The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-13
As Governor Bushnell


today for his second term d.
week ago sent an elaborate me-, Ige -
the legislature his speech war unusually
brief and without any special reference
to the exciting scenes that surrounded
him. The governor was most loudly
cheered at the close of his address, and
the cheering continued as long as he was
in sight. All who could get into the
push" followed him to the executive
chamber to congratulate him. Arrange
ments were then made at once for the
governor and his staff to proceed to the
grandstand on the north side of the state
house to review the parade.
After the exercises in the rotunda and
and the greetings to Bushnell the gov
ernor and others repaired to the senate
chamber where Lieutenant Governor
Jones and other state officers qualified.
| The senate adjourned without the COVER
! nor making the usual address TO the
senate. Some of the republican members
| of the legislature did not occupy the seats
reserved for them for the Inauguration.
Before the exercises concluded the clubs
began arriving for the mass convention.
! All of these clubs and the delegations
| proceeded to the Neil house to serenade
| and call on Senator Hanna. The street
| in front of the Neil house was blocked
until 3 p. M, and Senator Hanna was
| kept as busy in responses MS Governor
| Bushnell had been during the forenoon
The inauguration parade started ut
| 80 p. M, from the north side near the
auditorium where the mass convention
was held. and while 1t was passing south
| the clubs and delegates were proceeding
north on the same street making most
| lively scene.
While the mass convention was not.
according to promise, called to order be-
| fore 3 p. M, yet the crowds began to
| tour ards tbn onIitnri,tr m hafnrp that
time. and il the doors had been. open
the place would have been packed before
2 p. m. The seating capacity of the
auditorium is 5000, and overflow meet
ings were announced early in the after
noon. There was no regular line of
march to the auditorium. The clubs and
delegates went there unattached, but
they made n continuous line and aside
from the cheering of rivals there was
no collision along the line of march. AT
the grandstand where Governor Bushnell
and others reviewed the parade there
was multitude of people and the en-
thusiasm was very demOnstrative but
the parade itself was not equal to that
of other years.
The parade was only twenty minutes in
passing the grandstand. AT that place
there were some wild yells for Hanna.
but they were simply followed by cheers
for Bushnell. There were Il number OF
such incidents along the line of march.
AS soon as the parade was over there was
general rush for the auditorium. The
Tippecanoe club Of geyelepd yoi.s-sks
two sections, one for Bushnell and Mayor
McKisson, and the other for Hanna.
There were over 1000 arrivals today
from Cleveland. Just before the inau-
guration parade arrived at the grand
stand wheel came off of on, of the Cat,
ling gun wagons. Herbert Reynolds OF
Newark was fatally hurt and Harry
Shuts of Newark was seriously hurt.
The public reception given by Cover
nor Bushnell tonight was quiet affair
A platform handsomely decorated had
been placed i'm the rotundn of the capitol,
and here the governor, assisted by Mr.
Bushnell and surrounded by the members
of his staff, received the members of the
legislature. state officials and their
ladies' Then the public was admitted
and about 1000 people passed through
and were greeted by the governor and his
wife. There was no Incident to mar the
pleasure of the evening.