Helena weekly herald., 1889-11-14
From, the Daily Herald Of November s.
STATEHOOD ATLAST.
Governor Joseph K. TOole Inaugurated at
2O'olook this Afternoon.
Receipt of the Glad News-Everybody
Jubilant Over the Great Event.

Jubilant Over the Great Event.
As fine a day as ever an autumn sun
shone upon ushered in Statehood in the
capital of Montana. The morning was
crisp and cool after a heavy night frost, but
IN a few hours after sunrise the atmos-
phere became tempered with the genial
rays Of the orb of day and Nature smiled
in the warmth of the November sunlight as
only a Montana landscape can reflect at
this season of the year. In fact the dag was
a perfect sample of our fall climate and even
business men, hurrying along the streets
stopped their neighbors TO pass cheerful
good morning" and comment upon the
exceptionally fair weather. Under such
favorable mood of Nature was the news of
Statehood received in Helena. 1t was first
made known through an official dispatch
from the Secretary of State to our. new
Governor, which read as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nov. 8, 1889.
To Hon. Joseph K Toole, Governor Of the
State OF Montana: The President signed
and issued the proclamation declaring
Montana a State of the Union at 10:40
o'clock this morning.
JAMES G. BLAINE,
Secretary of State.
This dispatch reached the Helena Office
of the Western Union Telegraph Company
at exactly II o'clock this morning. As
soon as it came off the wires Manager
Swan took possession of it and carried it
in person to Governor Toole, who received
and signed for it at exactly II o'clock and
twelve minutes.
At the same time the HERALD received
the news by wire from Washington and
bulletinsd it at once. Other bulletins
quickly followed the HERALD's announce
ment and in half hour the glad news was
on the streets. 1t passed from mouth to
mouth quickly and in q few moments
every man who CHANGED to meet friend on
the streets was shaking hands with him
over the Joyful tidings, while many q
emile was taken in popular resorts IN
honor of the occasion.
uc eoluo ulSpdlSA AAVA IAAs oAoA2S eA1ss
reached Governor Tools was also sent to
Governor White, but he being in Dillon the
telegram was forwarded at once by Private
Secretary Webster. Governor White will
probably rssch the Capital tomorrow to
turn over the sffics 10 his successor.
SWEARING IN.
Those of the new State officials who
| were in Helena at the time the news was
received lost no time in qualifying. Judge
| Sanders, police magistrate of Helena, had
the honor of starting the State machinery
| in motion by administering the oath of
| Office to Chief Justice Blake, the ceremony
| taking place in the police court room at
| 1890 o'clock in the presence of few wit
nssees. Shortly afterwards VIM. b. Hunt
was sworn in as District Judge of the first
| judicial district of the State.
At 2 o'clock the
INAUGURATION OF GOV. TOOLE
took place in the Office of Governor White
at the Court House. A quarter of an hour
before the great event transpired the Gov
ernor's Office was crowded with citizens
assembled to witness the ceremony.
Among the large crowd present and occu-
pying almost all the available space in the
| Governors office the HERALD reporter no
| ticed the following: Ed Zimmerman, Hen
~ Bratuober, Benjamin Webster, DR.. w
| G Morris, Henry Cannon. Chas w Cannon,
A Lambeth, Hugh Mcqusid, NJ Wilson,
F NJ Chadbourn, Samuel Word, w B
Raleigh, David Marks, Mr.. Burns,
Msjor Burke, W F Franklin,
F W Mcconnell, c J Kinna,
Dr.. J. B. Atchison, William Taylor, Mana
ger Swan of the Western Union. Secretary
L. A. Walker, C. Hedges. Ig. Miller, j. w.
Thompson, A. d. Edgar, c. A. Broadwater,
D. A. G. Flowerree, Geo. Hill, A. j. Fisk,
George Walker, James Sullivan, G. D. Cur
tis. E. W. Knight, W. ". Anderson. w.
Rumsey, DR.. Barbour, Francis Pope, b. o.
| Collins, Sam Alexander. John McMurrsy,
A. J. Steele, Donald Bradford, R. A. Har-
| low, George II. Daniels, of the New York
Central, W. s. Baldwin, of the Vanderbilt
system, Louis Smith, C. W. Cornell, Judge
j. G. Sanders, James Halford, Professor
Beggs, VIM. Wallace, Jr, DR.. W. R. Bull
lard, Samuel Douglas. w. G. Preuitt, c. B.
Nolan, Chas Clarke, I'D. McCutcheon, Sheriff
| Jefferis, Dr. Crutcher, of Great Falls, Major
Clitz. C. W. Hoffman, Herman Cans, and q
number of others When Governor Toole
entered at five minutes of two. this crowd
of good -humored people broke out In cheers
| for the new Governor, which he acknowl-
edged by bowing and shaking hands. Ac-
companying Mr.. Toole was \. Z. Stout,
Notary Public, who administered the oath
of Office. At exactly 1:58 o'clock Mr.. Toole
| advanced to the Governors desk and, plsc-
| ing one hand upon the open Bible, and
holding the other above his head, repeated
after Mr. Stout the prescribed oath of Office.
| When the words $50 help me God
had been uttered and the bible closed,
the assemblage which had throughout
the ceremony been very quiet broke into
three cheers for Governor Toole, which
were given with q will At this juncture
Professor Beggs and Max Behrens carried
into the room q handsome oil portrait Of
| the new Governor and deposited it
on q chair against the wall. Fred
NJ. Wilson proposed three cheers
for the picture, and the crowd responded
vociferously. Governor Toole then gave
himself up to hand shaking, and received
for an half hour the stream of people who
pressed forward to tender their congratula-
tions. In the midst of this cordial demon
stration Sam Word mounted . chair
and, in behalf of the numerous citizens
that were present. extended congratulations
to the new Governor and said that his
friends would be glad to hear from him.
In response to the applause that greeted
this announcement Governor Toole ad-
dressed the company briefly. He thanked
his hearers for their cordial expressions