The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Money for
State
Printing.

w" 90 is required by sec
ton Is, article ", of the constitution of
ments thereto, shall be printed for the use
of the members of the Legislature before
being put. upon final passage.
The State printing office, wherein these
bills must be printed, is now and has beer.
for some time closed through the action
of my predecessor. Hence, one of the
first duties imposed upon this adminis-
tration is to reopen the State printing or
flee, in order TO assist in carrying on the
State and legislative business as required
by law; and 1t will be necessary at once
to allow a reasonable appropriation, and
no more, for this purpose.
Some days, therefore, will elapse before
the machinery OF government will be in
complete running order.
Considering the official burdens thus
early cast upon me and the brief time
necessary to aCquaint myself with the de-
tails of the various offices, the absence
of the printed reports of the State off,
GERS, as required by law, / will rely upon
your assistance, as well as upon that of
the several State officers, in placing the
government upon a proper business basis.
II has been impossible for me, with the
means at my disposal within the linn
tied time allowed me before taking my
oath of office, TO make very extended
examination of State affairs; hence my
references in this address to the few mat
ters to which L have directed your atten-
ton are necessarily brief.
AS to other matters of state, which
may have been omitted and which may
hereafter call for legislative action, l
will communicate by special messages my
While much rests with the executive,
grave labors devolve, likewise, upon you,
In order that the happiness and prosper
ity of the people of this great State may
be secured and augmented. Your patri-
otism and your sense of moral response
bility will guide you in your deliberations
and tighten the burdens of the executive.
The faithful administration of the pub
lie affairs of the State implies the indi
vdual as well as the public good. Inc
money of the State is most securely
guarded, and the rights of the people lest
preserved, when honor is placed above
the emoluments and self-loVe yields to
love of country.
crate in the firm, brave and honest dis
charge of our sacred official trusts.
The members of the Legislature and
spectators listened with marked atten-
ton to the delivery of the address. APP
plause was evoked when the sentiment
in favor of retaining the Philippines
was uttered. The allusion to the amount
charged by the newspapers for publish
ing constitutional amendments created
a ripple of merriment and caused slight
applause. Perhaps neither the audi
ence nor the Governor understood that
the amendments were published by Off
cial direction and that the charge rem
dered by the newspapers was the regu-
ldI rate IOE the SpdC6 OCCupltu anu IL
the same as is paid by private indi-
Viduals.
Immediately after the minutes of the
session were approved the joint conyen-
ton dissolved. ThereupCn Governor
Budd escorted his successor to the eX-
ecutiVe office and there surrendered
everything in sight to Mr.. Gage. Pretty
soon Governor Budds staff officers filed
in to pay their respects to their COM
mander-in- chief, and they were also
surrendered to Governor Gage AS the
new Governor reviewed in his gIances
the fine figures of Colonel Joe Howell
and genial Colonel Beck and the rest of
the heroic band his eye sparkled with
delight. He must have said to himself,
as he looked at them: This is worth
all the struggle fer the office" Later
on members of the Legislature, State
officers and ladies and gentlemen resid-
ing in Sacramento came forward to
greet the newly inaugurated executive.
The Democrats of the Legislature did
a graceful thing. They called in
body to pay their respects to Governor
Gage and give parting salute to Gov
ernor Budd. The Ex-Governor, accom-
panied by his mother and wife. left
Sacramento on the 5 o'clock train for
Stockton. The Democratic legislators
went to the railroad station and there
babe him good by. with many wishes
for his future prosperity and happi-