The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-03-07
BOlES is GOVERNOR.
The Long-DeIayed Inauguration
Duly Performed.
HAPPY DEMOCRATS BY THOUSANDS

Gather to See the Installation Of Their
Points from the inaugural Address
Prohibition Denounced and License Ad-
vocated-The Tariff Question Discussed
An Immense Throng at the New Ex-
exutive's Reception.
Dies MONIES, Ia, Feb. Ex-Governor Boies
was yesterday afternoon inaugurated in the
hall of the house of representatives as the
drst Democratic chief executive of the state
elected in thirty-four years. AS became the
occasion, the capitol was gayly decorated
with flags and patriotic emblems. The single
rate for round-trip tickets from all state
points, granted by the various railroad COM
panies, operated to secure the attendance OF
q vast concourse Of visitors.
The military parade, conducted by Adjt
Gen. Beeson as marshal, comprised the Ma
tional Guards of Burlington, Sioux City,
Ottumwa, Dubuque and Des Moines, and
was one of the most imposing pageants ever
witnessed in Iowa.
The Inaugural Address.
In his inauga,a; address Governor Boies
reviewed those questions which at present
attract the attention of the people of the
>tate. Will regard to the railroad situation
he governor said: "Prior to our present
laws the purchaser of transportation was
at the mercy of the railway companies. They
abused their power, and to gain great divi-
iends individual and public rights were
alike sacrificed"
The Prohibitory Law Denounced.
In speaking of the prohibitory law, the
governor said that from its inception to the
present time it had been despised and ignored
in most of the large cities OF the state. The
use of Intoxicating beverages had not di-
minished, but the millions of capital invested
by citizens in the traffic had been calmly
wiped out without pretense of compensat-
ing those who were ruined as consequence
of such action. Enforcement Of the law had
meant the impoverishment of those interested
in the business. The governor said that, in
his Judgment, the fact that the law was q
cruel violation of one of the most precious of
human rights constituted the chief obstacle
to its enforcement.
Favors a License Law.
The platforms of the different political
parties were then referred to by Governor
Boies to show that no political issue was
ever more clearly presented to, or more
thoroughly understood by, the masses than
was that of legislative prohibition in Iowa
by the people Of the state during the last
campaign. The people had passed upon the
issue, and those localities SO desiring were
entitled to the benefits of carefully framed
license law Iowa needed legislation broad
enough to cover more than the views Of q
single class.
The Ratio of Representation.
Referring to the representation question
he said the census of 1885 showed the popu-
lation of the state to be, in round numbers,
1,754, 900, which should have made the actual
ratio for 100 members 1880. Instead of
adopting this number, the legislature in 1886
enacted that "A, 900 should be the ratio Of
representation, and divided the state into as
sembly districts. No less than sixteen of
these districts, as then formed, contained
less than l2,00U inhabitants. He believed
that such an apportionment was grave er-
ror, ii not an actual wrong.
Taxation and the Tariff.
The governor then took up the subject of
taxation. He said thousands of people
owned property in the state on which they
did not pay taxes, and thousands paid taxes
who did not own property. He favored an
equalization of the public burden by legisla-
tive enactment Any system of taxation
which took from one class to give to another
was an unequal and impartial distribution
of public burdens, and should be abolished.
He then made an argument against protec-
tive tariff as national policy. The govern
or was literally applauded all through his
address.
The Reception I'm the Evening.
The reception by Governor Boies in the
evening was held in the executive rooms of
the capitol, and it brought to that magnifi-
cent edifice the largest crowd of people ever
within its walls. Capt Beal, the one-armed
sentry who has stood guard over its portals
since it was first opened to the public, stated
that not less than 10000 people passed
through the capitol doors last night 1t was
expected that the receipt, n would begin at
8, Dut before that hour 600 people had gath
cred, and when the governor and party ar
rived few moments later and the doors of
the reception room were thrown open the
rush began.
Larrabee Heads the Receiving Line.
Adjutant General Beeson presented the
callers to Governor Larrabee, who stood at
the head of the column. At his right were
Governor Boies and Lieutenant Governor
Foyneer, with Mrs. Larrabee, Miss Boies,
Miss Barber, of Waterloo, and Miss Foyneer
in the order named For two hours a con-
tinuous stream of callers filed in, shook
hands as rapidly as possible, and then passed
out. At 10 o'clock the doors were closed.
A Labor Contract for Two Years.
New YORK, March 4.-The journeymen