Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-01-11
A NEW STAR ASCENDS
Utah Takes Her Place in the
Constellation.
HER PAtH IS WELL LIGHTED
Citizens Celebrate the Occasion OF the
First Inauguration With Bril-
liant Ceremonies.

Salt Lake, Jan. 6.-Another state has
been added to the American Uni1n and
the rights Of self government have been
extended to a quarter of million in
dustrious, law abiding and intelligent
people The acquisition Of these long
sought rights causes universal joy
among all classes. The oath of office
was administered to the state officials
Of Utah at noon today, and the new
state, with her vast mineral wealth.
great railway systems, agricultural re-
sources, churches and institutions Of
learning, starts off with promise Of
bright and glorious future.
Governor-Heber NJ. Wells.
Secretary Of State-James T. Ham
mond.
State Treasurer-James Chapman.
Attorney General-A. G. Bishop.
State Auditor-Morgan Richards, Jr.
Superintendent Of Public instruction
DR.. John r. Park.
Supreme Court Judges-Charles S.
Zane, ]. w. Bartch, James A. Muller.
This is the personnel Of the first ad
ministration Of the new state Of Utah,
and the members Of which were sworn
in today with imposing exercises, and
in the presence Of an immense throng.
It is an interesting fact that only two
Of Utah's first state officers-Governor
Wells and Secretary of State Hammond
can claim the commonwealth that has
hOnOred them as the place Of their BIRTH
DR.. Park first saw the light in Tiffin,
Ohio; Mr.. Chapman in Carroll county,
Missouri, State Auditor Richards once
owed allegiance to MerthyT Tydvil in
Wales; Attorney General Bishop came
from that neck Of land known as Three
Rivers county, in Iowa; Judge Zane
spent the first 26 years Of his life be-
tween New Jersey and SangamOn cOun-
ty, Illinois; Judge Bartch got his edu-
cation in Sullivan county, PennsyI-
vania, while Judge Muller, who has only
been In Utah for six years, looks back
with pleasure to his old home in Mar
shall, Mich, where at different times
he filled the offices of recorder circuit
court commissioner and prosecuting at
torney. All Of the state officers are
republican, that ticket having been
elected by a majority Of 1000 last fall.
Among those who took part in the
ceremonies were many OF the old pio-
neers of 1917 who faced privations and
dangers Of frontier life, to lay the foun-
dation Of this great commonwealth.
A GREAT CELEBRATION.
The day has been celebrated as no
nther In the history of Utah The city
was thronged with visitors from out
side points and with thousands of home
people made locomotion we'll nigh inn
possible through the public thorough
fares. The great procession under the
direction Of Grand Marshal Burton and
aides presented magnificent spectacle
as it Wended its way to the tabernacle,
which it reached at noon and which
had crowded within it's capacious walls
more than ever passed its portals In
its assemblage before.
The decorati tions Of the tabernacle
were most lavish and we'll chosen.
Spread out beneath the great central
surface Of the dome-like ceiling was
"Old Glory" the largest American flag
ever made. In the upper corner, among
other stars, was the 45th, representing
Utah. BY means of an ingeniously de-
vised incandescent light, the new star
cast its refulgent rays upon the thou
sands who sat in the gallery and the
auditorium below From this great flag
streamers running in all directions
uniting with an elaborate fringe of
bunting and flags which decorated the
face Of the gallery. All the speakers
stands were most beautifully draped
in the national colors, while the great
American eagle surmounted the tower
between the great pipes Of the organ,
and Immediately below was the magic
word Utah." a magnificent electric |
creation.
On the stand were prominent citi-
zens, among them the following: Presi- |
dents Woodruff, Cannon and Smith of
the church of the Latter Day Saints, |
Hon. Joseph L. Rawlins, Acting Gov
ernor Richards, Governor Wells, Chief
Justice Zane, Judges Miner, Bartch and
King, Commissioners Tatlock and Sher-
man.