Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-01-17
DIES MONIES LETTER
GOVERNOR SHAW BEGINS HIS SEC
OND TERM.

Ceremonies-Legisiato Get Down to
Business and Bring Forward Numerous
Measures-May Close School For Blind.
Dies MONIES, Jan. 15.--With rather
more of eclat and ceremony than has
been commonly observed in recent
years, in the presence of the joint con-
vention of the senate and house of rep
resentatives, of the officialdom of Iowa
and of an audience of nearly 1000 peo-
pie, Governor Leslie NJ Shaw was for
the second time indicted into the office
of chief executive of Iowa. The cere-
mony, for the first time, was held out
side the capitol building, and the inno-
walton was a most agreeable one. The
Legislative committee on arrangements
decided to go to the new Auditorium,
where three times as many people could
be accommodated, and where every ar
rangement would be more convenient
and satisfactory than in the big noisy
corridors of the state house.
Senate and house met in joint conven-
tion in the house chamber at 80 D. m.
Thursday and then took a recess till
they could reconvene at the Audito-
rum. Marching out from the house
chamber the legislators moved down to
the lower floor of the state house, thence
out at the east entrance, where they
were met by the governor, lieutenant
governor and state officers. The day
was perfect one, the sun shining
brightly, and as the distinguished party
appeared on the east portico of the cap
itol it was greeted with the blare OF
trumpets and the flashing of long line
of sabers, presented by the cavalry es.
cort in full uniform, drawn up in front
of the capitol to receive the official rep
resentatives of the thr ee departments
of state government. A line of car.
riages was in waiting to convey the
party to the Auditorium.
When all was ready and the order
was given to move it was really an i'm.
pressive parade. The cavalry escort
consisted of Troop A, 1. N. G., and he
Lincoln Hussars, both of Des Moines,
consolidated under command of Colonel
Il. G.. Pratt. A score of members of the
governors staff in full dress uniform
the Iowa State Military band, the long
line of carriages with the supreme court
state officers, governor and lieutenant
governor, senators and representatives,
the cavalry escort and the long line OF
private carriages, passed through the
streets to the west side of the city
Everywhere the streets were thronged
and the thousands cheered Justify.
At the Auditor um Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Milliman presided. The official
party occupied the platform; immedi
ately in front of this was he joint con
yention of the legis lature, occupying q
reserved section of seats. The inaugura
tion of governor is strict ly a Legislative
function, performed in the presence Of
the properly constit uted joint conven
!. ton of the senate an house, with the
lieutenant governor presiding. The
great hall was crowded to its capacity
and deliberately dec Grated. Over the
stage was a great pic ture of President
Mckinley; the boxes, occupied by the
Legislative and official ladies, were
trimmed in the natio nal colors and fes.
toons of greenery; the front of the stage
was similarly bedecked. Great jars of
cut flowers occupied stands on the stage.
Delivers Inaugural Address.
Following the invocation by the Rev.
T. Mckay Stewart of Des Moines, and
musical numbers by the band and the
Apollo club, Chief Justice Charles T.
Granger stepped forward on the stage
and administered the oath of office to
Governor Shaw. Then the same oath
was taken by Lieutenant Governor
Milliman. Governor Shaw at once pro.
ceeded to the delivery of his inaugural
address. 1t was carefully prepared
discussion of both state and national
questions, and was listened to with the
closest interest.
On the stage at the governors left sat
three old men. The youngest of the
trio was Edward Entwistle of Des
Moines, who when a boy of Is acted as
engineer of StephensOn's Rocket, the
first steam locomotive ever built, ON its
first trip, from Liverpool to Manchester.
He is now So years old, and this initial
trip was made in 1929, when Entwistle
was an apprentice in a great machine
shop in Liverpool, and protege Of the
famous inventor. The other two men
were centenarians; William Zeimmer OF
Clinton is 10l, and N. b. Bacon Of Des
Moines is over 100 years old.
The governor most effectively pictured
the changes which the world has seen
since those three men began their active
lives. Then he took up the questions OF
the present and for an hour devoted
himself to a consideration of the means
by which, in his Judgment, the country
may hope to perpetuate the reign OF
prosperity which 1t now enjoys. The
currency question, the trust and monop
oily issue, the foreign and colonial rela
tions, and the local and state conditions
were all treated with care and force.
AT the conclusion Of the inaugural
the joint convention returned to the
capitol, the audience dispersed and the
ceremony was at an end.
Senate Committees Announced.
Lieutenant Governor Milliman ha
announced the senate committees, ant
the house committees will be giveI
out by Speaker Bowen today. The
lieutenant governor has an advantage
in point of time in that he can begin ar
ranging senate committees Immediately
after the fall election, whereas the
speaker is not chosen until after tn,
legislature assemblies and cannot ar
range his committees in advance. The
shairmanships of the four leading sen
ate committees were given out in lint
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