Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1891-01-08
TIE NEW GOVERNOR.
COLONEL HENRY q. MARKHAM WILL
BE INAUGURATED TO-DAY.
The Ceremony Will Take Place in the
Assembly Chamber-Outline of
the Programme.

At noon-time to-day the Office of Chiei
Executive will chance hands. Governor
G.. H. Waterman will step down and out
and the functions of the office will fall
upon Colonel Henry Il. Markham. At Il
o'clock NJ. the Legislature will meet in
Joint Convention to inaugurate the new
Governor and Lieutenant. Governor The
ceremony will take place in the Assembly
Chamber, Colonel Markham's recent i'll
ness rendering it inadvisable for him to
expose himself for SO long a lime in the
open air.
At yesterdays consultation between the
Senate and Assembly Inaugural Commit
tees, Adjutant- General Orion suggested that
the military form in front of Governor
Markham's residence, and present arms
when be appeared. The Governor should
then proceed in carriage to the Capitol
building, the four military companies &C.
companying him, preceded by band. In
front of the Capitol building the military
would form in line and again salute the
Governor as he passed into the building
The Joint Committee adopted this plan
of procedure, and at subsequent meeting
the following additional programme was
adopted:
Three carriages will be in waiting at the
entrance of Capitol building ct Ii A. NJ.
The first. drawn by four white horses. will
leave the Capitol with Governor Water
man and Elwood Bruner, Chairman of the
committee. The second will contain SEN
ator Frazer, President of the Senate pro tenn,
Speaker of the House Coombs, and two
members of the committee; and the third
the President of the committee.
Lieutenant Governor Reddick will be
called for at the Capitol Hotel, whence the
procession will proceed to Colonel Marx
hams residence, and thence to the Capitol.
Chairman Bruner, of the Joint Comm
tee, will escort the Governor 10 the Assem-
bly, Chamber, where he will be introduced
to Speaker CoornDs who in turn will intro
duce him to the audience.
Superior Judge Van Fleet, of this city,
will administer the oath Of office, and
Colonel Markham will then deliver his in
augural address.
Brigadier General T. w. Sheehan and
staff, Colonel j. W. Guthrie and staff, and
the city companies Of the First Artillery
Regiment will compose the escort The Of
ticers will not be mounted. The military
will assemble at the armory al 10 O'Clock
this morning.
The battery will fire a salute from the
terrace in the rear of the Capitol when the
procession reaches the building.
THE REVISED PROGRAMME.
The Joint Legislative Inauguration Com
mittee met last night and arranged the fol.
lowing order Of the Inauguration cere.
mony:
On reaching the Capitol the procession
will enter headed by Governor Waterman
and Governor-elect Markham. Following
them will come Lieutenant-Go Governor elect
Reddick and the Joint Legislative Com
mittee.
As they enter there will be music by the
First Artillery Band.
Introduction of Governor Waterman by
Speaker Coombs. and address by the former.
Music.
Introduction (by Chairman Bruner of
the Joint Committee) of Governor-elect
Markham to the Speaker, who will admin
lister the oath of office.
Introduction of Governor Markham by
the Speaker.
Delivery of the inaugural address.
Music.
Introduction of Lieu enant Governor
Reddick, who will take the oath and de-
liver an address.
Reading and approval of the minutes of
the Joint Convention.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.