The Washington herald., 1907-01-02
HUGHES TAKESOFFICE
Governor Of New York State
Outlines Policies.
CEREMONY VERY IMPRESSIVE
Spectators Not Composed of POIifi-
clans, but People Who Want tn
ffye-Promises to Use Power for
the BENEFIT of the Entire People.

Albany. y. Y, Jan. LIN his inaugural
address here to-day. Gov Charles H.
Hughes voiced the sentiment Of the class
Of ref0rmers Of which President Roose-
welt is the most pronounced type in the
United States His speech was definite.
and he said that he proposes Ia use his
Office for the advancement Of reforms that
are directly in line with many of those
originated in the national government by
the President.
His attitude while that Of a reformer
admitting there are wrongs that need
cuTbing. is not so aggressive as that OF
W. r. Hearst. his opponent last Novem-
Der. but it is not that OF the conserva-
tive element. and in his speech he said:
Assured the entire State that he wished
to be governor OF the people His inaugu-
ration as governor We're attended with
incidents that were unusual in many re-
spects. and not the least was that the
enthusiasm was not Of the kind that
others have had in the past
This did not mean that he was not
making "a favorable impression. or that
his hearers who were in the assembly
chamber were hostile 10 him. The greater
part Of the people who came to see him
inaugUrated were not the professional
politicians or officeholders. They repre-
scented the mass Of the people and they
were studying him, sizing him up. as
it were
Aside from the people who had met
him in the campaign there were not
him. They wanted TO see him and to
know more of him. Consequently the
Inauguration ceremonies were Of a most
digniied character.
There was a pathetic incident in con
nection with the affair That was the
condition of former Coy. Frank w. Hig-
gins. II required but one glance at his
countenance to reveal the fact that he
retires from the highest Office within the
gift Of the people of the State a sick
man. And his direct i'll health in a meas
ure may be attributed to the worries he
has had in dealing with the situations
that have arisen.
Parade Was Military One.
The parade to the capitol was mostly
military one. There was considerable de
lay from the time the inaugural party
reached the executive chamber in the
capitol before it repaired to the assem-
bly, chamber. Whereas the ceremonies
were to have commenced in the assembly
chamber at y O'Clock promptly, the gov
ernor did not enter the chamber until
half hour later.
Seated on the platform in the assembly
chamber were the State officers. the
judges of the Court of Appeals, and the
staff OF Gov Hughes and ex-Gov Hig-
gins. The general public was greatly in
,erested in picking out the father and
mother Of the new governor. It required
only enc glance at their happy counte-
nances to show they were very proud of
their Charles.
1t was a novel sight to behold Demo-
cratic secretary of state presiding over
the Inauguration of a Republican govern
or. 1t had never been seen before in the
history of this State. About the only one
who wasn't nervous or excited was Mr.
Hughes.
After the Rev. Thomas NJ. A. Burke,
the Bisi-op of Albany, had offered the
prayer. Secretary Whalen read the oath
Of office to Mr.. Hughes. He listened in
tently, even reverently, to the reading.
and when it had finished, he subscribed
TO it in a firm voice
It required but eight minutes for ex-
Gov. Higgins to introduce to the people
| his successor.
All were impatiently awaiting Mr..
Hughes reply. Although at times he was
! interrupted by hearty applause, he com
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