The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-09

state committee, who said today that
his mail has been loaded with letters
OF inquiry from every section of the
state Besides a special bringing one
hundred people from Wichita there
will be a train from Lawrence and
possibly another from Kansas City to
bring the crowds expected from Wyan-
dottc county.
There will be two ex-governors
present. for besides w. E. Stanley of
Wichita it is now stated that George
W. Click of Atchison will also be here.
The programme for the day has
been perfected. and it is hard to see
where it could be improved upon.
At 10 clock in the morning one
hundred automobiles will be drawn up
in front of the state house and state
officials and members of the legisla-
ture and their families will be taken
for a trip over the city. All points of
interest and beauty will be visited and
the party will return to the Auditorium
to attend the inaugural exercises at
high noon. Seats will be reserved for
all members of the auto party.
Marshall's band Will be located in
the south balcony of the Auditorium
and Seventy-five members of the ma
tional guard, all in full uniform, will
occupy the north balcony. Besides the
band the gathering crowds will be en-
tertained with pipe organ music and
an orchestra.
J. n. Dolley. chairman of the Re
publican state committee. will call the
meeting to order promptly at noon
Rev. Edwin Locke will deliver the in
vocation, which will be followed by
point Mr. Dolley will Introduce ex-
Governor Stanley as the permanent
chairman and the latter will direct the
further ceremonies.
Governor E w. Hoch will first be in
etrodueed as the only outgoing official.
Natter the governors address the oath of
Office will be administered to the new
state officials by Chief Justice w. A.
Johnston. Lined up in front of the chief
Justice. with right hands appraised. the
new governor and the heads of all the
state departments will in impressive
fashion. assume the solmn oath of Of
flee and obligation to their duties to the
state.
The inaugural address of the new
governor will close the days ceremon-
les.
At s o'clock in the evening the recep-
tion of the state officials will be held
in the rotunda of the state house This
also promises to be an elaborate affair.
The first floor of the east wing will be
closed and banked with flowers This
portion of the first floor will be used by
the reception committee and the re-
ceiving line. The south entrance to the
second floor Will be closed for the rea-
son that the reception will take place
in the south end of the rotunda All
the rest of the building will be open ex-
cept the ROOMS Oh tHe state historical
society.
There will be AZ people in the recep-
ton line, including the wives of the Of
fcials. The people attending the recep-
tion may enter the building through the
basement or second floor doors. At the
bottom of the west stairway in the
north wing there will be a battery Off
GER to direct the visitors and another
at the top of the east stairway for the
same purpose. 1t is hoped that with
This Arrangement there will he nOne Of
the confusion that attended the recep-
tion in the state house four years ago.
The reception will probably hold until a
late hour.
While the number of visitors in at
tendance at the inaugural ceremonies
have been variously estimated. it is ex-
pected that the brilliant programme will
attract several thousand out of town
visitors in spite of the rigors of the
anti-pass law and this January wealth
eT.
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