The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
INAUGURATION WILL
BE HELD IN OPEN AIR
FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR HARD
WICK WILL MAKE OCCA-
SION A GREAT ONE.

ATLANTA, Ga.-The suggestion
that the Inauguration of Governor-elect
Hardwick he held in the open air in
front of the state capitol instead OF
in the hall of representatives inside OF
the capital is being considered by
him.
Arrangements for the ceremonies at
tendant upon the Inauguration OF the
governor are usually placed in the
hands OF a joint committee OF the
house and senate appointed imme-
diately following the organization OF
those bodies. The legislature convenes
on the fourth Wednesday in June and
the Inauguration takes place on the
following Saturday. The house and
senate usually perfect the organIza-
ton on the opening day, although on
some occasions a protracted ballotlng
for speaker Of the house or president
of the senate has carried it beyond the
opening day.
The first thing done by the presiding
officers of the two bodies, when there
is to be a new governor inaugurated,
| is to appoint a joint committee to con-
fer with the governor-elect with re-
gard to the arrangements, and this
we'll established custom will no doubt
be followed in the present instance.
Mr.. Hardwick will not request or
suggest an outdoor ceremony, he stat
ed Saturday, but if his friends in and
out of the legislature desire such
program he will not object to 1t. Most
of the inaugurations in the past have
taken place in the hall of representa-
tives inside of the capitol They are
usually occasions which crowd the hall
to suffocation, which is one OF the ar
guments advanced by friends OF Mr.
Hardwick for holding the Inaugural
ton in front of the capitol, where a
much greater audience of people could
| hear and see the ceremonies. Hoke
Smith was inaugurated as governor, IN
| front of the capitol, and some other
governors before him. So that the sug-
eested change in the program will
not be without precedent, should it be
carried out.
Be Large Crowd.
Friends of Mr.. Hardwick are ex-
pecting a very large crowd at the IN
auguration. They predict that people
| from all parts of the state will come to
Atlanta on that day and will be anx-
ious to see and hear the new governor
take the oath of office and deliver his
inaugural address, which gives prom
| Use of being replete with interesting
recommendations, such as the aboli-
ton of the boards of trustees OF edu-
cational and elemosynary institu-
tons; the cutting of appropriations to
the bone until the states current de-
felt has been extinguished; the issu-
ance of a small amount of bonds, such
as $1,500,000 or $2,000,000, to create
surplus for prompt payment OF the
states running expenses; the general
reshaping of revenue and tax legisla
ton TO keep the institutions and de-
partments of the government on an
adequate, up-to-date basis; legislation
in the interest of the farmers who are
striving for improved marketing facil-
titles; also of the governors mansion,
erection of a capitol annex and COM
plete overhauling of the capitol, which
is in bad repair, etc.
Watson to. Be There.
In addition to the interest in the
Inauguration itself, which is likely to
be heightened by the presence of Sem
ator Thomas E. Watson, it is rumored
that there is another feature of very
unique and extraordinary significance
in connection with the program, the
nature of which has not been divulged
for publication.
If the Inauguration is held in front
of the capitol a large platform will
probably be erected above the broad
steps on the west front, and the mem
bers of the house and senate, the in
coming and outgoing governors, state
house officers, the members of the
supreme and appellate courts, distin-
guished visitors, etc, will occupy seats
on this platform, while the audience
will stand on the capitol front lawn on
three sides of the D1atfOrm