The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-17
The Old Town Thronged with
Sovereigns to See Governor
Stone In.
Gossip About Those who Were
There and How Everybody
Enjoyed Themselves.
The Reception-ATrying Ordeal
Office Seekers-Their
Gall and Nerve.
THE INAUGURATION.


The Inauguration Of Hon. w. J..
Stone. the twenty-ninth governor of
Missouri is thing Of the past and
Jefferson City and the Thirty-seventh
general assembly will settle itself down
to business for the people and of the
people.
Gov. d. r. Francis retires from
the executive chair of the state with
the Plandits of the masses regardless
Of political affiliations. He has made
a good executive. If he had made
no mistakes he would not nave
been human. To say the most
he has made no grevious or serious
mistakes.
Governor w. j. Stone comes into
office under the most favorable cir
cumstances. He finds peace within
our borders and no pestilence or FAM
inc menaces.
THE CROWD.
Theattendance to-day was the largest
ever seen at Jefferson City at an in
auguration. From the remotest part
of the state, politicians of high and
low degree were here in great num-
hers. Also the more unpretentious
citizens Of the state, who do the vo:-
ing, with commendable fidelity. |
were present, numerically strong and |
ambitious to see the choice of the
people made governor 1t was a
grand sight when Governor Stone
stood before Chief Justice Black, with
uplifted right hand. taking an oath to
serve the sovereign people, while the
vas: audience before him, rivited their
eyes upon the man who was taking a
VOW to serve them. The seconds were
nomentous, fraught as they were. with
nuch-for veal, it Ii hoped.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
After the joint session which inau-
,urated the governor, was dissolved,
he senator's retired to the senate ,
hamber and then the oath of Office ,
'as administered to Lieutenant Gov
rnor O'Meara by Chief Justice Black.
was short ceremony and the SEN
te then adjourned until tomorrow
forming.
THE ELECTORS.
Those who received a majority Of
,e votes of the state were present TO-
ny and voted for the President and
ice President. 1t was very formal =.
Hair and excited but little interest, :
xcepting in the contest for a messen- =
er to Washington az provided by law =
|. Martin Williams, elector from the 7
inth district, and Edgar NJ. Harder
ector from the second district were |"
re contestants, if it couidbe dignifed n
18th the name Of a contest. H Mar y
n was mot in it" as the boys would =
y and Harder walked away with -
e prize BY very large majority. Il
has always been a wonder how H. ..
artin secured a place on the :.
ectoral ticket He received it ",
'wever and was elected. =" ~
PERSONALITIES. Or
Senator d. H. Armstrong, the vet in
an, grizzled with age and born q tn
Ter, strong in his likes and dislikes, b.
V here mingling with the thronp- ia
Getting those whom he knew and Civ
, the strangers a pleasant smile. wi
zee very few faces here that / al:
ow. Forty years ago l knew them be
now they are strangers" said the FL
! war horse of democracy. Arm gu
ong was appointed United States TIL
nator BY Governor Phelps nice Bogy,
ceased. Senator Armstrong is hale wi
d hearty and is over eighty years of &c
Capt. c. B. McAfee of Springfield, ha
=, who was one OF the electors at Sh
ge elected, was here to-day. He he
ne to the Capital city tocast hisvote We
President and Vice President. Mr.. dal
Alice isapolitician of the old school, dal
colleague of the lamented John S.
clips, I. T. Crittenden, Silas Wood dire
!, IL. c. Brockmeyer, Elijah Gates LIE
others. He does not mix rs much tha
he once did, but the years are fall an!
lightly on him and it is to be sec
'ed his years may be many. cha
Judge Thos. p. Hoy of Pettis, was ma
Jefferson City to-day, an interested
,tator. Judge Hoy is veteran in
sour politics of forty years stand 7
and enjoys large and favorable was
uaintance with the old timers. nro
ieneral j. G. Jamison, who was dau
liant general under Governor is n
and who il now a resident Ke,
Guthrie, Oklahoma, was greeting
old friends to-day and fheu ara