Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-16

e DeS MoineS, jan l4.-(Specldl.)-
Z With simple, but impressive ceremony
: Albert B. Cummins and John Herriott
were today inaugurated respectively
governor and lieutenant governor of
Iowa. The services were held at the
Foster opera house on West Walnut
street, preceded by procession from
the state capitol to the theatre, in
which there were nearly 100 carriages.
! Deemer Administers Oath.
The oath of Office was administered to
the governor and to the lieutenant gov
ernor by Chief Justice H. e. Deemer
/; of the supreme court of Iowa.
The picturesque feature Of the pro-
cession increased by the presence of
the regular troops stationed at Fort
Des Moines under the command of
Capt. J. D. Leitch, Twenty-fifth infant
4 ry, u. s. A. There were two companies
7 of regulars two companies of the Iowa
National guard from Des Moines and
the First Signal company, also of Des
Moines.
4 The parade and exercises were un-
der the direction of Adjutant General
: M. H. Byers, assisted by the Grant
I club.
Tribute to Iowa.
& In his inaugural address, Governor
4 Cummins paid an eloquent tribute to
Iowa's agricultural industries, repeat
! ed his declaration in favor of progress
in national affairs, declared for a strict,
. observance of the law and for educa-
ton in moral rather than in an in
tellectual sense.
. Advocates National Advance.
He advocated advancement in ma
tional affairs and declared that the
nation either advanced or refrigerated.
He declared that in his judgment the
men who manipulated combines and
trusts were no better than the mobs
who otherwise desecrated the law.
Y, Favors Reciprocity.
He was outspoken in his advocation
Of reciprocity. His address closed
with plea for early education of boys
and girls along lines of morality, de-
claring upon them rested the foun-
dalton Of sound government.
The plan of the inaugural was carried
out as presented in the following re-
port of the joint committee of the gen
eral assembly on the Inauguration:
The Inauguration ceremonies will be
held in Fosters opera house at $3.50
p. M, Thursday January IA. The mil
ttary escort will receive the governor
and lieutenant governor elect and par
ty, together with the members of the
supreme court and other state officers
at the executive parlors at 1:30 p. M,
proceeding through the east door of
the capitol to the carriages in waiting.
The parade was organized in the
following order:
Order of Formation.
Platoon of police.
Iowa State Military band.
Military escort under command of
Captain Joseph D. Leitch, Twenty
ing of:
Company L., Twenty-flfth United
[ States infantry, Lieutenant G. L.
Chapman commanding.
Company c. Twenty fifth United
\ States infantry, Captain Ross L. Bush
commanding.
N. G., Captain L. F. Blyler, command
+ Ting.
Company F, Fifty fifth infantry. /.
N. G., Capt. H. G. Harms, command
ing.
First signal company, /. N. G.,
4 Lieutenant c. M. Dcmback command
ing.
Three carriage containing members
of the legislative inaugural commit
tee
I Carriage containing Governor A. B.
Cummins, chief justice of the supreme
court, adjutant general and Chaplain
4 A. L. Frisbie.
Four carriages containing military
: staff of Governor Cummins.
Five carriage containing state off,
GERS and ex-governors.
Carriage containing Lieutenant Gov
Herriott, speaker of the house, Clarke
clerk of the house and secretary of the
senate.
Carriage containing members of the
senate.
Carriages containing members of the
house.
Carriages containing members of the
press
The parade will move over the fol-
lowing line of march:
West on East Grand avenue to Eas
Sixth street; south on Sixth street tt
Locust; west on Locust to West
Fourth; south on Fourth to Walnut
house.
Lieutenant Governor Herriott will
have charge of the ceremonies.
The Program.
The program at the opera house was
rs follows: