Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-09
FALL BITTERLY SCORES POLICY
BEHIND FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
In Introducing Governor Curry He Declares New Mexicos
Greatest Handicap Is Too Much Politics and ResenS
Presence of Government Men-AnnounceS that There
Is No Graft in New Mexico and Scores Newspapers
INAUGURATION AS A WHOLE
PROVES BRILLIANT SUCCESS


santa Fe. n. NJ. Aug. Sat ex
actly twenty minutes after two o'clocl
this afternoon George Curry took thu
oath Of office as governor of New Mex
leo
The brief inaugural ceremony ant
the addresses which followed 1t tool
place in the presene of the largest au.
dienCe ever assembled in the New
Mexico capitol building. The cham
ber of the house of Representatives
where the ceremony occurred, was
packed and iammed with "A mass OF
humanity until not another living soul
could be squeezed into the room. Then
to avert confusion the doors were
closed and the crowd ovcrflowed down
the marble stairs of the building and
out over the surrounding lawn. Santa
lre had eNnertea Iaree crowd hut its
pectations were so far surpassed that
the ancient city had trouble in accom-
modating the visitors who are este
mated at several thousand.
The inaugural ceremony COM
manded the closest attention Of the
people who had managed 10 get into
the chamber. ana the speeches. which
followed were heard with deep inter-
est and closest attention. There wera
but two speeches. the address Of well
come by Judge A, u. Fell and the re-
sponse by Governor Curry.
Judge william j. Mills, accOmpan-
led by Associate Justices Ira A. Alb
bott, Frank w. Parker and John Il.
MCFie administered the oath of office
Hundred DIN IN Procession.
People began pouring into Santa Fe
by hundreds last night and more hum
dreds came in on the morning trains.
At 1880 o'clock this afternoon, when
4. al,
whole area was crowded. The parade,
which extended almost from the Claire
hotel to the capitol, was made up as
follows:
The Santa Fe police New Mexico
mounted police headed by Lieutenant
John Collier; ]. H. McHughes, mar.
shal of Santa Fe, and Ben Williams,
representing the Santa Fe secret ser
vice.
The American Lumber compan,
band.
Ten rough riders in uniform. as fol-
lows Captain Fred Muller Lieuten-
ant William Griffin, A. J. Griffin. JOIN
~. Bell. J. r. Sandoval, Thomas W.
liams. Timothy Breen. Fred Plorl-
teauX. Richard Guiterman. william
Schnepple.
The first carriage carried Governor
Curry. Judge A. B. FAN. Former Gov.
ernor Otero, and Secretary j. w, Ray
nolds
Six cowboys. headed by that well
known veteran, Colonel wa n. Jack.
Of Silver city. came next Then Chief
Justice Mills, Of the supreme court
and Associate Justices Abbott, Parker
and McFie.
Then followed another carriage con-
tanning Delegate w. ~ Andrews. 5. u.
Solomon Luna and n. q
Bursum. and thereafter the Capitol
city band, the New Mexico militia
and many carriages containing promi-
nent citizens. Perez band followed aud
then "A long line of citizens on foot.
II was an imposing parade. which re-
formed after the inaugural exercises I
{" escort Governor Curry back to his 4
hotel
This evening at O'Clock hun I
1reds of people began passing through 4
Ihc Palace hotel lobby 10 greet Gov
'rnOr Curry. The line Of Handwriting .
people continued unhroken until , T
o'clock when the ball one Of the most .
brilliant ever given here. began.
The town had been brilliantly dec ,
lrdted while the hotel this evening .
Aas a brilliant mas OF lights and /
color. The Electric Light company
had suspended a big electrical sign
''rlss Washington avenue bearing the
name. Curry" in large lights and
he hotel was brilliantly lighted and /
decorated
The Inauguration has been "a COM
,irie success from the standpoint Of
he arrangements committee, who de-
erse and last night received hearty \
organizations on their work, and
rom the standpoint Of the hundreds
i visitors u has been an equally en-
lfIhle event
Judge Fails Address. /,
Al --l3 O'Clock. Secretary J. W 7,
tafuulds addressed Chief Justice
Wills. upon the rostrum 81 the house
f representatives.. as follows:
Your honor Il affords me the 4,
alest pleasure TO present 60 you
hr hpn. George Curry. Of New Mex
HhH bears with him the commis-
''N pf the president Of the UniteG {
States ss governor Of this territory. !
Nl Who j. now waiting 20 take the {
afh 10 office" n
he oath sas then administered and ]
uNse Mills in few brief words in
iuce1 Judge a. b. Fall who spoke ]
s follows.
Ladiee and gentlemen:-when 7 n
~ 1rmerfaf ! had an the demo- ,
tHiif ltlfIaa. Since ] have not {
80 taif ss strong = democrat. I
ifttnts drink water Ir
L@i1lfe aE1 Gentlemen. fellow citi- Z
ths ~ aeE Mexico. I want % say 10 7
~ tnai sni'r ! may not speak with J
rl.ftlt tongue. the words which 7 [
nan utter az least come from the Z