The times., 1900-12-25
THE INAUGURATION OF ODELL
Preparations for Tremendous
Demonstration at Albany.


ALBANY! Dec. 24.-with the Inaugural
tion of Governor OdeII on January /. the
Republicans believe the reins OF State
government will be in the hands of man
the nearest approach to Hill as politi-
cal leader since the latter was Governor.
During Hills se7en years administration
in the executive chair often a Republican
Senate tried to put him in a hole, and
Mr.. Hill nearly as often turned the tables.
Hill was practically in supreme control
of State affairs between 1885 and 1890, and
even Tammany had to go to him for
favors. Frequently during that period
Republicans would remark: 20 for
| leader of Hills generalship in the exc
cutive CHART" This leader has been long
time coming. but the Republicans of the
State think they have him in Benjamin b.
odell. ir.
Like Governor Hill when he was in the
executive chair, Mr.. Odell is not only Gov
ernor, but the head OF the Republican
State organization, that when the in
/ terests of the Republican party are con-
cerned with executive action, Mr.. Odell
need not leave Albany to consult such IN
terests
A large attendance of the faithful will
witness the induction into Office of Gov
ernor-elect Odell than has attended an
| Inauguration for twenty years. Inc re-
| tiring and incoming Governors will lie eS-
corted from the Executive Mansion TO the
! Capitol by over 200 of the State militia,
the Burgesses Corps. and the members OF
several Republican organizations through
out the State. Both the Governor and the
| Governcr-eiect accompanied by their
stats, will proceed to the executive
| chamber about an hour before noon,
where the usual amenities will follow
| The demand for tickets to the assembly
| chamber has never been so great. TIE
main features of the inaugural programme
will be the addresses to be delivered by
| Colonel Roosevelt and Governor-elect
Odell. After the inaugural ceremonies
the new Governor, surrounded by his stan,
will hold an official reception in the ex-
| ecutive chamber for an hour, and later
| in the afternoon, at the executive man
sion, Governor and Mrs. Odell will hold
| public reception
Governor Odell's annual message will
| be transmitted to the Legislature when it
convenes at noon on Wednesday. Poth
| the Senate and Assembly will be crgan-
| ized this year with little friction fhe
Senate comprises thirty-hve RepuoiicauS
| and fifteen Democrats, while in the AS
sembly there are one hundred and hye
Republicans and forty-fve Democrats
Last year there were twenty-seven Re
| publicans and twenty-three Democrats IN
| the Senate. just one vote more than
necessary to pass bills, while in the rs
| sembly there were ninety-three RepuD-
! licans, ffty-six Democrats, and one In
| dependent Democrat.
BY virtue of his office the LieUtsnant
Governor, of course. will preside over the
Senate. James S. Whipple, of Salamanca,
as clerk, and A. B. Sackett. of Canaan
daigua. as stencgrapber, will be re-
elected to those positions Garret J. Ben
son, OF Albany, will be elected sergeant
alarms OF the Senate. OF course. there
will be changes in the minor positions in
the Senate, az dictated by the Senators,
among whom the places will be allotted
by the caucus. Speaker Nixon will be re-
elected 70 preside over the Assembly.
while Col. Archie E. Baxter. of Elmira;
Henry C. Lsmmert. Of Brooklyn, and
Frank W. Johnston. of Buffalo, will be re-
elected as clerk, stenographer, and SER
geant -at-arms respectively.
Beyond organizing and listening to the
reading of the Governors message when
the Legislature conveDes, the day after
the chief executive is inausurated. 10
business will be transacted, exeep: t5at
the members of the Assembly will spend 4
couple Of hours drawing for seats. The
Senators are seated in rotation according
to the numbers Of their districts Senator
Ellsworth OF LOckport, and Assemblyman
Aids of Norwich, will again lead the Re
puhlicans in their respective houses. The
chief members of the clerks desk force
in each house will be reapp0inted. Senator
Grady viii lead the Democrats in the upper
house. while john McKeon OF Brooklyn,
who has served six years in the Assembly,
is mentioned as minority leader In the
laWer house
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff and other
elective State officers will take the oath
OF office before the Secretary of State,
while the oath OF Office 10 Governor elect
Odeil will be administered by Secretary of
State McDonough during the inaugural
ceremonies
New York legislation ia likely to fig
ure as prominently as usual at the COM
ing session The charter revision and the
police reform bills will be two of the
most important measures affecting New
York City to be acted upon. Then. of
course, the taxa question will be a
prominent one before the Legislature, cs-
pecially regarding the taxation of mort
cages and the strengthening of the spe-
: cial franchise tax law. Those Interested
in New York City school affairs predict
another hot fight in the Legislature the
coming winter regarding the powers OF
the central and borough boards of edu-
cation and the salaries of the teachers
The canal improvement question will not
come up in the Legislature before the
middle OF February, when State Engineer
Bond expects to report the result OF
thorough survey as to the exact cost
of the improvements to the canals sug-
gestad last wear by Governor Roosevelt's
canal commission, of which Gen. Francis
V Greene was the chairman. 1t is not
proVement legislation or appropria-
ticn at this session. Governor-eleet
Odel is considering the advisability
of legislation to take the pardoning
power away from the Governor and lodge
it with State Dardoning board, as is
done in New Jersey. One of the vexa-
tions of the chief executive is to have
TO pass upon pardons-