The age-herald., 1899-01-03
BLACKS ADDRESS WAS BRIEF
In a Few WCr1S He Welcomed His
 Successor in Office.
ROOSEVELT EULOGIZED HIMSELF
Realized That a Governor Should Have Common Sense, Honesty and Cour- age, Virtues of Which He is
 the Proud Possessor.

Albany, N. Y, January 2.-Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated governor of New York today. In spite of extremely cold weather, the ceremony was witnessed by great crowd of people gathered in the assembly hall of the capitol.
 Preceding the inauguration there was a parade of civil and military bodies
 Bishop Doane, of the Protestant Epsco- pal diocese of Albany, offered prayer, and Secretary of State McDonough administered the oath of office to the governor-elect, af- ter which Governor F. s. Black welcomed h,s successor.
 Retiring Governor Blacks Speech
 Ex-Governor Blacks address was very brief, closing as follows:
 ITO all those citizens who place integ- rity above personal advantage there will arise from this occasion an encoura cement 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 to be done and the people welcome to this high official post, one whose career has demonstrated his integrity, his cour- age and his skill.
 They have vested you with ample pow CT and they will exact great results, but if the qualities that have thus far moved and supported you hereafter keep you com pany, you will have nothing to fear and the people nothing to regret''
 Roosevelt's Reply
 Replying, Governor Roosevelt said, in part:
 "A very heavy responsibility rests upon the governor of New York, state of 7,000,- 900 inhabitants, of great wealth, of widely varied industries and with a population singularly diversified not merely in occupa- tion, but in race, origin, in habits of life and in ways of thought. It not an easy task so to frame our laws that justice may be done to all in such population, so many of whom seem entirely antagonistic; but upon the great fundamental issues of good government there must always be a unity of interest among all persons who wish well to the commonwealth.
 There Is less need of genius or of any special brilliancy in the administration of our government than there is need of such homely virtues and qualities as common 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 accomplishing even little if we do not work through practical methods and with readiness to face life as 1t is and not as we think it ought to be.
 Efficiency and Morality
 "Under no form of government is 1t so necessary to combine efficiency and nor ality, high principle and rough common sense, justice and the sturdiest physical and niorai courage, as in America. It is abso- lutely impossible for republic long to en- dure if it becomes either corrupt or cow ardly, if its public men no less than it's private men lose the indispensable virtue of honesty, if its leaders of thought become visionary doctrinaries, or if they show lack of courage in dealing with the many grave problems which 1t must surely face, both at home and abroad, as 1t strives to work out the destiny meet for a mighty nation.
 Ut is only through the party system that free governments are successfully carried on, and yet we must keep ever yiv- idly before us that the usefulness of a party is strictly limtetd by it's usefulness to the state and that in the long run he serves his party best who helps to make it instantly responsive to e.ery need of the people and to the highest demands of that spirit which tends to drive us onward and upward.
 "It shall be my purpose, so far as I am given strength to adm mister my office with an eye single to the welfare of all the people and of this great commonwealth"
 Public Reception
 At the public reception in the executive chamber in the afternoon fully 5000 people grasped Governor Roosevelt's hand and 2,0O0 more were unable to gain admittance Before the reception an elegant bronze ink stand was presented to Governor Roosevelt by the members of the Hamilton club. of Chicago, large delegation of which was present at the inaugural ceremonies. The presentation was made by the president of the club in the presence of the delegation Governor Roosevelt responded, thanking the club for its expression of esteem. He also received an autograph album contain ing the signatures of the members of the club.
 After luncheon there was a reception at the executive mansion.