Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-26
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GOVERNOR MAY Be
HELD III OPEN AIR

The suggestion that the Inaugural
ton of Governor ELECT Hardwick be
held in the open air in front of the
state capitol, instead of in the hall
of representatives inside of the CAPT.
toll is being widely circulated among
his friends and is being considered
by him.
Arrangements for the ceremonies
attendant upon the inauguration of
the governor are usually placed in
the hands of a joint committee of
the house and senate appointed i'm
|mediately following the organization
of those bodies. The legislature con-
venes on the fourth Wednesday in
June and the inauguration takes place
on the following Saturday. The
house and senate usually perfect or
ganization on the opening day, al
though on some occasions a pro-
tracted balloting for speaker of the
house or president Of the senate has
carried it beyond the opening day.
The first thing done by the presid-
ing officers of the two bodies, when
there is to be a new governor in
|augurated, is to appoint a joint com
mittee to confer with the governor
elect with regard to the arrange
ments, and this we'll established GUS
tom will no doubt be followed in the
present instance.
Mr.. Hardwick will not request or
suggest an outdoor ceremony, he
stated Saturday, but if his friends in
and out of the legislature desire such
a program he will not object to it:
Most of the Inaugural ionS in the past
have taken place in the hall of rep
resentatives inside of the capitol.
They are usually occasions which
crowd the hall to suffocation, which
is one of the arguments advanced by
fYia y, -;rJ- I. ~ Il
the inauguration in front of the cap
Iitol, where a much greater audience
of people could hear and see the cere-
lmonies. Hoke Smith was inaugural
ed as governor in front of the CAPT
tol, and some other governors before
in the program will not be without
precedent. should it be carried out.
Friends of Mr.. Hardwick are ex-
pecting very large crowd at the
Inauguration. They predict that
people from all parts of the state
will come to Atlanta on that day and
will be anxious to see and hear the
and deliver his inaugural address,
which gives promise of being replete
with interesting recomme nda tions
such as the abolition of the boards
of trustees of educational and elee-
mosynary institutions; the cutting of
oPPl " ll6 DOll6 uIllll the
states current deficit has been eX-
tinguished, the issuance of a small
amount of bonds, such as $1,500,000
or 100000, to create a surplus for
prompt payment of the states rum
ming expenses; the general reshaping
of revenue and tax legislation to keep
the institutions and departments of
the government on an adequate, up
to-date basis: legislation in the in
Iterest of the farmers, who are striv-
ing for improved marketing facili-
ties; sale of the governors mansion,
erection of a capitol annex and COM
plete overhauling of the capitol
which is in bad repair; etc, etc.
In addition to the interest in the
itself. which is likely to
be heightened by the presence of Sen
ator Thomas E. Watson. it is rumor-
ed that there may be 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. 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 outgoinfi governors, the
secretary of state, the members of
the supreme and appellate courts, dis
tinguished visitors, etc, will occupy
seats on this platform, while the
audience will stand on the capitol
front lawn on three sides of the
platform