The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-10-08

Whole number of votes cast................. 62.I70
Se'eT Charles iSs W sh PoTter had. issi5 1855
Herbert brigham had ........... 1858
Edward b. Sawyer had. .............. 52s
Majority for Porter 22,+5S
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.
Whole number Of votes cast 62,s77
E. Henry Powell i25sa ''''''
Carlos s. Soyes had ,;................ ls's2s
Majority for Nj. Powell % 2ss
And Messrs. Pingree, Ormsbee, Dubois,
Porter and Powell were declared to be
elected.
The president appointed Senator Ide of
Caledonia and Messrs. Butterfield of Will
mington and Brigham Of Bakersfield
committee to inform the governor of his
election and escort him to the bar of the
house. They appeared, escorting the in
coming and outgoing governors. The oath
of Office was administered to Governor Pin
gree by Hon. I. Z. Redtield, judge of the
supreme court, and was subscribed to. Gov
ernor Pingree then delivered his inaugural
message, as follows:
GOVERNOR PINGREE'S MESSAGE.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House Of Rep
resentdtiues ia Joint assembly Convened In
obedience to the expression of the will of
our fellow citizens and filled with pro-
found sense of the obligations and RESPONSE
bilities which their Partially has imposed,
L enter upon the duties assigned me by the
public summons under the laws of the land
answerable only for a faithful, fearless, i'm
partial, and so far az l am able to discrimi-
nate, a just administration of the high and
varied duties of the executive office. feel
that / ought to be, and am sure that am,
deeply grateful for this second unsought ex-
preston of the confidence of my country
men in my trustworthiness, in connection
with yourselves, in the conduct of the deli
and (nOra than forInerlyl com t.d
though still harmonious, affairs of our state
government. And while my deep sense of
of the responsibilities of the post assigned
me is relieved of all shrinking apprehension
through wise division, with your honora-
BILE bodies, of the responsibilities for the
record We shall make and leave here for our
fellOwmen to analyze and pronounce upon,
when our labors shall have been concluded,
yet, devoutly feel that the diligent and
constant exercise OF the best power of any
man or bodies of men would prove abortive
of any good if their hope rests for a moment
on mans unaided wisdom.
1t behooves US, then, in all that we under
take here to be constantly mindful OF our
dependence upon that Being who holds the
destines of states as well az individuals as
in the hollow of his hand. Let us, then, az
the servants of a people whose God is the
Lord" look to that kind Providence which
smiled upon our fathers that we may be
enabled to preserve and magnify the bless
lupS We nave Inc peTlOu WHICH
has called us together for the discharge of our
constitutional trusts Is one affording occa-
sion for customary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
no more-although the general health, pros
perity and happiness of our people since
our last session have been real in a marked
degree; the harvests of the past two years
have been in the main plentiful; and the
rewards OF temperance and frugality have
been altogether more than fair The as
senbling of your bodies with the executive,
constituting the legal representatives of the
people Of Vermont and having as " the trus-
tees and servants of our fellow citizens
the sole inherent and exclusive right of
governing and regulating the internal police
of the state" to consult to modify and enact
rules Of civil conduct az the supreme power
of the state, is an event ever memorable in
the political history of any commonwealth
of freemen, and never to be witnessed save
under the republican form of government.
The past is replete with evidences of the
uprightness OF intention, earnestness OF en-
deavor, and general success in results which
have characterized and crowned the delib-
erations and acts of the general assembly OF
the state. In all our duties here as the rep
reSentatlVes OF the people let our jealous
care and endeavor be to elevate and per-
petuate that honesty of purpose, dignity of
demeanor, grasp and dispatch of business
which have, in the past, so signalized the
legislative bodies and the executives which
have preceded us, and for the consum-
nation OF this high aim and end l shall ever
and earnestly share with you the one pur-
pose which should animate legislature and
executive in common, to discharge the CO.
ordinate duties constitutionally imposed
upon each alike, in such manner that the
permanent material interest of the state and
the happiness of her people may be ad-
vanced at our hands.
In accordance with the custom Of every
executive in our past from the patriot and
diplomat Thomas Chittenden, the first
governor, down TO my able and accom-
plished predecessor, now present to you
brief recurrence to, and make some sug-
gestions upon, the present and comparative
condition of our now (much more than
formerly complex trusts, and penal, re-
formatory, financial, industrial and educa-
tional institutions all which will demand
your attention and some of them your care
ful consideration. The biennial reports Of
the several state officers having an intimate
and particular knowledge Of their respec-
tive departments will exhibit in detail the
present status of the several important
financial and other trusts and affairs OF the
state. The suggestions and recommends
tons contained In these reports, coming, az