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Show THE SECOND TIME. non. Caleb V?. West Again Takes the Oath ct Office as Utah's Gownor. GG.NEItAI, ItlCLITIOX IXLHCISLS 'fclicf( Tclfernun of Concrlulllon, a Ills IrnirJ nwl Inaiisiirnl Ad drcxtn at Hie Theater, The program ai announced In lait lglil' Ntwa for Iho recaption ol Uov. nrnor Went was carefully carried nut tnJIbe march made to tho Tlicat-r our tlio roulo Indlcaled. Tho Theater, Thea-ter, which was well flllod wllh pmti'p, was arllitlcally draped with Blara and Strifes and national bunting, lion. John T. Cains acted ai chairman, and petchca of welcome wero mdo by JudRo Itendenon, Hon. I'. 8. Illcnardt and ICon. David ttim, wblta telegrams ot congratulation wern read rem H. It. Ttiurman, V. II. King and A. V. Clash of 1'roro. C. M. Nlcliou, C. W. I'elcrion, l'ottr Grcavtr, C. M. Weal and II. 1'. Larseu of Knliralni, and X'rof. J. JI. Paul of Logan. Chairman L'alno then Introduced Govtrcur West, who delivered the Jol-lowing Jol-lowing Inaugural address: Bsveu rears ago I camo ai a stranger to tbe capital of Utah. Jtlght rnyaily wra I welcomed tbtu and warmly Mil I rrcelrcU toulftht. Haven yeata ago n vast concouriu of pcoplu greeted mo when I at reared anions thiui, but auuy, I fancy, camo with curiosity to teu what manner of man had come to b i tbclr governor. IS ow I como aa one of you onoof them ncltlicnof Utah. (AiplaUK.) How dlffitent tbo feci-iuk feci-iuk then uud now. Wbeii tonight I look Into jour hope-(ul hope-(ul and o)oui facta and gruip tho hand of unuuintlouod frlrudihlp, thn Hood nouiatt like lightning through my veins. Huch a demonatratloii thowi to a mau that he lias excited omo love and r tct In the hearts of n great ptople. Time la no oy com. parablo lo tho cousolousncst that the opl you liavo suivcil at predate yoiireBort. (Applause.) Buvou Jtnnugo blttcirueas, division, contention and strife 1 mvalleil litre. ihpalr wa flllod with clltttuit aud suspicion. .Neighbors IooUd askaiicu nteich other. There wero a darkness mid feellog which hung like nn Ira-)nctrubla Ira-)nctrubla jail over you. I found u illy boru of 22,000 or 23.00J people -Wow wolmveatoj,u1allouof between OU.CUO aud CU.OUO. Whtro thcru waa hatred then there la good feeling now. Magnificent hooieanud costly business blocks have luorcased In numbers. Improved Im-proved streets aud ruoru rapid trans-poitatlon trans-poitatlon aud n variety of other bloielnga ar tbonaultol the coull-dence coull-dence that baa beou established iluce thattlnie. Beveuycartl Magloword-I They 1 avo wrought theso thangei. Then there waiauunnatutalueaa such a condition of aflalrs ai liaa never el. tiled eliewbere. TUt waa tbo bi ginning gin-ning of u new era. iho result Is aeon now In (bo removal re-moval of that which woa wrong. Whloh condition waa tbe beat for tbo people, that whloh exltttd then, or that which prevail now? There la do one wlthlu tbe sound of my voice nut a citizen within tlio conllnea of this great Territory that would not un-bealtatlngly un-bealtatlngly declare hlmielf In favor fa-vor of the condlllou of today. Ar-pliusc. Ar-pliusc. I ay to tboie who aro loin to trust a great peo le, whoao pleiigct nnd conduot should dispel all uoubl ai the warm chluook scatters tbe winter alormaand clouds, how cau you stand Lack and deny them that which tbev are rightly entitled to? Wllh tne aJotlou of the method Inaugurated whto I flnt came hero ramolbelrglunlng of a Utter time. We organized a Ilutlnets Mvn'a auool-atlon, auool-atlon, and thereby got men together who had bcu unpaged In local atrlle anil contentions. They talkid their dIUerences over together, oa mm abould, and karncd lo love and rest ict rach other. Tho movtmeut here In that retpoct waa fallowed up In Ogden. Logan and l'rovo, and the iletlm fur leaieaml good feeling spread rapidli. Ho who waa then in tliu wrong lould Lo reached aud talked with and greater patriotism waa brought about. No longer Ilia leading mm of that peoile ilud lojgment within tii0 gloomy oncluauru o( u prison homo, fto longer iho wllo wcep,n her loneliness, loneli-ness, (or thoaUeutbuibaud who did not and could not return. Thank God thoie tlmn are gono forever. irro mendoua applauiv. Utah's own bravo men and women Imvo plaoed lu their Ijanda tha tup from which they all drink thn awret wluo of general happl-una happl-una and proiperlly. fltenewod ap. plauirj ' Uno week ngo today I wltoeaied lu Jscw orte a groat llimof United ritalea battle Btili a with the Hag of our oountry lo the front tu do ua honor. Hands wero laying patriotic alw, great guna lltid aaliito uiter saluto aud loyally I ronllcd everywhere. It waalndcej Illmooleupreino rejoicing aud pride i l.iuwthat wo aro clothed upouwlth ln rlcau clllatnahlp. UoulJ any I ah citizen have seen what I taw and iiittimitirllll ftlt, ho would not bo i. UBtollvonuolher momont under 'iritorlal vaxalagu an J boudugo. L nioia and applause. .i. Wk tonight ot atatehood. Of ri tulnga wuiilcd, needed and that Jjilcli i atioul I bo had, atotebood I Win ,?" . tTremondoua cheering 1 '?). it'."' ,'Htorll clllieui umnnihUJ B '0',,0 bu ''TU n;-and n;-and P l htirt Wue'" .br ,ul,lr "lllu"f J" muuntai. L.uThv ,"lV0 '"'"'n ' rf-turJ n,. ,,,Mn' ffom the coUKta nrldwai?'" VUra "" "dmed oqariuwaete nnd tniidoltoaanonalf rn plant, tultlvato and gathir In aidUli'Voafn'0"""-'''""" ho town, and village.'' "J1", iiinnlllconco and (.oralorl I ?p commercial mnrta ifTi'L and manufailorle. of mail, imm.i. arcatbu.l,,r..block.daBi'Jan r".?: deuctatowir heaeuwrd In i .. leallng eltl.au Hallway,, elect .oUy' and everything nlat ' oK" lottu'j hap, lnes I. our.. There . .b colulelj nolhlug to rrov.nl uifrSm tecomingmoro a part ol our Jul? Kmirnmeut. rerrltorlal government tKH created .Imply fJt tbo we.v "C '."' tVulmvopaaatil tho atago ond nro 'nvrcnly toawumo all the rmranai. Mi I aot.lalchood nnd no olaffi. il u M be laced In our way. "l,"t,e" i py to ourfrloudalnuo.lt, la sill kludnera and charity glvo your doubt to your kind mon and woiuon among whom you llvo and I promWn you It will not be abuted. You aJmittbat many ohangea have come oliAugea for which you pleaded In aea'on and out. Isow.for Uod'a rake, for your own aake nnd lor tho take of the pcule amoiu whom you live, give up tbo tight and work wllh ua for ieace, good will an I barpluitf. (Appluulo) ow toour piojleor Utah wo havo nduty topetfotm, an account ot the Itrlla that haa begotten a feeling of dlittuat and doubt. Let ut relegatoto the rear rank forever tho Idea that tlm church ahall rule tho alate; nor ahull It Inauywlee lulerfern with II. I.viry man shall worship lilt Uod under Ma own vine aud llg tree after lilt own behest, without luoleatatlon; wo ahall go on and df man I that Utah be ad milled into tho Union. I coiun to you aa n Democrat ap pointed by n Democratic l'fenldeut, loiillnncd by a Deinocrftilc Henate. Ilelleve that our I.ILeral Irlendr, mall lu uumberf, afo, for the go id of tho Territory, growing beautifully lew, (laughter) aud 1 believe that moat ol them aro lioutat lu their doubla and are willing to conceJe tho doubla of their hearu at the oipenso ot thtlr bralni. (Mora laughter.) I am determined to bo Governor ol tlii Territory without regarl liatty, treed or rrllglon. At the clllorr of tha law It will be my aworu duly under Iho law to tecure ejual rights to all raeu. Aa Governor It ahall be my riidoavor to limit taxation to tbo nccestlly of on honest government wisely and economically eco-nomically administered. (Aplautc.) In tho bestowal of such pitrouagons Ihavo In my gift, I shall not give It ixcrpt to tlio.u who aro honest and rnnnljf. i deem It pror to aiy that horo alia Governor Thomas, whom I succeed. I have nlwajs found In him my eoiittant and attadfaat friend, and I havo to nay that whllo dlflerlug from hlui on va-rlotis va-rlotis questions, I have believed him honest In'hla oouvlcllons. if In tho confines of Utah thore la an unemy of mine, I thank (lod I do iiotknowlt. I am now ready to take tbo offlco for the second time, at required re-quired by law ol tbe Governor of this icrrltorj, (Prolonged applouao) Chief Juallco i'.lLo men ndinlult-tered ndinlult-tered the oath of c 111 Co to tho now go ernor. It reads as followt: T, Caleb W.Weal. governor, do solemnly solemn-ly incur Ibal I will support an I defend Iho constitution of Iho United Niatos against all ousutlcs foreign and domestic thatl will boar truofsltn an I allegiance totlioaamcj lint I tako this ubllf-atlon freely wllbotit any mental reservallon or purpoioor ovation, and that I will well aud faithfully dltchsrgo tho dutloi or the olllcoonwbluh I uiii about to enter. Bo help ino (lod. riiibserbled and aivorn to Ibla lourth dayorMsyj A. I). UIU. This concluded tho Inaugural ex-erolsea ex-erolsea and tbo gatberlng dispersed with thieo hearty cheera and a "tiger" for the new executive. |
