Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
PLANS ANNOUNCED
FOR INAUGURATION
Many Prominent Persons In
Vited to See Moore Become
Mayor on Monday
LUNCHEON AT. BELLEVUE

Philadelphia will enter upon dis
tinctly new era in her municipal his
Tory next Monday. when !. Hampton
Moore viii be inductcd into office rs
Mayor. succeeding Mayor Smith, aud
the Council of twenty one replace the
old two chambered city Councils.
Ihe ceremonies attending the in.
duguration of the new Mayor and the
organization Of the new Council will
mark the passing of the control of the
tN government from the Bullitt bill
to the city charter enacted by the last
state Legislature. Monday will see q
thorough change in the form of munici-
pal government, amounting almost to a
revolution when the traditions of Phila-
deiphla are considered. Many also be
Iieve that the day will see an entirely
new and higher order Of municipal
politics ushered into the city.
Mayor. elect Moore will 20 into Office
as the first Mayor under the new char
ter. And in the opinion of friends of the
incoming administration the Repub-
lican party organization in this city
will enter upon a reorganization from
top to bottom. Mr.. Moore says that
he will be the "titular head of the Re
publican party in Philadelphia" as well
as Mayor of the city.
Program to BE Simple
In accordance with the desires of the
Mayor elect. the Inauguration program
will be simple. It's chief features will
be the Mayors inaugural address. in
which the program of the new admins
tratlon will be restatcd; the organiza- =
tlon of the new Council, and a luncheon
to the new Mayor and his directors at
the Bellevue stratford Hotel.
Nevertheless, City Hall on next Mon
day, judging by the great demand for
tickets for the Inauguration, will be the
center of interest for the day. While
| there will be a number of distinguished
/ visitors from other cities. notably Wash
ington, New York, Camden and Tren-
| ton, the event will be. first of ali. said
Mr.. Moore. a Philadelphia function.
AS the number of invitations is lin
| tied by the capacity of the Common
Council chamber, where the ceremony
of inauguration will be held, the at
| tendance will not be larger than $50 al
| the utmost.
Council Organizes First
The days events will begin with the
organization of the new Council meeting
in the present Select Council chamber
at 10 a. n.
Richard Weglein will be elected presi-
dent and William H. FELTON, chief clerk
Fifteen minutes before noon Mayor
Smith and his directors will receiv,
Mayor elect Moore and the incoming
directors and also the councilmani
| committee on inauguration in thu
Mayors reception room on the secont
floor Of City Hall.
Meanwhile, the Rev. j. Gray Bol
| |o, who oHo
Judge Robert Won Moschzisker, of the
Supreme Court, who will administer
the oath to the new Mayor, will go t
Room 40S. the Office of the presiden
of Select Council, and robe themselve
for the Inauguration ceremony. There
they will be joined by the mayora
party.
Police on Guard
With the inaugural party assemblc
in the Office of the president of Selec
Council, it will be led to Common
, Council chamber, through the presen
Select Council, by the sergeant at
arms of the new Council, uarr
Wittig. Police and detectives vii
guard the entrants to the councilman
chambers.
Mayor Smith, Mayor elect Moore
Judge Moschzisker and the Rev. Boil
ton will be escorted to seats about tn
rostrum in Common Council chamber
With President Weglein in the chair
the prayer will be offered by the Rev
Bolton. The certificate of the electio
of J. Hampton Moore as Mayor will b
read by the clerk and then the oath wi
be administered by Judge Won Mosch
ziskcr.
, President Weglein VIII introduce tn
new Mayor. who will at once launc
into his inaugural" address and thereb
officially start the new administratio
on its way.