Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-01
Preparations Being
Made for Menor.
able Event.
COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED
Simple Ceremonies to Mark
Rest of Day...Public Re-
ception Will Be Given.

1t is the expressed wish of Herbert
IL. Hagerman, appointed Governor Of
New Mexico, to succeed Governor M.
A. Otero, that the ceremonies of his
Inauguration be devoid Of all osten,
tation.
1t is his intention to take the oath
Of office on Monday, January 20, prob
ably at o'clock in the afternoon, In
the chambers Of the Supreme Court
of the Territory at the Capitol, in the
presence of. the entire bench, Chief
Justice William J. Mills to administer
the OATH Governor M. A. Otero will
accompany Mr.. Hagerman to the Su-
preme Court chambers which will be
open to the public.
Public Reception.
In the evening of the same day, Mr..
Hagerman will be rendered public
reception at the Palace Hotel from s
to o'clock After the reception he
will attend the inaugural ball in the
same place to be given In his honor
by the citizens of Santa Fe.
TO make arrangements for this sim
pie program, an executive committee
consisting Of J. w. Reynolds, Amado
Chaves, Arthur Seligman, Paul A. F.
Walter, Jose D. Sena, Levi A. Hughes
and A. B. Renehan met on Saturday
evening at the Office Of A. B. Renehan
on Palace Avenue. Mr.. Reynolds was
chosen chairman and Mr.. Renehan Sec
retary. After careful discussion, 1t
was decided to extend general invita-
ton through the press to the people
of the Territory to attend the recep-
ton.
To the ball, owing to the limited
floor space at the disposal Of the COM
mittee, admission will not be free.
tickets will be sold at S. per couple
and there will be no free or compli-
mentary list, even for members Of the
committee. Only about 200 tickets will
be printed and these will be placed
on sale with J. H. Vaughn, cashier OF
the First National Bank to be sold to
the first comers.
It was decided to place the matter OF
refreshments in the hands of the
Woman's Board of Trade. Jose D.
Sena was asked, and consented to be
master of ceremonies at the reception.
and the following subcommittee were
appointed the chairman to report to
the executive committee on next Sat
urday evening at s o'clock at the office
of A. B. Renehan:
Committees Named.
Finance-Arthur Seligman, L. A.
Hughes, J. Fl. Vaughn, A. Staab, A. j.
Fischer.
Arrangements-A. B. Renehan, Anna
do Chaves, Samuel G. Cartwright, A.
|C. Ireland, and N. B. Laughlin.
Decorations-A. M. Bergere, ]. W.
Reynolds, O. G. Watson, J. D. Sena.
Frank Owen, with such ladies as the
committee may select.
Printing and Publicity-Paul A. F.
Walter, Percy F. Knight, Edmund G.
Abbott, ]. A. Massie, David Knapp.
Music and Dancing-R. c. Gortner.
| S. Spitz, A. l.. Morrison, Jr., James L..
Seligman, c. F. Easley.
Floor Committee eyi a. eIi.snes::
Frank McKain, Frank Crandall,
Charles c. Catron, and Clarence
Pierce.
Reception-J. w. Reynolds, +. J.
Palen, A. R. Gibson, John R. McFie.
George w. Prichard, H. 0. Bursum.
John P. Victory, Marcelino Garcia.
Pedro Perea, M. O. Llewellyn, n, r.
Rardshar and S. B. Grimshaw.
Brilliant Affair.
The inaugural ceremonies being con-
fined to a reception and ball, It Will
be sought to make these brilliant anu
memorable About $1,000 will be raised
| for that purpose. 1t is believed that
many visitors will be present from ev.
| cry part of the Territory and from De
yond the boundaries Of New Mexico.
Further details Of the program Will
be announced by the Daily New Mex
lean as soon as the final arrangements
are made.