The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23
OFFICERS TAKE THE OATH
cuMMINs AND HERRioTT ASSUME
THEIR NEW DUTIES.
Thousands Watched the Progress OF
the Parade From the State
House to the Auditorium.

mouse TO the auditorium.
Des Moines, Jan. 17-At ten min.
utes after o'clock yesterday after
noon A. B. Cummins OF Des Moines
and John Herriott of Stuart took the
oath as governor and lieutenant gov
ernor of Iowa and their predecessors,
Leslie NJ. Shaw of Denison and j. c..
Mllliman OF Logan, retired from of
fee and became private citizens. The
exercises accompanying the induction
into office of Mr.. Cummins and Mr..
Herriott were characterized by I'M
usual brilliancy and due degree of
the pomp and circumstance that OBJ
tains on such occasions, even on the
democratic soil of Iowa.
The days programme consisted of
a parade from the capitol to the Audi
forum, exercises at the Auditorium,
including Governor Cummins inaugur-
al address, and a reception at the
state house in the evening. In addi-
ton to these was the formal assump-
tion oil Office by Lieutenant Governor
John Hefriott, following the farewell
address and retirement OF Lieutenant
Governor Mailman.
The exercises were carried out in
the midst OF perfect weather and in
the presence of great crowds of en-
thusaStic spectators gathered from
Des Moines and from all quarters of
the state.
The military features of the day
We're imposing. The battalion that
four OF the crack companies OF the
state in addition to the local com
pany. The starting OF the parade
fIn,,, tho
led by Inspiring ceremonies. The
senators and representative assem-
bied in their respective chambers at
LIS and thence at 1870 proceeded
through the cast door of the capitol
to carriages in waiting. At the head
OF the procession walked Governor
Shaw and Governor-elect ,Cummins.
The battalion of troops had been
drawn up along Eleventh street facing
the state house AS the two distin.
guished citizens walked side by side
down the state house steps. the trum-
pets sounded loud and clear the gen
erals march. and the troops saluted
by ccming to- a present arms. The
colors were dipped, and shortly after
ward the first gun of a generals salute
OF seventeen guns re-echoed from
SCOTS Heights. south OF the capitol
The troops We're then. moved to
Ninth street and Grand avenue and
the carriages We're filled as rapidly
as possible by the members of the
assemly and others who We're to take
part in the parade.
The parade from the state house
through the principal business streets
Immediately preceding the inaugural
ceremonies at the Auditorium was
one OF the most pretentious ever seen
in Des Moines. Thousands of people
thronged the streets along the line of
march and waited patiently for an
hour in the biting weather for the pa
rade to pass.
Governor Cummins and Governor
Shaw returned to the state house to-
gether. They were taken there in
Charles e. Rawsons carriage drawn
by the fourin-hand that had driven
them to the Auditorium. Governor
Cummins remained in the office of the
chief executive for an hour or more.
number of his friends called and eX-
tended their congratulations. Cover
nor Shaw, after remaining in the chief
executives office for short time, left
the state house.