The Red Cloud chief., 1909-01-15
The Inaugural and Reception.

The inaugural ana reception.
BY / o'clock Thursday visitors be-
gan to throng the gallery and lobby
Of the house chamber to witness the
Inauguration Of Governor Shallenber-
ger and to listen to the messages Of
both the incoming and the outgoing
governors. Inc favored ones who had
! friends on the floor secured seats
around the edges of the house cham
Der. All extra spaces were filled with
chairs, and soon occupied. When the
house was raped to order and the
| roll called at 2 o'clock IL seemed as
II there would be no places for the
senate. w. J. Bryan came in and sat
with the Lancaster delegation. Mayor
Dahlman Of Omaha located Just back
Of the Omaha senators.
The senate was slow in arriving and
q committee was sent to hurry them
up. They came and scattered among
the house members, securing seats
where they could. The senate roll
found all present. Senators Tibbetts,
Wiltse and Representative Synder
were appointed to notify the governors
and parties to appear. Senator Buck
and Representative Humphreys and
Nottleton went after Chief Justice
Reese. The governors and state Of
ficers arrived during a salute from the
guns on the campus. Governor Shell
don was seated on the left of Lieu.
tenant Governor Hopewell and Speak
or Dnn1 Envnrnnr.n1npt ShaI1nnIArnar
and Mrs. Shallenberger sat on the
right. Chief Justice Reese occupied the
clerks chair. The state ofllcers-elect
found seats in front of the rostrum Of
the house.
After these arrangements had been
completed, and Governor Sheldon had
been introduced the gates were thrown
open and the aisles and e a Of the
room were soon crowded with stand.
ing visitors.
When Governor Sheldon began
speaking a salute of seventeen guns
was fired by a detail of the Lincoln
hospital corps of the Nebraska ma!
tional guard, under command of Col.
j. M. Birkner. A similar salute was
fired when Governor Shallenberger
began his inaugural address.
Two Rodman guns stationed near
the state house were used by the
guardsmen. The booming of the can.
non vas of sufficient force to rattle
windows in houses situated near the
state house grounds.
For an hour or more Thursday night
the crowd of cheerful citizens of the
state thronged through the senate
phamhnr ron urotplotipu tho nnxy unyar-
nor and wishing him the best of sue
cess. Not only did the governor come
in for good wishes but the newly
sworn in state officials other than the
executive were the recipients of hun.
dreds of friendly handshakes.
Headed by Governor Sheldon and
his wife the receiving line marched
into representative hall and formed a
half circle around the large chamber.
Back of them, respondent in gold lace
and %epaulets, stood the combined
STATS Of the two governors. In this
line, in order from the head were the
following state dignitaries and their
ladies'. Governor G.. l.. Sheldon, Gov
ernor A. C.. Shallenberger. Lieutenant
Governor NJ. II. Hopewell, Judge NJ.
b. Reese, Judge J. b. Barnes, Judge C.
b. Letton, Judge Jesse l.. Root, Judge
Jacob Fawcett. Judge ]. X. Dean,
Judge w. b. Reese, Attorney General
w. Il. Thompson, Chancellor Samuel
Avery, State Superintendent ]. l.. Nc
Brien, State Superintendent E. c.
Bishop, Secretary of State George G..
Junkin, Commissioner II. NJ. Eaton,
Commissioner II. b. Cowles, Represen-
tative w. +. Stoecker, Senator j. M.
Tanner, Auditor Il. NJ. Searles, Auditor
s. r. Barton, Treasurer l.. G. Brian,
Speaker c. w. Pool. Railway Commits
sioner J.. A. Williams, Railway Com.
missioner w. VI. Cowgirl. President of
Senate pro tenn G. w. Tibbetts, Rail-
way Commissioner II. j.. Winnett. Each
OF these officials. incoming and out
going, was accompanied by his wife
except Judge Reese, who was accom-
panied by his daughter, Mrs. Sanborn.
Mr.. Cowles. NJ. Pool, Mr.. Winnett,
and Judge Dean were unaccompanied.
In close ranks behind the state of.
ficials were almost all the stats Of the
two governors accompanied fer the
most part by their ladies'.
When the reception was over the re-
ceiving line headed now by Governor
Shallenberger marched to the ball
room. None were admitted beyond the
railing until after the grand march.
When the dancing began, in which
both governors participated, General
Hartigan told the gate keeper to adj
NIT a reasonable number of the guests
of the evening, the visitors. This was
done. and within a few minutes on
order front the same official, the gates
were opened to all who wished to come
inside. He had previously declared he
would make the ball a democratic
event. This proved to be tho case.
pug 'Ioop Gun Quo peSIns .pMoLo 9qL
banked many deep around the room
watching the dancers In good-natured
interest. Many of the Legislators who
had not trod a measur in many years
loosened up their joints and Joined
the merry-makers. About a hundred
university students, ever ready for a
dance, came dressed for the most for
NAL function and helped swell the
throng. w. j. Bryan and daughter,