The San Francisco call., 1899-12-21
Planting of the Gigantea

! Riley and the returns or the election held
| November 13, lS49..
Miss Alma NJ. Cutter of San Francisco,
representing California, was introduced.
/ She was accompanied by Miss Ducea Pc
| derson and Miss Vallejo as maids OF
honor.
The surviving Senators and Assembly
men of the Legislature were then sworn
| In The oath was administered by
Judge A l.. Rhodes. representing
the late Judge Kimball s. Dim.
ator present and E. w. McKinstry the
/ only Assemblyman. All the other SEN
| ators are dead. but other Assemblymen,
Z. y. Cornwall and L. A. Wheeler, still
The ron OF the Senate was then called
| by Hon. James L. Howe, secretary OF the
Senate. and that OF the Assembly by f.
! II. Iharp, who was clerk OF the first AS
The solemn answer dead" after the
long list of names showed how the ranks
OF Californias lawmakers are being de-
| pieted.
The reorganization of the houses was
| then gone through with. The election re-
/ turns were read and Major Sherman an
! nounced the Legislature organized and
/ ready for business.
Dwight L. Burnett. son of the first
! Governor, Peter II. Burnett, was then in
! augurated as Governor. A bust of Peter
! III. Burnett was then unveiled by Peter
/ II. Burnett, a grandson, and Miss Har-
riet Burnett. granddaughter, Miss
! Alma Cutter, representing California a
! granddaughter of General Mariana Val
le1o, placed a wreath upon Il statuette of
! General Mariana Vallejo. Her maids OF
! honor assisted her.
An artillery salute of twenty-one guns
was fired in City Hall Park during this
/ part of the programme.
| Hon. Dwight l.. Burnett read the
original inaugural address Of his father
| Governor Peter II. Burnett.
AS Lieutenant Governor Rev. w. IL
| McDougall was inaugurated to represent
I hNE 70 I lANnf
| McDougall
The election of Hons. John c. Fremont
and William NJ. Gwin as United States
! Senators was reported.
! Appointments by the Governor were an.
! nounced as follows:
Hon. William Van VOORHEES,, Secretar,
Of State. represented by Hon. Henry +
secretary. represented by his SON Johr
| Wallace Ryland.
Election of State officers: Hon. Richard
/ Roman. State Treasurer, represented ny
Hon. William A. January; Hon. John s
! Houston, State Controller, represent ed
by Hon. John l. Spear; Hon. e. J. .
Kewen, Attorney General, represented by
Hon. Samuel w. Holiday: Hon. T. r.
Per Lee, Adjutant General. represented
by General Thomas Il. Ketchum: Hon
represented by Colonel A, W. vor ,,
/ Schmidt; Hon. H. II. Robinson. State
Printer represented by Alex p Murgot.
ten: Hon. S. c. Hastings, Chief Justice
/
Aylett r. Cotton: Hon. Henry A Lyons
Associate Justice Supreme Court, repre-.
sented by Hon. Lawrence Archer; Hon
Nathaniel S. Bennett. Associate Justice
| Supreme Court represented by A i
Buckles; Hon. L. II. Tharp. Clerk Su-
preme Court represented by himself.
Hon z. w. McKinstry delivered a shor-
| grafton, touching upon the history OF Cali
fornia. benediction was then asked
by the Rev. Father r. l.. Kenna of Santa
/ Clara College.
The entertainment at the Auditorium
this evening drew a large crowd. Rev
r. T.. Kenna. president of Santa Clara
| College delivered address on early
education. The rest OF the programme
| was musical. interspersed with tableaus
and living pictures reminiscent OF earl,
times.
Mayor Charles ]. Martin has received q
letter of congratulatlon from the Con.
| gressional delegation at Washington Ar
| ter expressing appreciation of the specia
fitness OF the Golden Jubilee OF Califor.
| MAS statehood. IL states: ''It was the
first State looking upon the broad Pacific