El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-01-04
ALL NEW AND RE.ELEcrEp

touch with the governor.
ALL NEW AND REELECTED
OFFICERS HAVE QUALIFIED
AL the new and re-eIected officers
OF the state of New Mexico have quail
flied.
With the exception Of state Auditor
William @. Sargent, who took the
oath OF office Saturday, all qualified
yesterday. Jan. 1. Judge @. J. Rob-
erts. as chief justice of the supreme
court, administered oaths TO Lieu
tenant Governor Washington ID. Lind
sey, Secretary of State Antonio Ll.
cero and State Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction J. Howard Wagner. At
torney General Harry L. Patton, State
Treasurer II. L. Hall, Land Commits
sioner Robert p. Ervien and Corpor-
alton Commissioner Bonifacio Mon
toya took their oaths before Secretary
Of State Lucero. Judge Roberts quail
fled for his second term as supreme
court justice by taking the oath be-
fore Justice Richard H. Hanna.
I'm addition to the state officers
elected in November, two appointive
officers also qualified yesterday
These were Milton ]. TIelmick, assist
ont attorney general, and John v,
Conway, assistant superintendent OF
public instruction. MIR. Helmick took
the oath before Mr.. Lucero and Mr.
Conway before Judge Roberts. Robert
H. Crews, the other assistant attor-
ney general, qualified before MI. Lu-
cero this morning.
The administration OF the oath to
Judge Roberts took place in the Of
flee of st. vincent's s~anitarium a few
minutes past II o'clock yesterday
morning, and Immediately preceded
the formal Inauguration of Governor
De Baca. AS Judge Hanna admins
tered the oath to Judge Roberts he au-
tomatically became chief justice of
the supreme. court, in succession to
the latter, and as chief Justice admin
fstered the oath a few minutes later
to the new state executive.
Lieutenant Governor Lindsey, State
Superintendent Wagner and Assistant
State Superintendent Conway took
their oaths Of office in the depart
'ment of public instruction at the cap
itol, in the presence Of an as
semblage of officials and friends that
filled the rooms. Brief addresses
were made by Alvan N. White, the re-
firing state superintendent; Superin-
tendent Wagner, e. l.. Enloe, presi-
dent of the Silver City normal; J. L..
G. Swinney, lrof. Wagner's Demo
cratic opponent in the campaign; w.
E.. CARBON, the retiring chief clerk;l
L. @. Mersfelder, the retiring indus
trial supervisor, and Judge Roberts.
All of the new officers, with the ex-
cepti0n of Lieutenant Governor Lind
sey, spent some time in their offices
at the capitol yesterday, and today en-
tered in earnest on their two-year
terms. Judge Lindsey's service as a
state official will not commence until
the oepning Of the Legislative session
next Tuesday, January g.. when, as
governor, he will preside
over the senate. Judge Lindsey has
taken a portion of the DR., Knapp resi-
dence on Washington street, and will
reside there during the legislative
Mrs. Lindsey and children
w solne nere 1rom ror'aies soon :"
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PLEASANT CEREMONY Is
WAGNER INSTALLATION
The ceremonies attendant on the
installation of Prof. J. H. Wagner as
state school superintendent at the de-
partment Of education yesterday were
and humorous by turns.
The impressive part OF, the ceremony
was when Chief Justice Roberts adj
the oath to Prof. Wagner,
after he had administered it
% Lieutenant Governor w. =. Lind
sey. Then the chief justice admins
Tered the oath to John v. Conway, as
state school superintendent.
This ceremony over there was an
to permit officials to cell
IN the new governor and then the
returned to the capitol and
, lIf , s st Mbi sshe s1eets sSps %apm1y sIs
,ueess Sc r,i in ! office n. I'M, PRO-; " WAGNER sas r. /,
ar. White as "a an ex-sohooi superin-
yendent but rather as q past grand