The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-13
EDWARD v. HOGH is GOVERNOR
GOVERNORS INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
HELD IN REPKEsEHTATTTE HALL
Speeches by HOch and Bailey Aroused
Enthusissm-Oafh Of OHsee Admin
Istsred By Chief Justice johnson
Demonstration by sIfIitiH-

The old and the new have changed
places, and the scePter Of gubernatorial
authority in Kansas was Monday at 1
O'Clock turned over to Edward W
Hoch, Of Marion, by Willis J. Bailey,
the outgoing governor. All the other
new and reelected state officers took Of
fee at the same time. Eugene F. Ware
presided over the Inauguration cere-
monies, which took place in Represen-
tative Hall at the state house IN the
presence Of an immense crowd.
At one O'Clock Governor Bailey and
Governor-elect Hoch met at the Cope
land hotel, and went to the state house
together, accompanied by Marshall's
band and Company A, Kansas National
guard.
The administration of oaths of Office
was performed by Chief Justice ". A
Johnson of the supreme court. The
following officers took the oath:
Edward W Hoch, governor.
David J. Hanna, Acknowledgements
Joel R. Burrow, secretary of state.
Thomas T. Kelley, state treasurer.
c. c. Coleman, attOrney-general.
Seth G. Wells, state auditor.
IL. Dayhoff, superintendent of schools.
Clark Smith, justice Of the supreme
court
w.R. Smith, justice of the supreme
court.
Ew. Cunningham, justice of the su-
preme court
a D. Walker, member board Of rail-
road commissioners.
railroad commissioners.
J. W. Robinson, member board of
railroad commissioners.
The only ones on this list who have
not taken the similar oath Of Office once
before are Governor HOch, Judge Clark
Smith. and the railroad commissioners.
Governor Bailey made a short speech,
and was followed by inaugural ad-
dress BY Governor HOCh which was not
long. This was followed by the ad-
ninistratiOn Of the oaths of Office, and
the firing of a salute of seventeen guns
by Battery B.
The crowd which attempted to get
into the hall was about twice as large
as the place would hold. Hundreds of
people were unable to get within twenty
feet of the main doors. There were
two ex-gOveTnors of the state present,
Governor Click and Governor Morrill,.
The concluding part Of the ceremOn-
les was the song America, =" sung to
the accompaniment of MarshaIl's band.
Then the great meeting was turned
into Methodist handshaking bee, Of
which Mr.. HOch and Mr.. Bailey strOve
against the rest Of the audience.
Mention OF the speeches by Bailey
and HOch can only be mentioned here,
but 81 flee It to say that they were non
partisan and patriotic. HOch landed
Kansas, COmPlimeuted Ex-Governor
Bailey, and expressed his gratitude to
the people Of this great commonwealth
IN the following words:
kansas isnot western state. Let US
disabuse our own minds Of this preva-
lent faIlacy. Draw a line south and north,
and east and west across the United
States and the lines viii converge IN
the heart Of Kansas. Kansas is the cen
trail state. It is the rich, juicy meat in
the national sandwich.
1.-The distinguished gentlemen who
have preceded me IN this office have
enriched the state with a record of per
sonal and official conduct Creditable
alike to themselves and to the common
wealth, and which is at once an exam
pie and inspiration to me. To my i'm
mediate predecessor, Governor Bailey,
/ am under obligations for personal
courtesies, and shall follow him and
his accomplished wife to their home
with my very best wishes for their fu-
ture happiness, a sentiment I am sure
which is shared by all the people of the
state.
Profoundly grateful to the people of
this great commonwealth for the dis
tinguished honor they have conferred
upon me, / enter upon the discharge
of the great and grave duties of the ex-
allied Office painfully conscious of my
own inadequacy TO the task before me,
unaided in its performance. But, re-
lying upon the generous forbeaTance
and helpfulness Of the people of this
state with whom I have lived and Ia
bored for thirty odd years, and depend
ing, particularly, for wisdom and guild
ance upon Him who governs governors
and rules IN al the affairs Of men, I
am ready, Mr.. Chief Justice, to take
the oath OF Office as governor OF the
state OF Kansas"