Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-01-04
A NEW GOVERNOR.
New York and Michigan Each
Has One.
Benjamin u. OdeiI, Jr., Is Inauguratcd
ms Chief Executive OF the Empire
State and Aron n. Bliss Suc-
ceeds Mr. Pingree In Of
flee mt Lansing.

Albany, n. Y, Jan. 2.--Beniamin p
Odell, jr., was on Tuesday inaugur.
ated governor of New York. The in
auguration of Gov. Odell was one ot
the most elaborate ever held. There
was greater outpouring of people
and a grander military display than
have attended a ceremony of this
character for many years. Over L..
800 national guardsmen were in line
in the escort column.
The ceremonies connected with the
inauguration were of the most i'm
posing character. Gov. Roosevelt
the retiring governor, shared with
Gov. Odell to great extent the DEM
onstration of welcome in the assem-
bly, chamber. The escort column
reached the executive mansion at
1O:45. AT the executive mansion Gov.
Odell awaited the coming of Adit.
Gen. Hoffman and the other members
of his military staff who had assem-
bed at the department of the adiu-
tant general and proceeded to the ex-
ecutive mansion.
Gov. Odell then delivered his inaug-
ural address, as follows:
with the assumption of RESPONSE
bilities comes doubt and uncertainty
which even the applause and good
wishes of our friends cannot entirely
dissipate. Especially is this true of
MIN into whose keeping is placed the
administration of the affairs of our
commonwealth. New York, an em-
pire in itself, with it's vast popula-
ton, its many and diverse interests,
demands from its chief executive the
greatest conservatism, wisdom as to
its needs and that its business affairs
shall be transacted with economy and
good judgment. Under our form OF
government when the will of the ma
jority has been expressed, we should
forget our partisanship in our desire
to strengthen the hands of those
whom for the time being we have
clothed with authority and upon
whom the responsibility for the
proper enforcement oS our laws is
placed. The success of our state ad-
ministration depends as much upon
its component parts as upon the ag-
gregate, and it is a right which the
loyal citizen should accord that in
every municipality, in every township
and hamlet the same economical con.
ditions shall prevail as are expected
in the administration of our state
affairs.
The burdens of taxation should
be So adjusted as to fall lightly upon
those who can i'll afford TO bear them.
and be borne more generously by
those who have received from the
state protection and rights that have
given to their vast business interests
the success they deserve. Combina-
ton in restraint of individual rights
should be curbed and a welcome ex-
tended to all whose energy and gem
lus VIII add to the fame of the EN-
pire State, and aid MS in upholdinc
our business and commercial suprem-
acy The care of our wards should
be as generous as their necessities
may require, never eXtravagant and
never niggsrdly. To the governor is
intrusted the execution and to the
legislature the law-making power of
the commonwealth. The duties are
separate and distinct, and can never
he combined without serious impair
ment in the efficiency of both. 1t
shall be my object, therefore, to keep
strictly within the letter and spirit
of the law and to give effect to such
acts of the legislature as may seem
to me to be in the direction of public
good, Withholding approval only
when such measures fall below this
standard.
I'm thus aiding in the consumma-
tion of all worthy projects / shall be
guided solely by the desire to give to
the mandates of our constitution
their full effect and to the wishes of
our people their full purport. If in
the performance of these duties |
shall in n measure be as successful
as have so many of my predecessors;
if upon the threshold of a new CEN
tury with all of its possibilities the
positive and affirmative action of the
incoming administration can aid in
solving these great questions which
interest us. / shall feel as much pride
in the contemplation of such results
as you do sir, as you look back upon
the success which has attended your
administration"
Lansing, Mich, Jan. AT noon
Tuesday Aaron L. Bliss, of Saginaw,
was inaugurated governor of Nlichi-
gan on the front steps of the state
Capitol building. The governor ar
rived from his home in Saginaw on
a special train shortly before IL
O'Clock. He was escorted by two
companies of the national guard and
the Saginaw division of the Michigan
naval reserves. Gov. Bliss and his
staff, escorted by the military,
marched to the Capitol building,
which was surrounded by an enthus-
iastic crowd. Here they were met by
eX-Gov. Pingree and the retiring Of
ticials. After exchanging greetings in
the executive parlor all the officials
proceeded to the Capitol steps,
where the oath of office was adminis-
tered to the new governor and the
new state officials by Chief Justice
Montgomery, of the supreme court.