The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-01-16
GOVERNOR HASTINGS.
Of Pennsylvania S
New Chief Magistrate.
BRILLIANT INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

tween Capital and Labor and the Neces
sity of Wise Legislation on the Subject
Favors "a Higher Education.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 16.-Daniel Hartmar
Hastings, the humble school teacher ot
twenty years ago, was yesterday formally
installed in the highest Office in the second
greatest state Of the union. The inauou
ration was, in many respects. the most at
tractlye ever seen at the state capitol. The
city is crowded with political clubs ma.
| uonal guardsmen and civic societies. who
commenced coming in at the break of day.
Inc crowded thoroughfares, Handsomely
decorated public buildings and great gath.
ering of distinguished men attest the pop.
ularlty of the new governor, whose plural
| lty exceeded the combined pluralities of
all the executives chosen in PENNSYLVANIA
since the formation of the Republican
| party. The people of this city We'd with
those OF other parts of the state in making
the Inauguration a memorable one.
At ll;3O sharp the chief marshal and
staff, Brigadier General j. p. s. Gobin
and staff; Hon. John E. Reyburn, mar
shall Second division, and staff Major l
b. Brown, marshal Third division, and
| staff; Charles +. Deiker, marshal Fourth
division, and staff; State College cadets
guard OF honor, Lieutenant e. w. Caskey,
U. >. A, commanding, and the Governor 3
Troop, escorted from the executive man
sion the governor, goYernor-elect, lieuten
ant governor, lieutenant governor-elect,
justices of the supreme court, joint COM
inlGUee OF the senate and house, represent
atlves, heads of departments, and other
invited guests
Governor Hastings was greeted with
much enthusiasm when he entered the
portico of the capitol with his party. After
a selection by the Third Regiment band,
OF louisville, Chief Clerk Smiley, of the
senate, read the certificate of election. The
oath OF eilice was then administered by
Chief Justice Sterrett. Then followed
prayer by Rev Dr. w A Houck, of Halle
ton, after which Governor Hastings began
the delivery of his inaugural address, in
the course of which he said in part:
The people of the state and of the
country are now happily emerging from a
period of financial and industrial embar.
rassment which has wrought great injury
and distress among all branches of indus
try and employment. Two political revo-
lutions have taken place within two years
that severely tested the stability of the
form of government Under which we live
From both, the country has come forth
stronger and grander, and the people, with
more confidence in the future of our polit-
ical institutions A great body of legisla-
tion which, during constructive growth
OF thirty years. has b3come almost "a part
OF our organic system, was apparently
overturned in tho results of single cleo
tlon. Two years later far more emphatic
and decisive revolution of public judg-
ment restored the principle of American
protection.
Il venture the opinion and hope that,
with returning confidence as to the future,
we are gradually entering upon a period
of encouraging and healthy business res
toraUIon.
"The wage earning population of the
state has, beyond doubt, suffered more by
reason of the industrial conditions lust
mentioned than any other portion of our
people. They nave been halted not only
by reduced wages, but in many instances
by absence of opportunity to earn any
wages. 1t cannot be denied that the hand
OF coil, applied to her native stores of
wealth, has done more to make our com
monwealth Uha keystone of the federal
arch than even her commanding geograph- |
ical position. Pennsylvania is the dis
tinctiye industrial commonwealth. Her |
wage earners should receive fostering care |
in every legislative enactment affecting |
their interests.
conflict between employer and employed !
Is not only injurious to both, but hurtful |
TO every related interest. The great ener |
gles and industries of the state are as !
necessary to labor us labor is to them. |
Both should be protected in their rights |
Both shouldbe given equal legislative op- |
portunity. A dollar is a conscientious |
thing. OF itself it earns no interest and /
declares no dividends, and is incapable of |
much good or harm. Its aggregated power,
with intellectual force behind it, is meal /
culable for good or for evil.
'"Ihe state that permits large aggrega- |
tions of capital to be employed should sur |
round the artificial person thus created 1
with the same restrictions, privileges and |
protection which it gives the individual |
citizen. The laws affecting such should |
be just and equitable. Neither should be |
a target for the demagogue or the tool of |
the ayaricious. Every man has the right
to sell his labor at his own price, and is
entitled to protection in its performance.
Labor has the right to organize for mutual |
protection and advantage, the same as cap
ltal; but neither labor nor capital has the
right to combine to prevent men from
working at any price they please, no more
than capitai has the right to control or
pervert the natural channels of industry
50 as TO depress the price of labor or raise
jhe cost of living.
The apparent legal obstacles confront
ng what is generally termed compulsory
and the disinclination to vol
lntary arbitration have rendered both
ineffective in this country.
Some sure legal method of ascertaining
the facts and laying them bare TO the pub
lie before disputes result in violation of
law, destruction of property, or injury to
public rights whether denominated con
ciliation or arbitration, would bring the
merits of both sides of the contest before
the public for its Judgment, where the
right is sure to- prevail.
In discussing be question of education
the governor said: 81 hope the time is not
distant when our great state from the
abundance of her wealth will provide