Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-01-19
INAUGURATED.
Kansas New Government Take
Position.
Governor LowSllIng'S Inaugural Address
Shows the Need TO Mako the State
SubsSrVlent to the Individual
"A Great ThronE Present

Tho inauguration ceremonies began Il
Representative hall at exactly noon. Repre-
sentative hall has been crowded many times
but never was It Allied with such an enor
NOUS throng. The assemblage which wa
mostly composed Of populists, was intensely
enthusiastic. The hall had been decorated
fol the occasion with evergreen draperiel
and red paper roOss and looked pretty.
Governor Humphrey first spoke a few
minutes. When he had concluded, he tool
his successor by the hand and introduced
Governor l. d. Leweling. As for a mo.
ment the two distinguished men. the incom.
ing and outgoing governors, stood side by
| side the audience went almost wild with
applause. WI en- the cheering had subsidized
Governor Leweling thanked Governor
Humphrey for courtesies received.
Governor dwellings, inaugural address
included the following:
Under the peaceful revolution that comes
Kansas to day, let us hope their may also
come a spirit of renewed devotion to the
interests Of the people. A spirit OF sym pa
thy for those who struggle, and an awaking
to the greatness and responsibility of citi-
zenship.
THE state 10 greater than party, but the
citi en- is greater than the state, while the
family the citizen produces is the priceless
jewel of our civilization,
Tho problem OF to-day is how to make
the state subservient TO the individual rather
than to become his master. Government is
voluntary union for the common good. II
guarantees to the individual life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. The government
NAT al ~ fnr tha nii IN
live by his own labor. The government
must make it possible for the citizen to en-
Joy liberty and pursue happiness. II the
government fails of these things 1t fails in
1t mission. II ceases to be of advantage TO
the citizen; no is absolved from his allegi-
ance, and is no longer held by the civil COM
pact.
"But the government is not a failure, and
the state has not been constructed in vain.
This Is the generation which has come to the
rescue Those in distress who cry out from
the darkness shall not be heard in vain.
Conscience Is in the saddle; we have leaped
the bloody chasm and entered a contest for
the protection of home humanity and the
dignity of labor. The grandeur of civiliza-
ton shall be emphasized by the dawn of a
new era, in which the people shall reign.
And il found necessary they will "expand
the powers of governments to sclve the eng
mas oil the times" The people are greater
than the law or the statutes and when ma
ton sets its heart on doing great and good
thing it can find legal WY to do ii.
'"lhe old may for time stand in the way
of the new. but the old must yield. Every
age and every epoch is marked with conflict.
The lines may waver but victory il to the
new and the true. In its general course the
great march OF human destiny is forward.
az have n dream of the future I have an
enduring faith, the evolution Of an abiding
faith in human government. And in the
beautiful vision of coming time l behold
the abolition of poverty. A time is coming
when the withered hand of want shall not
be outstretched for charity, when liberty,
equality and justice shall have permanent
abiding places in this republic