The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26
NOW GOV. TERRELL
THE INDUCTION CEREMONIES HELD
YESTERDAY.
WAS FORMALLY lNAUGURATED
BEFORE A BRILLIANT GATHERING
OF MEN AND WOMEN.

Governor-eIect and Retiring Gov
ernOr Enter the Chamber Arm-in-
Arm-GOvernOr's Brief, Yet Plain
Address ms TO Principle and Policy.
Hundreds Extend Congratulations.
Atlanta, Oct. 25.--In the presence OF
a vast throng that filled the hall of
the House of Representatives from
gallery door to Speakers desk and sur
rounded by members of House and
Senate. state officials, justices of the
Supreme Court and a splendid gath
ering of men and women of Georgia.
Hon. Joseph M. Terrell was to-day, at
noon, formally inaugurated Governor
| of Georgia.
| The Inauguration ceremonies were ex-
| tremely simple, prayer, a speech,
| the oath of office, and all was over,
and yet they were impressive, stirring
and full of meaning to every Georgian
who was their witness.
Long before the noon hour the gall
leries began to fill, the ladies FREEDOM
| mating and when IL o'clock arrived,
the only standing room to be had was
outside the gallery doors.
Gov. Gambler and Gov.-elect Terrell
marched down the center aisle, arm in
| arm, accompanied by Chief Justice
| Simmons, the justices of Che Supreme
| Court, Senator Bacon. state House Of
ficers and the Joint Committee of House
and Senate appointed to arrange for the
| Inauguration
Members of the House and Senate
| and assembled spectators stood rever-
emily while Rev. John E. White of the
| Second Baptist Church offered a fer
vent prayer in which were remembered
the Governor and Governor-elect, the
| General Assembly, state officials and
| all present.
Near the Speakers stand were seat
ed together Mrs. Allen d. Gambler and
Mrs j. M. Terrell. Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Render Terrell, w. A. Terrell and
many others.
At the conclusion of the prayer,
President Howell spoke briefly of the
| occasion.
THE General Assembly is convened"
he said, "for the purpose of inaugural
ing the Governor-elect. It Is not often
the Governor of this or any other state
is called to this high position by the
| practically unanimous vote of the en-
tire people. Yet the official console
dalton of the vote two days ago show
ed that this distinguished son of Geor-
gia has been called to the executive
chair by the almost unanimous vote Of
his state 1t Is with pleasure that I
| now present to you the Hon. Joseph M
Terrell of the county of Meriwether,
who will take the oath Of Office after
| his remarks to the Legislature"
There was profound attention broken
only by applause as Gov. Terrell spoke
as follows:
The Governors Address
''Mr. President and Members of the
| General Assembly: The practically
unanimous election as chief executive
with which have been honored by my
| fellow citizens. Is a tribute of the peo-
| pie of all parties and all classes to the
| principles and policies which have con-
trolled the Democratic party in the
management of our state government,
| and not to the individual selected as
the representative of those principles
| and policies. Such an election not only
adds to the responsibilities and duties
which attach to the Office Of Governor,
but will impel me to put forth every
effort to meet those responsibilities and
discharge those duties without fear,
favor or affection. and with the sole
purpose to properly advance each and
| every interest of the state and of all
| her people. The desire that shall ever
| be present, and which shall always
| control me in the discharge of my off,
| cial duties, will be to protect the honor
| of my state and promote the welfare of
| her people. To accomplish this end I
| invoke your valuable assistance in
| needed legislation, and invite the CO.
| operation of all my fellow citizens
From time immemorial IL has been
| the custom before his induction into
office for the Governor-elect to public
ly announce the more prominent fea-
lures of those policies, which in his
| judgment, will best subserve the good
of the people. I shah not now under
take to outline I'm detail those measures
which I deem paramount and for the
furtherance of which / shall bend all
my energies. but standing upon the
very threshold of the executive office,
and with a knowledge of the RESPONSE
bilities and duties which await me as
Governor of one of the greatest states
in the American Union, and being inn
pressed with the magnitude and char
acter of those responsibilities and du-
ties, declare to you that
In my judgment the supreme interest
of the state and the people lies in the
reduction of the rate of taxation and
in providing better educational advan-
tages for the children of the state.
"Tho. reduction of the tax rate can
be obtained and the best interest of
the state subserved by an economical
administration of its affairs; by cutting
off all unnecessary appropriations; by
the faithful execution of our present
tax laws. and by needful amendments
to those laws so as to make every spe-
cies of property bear its fair and equit-
able share Of the burden of taxation as
contemplated by the constitution As
the individual and the corporation
alike may confidently look to the law
for protection, so shout q each in turn
contribute just proportion to the
support and maintenance of the gov
eminent.
our educational system can be
vastly improved and the best interest
of the state and Of the children there
of advanced by promptly paying the
cofnmon-school teachers in accordance
with their contracts; by providing a
plan whereby militia or school districts
may supplement the public fund by To-
cal taxation for the purpose of ex-
tending the term, or Of erecting school
houses, and by establishing and main
tanning in each congressional district
of the state an agricultural school. not
through the medium of increased taxa
ton, but by using the net fees arising
from the inspection OF commercial fer
tilizers. The loss which such an appli-
cation of these fees would entail upon
the common-school fund can be more
than supplied by an increase in the hire
of the labor of state convicts. This in
crease We may reasonably expect