The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-11-09
INDICTED INTO OFFICE
or LORD MAYOR OF
LONDON
CENTURIES OF CIVIC LIFE
Represented in Gorgeous
Public Pageant.
tBy Associated Press.1


London, Nov. 9.-with all the gilt
ter and pageantry that have marked
the ceremony for centuries past, Sir
William Treloar, known rs the
"Children's Alderman" was today in
stalled as Lord Mayer of London. sue
ceeding Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan.
The old established custom showed
little sign Of becoming obsolete, and
owing to the popularity Of the new
lord mayor and some novel features
in the street parade the occasion was
the most interesting OF recent years.
The chief feature of the procession
was the representation in costume Of
seven centuries of the civic life of the
city OF London I'm the person of a
lord mayor and his officers of each
century The pageant was rendered
additionally attractive by the fact that
the various groups were mounted on
horseback. which gave all the speata-
tors a good view of the ancient civic
state dress
Such historic lords mayors as Fitz
Allyn and Dick Wilmington were in
cluded, but it was ouly after a long
debate that the committee finally de-
cided to include John wilkes i'm the
pageant Wilkes, who was lord mayor
in 1774. sat in parliament for Ayles-
bury and also Middlesex. His expul-
sion from parliament and the stormy
scenes in which he was the central
figure are matters of history. The
first tine he was elected lord mayor
the aldermen rejected him, a fact
which led to riot at the Guild hall.
| He ultimately served his Office. and
spent $4,000 of his own money dur
ing the year Of his mayoralty, in
which the hospitalities We're on a
scale Of great magnificence.
Out of special compliment to the
new lord mayors long connection with
the cripple children's movement, the
committee included in the procession
a huge car, carrying a score of boys
and iris, selected by the Ragged
School Union. and carrying banners
representative of the numerous phil
anthropic departments of this well.
known Institution
Military Display a Feature.
The procession started from the
Guild hall at 10 o'clock Along the
route the usual flags and bunting
we're displayed The decorations in
frcnt of the Guild hall weret OF the
usual lavish description. The 1st
Kings Dragon Guards furnished the
escort to the new lord mayor, and
several line regiments also marched
ia the procession. The new executive.
With the retiring lord mayor, rode in
the picturesque state carriage, which
was drawn by eight cream-colored
horses with outriders and postillions
In gorgeous livery. The entire route
to the law courts and return was
lined with spectators, who loudly
cheered the various novel features of
the procession. Arriving at the law
courts the usual pi,turesque cere-
monies cf swearing in the new lord
mayor and introducing him to the
! judges and other dignitaries We're
gone through The procession then
reformed and returned to the Guild
hall by a different route from that by
which Il had come. This afforded an
! opportunity for additional thousands
to view the Pageant
Lord Mayors Banquet.
The ceremonies of the day con.
clude this evening with the customary
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