Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-16
simple INAUGURAL
FOR GOV. P|NCH0T
Capital Will Be Thronged De-
spite $4,000 Limit Put on Ex-
I penditures for Ceremony
PARADE TO BE IMPRESSIVE

Simplicity will be the order of the
day when Clifford Pnchot is inducted
Into ONCE to succeed Governor William
o. Sproul Tuesday. January i6.
This simplicity, however, which was
insisted upon by the Governor elect to
the extent that the Commonwealth
viii not spend more than $4,000 for
the inaugural ceremonies, as against
twice and more than that sum in past
\ years, will not prevent Harrisburg
being thronged with visitors. Hotel
rooms already are as scarce as Job hum
/ ters are legion.
Plan to Save Expense
Plans for the ceremonies, as desired
by Mr.. Pinchot, are in charge of Sen
ntor Frank \. Smith, of Harrisburg,
chairman Of the Inaugural Committee.
He is assisted by Adjutant General
Beary, who is in special charge of the
inaugural parade. The parade proper
will be murshaled by Colonel f. J.
Stackpole, Jr., commander of the 1O4th
Cavalry, q veteran of the World War
who had charge of troop dispositions
at the time of the soft coal strike in
/ Southwestern PENNSYLVANIA last spring
As part of the plan OF saving ex
\ pense, only troops in or near Harris
burg will be called into service on the
K day of the parade. The procession will
I be headed by troop Of Colonel Stack
4 poles cavalry and the troop band from
4 Carlisle, which is known in the Ma
n tional Guard rs the ''Governor S Own. v
y Then there will be detachmrnts Of BOY
I Scouts and even Of Girl Scouts. To lcnC
a touch of Main Street to the event.
\ the Harrisburg Fire Department will
4 also rumble along to be reviewed BY the
outgoing and incoming Governors. The
! firemen are busy these days polishing
up their red hats and fire axes.
One section in the line Of march will
be given over TO Harrisburg school
children who. in return for parading.
will have day off from their lessons.
Then, Of course. there will be politi
cal marching clubs from Pittsburgh
4 Schuylkill and other counties. and two
from Philadelphia. One of these will
I be made up Of four hundred representa- :
tives of the Republican City Committee
under the leadership Of Congressman
Z Ware and Harry 4. Mackcy. Tic other
Philadelphia club will be led by Coun
& Gilman Robert J. Patton.
n Big Crowd Expected
n The parade VIII follow the actual
!. swearing in of the new Governor at
& noon on the plnza in front of the State
z Capitol. There Chief Justice Won
\ Moschzisker. Of the Supreme Court.
will administer tho oath of Office. and
The new Governor will deiver his brief
md simple inaugural address to the
assembled spectators and to the members
of the House and Senate.
\ In the afternoon the House and Sen :
7 ate will convene and the upper House
( will receive the new Governors ap-
Y pointmnts, which will probably re-
/ ceive immediate confirmation. While
+ that Is going on the new Governor will
, hold reception in the executive Offices.
Hotels and roomnG houses in IIar.
risburg are preparing to take care oi
one of the biggest inaugural crowds ir
\ the history of the Capitnl. Virtual,
X Pill OF the hotels are sold out. and have
4 been sold out for some time back. OF
< all available rooms Some OF them
< are preparing to take care Of cmer.
gencies by installing cots in corridors
and in some of the rooms.