The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-29
IN GRAND COMMITTEE.

At this point the governor and senate
Joined the house and the grand commit
tee was called to order.
On motion OF Senator Freeman COM
mittee consisting of five members from
Providence county and three from eacn
of the other counties, was appointed TO
count the votes cast in the last election
and report TO the grand committee.
on motion Of Senator Freeman the
grand committee then took recess
until o'clock p. IN.
AFTER THT RECESS.
When the General Assembly resumed
business this afternoon after the re-
cess. the committee appointed to count
the votes cast at the April election re-
ported that the following had been
elected: For governor. William Greg
ory OF North Kingstown; for lieutenant
governor, Charles Dean KimbaIl OF
Providence; for secretary Of state.
Charles p. Bennett of Providence: for
attorney general willard b. Tanner
OF Providence; for general treasurer.
Walter A. Read of Clocester.
Hon. John H. Stiness was then elect
ed chief justice OF the supreme court
10 MI the vacancy caused by the re-
tffement of Hon. Charles Matteson.
The sergeant-at-arns in accordance
with time-honored custom made proc
lamation from the balcony of the inau-
guration OF the new state government,
the guns of the Newport Artillery an
nounced this more generally. and soon
the inaugural parade was formed and
the new governo- was escorted back TO
the hotel.
OF the State House in the following or
der:
Platoon OF Mounted Police.
AZ HI.Aa u Ilx..r ItR4A
First Lieut.. r. s. Patterson, chief of
s4 Stan.
Newport Band.
Newport Naval Reserves
Newport Artillery, special escort 10 Com
mander-in-chief. Lieut.. Col. J. ID. Rich
ardson I'm command
Carriages containing Governor William
Gregory. Adjutant General sackett.
Sheriff OF Newport County. Major Bar
ker of Newport Artillery.
Personal Stan.
Orderiies with Flags.
General Stan.
Carriages containing Lieutenant Cover
nor. Secretary OF State. General Treas
lrer, Attorney General and members of
the General Assembly. ex-Governors.
members OF Congress and distinguished
guests
The procession passed over the usual
route and the newly elected governor
was heartily cheered on the way 10 the
hotel. On arriving at his headquavers
.iov. Gregory received the members OF
the General Assembly, state officials.
the officers OF the Newport Artillery
and Naval Reserves and a number OF
distinguished persons. and the inaug-
iral ceremonies were at an end.
IMPORTANT MEASURES.
There Is a good deal of business 10 be
transacted during the SESSION. and one
~ the ff,1pOrfou M measures fa tho not
TO redietrict the city OF Providence, and
this VIII probably call for a public hear
ing. although there seems To be no
doubt that the act will pass. IL IL be-
,ieved that three commissioners Will be
appointed 70 do the work s-ad tnere will,
be nothing partisan about a. Another
matter OF great Importance to the city
OF Newport will be the police commits
sion bill for the city-by-the-sea. which
is being very strongly urged by a large
number Of the citizens
The bill n a copy ~ the act intro
duced for the city OF Providence n year
ago. and there n belief here that the
bill will be passed. In which case there
Will be quite turning over OF things
political In the summer capital. The
names OF the more prominent gen..e-
men slated for the Newport Dolice COM
mission. n the bill passes. are those OF
Hon jeremiah w. Horton. Harwood
y. Read. Col. William p. Sheffield. Col.
John N. Wethereli. Detective Richards
and Tax Assessor Robert Cash. and A
ie said that Messrs Horton. Read and
Cash have the inside track
WILL BE ELECTED.
-<here II now not a shadow OF doubt
~ The election of Representative john
= BiodEett of Providence. 20 the Su-