
old, with the other guests, passed into the
building.
The incoming and retiring State officers,
having proceeded through the corridor from
the north entrance, appeared, at ll:5O
o'clock, on
THE EAST BALCONY,
which was already closely crowded with cit.
liens. Governor Wilson and Rt. Rev.
Bishop Kahn headed the column; Judge
Johnston and Governor jackson came next,
and then the heads Of the various State de-
partments, Judges of the courts, city OH
cials and members of Council followed, fill
ing the balcony and extending back through
the east corridor to tie foot Of the main
stairway.
When all had found places, Ri. Rev.
Bishop Kan stepped to the front Of the bal
cony looking out on the large crowd of citi-
zeus who had assembled despite the cold,
and offered the following
PRAYER.
"Alrigh y Father in heaven, look down
in mercy and abiding grace upon these, Thy
servants, who put their trust in Thee.
This day the country at large
and this commonwealth invoke Thy
special benediction. Thanks to Thy mercy
and goodness, o God, we are a Christian
people, and as such recognize Thy great.
ness, and see Thy guiding hand in the di'
versity Of our prosperity. Thou tits, o God,
who ruleth all the kingdoms of the earth;
from Thee cometh all tie power that sup
ports them, and thus it is that upon this
suspicious day we bow ourselves before Thee
and invoke Thy benediction. Grant, o
God, that they whom their countrymen in
TIE past have houored may retire to private
life bearing with them the blessings of the
people, and the knowledge that they have
used to the best of their ability the powers
entrusted them, and may their successors
in Office bless the country BY a wise admin
i~s,Iation of its laws, and the continuation
of the great blessings OF religious and po-
hlical freedom.
W pray Thee especially, o God, t. bless
the Governor Of this State and the officers
who have been selected to administer the
government under him. May they be en-
able1 to discharge the duties Of their
various offices with integrity and fidelity.
Bless all the officers throughout the land
and may the country be continued in peace
and prosperity under their direction.
These things, AID thy blessing and guild
ance, we ask through our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. Amen.
When the prayer was ended, Governor
Wilson came forward to the balcony rail
and in 3 clear voice read his inaugural ad
dress, as follows:
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
FELLOW CITIZENS: That West Virginia
is destined in the near future, to the pros
perity and power Of a great State, is nc lon
ger problematicsl. 1t but requires that we
shall be alive to our public and private du,
ties, promptin the protection ofour own inter
ests, and true to ourselves. The kind hand OF
nature has lett her mountains, hills and val,
leys, teeming with the most and valuable
elements of wealth. Within no State or
Territory of this Union-within no other
area of24,000 square miles, upon which the
foot of civilized man has ever rested-are
TO be found such varied and exhaustless
natural resources as here harbinger the
dawning Of brighter and better days. In.
comparable in these, she stands without q
rival.
OAL
In the very heart Of the $3.50 square
miles of the Appalachian Coal Field, we
have $4,000 square miles within our own
borders, Its many seams living above water
level, and exposed in the mountain sides in
thousands of places, can be mined cheaper
than in any other portion Of this matchless
coal tract Recognized as superior 10 any
other Goals in America, with the exception
o anthracite, they are ofevery variety neces.
sary to the arts and manufactures.
Although from causes, not now of diff.
cult Of solution, this unreasonable basis Of
wealth has, until the past few years. invited
in vain the active energies Of capital and
labor. Yet bressting every obstacle with q
steady and rapid progress, we not only rank,
today, amongst the largest of the coal pro,
duciDg States, but, the employment of6,4O0
persons in and about the mines, and a pro-
duetion Of 2,S05, 500 tons Of coal for the
year 1888 being an increase of neatly SO
per cent over ihe next preceding year, pre-,
sent the cheering and unmistaksble assur.
snee OF the prosperity awaiting rs in this