The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-01
GOVERNOR MAN
TAKES OATH

Lieutenant-G Governor j. Taylor FL
Tyson. as no solemnly swore to fulfill
the duties Of that Office, stood before
the assem- blage as II Firginian among
Virginians. enjoying the proud and
unprecedented distinction of being the
only man In the history of the Com
monwealth ever reseated as the sec
ond in command OF the States Ges-
TIMES and the President OF the SEN
ate.
Oaths of office, binding. demanding,
infiexible and calling for the best
manhood and ability of which Vir-
ginians are capable. were admins
tered to those the people chose to
group about Governor Mann to assist
him In writing an administration Int
perishable and luminous upon the
scroll OF time and fame.
The epoch-making exercises we've
conducted by the joint assembly of
the State. the House and Senate con-
curing in all that was said and done,
taking one back to the bahyhood of
the Commonwealth, which all who
had n voice in the direction of the
colony's destiny should likewise ap-
pear and make their silent or ex-
pressed demands upon those given
high authority. The solemn oath
compelled clean hearts and charac-
ters. loyalty and fidelity to the stare
and love for the Union. Unwavering-
~ II was taken by alt deemed worthy
OF measuring up to it mentally and
morally.
The members of the senate and
the scores of distinguished VISITORS,
among them Ex-Governor J. Hoge
Tyler one of the three former chief
executives of the State alive, who
| was greeted with thunderous ap-
piause. assembled In the sun-played
house chamber to do homage and
honor to and make exactions of the
new officials. The house presented
spectacle of rare charm and
glamour. hundreds of virginia's fair
est and most gracious daughters
mingling with the conventionally clad
statesmen and other visitors. and
the high noon sun-god shedding his
soft and irridescent warmth and
luminosity upon the scene.
Senators March In.
| After the transaction of little Gen.
eral Assembly business, the installa-
ton of the new governor being the
| all momentue event of the day, the
senators marched TO the house in a
body, passing through line Of white
gioved and neatly alfred policemen
under the command OF Major Louis
| Werner and Sergeant Sherry, and
| took seats in the two front rows
Of the lower house. A few moments
later Clerks Booker and WilSiaras
| called the rolls OF both houses. all
! the senators and eighty-five of the
| delegates answering to their names.
In rapid succession the State off,
GERS and Mayor of Richmond, judges
of the Corporation Commission. city
| officials and judges OF the Circuit
| Court were announced. the General
| Assembly and the spectators arising
| upon, tho arrival of each contingent.
| Announcement In stentorian tones
| of the inaugural committee, the ex-
! Governor OF Virginia, the Governor
| of Virginia, the Lieutenant Governor
| of Virginia and their secretaries" was
| the signal for an outburst OF applause.
and cheers which shook the rafters
| of the historic Capitol fiuttered the
| unfuried flags OF the State and ma
| ton and reverberated down the cor
ridors of the stately legislative halls.
| Other Officers Sworn In.
When the applause had subsidized a
! fervent prayer to the Deity to provi-
/ dentially guide and counsel the new
| Is chosen State dignitaries was offer
| ed by the Rev. Theoderick Pryor
| Epes, of Nottoway. A. w. Hartman,
| Jr.. was then sworn In as State
| Treasurer by Judge r, Carter Scott
OF the Circuit Court OF Richmond.
repeating the oath word by word after
the jurist. In the order named b.
| o. James Samuel Williams and J.
| Taylor Ellyson were sworn In as
Secretary of the Commonwealth by
| Judge George M. Harrison, OF the
| Supreme Court Of Appeals OF -yir-
| ginia: Judge Stafford G. Whittlc, Of
| the Supreme Court of Appeals OF
| Virginia, and Circuit Judge j. T.
| Lawless, OF Norfolk.
Governor Takes Oath.
Governor elect Mann then arose to
take, the oath OF office. He was
given great ovation. and the ad-
ministering Of the oath by Judge
James Keith. president of the Su-
prerne Court of Appeals of Virginia.
was postponed unit. the enthusiasm
spent itself At the conclusion Of the
sasearing-in ceremony, Speaker Byrd
proclaimed The Governor Of -Yir.-
ginia!" and presented him TO the peo-
Pile. who again became wildly anu
continually demonstrative In their en-
thusiasm and delight over welcomine
the new chief executive.
Speaker Byrd then took his seat In
the line on the rostrum with Lieu
tepant-Governor Eliyson.. President
Pro Tenn. Echols, of the Senate, and
Ex-Governor Swanson, whose applause.
and hearty welcome to his successor
was surpassed by that OF no one In
the ha1f or history.
Delivers HIS Inaugural.
Governor Mann stepped to the from.