New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
Smith Takes
Oath of Office
As Governor
New Executive and His
Family Are Installed i'm
the Mansion at Albany
Is Greeted by Whitman
Birthday Party Celebrates
Arrival of Mex, Head
of the State at Capital

Stcf Correspondence
ALBANY. Dec. 30.-Alfred +. Smith
was sworn in as Governor Of New York
this afternoon in the reception room
Of the executive mansion A large
number Of friends and his family saw
him subscribe to the oath Of office.
which was administered by John W.
Hogan, Judge of the Court of Appeals
The administering of the oath Of
Office was q formality to prevent the
state from being without q Governor
between midnight Tuesday. when Gov
ernor Whitman's term expires, and
noon Thursday, when the inaugural
ceremonies Will take place.
In the centre Of the circle, standing
near the Governor elect. was q little
old woman of seventy. She was plain
IL dressed in black, and tears OF Joy
courssd down her wrinkled checks rs
tbs new Governor was sworn in. She
Is his mother, who almost at the same
hour forty-fve years ago to-day held
her first born. And later in the even
Ing, WHSu NAtC oAHAeA 40hiiAS sou
down to birthday dinner in honor Of
the Governor~elect, which was given in
the dining room of the Executive Man
sion, the aged mother could not help
contrasting the spaciousness and
.umptuous apartments with the sparsely
furnished room in one of New York
City's East Side tenements, where her
son was born.
Crowd Cheers Smith
The Governor-elect and his family
arrived this afternoon at 80 o'clock.
They were met at the railroad station
by former Governor Martin H. Glynn
and Mrs Glynn and Major +. l.. Y.
Hoppin. Governors military secretary.
When the police had cleared lane
through the cheering crowd, Major
Hoppin and Mr.. and Mrs. Glynn escorted
the Smiths to the Executive Mansion.
In the last OF the automobiles rode
Caesar, the monster Great Dane VINO
accompanies his master on his walks.
Holding on to the dogs collar for dear
life was Alfred, jr., VINO had consider
able difficulty in persuading the dog to
leave the train and equal difficulty IN
preventing him from leaping out Of the
machine.
Caesar Roars Protests
When the mansion was reached and
Governor Whitman had welcomed his
successor the dog was taken to the
cellar and tied to the wall. Cesar re-
scented this treatment and set up q con-
tinual roar until released on orders of
his master.
"There is nothing we can do with
him except to let him have the run of
the mansion" said Governor-e elect
~, ,1@r.-
aggerated imitation of a hungry lion"
And so Caesar henceforth viii have the
freedom of the largest residence in
Albany.
After Governor Whitman had well
coined the Smiths he went to the home
OF Mrs. William Bayard Van Rens-
selaer where he and Mrs Whitman
VIII be guests until after the Inaugural
ton.
The five Smith children lost no time
in making themselves at home in the
quarters they will occupy for the next
two years. AS the party arrived a
crowd of neignboring youngsters were
romping about the reviewing stand
building on the mansion grounds
for the inaugural parade Wednesday.
The youngest boys-Arthur, twelve,
and Walter, eight-had hardly got into
their new home when they decided to
dispense with formalities and get &C
quainted
Greet New Playmates
Come on and let's see who those kids
are" shouted Walter to Arthur as they
ran off to the reviewing stand. There
were no introductions. The Albany
boys knew that the newcomers were
the next Governors sons and received
them with open arms, and soon after
all were playing leap frog on the lawn.
The Governor-elect is still suffering
The effects of a cold which kept him
confined to his bed for three days last
week, He will rest up tonight and to-
morrow so as to be IN good condition
for the inaugural ball tomorrow night
and the Inauguration Wednesday. 1t
was when Governor Whitman learned
Of the illness of his successor that he
insisted on turning over the executive
mansion TO him on his arrival here.
Secretary of State Hugo brought the
new Governors certificate OF election
TO the executive mansion after the
State Board of Canvassers held it's
final meeting completing the thbulation
of the vote at the last election. This
meeting is generally held early in De-
cenber. but was delayed this year be-
cause Of the soldier vote. The official
count shows that Governor-elect Smith
won by plurality Of 1882 over Whit
man.
Governor-elect Smiths total vote was
l,O0S936. and that of Governor Whit
man, $4,000. The whole number of
votes cast for Governor was 2,192,970.
Sharles S. Erwin, Socialist, got 121,-
'O5 votes; Johnson, Social Labor, g.
lS3 There were AZ $50 blank votes for
Governor, 1892 void and $50 scatter
ing
Lieutenant Governor-e Harry c. !
Walker won over Lieutenant Governor
Schoeneck by a plurality of 35,405, the
vote for Mr. Walker being 966.471, and
iOr Lieutenant Governor Schoeneck,
s5O,066 Coivin, prohibition, 4S l42.
Final Figures Are Given
Secretary of State Francis NJ. Hugo
vas reelected by a plurality Of 49,
l2g, his vote beiAg 1,005,426, and tho
vote for Franklin r. Bard, his Demo
cratic opponent, S88,3o6; Mccarthy,
prohibition. 4o,072.
State ller-Eugene NJ. Travis,
republican and prohibition, 1,O07,4S3;
Bird S. Coler, Democrat, 909,255. {
Iravis's plurality, 98,228.
State Treas James L. Wells. Re- (
publican. l,o28.752; Jacob G. Cohen,
Democrat. $780, TIT; Humphrey, prohi-
oitlon, 1896. Wells's plurality, 188.975. +
Attorney General-Charles D. New /
.on Republican. 99o, 1858; Charles Nor
schauser, Democrat, $4,000; Sprggs,
1pfohlbition, 1929. Ncwton's plurality, /
D State Engineer-Frank NJ. Williams,