The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-29
MONDAYS CEREMONIES.
80 OPPORTUNITY ron EyERrBoDf
yo FITNESS THE INA UGURATIOx.
co,.psI J. Bell BIgeer's Plan Meets with
General ApprovsI-the Southern for"-
60 OF the Capitol to be the Scene

The coming Inauguration OF Governor
elect OFcrrall has been the general TOPIC
Of conversation for several weeks past
In this city. as well as all over the STATE
ard preparations have been MADE Dy
mary hundreds OF citizens in various
na,ts OF the Commonwealth 20 be In
Richmond on January !, 1894, and TO
witness, If possible, the cerenoaies con-
nected with the installation Of the
Chief Executive Officer of Virginia.
Various suggestions have been MADE
from time to time, by those who have
heel, I'm charge of the arrangements, and
while 4: has been understood that the
oath OF Office had 10 be taken before the
General Assembly, II has been considered
desirable 10 hear the incoming Governor
delivcf n short address TO his numerous
friends, who are anxious 10 hear nm. IN
view of the fact that there IL no room
big enough ir the Capitol building nor
anywhere else in the city 10 hJiu the
crowd that would like 10 witness the cere-
monies, seversl suggestions nave Dsen
made as to the proper place from Which
the address should be delivered. IL mas
been proposed by some to erect a PLATFORM
on the north side OF the Capitol building,
facing the jackson building, while others
wanted TO see the oratory erngnate from
the steps at the foot Of the Washington
monument: others again, among them
Brgadier- q eiserai Anderson. have advo~
Gated the big porticc 1T the south side
OF the State building as the rostruln from
which Colonel O'Feira!l snoGiG make MS
utterances TO the people Of Virginia.
CoIons. Bigger Pam.
The best plan of all. however. seems 10
be the one fathered By Colonel John Be.i
Bigger, the Nestor of the House Of Dele
gates, who thinks that everybody should
BE- given an opportunity TO witness all
the details of the ceremonies. Colonel
Bigger's plan for the inauguration or
Colonel Charles Il. O'Ferrall, Governor
elect. and Major Robert G. Kent, Lieuten-
and Governor elect, is as follows:
Al II O'Clock ~, on January !, 1891.
the House Of Delegates will be called 10
order by Speaker Cardweii, whereupon
the Senate OF Virginia viii enter the
hall Of the House Of Delegates, preceded
by the President of the senate and the
clerk Of the Senate, and the Senate SHAH
be received by the Delegates standing.
The Speaker Of the House of Delegates
shall therenpon appoint a committee OF
TWO on the part of the Senate. and those
on the part of the House 10 INFORM the
Governor-elect and Lieutenant-GoYe
elect of the readiness Oh the part OF the
two Houses. to participate In the cere-
monies Of the Inauguration, ana salu
committee shall escort the Governor-Gect
and the Lieutenan;-Go elect to the
hall of the House Of Delegates.
Immediately on their entrance into the
hall. a line Of march shall be formed in
the following order: Rev. DR.. Moses ID.
Hoge and the President of the Court OF
Appeals in the front, followed by the
Governor and Governor-elect. the Lieuten-
ant-Governor and Lieuteuant-Goyernor
elect. the President pro ten. Of the sen
ate and its clerk. the Speaker Of the
House, and its clerk, and then the mem
bers OF the Senate and House ana thelr
respective officers and pages, ana the
representative of the press, in when Or
der they shall proceed 10 the southern
portico of the Capitol through the Senate
chamber.
The Ceremon'e
TJpon arrival there, Rev. DR.. Hoge will
invoke divine blessings 20 be followed by
the administering OF the oath 10 the Gov
ernor-elect. and then. in turn 10 the Lieu
tenant Governor elect. by the President Of
the Court of Appeals. This being over
the then retiring Governor OF Virginia
shall present TO the assembled multitude
the Governor of Virginia, who viii then
and there deliver his inaugural address
TO be followed by the presentation 10 the
vast throng OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
Virginia by the retiring LieutenantHover-
nor Of Virginia and the Lfeutenant-GoV-
efnor may deliver an address.
Then let the cannon thunder ana the
nnlsketry rattle amid the shouts or the
people. Thereupon the House OF Dele
gates shall return TO its hall and resume
its business, and the Senate return 70 rs
chamber. and do likewise.
The foregoing suggestions OF CoIonel
Bigger are heartily endorsed by all who
have heard them. The hall OF the House
can give accommodations TO but n Few
besides the senators and delegates. ana
IL but a small number of the vast mutt
tude who wish to witness these cere-
monies shall be admitted 10 the hail. II
viii be uncomfoitably crowded, and the
atmosphere almost stiling. not to speak
of the possible danger OF too heavy
pressure upon the floor. on the other
hand. IL the Inauguration snail be had on
the southern portico of the Capitol, the
military and thousands Of other citizens
can witness the ceremony while staining