Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-27
SIMPLE But IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
MARKS JOE TERRELL'S INAUGURATION
Lack of POmp and 0stenta-
ton Were the Striking
Features.
Brief Inaugural Address Out
lines Executives Policy for
the Next Two Years.

At 10 minutes past noon Saturday It
was Governor Allen d. Gambler and Gov
ernor-elect Joseph NJ Terrell who en-
tered the hall of the house OF reprssen-
tatives; at 1 o'clock il was Governor Jo-
seph NJ. Terrell and Ex-Governor Allen
D. Gambler who left the same hall.
Promptly at noon the house and the So
ate met in joint session for the purpose
of formally carrying out the simple.
though dignified and impressive ceremo-
mics. Long before this hour, however, me
galleries began to be filled with specta-
tors who We're anxious to see a governor
inaugurated, and every available inch Of
room was filed in both the galleries and
the floor, hundreds contenting themselves
with standing room. The gathering ne
less than the demonstration was a superb
tribute to the popularity of the new ex-
ecutive of the state.
At noon the senate was announced, the
members of the house rising to their feet
while that body filed in. President How
ell assumed the chair and called the joint
session to order, and almost Immediately
the governor and the governor-elect were
announced.
Again the house arose, Joined by the
members Of the senate. The two COVER
nors entered the hall together. and in
stantly loud and hearty applause filled
the cldmDer. II was several minutes De-
fore order could be restored
President Howell then introduced Rev.
John E. White, who opened the session
with fervent prayer to Almighty God
Following the invocation came the In
PRODUCTION of the governor-elect-
In a few words the Governor-e1ect Ter
relI outlined his policy for the term dur
ing which he was about to enter speci-
flying three things in particular: that
Tr.rrr et4rr&
the common school system should be i'm
proved and that an agricultural school
should be provided in each congressional
district in the state.
At 2 O'Clock Governor Terrell and ex-
Governor Gambler arrived at the executive
mansion, where an elaborate dinner was
rendered by Ex-Governor and Mrs. Cand-
Ter. Ex-Governor and Mrs. Gambler left
the city later in the afternoon for a visit
to MONTGOMERY, while Governor ana Mrs.
Terrell remained at the mansion. setting
things IN order at their new home.
Crowd Was immense.
During the speech Of Mr.. Terrell the
cauitol officials were grouped In chairs
around the speakers stand. The CALLER
les were a solid mass of humanity and
hundreds Of visitors were on the hoor
of the house. Frequent applause greeted
the remarks of Mr.. Terrell, and az rns'
conclusion he was given an ovation
When the applause had ceased Chief
Justice T. j. Simmons, of the supreme
court rose and with him the general es-
sembly Justice Simmons then propound-
ed the following oath:
II do solemniy swear that viii to this
best Of my ability uphold and execute the
laws and constitution Of the state OF
Georgia and the constitution Of the Uni
ted States"
Governor Terrell answered very en-
phatically:
IT do"
Secretary of State Cook delivered the
great seal of state to Governor Terrell,
who In turn returned it to Secretary Cook.
Governor Terrell and Governor Gambler
and the state house officers then return
ed to the executive Office where Governor
Terrell was kept busy for more than an
hour receiving congratulations, after
which Governor Gambler turned over the
affairs OF state to him.
MANY OFFICE SEEKERS
SAW NEW GOVERNOR
The mantle of state, with all its trials,
tribulation, its cares and worries, its pleas
ures and its pasttimes, fell upon the Shout
ders Of Governor-elect Joseph Meriwether
Terrell the very moment he drew on his
frock coat Saturday morning at o'clock.
For Office seekers and the friends Of Office
seekers, the same being very importuning
personages, began at that moment to de-
scend upon the new chief executive
The executive mansion of the state was
moved down Peachtree street few hun
dred feet, and the Fairfax hotel, from the
windows of which Governor Terrell could
SIT and gaze into his future home. be-
came the mecca OF many hundreds who
were wont, in the by gone days, to mean
der down the street with Governor Allen
D. Gambler. but who now, as II by COM
mon consent, turned to the new chief ex-
ecutive of the state and asked for some
thing
The path Of a governor-eiect on the
morning Of his Inauguration is assuredly
not paved with roses, nor has the chariot
of state been equipped with rubber tires.
From the very moment he was so habili-
tated that he could be seen, he was seen,
and the visitors came in droves and called
themselves delegations.
The visitors came in carriages, in street
cars and on foot. They came singiy and in
pairs. Yet again they came in dozens. and
all with the same desire mingling in their
hearts and making them as one.
All Wanted Something.
They all wanted something, and occa-
sionaIly there were three or dozen who
wanted the same thing. And, sad to relate
for the peace Of mind Of the new governor.
that same thing could not be given to all
of those who wanted IL. An unWr1II6n law
prevented them from drawing straws for
the offices wanted, and the new governor
had to decide as to whom they should go.
From Rabun Cab to Tybee Light" they
came. Governor Terrell, who few hours
later was to take the oath and become the
governor in fact as well as in name. re-
ceived them all with smile and a hand
sake.
When he smiled and thrust out that
strong hand to greet the seekers of Office.
the faces of those same office seekers
lighted up with pleasure and expectation.
But some of them did not expect what
they got. And what some got was not the
promise that their kindred, or their friends
would be given the office they sought.
About $50 o'clock there were still few
more hundred who wanted to call and pay
a call upon the governor, incidentally ask
ing little favor at the hands of the new
governor Of the greatest state in the I'M
ion. But Mr.. Terrell exercised his rights.
and shut them OF.
81 am going up to my apartments to
talk with my wife and my brother" he
said, land 1 won't be seen by any one
else this morning" was the message he
left at the door.
And from then on until HE O'Clock the
new governor remained IN his apartments,
talking with the one woman in the world,
and with the brother who has always been
a Terrell man, and who hadn't oomo Co
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