Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-07-25
INAUGURATION
POSTPONED
Captain Curry En-
Route to Wash
ington
DATE NOT YET FIXED
Committees Hard at Work..
Attendance Will Be
Large.

Late last evening Acting Governor
j. W. Reynolds received dispatch
from Captain George Curry, at Ros-
WELL to the effect that the latter had re-
ceived telegraphic instructions to pro-
ceed Immediately to Washington and
thence to Oyster Bay to report to
President Roosevelt. Captain Curry
left Roswell this forenoon to carry
out his instructions. The date for his
inauguration as Governor of New Mex
ico cannot therefore be determined at
this time, and will not be known un-
til telegraphic advices are received
from him after reporting in the Ma
tional Capital, and at Oyster Bay.
All arrangements for the inaugu-
ration on Thursday, August 1st, have
therefore been cancelled. The prep
arations for the inauguration will be
continued and the date will be an
nounced just as soon as the same can
be definitely determined. All COM
mittees are actively at work, and ev-
erything will be in exact readiness
for the occasion.
General Plan Of Inauguration.
Although the date of the Inaugural
liOn has been postponed indefinitely
there will be TO delay in the prepa~a-
tions and tie various committees will
have more time in which to arrange the
details. It is doubtful now if the inaug-
ural ceremonies will take place be-
fore August 10 and possibly not un
til August Is. 1t will all depend upon
how long Captain Curry remains in
consultation with President Roosevelt.
A big parade will be one of the fea-
lures of the Inauguration. Captain
Curry has not yet engaged rooms at
any of the local hotels, but the pro-
cession as now planned will form in
front of the hotel at which he will be
a guest The line of march will be
around the Plaza and thence south to
the Capitol building. 1t is expected
that a cavalcade of Rough Riders and
old time cowboys with whom Captain
Curry was associated in the early
days will participate in the process
sion. Both of the local brass bands
will take part and also the American
Lumber Company's crack musical or
ganization at Albuquerque
The Inauguration proper will take
place at o'clock in the afternoon in
the hall of the House of Representa-
tives. Judge Albert B. Fall Of Ell
Paso, Texas, who is an intimate friend
of long standing of the new governor
and was a fellow COW puncher with
him years ago, will deliver the ad-
dress of welcome. This part of the
program. will be Immediately before
the oath of Office as executive is ad
ministered. Captain Curry will make
a response during which he will un-
doubtedly outline the policy he intends
to pursue as governor of New Mexico.
He has already given an intimation of
what this will be in a statement
which he gave out for publication at
Alamogordo while en- route from Ell
Paso to Roswell
A large reception to be followed by
the inaugural ball will be held in The
evening of inauguration day at the
Palace Hotel Captain Curry will be
stationed in the upper corridors of the
hotel while the reception is in prog
ress. This will prevent any confusion
or undue crowding. People who wish
to greet the new governor and shake
hands with him will be enabled to as
cend by one staircase and descend by
another. The inaugural ball will be
held in the big dining-room on the
main floor.
General Public Is Invited.
The executive committee wishes it
understood that the Inauguration and
incidental ceremonies are open to the
public. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all civil organizations and
citizens generally to join in the pa
rade. The only admittance that will
be charged will be to the inaugural
ball for which tickets are selling at S.
which will admit lady and gentleman
A large number of tickets for the ball
have already been sold which gives
assurance that it will be well attended
The ball room will be lavishly decor
ated with American flags and red,
white and blue bunting.
Judging from reports being received
by the members of the several COM
mittees having the affair in charge,
delegations will be present at the in
auguration from all parts Of the ter
ritory. The hotels and rooming houses
will no doubt be crowded, but there
is little likelihood that any of the non
residents will have to sleep out Of
doors. Accommodations will be found
for everybody as regards board and