The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
The Governors Address.

| / lOr1dd Is highly appreciated. Some
| enc will say that the great honor
is highly appreciated. 1t has long
since been learned that honor and
! shame from no conditions rise; act
well your part, there all the honor
lies" The French put It ''noblesse
oblige," meaning nobility imposes OBJ
| legations The position of governor
| imposes the obligation of being true
| to all the people in the state, to all
the Industries in the state; it requires
| labor. and attention, and executive
ability, to manage successfully the
affairs of any business, of anv nature
whatever. Much more labor and at
te5tion and executive ability Isl re-
CURED in the executive Office Of a
great and growing state like ours.
Not Thrust Upon Him.
One might shrink from assuming
these obligations if he were not mind
| fui of the fact that they were 1ot
thrust upon him. It has been said,
| that some men are born great; some
| achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon them. The Of
| flee Of governor was not born to ne;
the office of governor was not thrust
upon me; the office of governor was
| Just wanted by me, and the people
gave it TO me, that's all. Besides, gov
errors of this and other states have
assumed these obligations and are
still alive There are gentlemen VINO
would like to assume these obliga-
tons, and they still live. It is there
| fore natural for me to think these
obligations can be well assumed by
myself Besides, the governor is far
from being the whole thing. There
| Will be associated with me experience
ed gentlemen who have flied various
Offices Like myself. they have at
heart the best interests of the people.
Your attention is invited to the fact
| that in many states the governor is in
| auguraed cOincident with the assem-
bling of the legislature. His remarks
at the inaugural partake largely of
! the nature of a message 10 the legis-
/ lature. In our state, the constitution
/ provides for the Inauguration on the
| first Tuesday after the first Monday
! In January, being three months prior
/ to the converting of the legislature,
On the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in April. This is a wise pro-
vision as it gives the governor an OPP
pOrtunity to become better posted as
10 his specific recommendations.
| No one unless he has been governor
or has been elected governor can pos
! Silly imagine the great diversity of
opinions, and the diversity of subjects
on which these diversified opinions are
! expressed. Riding on trains, in let
! ters, in every and from ever portion
! o. the state come expressions on nu-
meroUs subjects. A governor is for
tunate in having obtained these va
| r;ous expressions. They manifest,
| however, an absolute impossibility of
any one carrying out the many diver
/ gent views expressed.
| Inf 20 Of he T1,
touched upon.
On Good Roads.
Many are specially Interested in
good roads. Everybody should favor
GOOD roads They would all favor
| the if they did not cost money. The
/ following data, compiled from infor-
nation obtained from the clerk of the
circuit courts of the various counties,
will convey some idea of the interest
] taken in good roads by the people
| Of some of the counties.
| Bradford. so miles of graded road.
Citrus, $3.50 miles of elayed road.
miles hard road.
Clay, 6 miles hard road.
Dade, 203 miles hard road.
DeSoto. 2S6 miles graded road. Is
niles hard road.
Escambia, 115 miles graded road,
| s. miles hard road.
! Gadsden, 400 miles clayed road
Hamilton, is miles graded road.
HillsborogOugh, SO miles hard road.
Lake, so miles clayed road, IS miles
stTawed roads.
Lee, Is miles graded road. 80 miles
hard road.
Levy, 4 miles hard roads.
Madison, % miles graded roads, 8
miles clayed road, 20 or 25 miles hard
read.
Marion, so miles clayed road. $50
miles hard road.
Monroe, 4 miles hard road.
Nassau, Is miles hard road.
Orange, 800 miles graded road. 135
clay or mari roads.
Osceola, 80 miles graded road.
miles clayed road
Polk, $50 miles clayed road.
Putnam. 10 miles graded road: II
miles clayed roads, Is :niles lard
road.
Santa Rosa, 100 miles graded road.
40 miles cIayed road
Sumter. so miles clayed road.
miles rock road.
Volusia, 25 miles pine straw road,
so miles shell road
Walton. I mile graded road, 1 "a
miles clayed roads.
Some of the clerks failed to re-
spond to the letters sent them. This
Information proves that many of our
counties are interested in good roads
and are willing to paw for them II
shows that these counties would hard
~ consider il just 10 pay safe taxes.
to build state roads through other
counties
Convict Question.