New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
Should Be Given State
Wage for u. S. Work,
He Declares
BRILLIANT SCENE
AT INAUGURATION
Troops Fire Presidents
Salute Of 81 Guns
by Mistake
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Albany, Jan. 1-Governor Charles s.
whitman renewed his oath OF Office at
noon to-day. The ceremonial pomp
and festivities attending his second in
sugursation were far more brilliant
than those OF 1918, surprising any
thing seen here in years. No one who
appreciates the Governor's ambition TO
get third term as a step toward the
White House failed TO interpret the
popular appeals in his inaugural sd-
dress in the light OF that ambition.
The crowded Assembly chamber In the
Capitol WAS trimmed and festooned with
holiday greens, but the gold trappings
Of the military dominated the scene. A
parade Of three thousand National
Guardsmen featured the celebration
snd suggestion 70 reward the states
border soldiers by s2,0oO,O0O distribu-
tion Of additional pay arrested atten-
tion in the Governors speech.
The States Obligation
The State OF New York, declared the
Governor, was under moral obligation
to pay the border miltiamen the differ
ence between 90 cents that the Federal
government paid them and 1928 day
which they would have received on duty
in their own state. He called it - debt
Of honor which New York can OF afford
to ignore"
Perhaps by accident, b seemingly
in gratitude. the troops lined up at at
tention outside to hre gun salute
when the Governor subscribed TO his
oath hred twenty-one guns, Presiden-
tial salute. instead of the Governors
nineteen.
The Governor again to-day sat in
third-term chair. He commsndeered
Dewitt Clintons old chair from the
State Education Building and used it
during the inauguration ceremony IN
the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol
The first time Whitman used it was
on Friday night, when Colonel Roose-
Welt opened the new State Education
Building The fact oecasioned testing
comment on the part OF the Colonel
and the Governor then. but the Gov
ernor took il so seriously that he had
the chair moved to the Capitol for a
day.
Other High Lights t"
The other high lights OF the inaugu-
raj address were few. Governor Whit
man did not fail to take credit to him
self and his administration for the un-
precedented return Of all the states
elected officers to power. he laid par
ticular stress upon his budget project
and denounced the critics Of last years
direct state tax. He invited criticism
If this wears budget, which he has
already prepared, and promised wise
and inst treatment Of such important
economic and social questions as 1000
supply and charities. -
SSf beIieve." he said, toward the emo
"snd / have demonstrated my pehel |,
IN military training for all the boys OF
New York. | believe that 1t shouIo Do
connulsorv. | think that our growing
youth should be disciplined and framed
10 the end that the manhood OF our
neople may be relied upon IN any
emergency to vindicate our honor oe-
fend our rights and protect our isnu'
I have made no concealment OF tne
fart that the bo-called military leglsIa-
tion which was enacted at the iasO
session OF the Legislature was intro
duced by my approval ana hau my sup
port from the first.
Albany Thronged for Inaugural
Albany WAS thronged beyond preee-
dent for the inaugural events. Ihey
bepan carly, in fact began Two oays
AGO with a round OF entertaining, hha
wound up tonight at the inaugural
charity ball. Many OF the friends OF
tbe Governor and Mrs. Whitman missed
the Inauguration ceremony itseli De,
cause tbs Empire state Express ana
other trains from New torh ouc 70
arrive at moor were DELAYED tnree
hours by freight wreck. william ~
Wilcox, chairman OF the kepuDllcan
National Committee, and detachment
of the 18th Coast Defence Corps were
among the disappointed.
The ceremony in the Assembly
chamber lasted less than an hour and
following precedent, included only the
customary invocation and benedicuonl'
the administration OF the Official oatn
bv Chief Judge Frank II. HiSeock' oil
the Court of Appeals, and the delivery
bv the Governor OF his inaugural ad-
dress.
With the exception OF Attorney Cen
eraI Fgburt +. Woodbury., who was
absent on account Of illness, all OF the
elective state officers, headed by Lieu
tenant Governor Edward Schoeneck, or
Syracuse, were seated on the platform.
Governor Mccall a Guest
Others upon the dais, in addition to
Governor Whitman's family, included
Governor Samuel W. Mccall of Masss-
chusetts. the military staff OF the New
York and Massachusetts, executives,
John II. Finley, State Commissioner OF
Education; Charles Bulkley Hubbell,
of New York; Bishop Nelson, OF the
Albany Episcopal Diocese, and Bishop
Cusack. OF the Roman Catholic Church.
Governor Whitman and his military
staff, Governor Mccall and his stsf. Do
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