The Detroit times., 1911-01-02

administration or the oath, when
salute of seventeen guns was fired by
Battery A, First Michigan Field Ar
tillery under the direction of Capt
Roy c. Vandercook, thereby heralding
the tidings that a new chief executive
sits upon the throne. When the new
governor took up the reins OF Once
today, Fred NJ Warner, for six years
governor or this state and the only
one to hold the Office three successive
terms, became private citizen.
In accordance with the wishes OF
the new chief executive, the ceremony
was exceedingly simple and devoid or
all ostentation or military display- An,
Ii was too old and too well an estnb-
lished custom to be ignored, the sa-
lutte by the battery was not elimin-
ated, but the remainder of the pro-
ceedings were conspicuous by their
absence Of gold lace and the clahk OF
sabres on the tile flooring of the cor
ridors.
AS usual thing some lansing
clergyman officiates at the inaugural
ceremonies, but Gov. Osborn departed
from this time-honored custom by
bringing Rev j. A. Kennedy OF the
First Presbyterian church. at Sault
Ste. Marie, to the Capital City to de-
liver the invocation. Many of Gov.
Osborns friends and neighbors ar.
rived in Lansing yesterday ito see
Chase made governor" as they
chose to express 1t, and there was a
representative gathering from all parts
OF the state. Owing to the limited
space only a small number or spec
tators could witness the ceremony,
which took place in the reception room
adjoining the governors private office.
but the corridors were well filed and
despite the chilling breeze which
swept across the capitol lawn, the
steps leading up to the big stone house
supported a large gathering. and when
the artillery belched forth its salute
a lusty cheer broke from the crowd.
Immediately after the inauguration
OF Governor Osborn, the other state
officers, including Lieutenant Cover
nor John q. Ross, Secretary OF State
Fred Martindale, Auditor General ..
b. Fuller. Acknowledgement Franz
Kuhn, State Treasurer Albert E. Sleep
er and Land Commissioner huntley
Russell. were sworn in by the CHIEF
Justice OF the supreme court.
With the exception OF Governor Us
born, Lieut. Gov. Ross and Attorney
General Kuhn, all OF the state officers
who were sworn in today have been
through the routine once before, but IL
was new sensation 20 the younger
oficeholders and II was plain to see
that they were glad when the cere-
mony was finished
Scores Of kilograms from all parts
Of the state and from other states In
the union. and even from friends and
acuuaintances in remote parts OF the
globe are arriving at the executive
office. all OF them offering congratula-
tions to the new governor and best
wishes for successful administra-
ton.
For some time following the In
auguration the new chief executive
and the other state officers extended
the glad hand TO their friends and
made the acquaintance OF hundreds or
people who came for the sole purpose
OF catching a glimpse OF the man who
is expected TO touch on n new bunch
of political phyrotechnics during the
next two years He received them In
the same manner that makes him
friend, everywhere A majority of the
members of the Legislature needed no
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