Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-14
BUSHNELL IS NOW GOVERNOR
Assemblage Witnessed His Induction
Into Office.
COMPLIMENTS FOR HIS PRsDEcESSo
Retiring Chief Executive Mckenzie,
invoices for His Successor the
Confidence OF the People
of the Entire state.

COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 15.-Asa 6. Bushnell
was formally inauguratsd governor of the
state of Ohio today at noon in the presence
o. a large assembly Of citizens.
The Inauguration ceremonies began at II
o'clock, when Governor Mckinley and stan
and the joint legislative committee and citi-
Gems committee met him at the Crlttenden
hotel and, escorted by troop a of Cleveland
champion company Of the City Guards, and
the Fourteenth regiment. Ohio National
Guards, proceeded to the state house, where
Governor Mckinley, addressing the multitude
in the rotunda, referring in appropriate terms
to the occasion, presented his successor with
a commission as governor and introduced
Governor Bushnell.
Governor Mckinley said to the people In
presenting Governor Bushnell: at Is a trib-
ute to our institutions and an assurance of
their strength and permanence that those
who stood opposed to each other at the last
election, now cheerfully acquiescing in the
popular Will, have gathered here to partici-
pate in the inauguration of Governor Bushnell
and to wish him GJdspeed and the realization
OF a useful, honorable and distinguished ad-
ministration. No governor ever entered upon
his duties with more kindly sentiments of re-
gard and more certain evidences Of public
confidence. coming from every quarter Of the
state and from all classes of our people, than
he who takes the cath OF office today. Nc
governor but one ever came to the Office
with a larger plurality and but one with a
larger popular vote than he. 1t would be a
source of comfort and a tower of strength
to him to realize always that he has behind
him the people whose only aim is the public
good and whose support can be counted upon
in every effort to promote the welfare of the
state. / congratulate him that he enjoys this
confidence and am sure the people will follow
him with their blessings and prayers.
"My last official act is done when l present
to YOU, Governor Bushnell, in behalf of the
people and by their command, your commits
sion as governor. No act in my four years
incumbency has given me more genuine pleas
ure than this. l know it will not be out OF
place to say-for it is in my heart to say it
that you have my warm and sincere personal
good wishes, both in your public and private
life. May a kind Providence guide and pre-
serve you, not only during the years of your
official term, but in the years of the future,
and may your administration be Of great ad-
vantage to the people, a credit and honcr to
yourself and one illuatrious in the annals of
the state"
Governor Bushnell made quite an extended
address. In conclusion he said: "At the
most fitting Of all times it gives me the great
est and most sincere pleasure to congrath-
late you upon the honesty, dignity and wis
dom Of the administration of Hon. William
MchlHiey as chlei executive VI the slate'
Ohio has been honored by him even as he
has honored Ohio. May his destiny
lead him to the pathway where he can give
for the whole American people the same ex-
cellent service he has bestowed upon his
fellow citizens of Ohio. May he enjoy the
full reward of his labors and of his life, and
may all his days be those Of prosperity and
peace. I thank him for his courtesy and
Kindness to me, for his good wishes for my
successful work in your behalf, and for the
honorable record he has given for my emula-
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