Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1895 — Bradley Sworn In. [ARTICLE]

Bradley Sworn In.

The largest crowd ever seen in Frankfort, Ky., assembled, to attend the inauguration of Kentucky’s first Republican governor, William;, O. Bradley. The weather Was good, and at the beginning 1 of the inauguration ceremonies at 1:15 o’clock—fully 15,000 people were in front of the State House. TluWstaud, erected on the State House steps, was tastefully, decorated with bunting* Slid evergreen, an d orn :nn cnt f'd wit h port rails of outgoing and incoming Governors. Mayor Julien was master,of ceremonies, assisted by Adjt. Gen. Gross, who led the procession of 1,000 guards to the stand. As the procession started the cannon began to boom on Capita'! forty-eight' guns being fired in honor,of the new,Governor, . who is 48 years old. A Paris dispatch to the Ijnndon Titpes says that the tariff committee has agreed upon a bill which will empower the Government to apply a sliding scale to the import duty on corn proportionate to the market price. Thus the duty on wheat may be raised still higher.