Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-16
SECOND EDITION.
TUESDAY EVENING JAN. 10, 1888.
INAUGURATED.
THE GOVERNOR OF PENNsyLvAN,

THE GOVERNOR OF PENNsYLVhNi-
Robert Z. Pattison Takes tho Oath {
Ofhce-His Pledges to the People
| Of the commemorative.
| HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 1G.-The cere
monies incidental to the Inauguration c
Robert E. Pattison as governor hav
drawn largo number of people to the city
but although great crowds are on tn,
streets, the attendance is far from that o
many previous inauguratiOns, this fac
being due in measure to the refusal o
| the governor eject to permit himself t.
| be made the subject of oStentatiOn 0
| display. A fall of snow set in at An earl,
| hour this morning, and together with th'
| intense cold, has made the day any thin!
| but agreeable. The inaugural procession
| numbered about dozen clubs from Phil
adelphia, Reading, Allentown, York aut
this city, and altogether there were no
over one thousand men in line. Very lit
tie decorations are visible about town. A
ten O'Clock this morning Mr.. Pattison tool
up his residence at the executive
mansion and received a few callers,
principally friends from Philadelphia.
The Governors Inaugural Address.
Governor Pattison took the oath G
Office and spoke as follows:
Cent emen of the Senate and House Of Repr,
SentdttCeS aad EeN0tU- Citizens:
Called by the people to perform for a
time the fuuctions OF chief executive Ol
the state, | follow an old and respecte
custom in briefly stating some of the prin,
ciples that will guide mo in the admini,-
tration of the utfite. would first call a..
tention 10 the bouutitut manner in whic.!
kind ProVi,ien:a has blessed our state
and endowe! its people with ben efits.
We should never cease to make
grateful acknowle igmeut of His over
shadowing care. At periods like this there
is peculiar fitness in a publis recns uition
Of the goodness of that Supreme Being
who has been our safeguard from calamity
and whose bcnefactions have attended us
with unceasing constancy. In the execu
ton of the trust coufded in me by the peo
pie it shall be my constant eudeavor to
to ascertain their will with ac
curacy and to carry it out with
fidelity. For this purpose So
licit the freest Communication bo
tween the people aud the executive, ald
will diligently avail myself of every
facility which will tend to iafnm ms of
their wishes. 1t will be my soIic:tude to
strengthen and confirm the pubic faith in
democratic institutions by dem ,nstratiny
10 the sphere to which | have been ap
pointed their aptitu ie 10: reo)r,iing aud
effecting the WISHES oi the people.
The Mission of reform.
Our government was constituted to give
direct and prompt recognition to expires.
ca cFt ho rnnplar ,rin I aAnnt ni
direct application to the present time,
sentence from President Jackson's first
inaugural, in which he says I" The re-
cent demonstration Of public sentiment
inscribcs on the list Of executive duties
in character too legible TO be oyerloo ked,
is the task OF reform This task clearly
set before him the present executive will
zealously strive to fulfil.
Happily for him, there can BE- no doubt
of the particular subjects as to which tho
public anxiety for improvement has mani
tested itself. These are we'll defined. The
method of accomplishment is a question
for the legislative vi dem uItim .tely 10
determine. s. far as the limits OF au
address like this will permit lot me bri,t fly
state few Of tho supj ';G| OF needed re
form.
What tho People Demand.
The people demand tho abolition of
needless offices, the fixing 81! official com
pensatiOn ct sums commensurate with the
service rendered by salaries definitely A.
rigid accounta bil;ty in the Gx
performance of official trusts and
tho civil service by maxim. tit
nd nj hs,C,. .,,c
The people demand strict
moneys simple aa,i business like con.
repeal of all laws creating avenses f,r thu
discretion of officials. Tie people demand
shall be distributed with
fairness, business and irnpartiality. They
demand uniformity aud simplicity in tax
alton, and its disti .buti,n in such mau
ner as that while all shall bear their just
share of the common burdens those shall
contribute most who receive most, and
those suffer least " no Can bear least.
The Problem OF Tax.tion.
There is 10 n,nle difficult problem III
government than that relating to taxa
tion. Revenue must be raised by the
state for the efficient conduct OF its
affairs. Care should be taken, however,
in the imposition Of taxes that Ta do not
lose sight of those upon whom the itnpo
sitiOn finally rests. The hand that pays
the tax into the treasury is not always the
hand that earned the contribution. That
system is most equable which, Tecogniz
ing this truth, SO distributes the taxing
weight that none shall escape and n)no
bear more than their just proportion. Our
present system in its state, county aud
township ramifcatiOns is intricate, un
equal and ill digested. 1t is to be hoped
;be present Legislature will devise some
method for simpler and juster allotment
IF these buricns.
To f:I.fnsce The Constitution.
l shall urso upon the General Assembly
he passage Of legislation necessary for
carrying into effect the provisions of tho
Of the state.
The benefits Of some Of the most salu-
,ary sections of that instrument have not
oeen secured by the people, because of the
failure of the Legislature to pass the laws
needed for it's complete enforcement. The
,are bestowed by the convention in framing
The constitution, and the large number Of
votes cast for it when before the people for
should have inspired their repres-
in the Assembly to prompt action
n passing the measures needed to give it
full effect. Particularly should this have
been done since tho instrument itself en- |