The Socorro chieftain., 1906-01-27
GOVERNOR HAGERMAN
Inaugurated Monday Noon in Santa
Fe with Simple but Impressive
Ceremonies.
EXCELLENT INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Festivities among Most
Brilliant Ever Conducted in
the Capital City.

MOnudN noon, january Il,
1906, in the hall of representa-
tives of the capitol in the city of
Santa Fe, in the presence of
high territorial dignitarieS and
large concourse of representative
people, Herbert j. Hagerman
repeated the words of the solemn
oath of Office which made him
Governor of New Mexico. The
ceremonies were brief and sim
pie, but the scene was impressive
and memorable. As fitting
close, Governor Hagerman de-
livered an inaugural address
characterized by rare degree OF
modesty, earnestness, sincerity,
and political wisdom.
GOVERNOR HAGERMAN's ADDRESS.
After expressing his profound
pleasure in the reception accord
ed him, paying a glowing trib-
ute to President Roosevelt and
Secretary Hitchcock, and max
ing known his deep sense of re-
sponsibility to those high officials,
Governor Hagerman continued:
NO POLITICAL. AMBITIONS.
1T is a triple responsibility;
the personal responsibility to the
President and to the Secretary
of the Interior, the responsible
ty to the Federal Government
and, above all, the responsibility
to you, the people of the great
Territory of New Mexico. 1t is
a position which, in itself, is a
highly honorable one. No man
can fill it in the way it ought to
be filled or in the way in which
he himself desires to fill it if ne
cherishes, even in his inmost soul,
any personal hopes for future
political preferment of any kind
whatever. If he does so, should
he be the most honest man, some
of 'his acts will inevitably be
tinged by motives which are not
for the best interests of the peo-
pie whose welfare he is in honor
bound to promote. Let il be
thoroughly understood that this
is said in no spirit of criticism,
but as an attempt to define an
ideal which Is not beyond the
power of anv man to realize.
A GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE
NOT BY BOSSES.
Every bona fide citizen
should primarily by his vote
have as much to say in regard
to the administration of public
affairs as every other one, and
every citizen should realize the
honor and the responsibility that
this privilege involves. He
should realize that upon
his Individual efforts de
pends the safety and the very ex-
istence of the nation. Upon him
depends the successful admins
tration of our affairs. Upon him
depends the making and the en-
forcement of the laws, for to
him is given the duty of elect
ing the men who make the laws,
and without his sanction, CO.
operation and support. no laws,
however good, can be enforced.
II ever circumstances arise under
which the will of the majority of
the people is frustrated and the
power is concentrated in the
hands of few who do not use
ii for the best interests of all, it
is he, the voter, who is in a great
degree responsible. 1t is just as
true that when the voter by a
free, untrammelled and courag-
eous use of his franchise, elects
honest and efficient men to our
legislatures, he can credit him
self with the good that results
from the efforts of his sworn SER
vants.
TT is often said that under our
system of government the eXecu-
tive has a great deal of independ-
ent power. / consider that any
power the executive may have to
be a delegated power and in no
way independent. Lbelieve that
the Governor, whether he be
elected or appointed, is as re-
sponsible to and dependent upon
his sovereign, the people, as are
their directly elected representa-
tive. He has every right to be-
lieve and every reason to expect
that those directly elected repre-
sentatives will correctly and