Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-01-09
SILVER SUPREMACY.
THE NEW STATE OFFICERS COME IN
AND THe OLD CO OUT.


Yesterday 4: 10 O'Clock their was
assembled a. the Governors Office
Il crowd consisting OF the incoming
State officers and their friends, salso
the outcoming State officers and their
friends and u whole To- OF the mutual
friends OF all Of them.
There were Also the wives and fam
lies of most OF the Officials and quite
Il sPrinkling OF ladies' who in spite Of
the rain were dressed in their best
bibs and tucf"rs. The Governors
room was soon packed with people
and the Railways filed up.
At /. littl. after 10 O'clock Chief Jus
tice Bicclnw administered the oath OF
rilicc 10 the Governor and i.iaUtenant-
Governor. n The law requires. HI"
other State Officers merely had 10 ti.e
their oaths of otiicc with tie Secretary
of State.
After the oath was taken Governor
to:curd shook nands with Jones and
S.tder and in II very p ni.sant little
Governor Joncs, greet yon, ana
most hoGrti.y DO wish nat yOu may
succeed IN hearing the high trust 70.
posed III you - uoblv, rs conscien-
iiously and - honora5iy IS I have
tried i DO"
Governor Jones replied n follows:
=. aac.a y the crust imposed upon me
in accordance with The Constitution
and thn laws. In ossaniEs the duties
OF II" ofTi:e ] viii cnasayor 10 discharge
the functions q Chief Executive in
such 4 manner As 70 reflect credit
on myself and 70 promote rhc industry
and general prosperity Of the STATE
This | can only DO with ILe assistance
and corporation ofthe people, which [
hope and tru-t viii bc freely given
The 20 icy, the wisdom aui the pro-
.srcSsiye IDEAS that have made the adj
ninistratien OF my honored predeces-
s0r 50 Successful, will cadeavor to
emulate"
Then followed applause and hand
shaking and every body congratulated
the two men who could reach them.
There wc:c calls for Gov. Sadger who
announced that he was not primed with
!, spee,'h iast then, but would oPen tie
valves OF his OratoTy at some later
dav
Then the old State officers ard the
new MINGLED and Shook hands and
told any amount Of pleasant things 10
say to each otlcr. Ia the midst Of the
! genera! good feeling Governor Jones
aannouuced that ne had some cham
payne in the Attorney
office, and at this there was IL general
movement at ratio of 1G to ! toward
the spot indicated aud the popping OF
corks could bc heard as far as main
street.
Governor Coicord announced that
Jones haa appointed hlm rs guardian
for twenty four hours and there was a |
general laugh as tie out going Gov |
ernor took the chair back Of the
champagne and Eei Gated verbatim the |
famous speech immortalized by the |
Governor Of Louisiana In mis- his |
torical Interview with the Cove -nor OF |
Georgia. Tie two Governors then |
clicked glasses, and following this |
well bred example each outgoing Of |
ficer touched glasses with his success
!. ful opponent and there was the iolliest |
OF good feeling all around.
The new,oflicers also rendered the |
old Ones-tAe freedom OF their Offices to
write or loaf in Unfortunately. The OUT
going Officers hen gave up the keys.
drank some more OF Jones' wine and /
took fresh cigar. The new deputies
and clerks then took possession of the
Officers and the change in tie State
Government was compete.