The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-15
Members OF the Legislature and Cow
ernor's stan Witnessed the
Ceremonies.
N. w. GILBERT INAUGURATED
CEREMONY THAT MADE HIM LIEU
TENANT GOVERNOR.
His Policy Outlined I'm His Address
to the Sennte-The Other
Proceedings.

Mid the music of bands. the flow of ora
tory and attended by pomp and ceremony
betting an occasion OF great dignity. the
Inauguration of Col. w. T. Durbln took
place yesterday and in the sight aud hear
ing of thousands of people he took the
oath that made him Governor of Indiana
The exercises took place I'm the large ro-
tunda OF the Capitol building. beginning
about 1880 o'clock and lasting about one
hour. The ceremony began Immediately
after the inauguration of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Gilbert in the Senate chamber.
The decorations of the great rotunda
were OF most fitting and perfect char
acter. The master hand of the decorator
had placed its most artistic touch here
and there, and the central part of the ro-
tunda was a maze Of patriotic colors. The
American flag had the place of honor in
the decorations. The great columns that
support the galleries were wound about
with the stars and stripes. and from the
balustrades old glory hung I'm graceful
folds. The battle flag from the battle
ship Indiana was there. suspended beneath
the dome. The rctunda vras made bright
with the vari-colored lights that shed a
glow over the interior
The three stands erected for the different
committees were covered with bunting of
red. white and blue. AS early as o'clock
in the morning people began to arrive at
the Statehouse. Some went 10 the legis-
lative chambers and waited there until
time for the inaugural ceremonies. At noon
when Lieutenant Governor Gilbert took
the oath of Office there was great crowd
in the Senate chamber. BY this time the
crowd in the rotunda below was becom-
ing packed and people were congregating
on the stairways. They crowded about
the balustrades of the first and second
floors. where a good view could be had OF
the ceremonies below them when they
should begin. In the Governors parlors
there was a sort OF glad excitement all
morning. Governor Mount was I'm his Office
and met many OF his friends Colonel
Wilson was a busy man and. in fact. every
body connected with the executive depart
ment was busy.
INTERNATIONAL PARTY
At 1880 O'Clock Colonel Durbin and party
were escorted TO the Statehouse by the
Indianapolis battalion of the Indiana Ma
tional Guard, under command OF Major
Conde While the exercises were going on
to witness the other ceremony and enter
tained itself i'm it's own good-natured way.
About 1890 o'clock the members OF the
House and Senate began to gather in the
rotunda, where seats were reserved for
them. A band stationed on the second
floor Of the building started patriotic air
and about this time the members OF the
general committee appointed 10 assist i'm
the ceremonies took seats I'm the stand
erected for them. This committee was
composed Of j. c. Adams. John ]. Appel A.
A. Barnes. elias Baldwin, John T. Brush.
William b. Burford Noble c. Butler. r.
Nj. Campbell, John n. Carey, ]. r. Carna-
han. Smiley NJ Chambers, f. X. Chap
man, Jefferson H Claypool. W. H. Coleman.
Charles E. Coffin, John b. Cockrum, j. s.
Cruise, Henry Eitel. William f. English. ID.
p. Erwin, William Fortune. Robert Geddes.
/. s. Gordon. Franklin w. Hays. r. o.
Hawkins. II. T. Hearsey. c. f. Hollehbeck.
O. Il. Jameson. Clarence A Kenyon. Armin
Koehne. T. b. Laycock. Louis III. Levey,
Albert Lleber, V. T. Malott Frank NJ
Millikan, Nathan Morris. A. NJ Ogle. ID.
NJ. Parry. c. c. Perry. Oran Perry. w.
". Richardson. l. ~. Richie. c. f. Sayles.
Fred ]. Scholz. John NJ Spann. Alexan-
der Taggart Thomas Taggart. George G.
Tanner. Cortland Van Camp. ]. @. Van
Wrinkle. II. p. WATSON. NJ. p. Wilson. John
r. Wilson. Evans WooIIen. A. A. Young
Members OF the inaugural party In
cluding Governor and Mrs. Mount,
Colonel and Mrs. w. T. Durbln. Mrs
Mccullough. mother OF Mrs. Durbin: 2
Mrs H. c. McFadden. a friend Of
Colonel and Mrs. Durbin. from Sa-
vannah. Ga; Rev. III. W. Bennett. n
Anderson: Admiral Brown. w. S Hasgard
retiring lieutenant governor; Capt J. A.
Lemcke and Senator A. J. Beveridge. ar
rived about the same time and occupied
the inaugural stand. Immediately north OF
this was another stand. I'm which sat othe-
members OF the inaugural party. Among
them were:
Union SB. Hunt. secretary of state: WIZ
liam H. Hart. auditor OF state: William L.
Taylor. attorney general: Leopold Levy.
treasurer OF state; Robert A. Brown. clerk
Supreme Court: Charles +. Renaey. re-
porter Supreme Court; Frank L. Jones.
superintendent Of public instruction: w =.
Blatchley. state geoiogist: Benjamin F.
johnson. state statistician; James IT, Jor-
dan Judge Supreme Court; Alexander
Dowling Judge Supreme Court; Leander J.
Monks. judge Supreme Court John V. Hal
ley. judge Supreme Court: Frank +. Baker.
Judge Supreme Court: W. J. Henley. Judge
Appellate Court; u. 2. Wiley. judge Appel
late Court; James y. Black. judge Appel
late Court; w. u. Robinson. Judge Ap-
pellate Court; ID. W. Comstock, judge Ap-
pellate Court
GOVERNORS STAFF.
The members OF the Governors stan
present in uniform were Brig Gen. James
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