The San Francisco call., 1903-01-07
GOVERNOR
TAKES OATH
THIS DAY
In Joint Session Votes That
Elected Pardee Are
CanVaSSed.
Regime of the New Chief
Executive Begins at l
O'Clock.

ALL HEADQUARTERS SACRA-
/ A MENTO, Jan. Ex-Governor Pardee
~ will tomorrow take the oath Of
the high office to which he was
recently elected. The formal cere-
mony Of canvassing the vote for
( Governor and Lieutenant Governor
was held this afternoon in the As
| sembly chamber. 1t was a joint session
! of the houses and a roll call developed
the fact that there were thirty-nine Sena-
/ tors and seventy-six Assemblymen pres
! ent. Lieutenant Governor Neff sat be-
/ side Speaker Fisk and called the members
| to order
The purpose of the joint session was an
nounced and Secretary Brandon OF the
Senate read the sections of the Political
! Code relating to the canvassing of the
vote. Lieutenant Governor Neff appoint
ed Senators ]. B. Sanford of Ukiah and
Lukens of Alameda as tellers for the Sen
| ate and Speaker Fisk appointed Assem-
blymen n. X Foster and z. n. Baxter
for the lower house.
Speaker Fisk called out the vote for the
candidates for the two high offices and
the telIers checked off the statements re-
ceived by the Secretary of State from the
various counties. At the conclusion Of
the canvass Speaker Fisk announced;
'It appears from the Secretary of
States certificate and from the returns
that have been canvassed by the gentle
men appointed by the presiding officers of
both houses that George {. Pardee has
received a majority of the votes cast for
Governor at the recent election the total
vote being 304, 47S, of which George c.
ParGee received 49, Franklin K. Lane
143. .7S3. Gideon S. Brewer 9592 Theodore
d. Kanouse 1886, and scattering 13O-
George c. Pardee having received a
majority of the votes cast, L declare him
to have been duly elected Governor of the
State of California for the ensuing four
years"
This announcement was followed by
hearty applause and when it subsded
Speaker Fisk continued:
1T also appears from the returns from
the Secretary of State and also from the
County Clerks, which have been can
vassed by the gentlemen on behalf of the
Senate and Assembly, that there was cast
for Lieutenant Governor a total vote of
29J ,245 of which Alden Anderson received
150,O2J Isidor B. Dockweiler 129, ,749, Frank
lin X Whitney, 10541, S. 2. Meads 4S44
and scattering II. / therefore declare that
Alden Anderson having received a major
ity of the votes cast has been duly elect
ed Lieutenant Governor of the State of
California for the four years ensuing
Senator LUkens then offered a resolu-
ton fixing the hour of l o'clock on
Wednesday, January z, Assembly cham
ber, the time and place for the Cover
nor and Lieutenant Governor to take the
oath of office in the presence of both
houses assembled, and empowering the
general committee on inauguration to no
ufy the Governor and Lieutenant Cover
nor. This resolution was unanimously
adopted. Upon motion of Senator I.u-
kens the secretary of the Senate read the
minutes of the joint session, which were
approved. An adjournment was then TAX
en- until l o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
. : !. !. O
State Normal School at Chico, in place OF
George w. Pierce. term expired
Dr. William j. Hawkins San Francisco
trustee san Francisco State Normal School.
in place OF M Cooney, deceased.
Nanderlyn Stow. san Francisco trustee San
Francisco State Normal School, in place Of w
G. JObson. term expired.
f. f. Swanton, Les Angeles County. trustee
State Normal school at san Diego in place OF
l. ]. Rose Jr-. resigned
NJ. L. Ward san Diego County trustee
state Normal School at san Diego In place ~
u. b. West. term expired.
Warren r. Porter. Santa Cruz County. mem
her State Board OF Prison Directors in place
OF Daniel f. Hayes. resigned and term ex-
pired.
Robert T. Devlin. Sacramento County. mem
Der state Board OF Prison Directors in oIaco
OF himself. term expired
Garret W McEnerney. San Francisco rnar,
Der Board OF Regents of the University of Cali
fornia, in place Of stephen NJ. White de-
ceased
Or. c. y. Ellinwood, San Francisco. member