Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-16
EVENING Chat

II wish I could express the appre-
at the courtesies shown to us bv the
people of Harrisburg. From the day
we came here we have been male to
feel that we belonged to Harrisburg,
and the friendships we have formed
viii never be broken. Your city has
been a delightful home to u.s." said
Governor Tener in talking about the
The Governor remarked that some
state capitals had ways of their own,
but that no matter where he might
go ne would never ask more pleasant
relations than those which he enjoyed
along the banks of the Susuuehanna.
Il have finished my tasks here and am
waiting to turn over my office to my
successor" he continued. I'm neither
glad nor sorry. I have enjoyed my
work here, although 1 admit at times
things occurred which can be placed
among the burdens of government.
am proud of this Capitol, it typifies
the splendid State in which we live,
and l am proud of its ideally located
Capital City and proud to call so
many of its people my friends"
Governor Tener has made an eff
fort to clear up all routine business
and said that Tuesday there would
be no odds and ends. He is up to
the hour with the duties of his ad-
ministration and when he talked
about having Cleaned" the desk, he
got up and walked around the great
table which the State placed in the
executive chamber and opened the
drawers. He did not find anything
and said that such was the condition
he meant to leave them. Looking out
over Capitol Park he said he would
have been glad to have played twen-
ty-seven holes of golf as a finish, but
guessed he would have to wait a
while. The Governor began to play
golf after coming to Harrisburg and
soon became q regular. He never
minded rain or shine or mud and he
liked to hustle around the course as
though he had to make a train. 1t
was seldom that he stopped before the
sun was setting, because he liked to
out of his office with everything in
the line of business Cleaned up"
In view of the fine weather the city
has enjoyed the last few days, a good
many folks are speculating as to
what the list will be next week. Most
people incline to the belief that there
will be something to make them pay
up for the ideal days of this week,
rain or squalls. AS a matter of fact,
mid-January weather is always more
or less of an uncertain quality, and
yet, when one considers the inaugural
weather of the last twenty-five years,
almost all of the days have been pleas
ant, as winter days go.
When Governor Tener took the oath
of office on January II, 1911, there
was a chill in the air and the skies
were lowering when the ceremony be-
gan, but the sun came out while he
was speaking and the afternoon was
delightful. The Stuart inaugural day,
January Is, 1907, was rather sharp,
but the sun came out in the afternoon
and the parade was in hours that en-
abled all to see it with pleasure. The
Pennypacker day, January 20, 1903,
was cold and stormy. There had been
snow and there was frost in the air.
1t was not sunShiny. In the morning
the streets were slippery and that
night rain fell, driving people off the
street. Governor Stone was inaugu-
rated January II, 1899, which was a
very blustery day, snow having fallen
the night before and the air oeing
damp. The fifteenth day of January,
1895, when Hastings became Cover
nor, was just like yesterday. 1t was
fine and the parade was witnessed by
thousands. Pattison's second in
augural, January 81, 1891, was clear
but very cold, while January Is, 1887,
when General Beaver took the oath,
was one of the coolest inaugural days
known in years, being worse than the
Pennypacker day. The men in line
suffered very much during halts. Pat
tison's first inauguration, when he
walked to the Capitol without any es-
cort and had an affair of Jeffersonian
was on January 16, 1888.
1t was clear and cold and the streets
were slippery.
The Governors Troop has been the
escort of the Governors from the time
it was formed. General Beaver was
Governor when 1t entered the Guard
and it escorted Pattison under COM
mand of f. NJ. Oft, then first lieu
tenant and now a retired, lieutenant
colonel of cavalry. Colonel OFT COM
manded the troop at every other in
augural ceremony except that of
Stone, when the second Governors
Captain Charles =. Meek. This
was the troop formed while the orig
inal troop was in the Spanish War
service. The Second troop was ac-
corded the honor as the troopers were
still In the Federal service. The Har-
infantrymen nave participated
in every inaugural parade since the
days of Curtin.
In the last half dozen inaugurals
two Harrisburgers have been grand
marshals of the professions. Con-
gresham NJ f. Olmsted served twice,
handling the two largest parades per-
fectly When Pattison was inaugu-
rated the second time F. Asbury Awl
was chief marshal.
A singular coincidence in fire alarms
in two days was noted by one of the
clty's oldest firemen this week. On
January there were alarms from
boxes No. "a and ~, one being for a
fire at 1919 North Seventh and the
other at 1917 North Third. The next
day there was an alarm from box Is
for a fire at 1917 North Second street.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
John e. Reading. the Williams
port banker, has again been elected
head of the SuSuuehanna Trust COM