The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27
INAUGURATION DAY
Plans Now Arranged in Detail for Placing New Mayor
 in Office.
Ex-MAY0RS TO BE PRESENT
Farnsworth, Hcndriek, Driscoll and HoIcomb Down to Attend Ger
 emony This Year.

The likenesses that have been ranged about the walls of the aldermanic chamber in city hall and which had been removed pending the construction of the new flreproof vaults, were all restored yesterday afternoon in antici- patton of the inaugural ceremonies of Mayor-elect James B. Martin who as- sumes the reins of office next We'd nesday The aldermanic chamber has been redecorated. Charles w. Futile, | secretary to the mayor-elect, has the arrangements for the inauguration cer- emonles in hand.
 The inauguration ceremonies are of more than interesting character since they will mark the entrance of the first democrat into the office of mayor since the inaugural of ex-Mayor Cornelius T. Driscoll. in 1900.
 The chamber of the aldermen will be decorated with flags, and the guests will be there at noon.
 The ex-mayors who will attend the ceremonies are Frederick B. Farms worth, Cornelius T. Driscoll, Albert c. Hendrick, who for many years was also the chief of the fire department
 and George r. Holcomb.
 On the stroke of l2 the door of the mayors office will be swung open and
 the inaugural procession, headed by City Sheriff Kollerstrom, and the city
 officials will proceed to the aldermanio
 chamber Here the oath of office for
 the mayor will be administered to Mayor elect Martin by Mayor Studley
 and after a short speech by the retir l ing mayor and the new mayor, Mayor : Martin will receive the congratulations : of all the living ex-mayors, the guest <, and other city officials.
 Then the mayor will go to his offic
 on the same floor and meet the chief Q b police and the fire chief and the head : of all the city departments The mayo
 then administers the oath of office t
 the other incoming city officials. Q Mayor Martin will administer tn y oath of office to City Treasurer -elec Is Henry Fresenius, City Clerk-elect De
 vine, Director of Public Works Fole,
 to his secretary. MT. Futile, superir j. tendent of Charities Jacob Frolich an > the other officials who make up tn 1t next democratic administration. IS The mayors speech will be brief, h IS message to the citizens of New Have Id coming later, when 1t will be presente IS to the aldermen. In that he will
 more likely to have something inte
 esting to say to the citizens about tl of conduct of the city affairs.
 CT The qualifying of the aldermen-ele e, will take place on the night of la v. $, this being the first Monday in Il g. month and the date scheduled for
 regular session of the board. The ma
 or will administer the oath to the 2 he dermen, and then they will choose nd president, an assistant city clerk a, ct. page. They are also expected or name at this meeting or at some oth in meeting a member of the board
 finance to represent the alderman
 body there.
 The democratic members of the boa
 being in the majority, they will pls \. in the presidents chair Andrew P. / TS' len of the Fifteenth ward, John +aa Johnson is the president now. I ~ democrats in their caucus united up tar Allen, and as the republicans on n;, new board do not feel that they woI ,,. have show at all to place man sa+ s the chair to represent their side 's, ~, the house, they have neglected to in m ,n cate their preference. The assist
 city clerkship is due to Michael Nor 4, who was named at the caucus. Att .a- - assistant city clerk, and he has a 'aA4 charged the duties of that office W o.,, much ability