The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
THOMAS r. MARSHALL
INAUGURATED GOVERNOR
indianapolis correspondence:

Governor Thomas X. Marshall tool
the oath of office and was duly inau
gurated at indianapolis Monday. The
political differences between Governor
IIanly and his successor were forgotten
for the day. Governor Hanly called in
4 carriage for Mr. Marshall. and to-
gether they rode to the State House
for the ceremony, which took place al
noon. The Inauguration of Lieutenant
Governor Hall took place in the Sen
ate chamber. the chief scene of that
officials activities. The Lieutenant
Governor was inaugurated first. and
the ceremony was witnessed by Gov
ernOr Hanly and Mr.. Marshall. Then
they proceeded to the south corridor
of the nam floor. There the Governors
Inauguration took place Meanwhile. in
order to make the Inauguration legal,
the Legislature met in joint session to
canvass the vote for Governor and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. and their findings
were certified 10y the Secretary of
State. whereupOn Mr. Marshall was
Frank ]. Hall likewise declared elect
ed Lieutenant Governor. In his inau-
gural address Governor Marshall
among other things, said:
You call me Governor, but what ! shall
govern depends upon yourselves: and how
| shall succeed depends upon your att
tude. The most important thing in a
free government is to have the people al
ways conscious of the fact that they are
themselves largely responsible for not
only the system of government under
which they live, but for its due admin.
istration.
In way You want freedom of thought
in Indiana. Are you charitable enough
TO let other people exercise the same
privilege? You want freedom to worship
God according to the dictates of your
consciences-Are you brave enough to
worship Him and generous enough to lei
every other mfn find his way into the
presence of his Maker as best he may
You want free and untrammeied opinion
on all public queStions-Are you liberal
enough to promote your views without
ceasing to be an American and becoming
a tyrant? You believe that upon all
questions You are yourself orthodox
Can you grant your brother the right to
entertain a different view without charg.
ing him with heterodoxy? You want
honesty in public affairs-Can you be
honest in your private affairs and not
| think II would be wrong TO steal dollar
while right TO bride a legislator? You
want economy in expenditure of public
money-Are you willing that your special
interests should be as economically adj
ministered by the State as you require
The interests of other citizens TO be ad-
ministered? You want thoroughly com
| petent men to serve you-Can you be
generous enough TO see that this does not
necessarily imply your selection or the
selection o~4our personal friend? If a
member of the minority you believe the
bipartisan management of State institu-
tons will promote the best interests of
the State-Are you patriotic enough to
see that an election which changes you
from n minority to a majority does not
change the principle upon which these
institutions should be administered?
The Governor of this State is not au-
thorized by your written constitution to
make any laws for you. This is the func-
ton of your General Assembly. The Coy
errors duty consists in seeing that when
laws are once made. they are enforced.
You say you want them enforced. Do
not think that you can shirk responsible
| ity for law enforcement by berating the
officers of the law among whom is the
Governor. Whenever any complaint comes
| to me of the lack of law enforcement
| in Indiana. il should not be sent TO me
as confidential. because it will not be so
! treated A citizen is as much bound to
bear his part of the burden of law en-
| forcement as is the law officer. | shall
very promptly send any communication
| informing me of law violation TO the
proper prosecuting attorney with instruc-
tons to call upon the citizen to back up
in public the charges which he has pri-
vate,y made to me.
The peace and well-being of this State
are not conserved by the multitude of
criminal statutes nor the severity of pun
ishaant. IL the number of crimes and
misd.fraanOrs were reduced. the degree
of punishment lessened. and greater effort
made to convict for every violation of the
law. the peace. quietude sad good order
of the State would be greatly increased.
The free people of this State, under no
compuson to act whatever, adopted a
written constitution. as they declared,
ito the end that justice be established.
public order maintained, and liberty per-
petuated." These seem TO me- TO be the
functions of government in Indiana. A
complex civilization throws many a side
light upon these propositions, and we
have, ia my judgment. been paying more
attention to the side-lights than to the
principles involved in good government
What we need is not reform, but regen-
Grafton.
For many years that body of our Cit
zenship which represents the capital of
the State has been jealousy watching the
General Assembly lest in its enactments
it should pass some law which would be
inimical to the interests of capital. On
the other hand. labor has also watched
and impOrtuned the Legislature not to
pass any enactments which would be in
imical TO it and of benefit to capital. To
less extent here perhaps than in many
other of the commonwealth of this coun-
try the war between labor and capital is
being fought. 1t might be appropriately
described as n state of armed neutrality.
If the passion and the tumnlt of the
past can be allayed. and these two great
interests so essentially necessary to the
prosperity of this people can be persuad-
ed to meet in spirit of mutual respect
and mutual esteem, we may safely look
forward to the time when, without legis-
lative enactments, each will sheathe its
sword and grasp the hand of its opponent
in friendship. Legislation will be neces-
sary i'm the future as in the past. but let
us legislate in a spirit of equity rather
than in a spirit of revenge.
MESSAGE TO THE LEGISLATURE.
In his nessann adlreSsed to the