Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-22
H. j. HAGERNAN
WAS lNAUGURATED
AT NOON TO-DAY
New Executive Makes Speech Giving
Opinion of Duties Tribute to
Roosevelt and Hitchcock.

II, Herbert j. Hagerman, do solemnly
swear that l will support and defend
the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies foreign and domes.
tic; that will bear true faith and al
legiance to the same; that take this
obligation freely, without any mental
reservation or purpose of evasion; and
that l will well and faithfully dis
charge the duties of the Office on which
am about to enter; so help me God"
The audience in the chamber of
Representatives in the Capitol stood
silent as this oath was administered
to Herbert j. Hagerman, from that
moment on Governor of this great Sun.
shine Territory. That he intends to
carry out the words of his solemn obi.
cation, literally and in spirit, with his
whole heart and soul, is not doubted
by any one who saw and heard him.
The scene was memorable, one Of
those few not to be forgotten by the
participants. The audience which
crowded the floor as we'll as the gal
lery, would not be called fashionable
one, in the wide sense of the word, al
though fashion lent brilliancy to the
scene, but 1t was representative of
the people of New Mexico. 1t was a
calm, clear Santa Fe day, though a
little more than ordinarily cold. The
sun streamed in through the windows
which look out upon the magnlfl-
cent snow bound mountain masses
which enclose Santa Fe on the west
and in the east, and upon the pictur-
esque and historic city. 1t was a fine
subject for an artists brush and a pic
ture that made every patriotic bosom
swell with pride.
immense Crowd.
Arrangements had been made to have
the inaugural ceremonies take place at
noon In the beautiful Supreme Court
room at the Capitol, but half an hour
before the appointed time, 1t became
apparent that the court room would
not accommodate one-half Of the peo-
pie who had come to witness the
taking Of the oath of Office by Cover
nor Hagerman. Arrangements were
quickly made to have the Supreme
Court adjourn to the Hall of Repre-.
tsentatives and to have the inaugural
ceremonies in that spacious and splen.
did auditorium. Even this was crowd
ed to the doors and many could not
gain admittance. The audience was
representative of the entire Terri
tory and the presence of many ladies
lent color and brilliancy to the scene.
The seats around the speakers re.
cess had been reserved for the guber.
Material parties, the families of the
judges of the Supreme bench and the
families of the members of the execu.
tive committee, having In charge the
inaugural ceremonies. Directly facing
the bar of the House, were seated Mr.
and Mrs. J. ]. Hagerman, parents of
Governor Hagerman, Percy Hagerman,
brother of the Governor, Mrs. Otero
Mrs. Frost, Mrs. Prichard and Mrs
Arthur Seligman. Grouped to the
right of the rostrum were the Roswell
members of the Governors party, and
Ex-Governor l.. B. Prince, ex-Delegate
to Congress T. B. Catron, and mem
bers of the Bar
At promptly IL o'clock, the approach
of Supreme Justice William ]
Mills, and Associate Justices John R
McFie, Frank w. Parker, William H
Pope, Edward A. Mann and Ira A. Alb
bott was announced and they were re
ceiyed standing. Governor Otero ac
companied his successor from the ex
ecutive Office to the Bar Of the House
and introduced him to the Bench In
fitting words. Governor Hagermar
handed Chief Justice w. J. Mills his
commission which had arrived only
this morning, and with his right hant
uplifted took the oath of Office as ad
ministered by Chief Justice Mills, af
terwards signing it.
Greeted With Applause.
Governor Hagerman, introduced b!
Chief Justice Mills then addressed
the audience, his voice calm and seri
GUS, his manner earnest. He was
greeted with applause and his refer
ence to President Roosevelt was loud
ly cheered Applause also followed
his address. .,
The entire exercises took less thar
half an hour and although simple
were very impressive, and have takel
their place In the annals of New Mex
leo as one of its historic events.
Arrangements had been made witt
Artist Vierra to take a photograph 0
the ceremonies and this was done sue
cessfully despite the difficulties o
taking an indoor scene with ligh
flooding It from two directions
This evening, both the reception an,
the ball will be photographed b