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Show GOVERNOR RISKS LIFE j TO ASSUME OFFICE j Democratic Choice in New Mexico j Takes Oath to Prevent Republican Lieutenant From Being Seated. j , SANTA FE. N. M.. Jan. 1. "My chief desire is to be the servant, of the peo- i pie." said E. C. de Baca, New Mexico's new governor, ss ho stood, wearing a i bath 'robe, to take the oath of ofnVy ;it ! a local sanitarium today. Chief Justice j K. H. Ianna administered the oath. i Governor de Ba a said only u few words ! ! before again taking his seat in an easy ! i chair. He seemed bright and cheerful, and his condition, it was said, had improved im-proved steadily after his trip from Los Angeles, where he has been in a hospital. hos-pital. Other state oftlcials were sworn in today without ceremony. Hopes of Republicans in New Mexico . ' for obtaining full control of state appointive ap-pointive offices, and possibly gaining the executive office itself, were ended today j when De Baca, Democrat, elected to the I governorship, took the oath of office at a local sanitarium. Governor de Baca returned to the state capital at. the risk of shortening his life ; that he might take the oath. ' Republicans have a working majority in the legislature. Had De Baca not been Inaugurated today. Lieutenant Governor Undsey. a Republican, it is said, would have been acting governor, with all the functions of the office. Including appointive appoint-ive power, until De Baca was sworn in. and misht even have retained the governorship, gov-ernorship, it was claimed. |