Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-08
lOWDEN'S INAUGURATION
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and Mrs. runne OF luncheon and i'm
mediately afterwards escorted them
to the train and saw tl.em depart for
their home In Chicago,
Reception This Evening.
This evening from $ o'clock uut.l
IL O'Clock the doors OF the executive
mansion will be thrown open TO this
general public, The new state Officers
and their wives will stand In line AID
greet callers,
The crowd in the city today WIS Cd
largest which has attended Az t1aI-
guration for many years Th-ss spe
cial trans and all regular srang t-rm
Chicago last night AND ea-iT alis
morning b-oaghs hundreds t-wm an
metropolis and vcGisieians rrt grr II
inent citizens from every gar- Il 1.ts
state were here Oaiy 4 SHAT 3er-
centage of the visitors we're lsGa gn
witness the inaugural cergranF 7rus
er owing to the limited SPACE In s.a
hall nj representatives. Eaca member
OF the legislature had five tickets &c
distribute and the outgoing and ia
coming officers had a total of iSp tick.
cts. This entirely used up the caDae-
!ty Of the hall and no others were ad
mitted
Three companies OF militia located
In Springfield, policed the CAPT d
building and prevented those who Cd
not have tickets from getting above
the second floor.
Governor and Mrs. Lowden and thssr
immediate party came to Springfield
yesterday afternoon and spent iae
night at the Leland hotel They calle3
on Governor and Mrs. Dunno All the
executive mansion yesterday evening
This was the last social call Nra
Eunne. as mistress OF the mansion. r.
ceived. This morning Governor and
Mrs. Lowden went to the mansion and
remained there until they were picked
up with Governor and Mrs. Lunne ~
the parade as It paused in front Of the
mansion. All the other state officers
started with the parade from the lie.
land hotel
When Governor and Mrs. Dunno lift
the mansion at lo:31 o'clock THU
n "rning. they left it for good. All Of
their effects had been sent out and
after the ceremony Governor and Mrs.
Lowden took charge of the mansion.
The Inaugural Address.
In his initial message to the legis-
lature outlining his program during
the next four years, Governor Low.
den said
To the Members OF the Fiftieth Gen.
cral Assembly:
In obedience to custom now sub.
NIT for your consideration some oh.
servations of general nature, which
| deem pertinent at the present time.
The party to which a majority Of
both Houses Of the General As.
sembly and | belong, at the conven.
ton held in Peoria in September.
adopted a constructive program, clear
and definite in all respects. This pro.
gram was the basis of our campaign.
II must be carried out in good faith
II we wish to retain the confidence OF
the people, Party pledges must be
held az sacred as obligations incurred
In other fields. The time is past when
one rule Of ethics applies to an in.
dividuals word and another to a
political partys word, II parties are to
survive.
No form Of government Is an end in
itself. Unless government ministers
generally to the well.being Of the PEG.
pie, It will surely fail. Our fathers
believed that the well.being Of society
would be best subserved by demo.
cratic form of government. They
therefore established that form OF
government This imposed heavy re-.
s?onslbilltics upon the people and
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