Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01
Ceremony Took Place in Presence OF joint
Session of House and State Senate
Janius E. West Sworn i'm as
Lieutenant Governor
PUBLIC RECEPTION TONIGHT
Oath Administered to Gov Trinke by Judge Joseph L.
Kelly and to Lieut. Gov. West by Judge Jesse f. west
Salute Fired by Howitzers-Address Delivered TO
General Assembly,
General Assembly.

Inc state Senate anG lle HouSt VI
Delegates assembled promptly at II
o'clock1this morning and, after a few
formalities, went into joint session IN
the hall of the House of Delegates
When the joint session began the Sen
ate committee, composed OF Senators
Saxon w. Holt, of Newport News;
Harry Flood Byrd, OF Winchester;
Julien Gum, of Henrico; G. Walter
Mapp, Of Sccomac, and J. II. Has:
singer, of Abingdon, and the House OF
Delegates committee, composed OF
Delegates J. T. Graham, of Nythe..
Vile; Parke P. Deans. Of Isle OF
Wight; J. Sinclair Brown, OF Roanoke
County; Nelson. B. Groome, OF tlamp-
ton: Edwin H. Gibson, of Culpeper,
and T. w. Ozlin, of Lunenburg,. re-
paired to the office of Governor Vest
moreland Davis and notified the re-
tiring executive that the General AS
sembly was in joint session.
Following this procedure, the JOINT
committee proceeded in machines 70
the jefferson Hotel. where Governor
Elect f. Lee Trink'e and Lieutenant
Governor-Elect j. E. West were taken
in charge and brought to the Cap!tol
Building. Upon arrival there Colonel
S. M. Newhouse announced the party.
Members of the joint Assembly stood
as the official patty made its way to
the Speakers restrum.
Judge Jesse F. West. member of the
Supreme Court of Appeals administer
ed the oath of office to his brother.
Lieutenant Governor Jenius L. West,
and Judge Joseph l.. Kelly, lprcsldent
of the Supreme Court of Appeals,
...1.sys,inisteosd the oath to Governor r. :.
Lee Trinkle.
Governor Trinkle then delivered
his formal address to the General As
sembly. !,
Colonel John W. Williams, clerk of
the House of Delegates. had arranged
for 500 seats in the hall of that body.
Admission was only by card.
Immediately after the oaths were
administered the Richmond Howitzers,
now officially designated as First
Company, Coast Artillery fired the
Governors salute.
William H. Cardwell, secretary t"
Governor Trinkle, had the executive
office in readiness for the new eNe-u-
tive, and as soon as he delivered his in
augural address he repaired to that
sanctum. While the exercises were In
progress in the House Of Delegates the
personal effects Of the new Governor
and Of his family were removed from
the Jefferson Hotel to the executive
mansion.
The retiring Governor left the eX
ecntive office as soon as he had beer
informe& that the two bodies were in
JOINT session.
The procedure was IS follows:
Members of the Supreme Court Of
Appeals were announced and intro
duced to the audience; then followed
the other State officials. the family of
the Governor and the Lieutenant Gov
crnor and their especially invited
guests. When these were seated the
gubernatorial party was announced
and proceeded to the rostrum, where
the oaths were administered.
Governor Tr;nkle announced last
r:~h' thrt If there are any Of his
friends who have to leave the city to-
hnv he viii ""eet them after ret:rino
to the exc e~utive office: otherwise r.
will anpreciate it if thcr will postpone
rrePtin~s until the public reception
which will he held at the executive
r'"nsion tonight. beginning at s
O'clock. and to which no invitations
and no dress suits are necessary.