The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11

or many friends and the respect ana
best wishes of everybody.
With the passing of the old comes ap-
proach of the new. The sigh for the re-
treating step is lost in the shouts that
greet the new governor. The Man from
Lawrence was the man of the hour to-
day and the stern, aggressive look
formed in five years of unremittent
partisan warfare, passed from w. X.
Stubbs' face today when he assumed
the new and broader duties of the chief
executive of his state.
New Governors High Ideals.
In his inaugural address the new gov
ernor's face gave the light to his high
words of resolve and patriotism. His
first nonpartisan message to the entire
people of the state was eloquent and
earnest and broad. 1t made good i'm
preston. even as Governor Stubbs him.
self made a good figure at the brilliant
and yet solemn exercises Of the in
augural. -aeaa-ss------ =
state Officers Take oath.
The old state officers followed the
governor. each one renewing the oath
he took two years ago and had kept
with such fidelity. They were flne
set, these state officers, worthy of the
praise. given them by Governor Hoch a
| few moments before and worthy of
their great state. There We're:
W. j. Fitzgerald, lieutenant COVER
nor.
Charles E. Denton. secretary of state.
| Mark Tulley. state treasurer.
| James M. Nation state auditor
Frederic S. Jackson, attorney gen.
T. A. McNeal. state printer
e T. Fairchild. superintendent of
public instruction.
| C. w. Barnes. superintendent of in
surance.
T. F. RYAN. railroad commissioners.
A. w. Benson, Clark A. Smith and
Henry F. Mason, justices of the su-
| preme court.
! directly after the administering of the
| oath to the new officials, the artillery
/ of the national guard furnishing this
feature of the programme.
If ingalls,. who was moved to such
| classic eloquence at the sight of a
field of Kansas blue grass could have
been present today and seen the pro-
gress and growth and increased
| wealth of his state since his time, just
| a Few short years ago, what an epic
he would have written of this gather
| ing of the clans of Kansas
! ingalls, has "gone to a higher SEN
ate" and so has Plumb and a score of
| others who helped to make the sun
| flower state famous, but many men
have arisen to carry the torch for
ward as earnestly if not as brilliantly
as these giants of other days.
| If Kansas has not an ingalls, today
to dazzle the country with his
| rhetoric and genius, yet she has more
| able and earnest workers in her high
| places of state and industry than ever
| before.
'The Kansans gathered in the audi
! torium today, and in the hotel lobbies
| and rotundas of the state house are
| all full of hope and good cheer and
! confidence in the future. They are
/ warm-hearted sociable folk and the
| getting acquainted. The feature of a
| great state gathering at Topeka is
! this warmth and friendliness. Such
| occasions are always Successful be-
| cause of this grand spirit of state
| pride that in the supreme moment OF
the meeting always breaks the bar
| riers of faction and self interest and
manifests itself in an outburst of real
| feeling that carries all De1ore It. as
| was the case today.
| Thus the ceremony at the auditor
ium today was not merely a colorless
| and formal inaugural interesting
1 was the twenty-fourth biennial
gathering of Kansans to usher their
state stewards into the duties of their
Offices.
| friendly spirit of a husking bee. While
no one sang the Harvest Home. many
| thought of what grand home
Kansas has been for them.
| 1t is this spirit that makes glow
ing descriptions of such meetings read
/ like simple truths and not fancies
that fall fiat even as they are writ
| ten.
The crowd that thronged the
auditorium was a representative
Kansas gathering. The old pioneer
/ and his son were there. The former
i drove an OK wagon while the latter
| rides in an auto. The national
| guardsmen in the south balcony made
a fine appearance and the presence OF
Il hundreds of ladies gave color to the
scene All of the 165 members of the
legislature sat in a section reserved
4 for them y. Topeka's band, pipe
organ and chorus singers and her