Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1901 — DURBIN IS GOVERNOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DURBIN IS GOVERNOR.

NEW EXECUTIVE TAKES OATH AT THE CAPITOL. | state House Finely Decorated for Cereal many—Detail* at Proceeding*— ions of Incoming Official Revealed ltt| Extracts from Inaugural Address. J Indianapolis correspondence: The corridors of the State House handsomely decorated for the inaagura- ‘ tion of W. T. Durbin as Governor of Indiana on Monday. On the south half of the lower floor three stands had been erected for the ceremony, and. the pillars and walls had Iteen festooned with flags, In the space under the dome of the Capitol palms und potted plants had been arranged and banked. The electric light* on all three floors had been changed so that, in place of the white light* that are ordinarily to be found there, red, white and blue lights were to be seen on each chandelier that hung from the ceilings or is fastened to the walls. The appearance of the whole interior was a vision of beauty when the decorating was, finished. The inauguration eeremohy began when the oath of office was administered to Lieut. Gov. Gilbert in the Senate chamber shortly before noon. The members of both bouses of the Legislature then proceeded to the lower floor, where

seats were provided for them, to witness the administering oif the oath of office to Col. Durbin. In the meantime. Gov. Mount, accompanied by C. E. Wilson, his private secretary, went to the Denison in a carriage, escorted by detachments of the Indiana National Guard. At the Denison Gov.-elect Durbin joined the party and was escorted to the State House. The p?rty dismounted from the carriages at the east entrance of the State House and went directly in st the east doors and thence to the stand prepared for the inaugural ceremony. This stand had been erected just in front of the office of the Auditor of State, which is several feet south of the central part of the building. On either side of the principal stand was another stand for the use of the Senators and others who were special guests for the occasion. Judge Dowling, chief justice of the Supreme Court, administered the oath of office to the incoming Governor. Following the oath, Col. Dnrbin delivered his inaugural address. In his address Gov. Durbin commended the administration of his predecessor, James A. Mount, favored the non-parti-san management of State institutions and warned the Legislature against the danger of overburdened statutes, On this point he said: “There is danger of having too many laws in our statutes rather than too few. The enactment of petty measures has become entirely too common, and many acts that have taken the form of law are dead letters, and merely cumber the statutes and produce confusion. It is the almost unanimous opinion of lawyers that there should be a general revision and condensation of the acts already in existence. While lam not at all disposed to suggest any particular policy to be followed by this General Assembly, I respectfully submit that the passage of a few deliberately considered bills is far preferable to a flood of petty measures rushed through without any particular attention being paid to them, as has frequently happened heretofore, only to be followed by regret on the part of all concerned that more prudence should not have been exercised in matters of legislation.” Concerning labor Col. Durbin said: “The conditions surrounding labor in Indiana are those of general satisfaction and prosperity. The legislation looking to arbitration where differences occur between employer and employe has had a beneficial result, and I trust that the trend of our statutes and of public opinion, and the high sense of justice that generally pervades the ranks of labor and capital will reach that stage at an early day when strikes will be felt and feared no more, the adjustment of differences be peaceful and satisfactory and conflicts that usually are alike disastrous to contending parties be adjusted on a basis of right and fair dealing.” Gossip of LeKislatora, Senator Wood will introduce a hill making it a felony for uny one r to make a false statement of real or personal property to secure credit. Business men want such a measure to protect them against the man that lies to get goods “on tick.” Another bill in the same line, to be ofTered by Senator Wood, provides that wholesalers that take liens ofi stocks of goods on which payments are deferred shall record the liens in the record- , er’s office. This will prevent troubles i arising from two or three bouses having * liens on the same stock of goods.' The State officers of the American Federation of Labor are preparing a bill providing for boiler inspection. The bill will provide for a Btate inspector, who will in- , speCt all boilers of over twenty-Wse- . power twice a year. Representative Reagan will introduce & | bill against the desecration of the flag of | the United States. The bill is so 4*awifcl as to include mutilation or defaceoMDt of J the flag, either by direct means of any | sort, or by printing, painting or ret> sentation of the flag, in ordertp advertise 1 or call attention toagv ajmeto on whictt\

GOVERNOR DURBIN.