The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-13
THE PROGRAMME ARRANGED
GOvERNOR-ELECT WILL HAVE A
MILITARY ESCORT.
The Lieutenant Governor to Take the
Oath of Ofice-ProvisiOns for
Wives Of Legislators.

OF Transforming the marble building into
a place beautiful enough to welcome a
new Governor. So rapidly did the labor
progress that by 4 o'clock in the afternoon
the entire decorative scheme was finished
and ready for the inspection of Governor
elect Durbin.
Accompanied by Charles Z. Coffin, who
has charge of the arrangements for the in
| auguration. and Col. Charles E. Wilson,
the Governors secretary, Colonel Durbin
went out into the corridor of the first
floor last evening and allowed his eyes to
wander at will over the rich ornamental
tions on the massive pillars, balconies and.
in fact. in every spot that will be the OBJ
ject of scrutiny by the immense throngs
that will press into the great building
tomorrow morning. AS he looked. Colonel
Durbin's face expressed growing admira-
ton and pleasure. Finally, when he had
walked in a northerly direction through
the central part of the building and taken
a complete survey of the decorated space
beneath the art glass dome and of the
transformed square just beyond, he found
speech for the first time. 1T is simply
magnificent" he calculated, turning to
Messrs. Coffin and Wilson. ST don't see
how 1 could be welcomed in a more hand
some way"
LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
The Statehouse does indeed present a
beautiful series of views to the eye of the
artist and layman alike. particularly when
the corridors are lighted by scores of red,
white and blue electric lights. Every mar
bic pillar in the main part of the lower
corridor is hidden from view by a flag of
heroic size. Flags are arranged in pic
turesque manner on all of the balcony rail-
ings, while occasionally one larger than
the rest hangs loosely from a support and
moves majestically to and fro as the cur
rents of air blow gently upon it. Palms,
| young trees and Towering plants have
been disposed in such lavish profuSion
about the first corridor of the building that
the scene presented is of a landscape gar
I den. The inaugural procession as il
marches TO the stands directly opposite
the Governors apartments tomorrow will
literally push its way through a mass of
foliage and flowers. The stands are three
in number, the one in the center being re-
served for those participating directly in
the inaugural ceremonies and the other
two for the state officers and members of
the citizens committees having the affair
in charge. The legislators will occupy
chairs in the corridor Immediately in front
of the stands.
The first step in the Inauguration of Col.
and Lieutenant Governor. respectively, will
be the formal counting of the official vote
by Speaker Artman in the House of Rep
resentatives. beginning at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. The entire Senate will
be present during this ceremony. which
will be concluded about noon. Then the
senators will return to their room on the
west side of the building and Judge Francis
f. Baker, of the Supreme Court, will adj
minister the oath of office to Lieutenant
Governor Gilbert. Meantime preparations
for the inauguration OF Governor Durbin
will have begun in the corridor below. The
members of Governor Mounts staff and of
the citizens committee will have COM
menced their preparations to enter the
parade which will act as escort for Colonel
Durbin from the Denison Hotel to tho
Capitol. This procession will contain also
several companies of National Guard and
Governor Mount will ride in a carriage
THE PARADE.
The makeup of the parade and it's line
| OF march are in detail as follows:
Battalion of infantry will form on Capitol
avenue, north, right resting on Market
street, on the east side of the street. Car
riages will form on Capitol avenue, north,
the Governors carriage at the east entrance
to the Capitol, the others in the rear on
must enter Capitol avenue from Washing
ton street. Procession will move in the
following order:
Mai. II. 7. Condo and Staff.
Companies A, G, ID and III, Second Infantry,
Indiana National Guard.
Governor Mount and Staff, in Carriages.
Citizens Reception Committee and Guests,
in Carriages.
Move at IL o'clock a. m, east on Market
street TO Meridian, passing around the
north side of the monument, north on
| Meridian to Ohio, east on Ohio to Penn
at the Denison Hotel TO receive the Gov
ernor-elect, south on Pennsylvania to Mar
ket, west on Market, passing around the
south side of the monument, TO the east
door of the Capitol building.
Details for guards for the inauguration
ceremonies, the reception and the inaugural
ball will be made by Major Condo.
AT THE CAPITOL.
When the procession returns TO the State
| house. Governor-elect Durbin will be es-
corted to the main platform, upon which ne
will stand while being introduced by the
retiring Governor and while the oath of of
flee is being administered by Judge Alex
ander Downing, Of the Supreme Court.
After this, the new Governor will, OF
course, read his inaugural address to the
! Legislature sitting before him..
The discovery was made yesterday that
nc provision had been. made by the citi-
zens' committee for wives of members of
the Senate and House in t0-morrow'S cere-
monies. When the attention of Colonel
Wilson was called to the contretemps. he
| az once arranged for extra rows of chairs
to be placed on the second floor. close to
the balcony railing, commanding good
views of the proceedings, n tickets for
| these seats were issued TO the senator's and
representatives who have wives.
Colonel Wilson is not altogether pleased
with the workmanship of the badges which
will be worn by the members of the varI-
Gus committees tomorrow, although they
are very handsome. The badges are of uni
form style, the only variation being In the
| names of the different committees. The
| badge consists of a gold bar containing a
strip of celluloid bearing the name Of
the committee. From this depends a bit of
| white satin ribbon forming the background
for a handsome button containing an ex-
cellent likeness OF Colonel Durbin sur
rounded by the words winfield T. Durbip.
! Governor of Indiana, Jan. IA, 1901" Above
the button is a small fold of satin ribbon
IN red, white and blue. The programmes
| for the inaugural exercises have not yet
been completed, but Colonel Wilson re-
ceived samples late last night and was
pleased with their neat typographical APP
| ~pearance.
for Woman Asxaflaut.