The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-04
Theodore Roosevelt is Gov.
ernOr of New York.
INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
New Executive Promises to Give
an Honest Administration.
COMMON SENSE COURAGE
nIr. Roosevelt Says They are More to
be Desired by officials than Bril-
liancy and Genius-Welfare of All
the People Must be Sought.

the People Must be Sought.
Albany, N. Y, Jan. 3.-Theodore
Roosevelt was yesterday inaugurated
as governor of New York. In spite of
extreme cold weather the ceremony
was witnessed by great crowd of
people gathered in the assembly hall
of the Capitol. Preceding the inaugu-
ration there was parade of civic and
military bodies. Bishop Doane, of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of AL
bany, offered prayer and Secretary of
State McDonough administered the
oath of office to the governor-elect,
after which Gov. Black welcomed his
successor. KS, a
Ex-Gov. Blacks address was very
brief, closing as follows: ITO all
those citizens who place integrity
above personal advantage there will
arise from this occasion strong en-
couragement and most sanguine,
hope. Although the state is now upon
the full tide of prosperity and many
full grown evils have been killed and
many others wounded, yet there is
much left to be done and the people
welcome to this high official post one
whose career has demonstrated his in
tegrity, his courage and his skill.
"They have vested you with ample
power and they will expect great re-
suits; but if the qualities that have.
thus far moved and supported you
hereafter keep you company, you will
have nothing to fear and the people
nothing to regret"
Replying, Gov. Roosevelt said in
part:
"a very heavy responsibility rests
upon the governor of New York state,
a state of 100000 inhabitants, of
great wealth, of widely varied indus
tries and with population singularly
diversified, not merely in occupation
but in race origin, in habits of life
and in ways of thought. 1t is not an
easy task so to frame our laws that
justice may be done to all alike in such
a population, SO many of whom have
interests that seem entirely antagon-
istic. But upon the great and funda-
mental issues of good government
there must always be a unity of in
terest among all persons who wish
well to the commonwealth. There is
less need of genius or of any special
ibrilliancy in the administration of our
government than there is need of such
ihomely virtues and quafitiestas COM
mon sense, honesty and courage.
I'VE must realize on the one hand
that we can do little if we do not set
ourselves a high ideal, and on the
other that we will fail in aceomplish-
ing even this little If we do not work
through practical methods and with
readiness to face life as it is and not
as we think it ought to be. Under
no form of government is it SO neces-
sary thus to combine efficiency an
morality, high principle and rough
common sense, justice and the sturdi-
est physical and moral courage, as in
a republic. 1t is absolutely impossi
bile for republic long to endure if it
becomes either corrupt or cowardly;
if it's public men, no less than it's pri-
waite men, lose the indispensable virtue
of honesty, if its leaders of Thought
become visionary doctrinaires, or if it
shows lack of courage in dealing
with the many grave problems which
it must surely face, both at home and
abroad, as it strives to work out the
destiny mete for mighty nation.
ut is only Through the party sys-
ITEM that free governments are now
successfully carried on, and yet we
must keep ever wildly before us that
the usefulness of a party is strictly.
limited by its usefulness to the state,
and that in the long run he serves his
party best who most helps to make
it Instantly responsive to every need
of the people and TO the highest de-
mands of that spirit which bends to
drive us onward and upward.
ut shall be my purpose, so far as I
am given strength to administer my
office with an eye single to the well
fare of all the people of this great
commonwealth"
AT the public reception TO the ex-
ecutive chamber in the afternoon full.
ly 5000 people grasped Gov. Roose-
velfs hand and 1000 more were un-
able to gain admittance. Before the
reception an elegant bronze inkstand
was presented to Gov. Roosevelt by
the membersof' the Hamilton club, of
Chicago, a,lafge delegation of which
was present at the inaugural ceremo-
nies. Gov Roosevelt also received an
autograph album containing the sig
natures Of the members of the club.
After luncheon there was a reception
at the executive mansion. s
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