Evening star., 1911-01-17

WOODROW WILSON.
| TRENTON, n. J., January 17.-Wtth
ceremonies as simple as he could prevail
| upon the committee In charge to make
| them, Woodrow Wilson. former president
| of Princeton University, was today in
| augurated Governor Of New Jersey.
There was no blare Of trumpets to an
nounce the change in the executive head
| of the state, nor monster pageant to
commemorate the event. Instead. DR..
| Wilson took his place quietly In the crowd
| assembled to do him honor and. with be-
coming modesty, subscribed to the oath
| of Office.
Because Of his prominence In univer-
sity life and his transition from the
peaceful fields Of education to the
whirI of politics, DR.. Wilson's inaugura-
ton was Of unusual national interest.
His scholarly attainments and the possi-
bility of his entering the broader field
of politics that would not confine his
activities within the border Of the state
also lent interest, II not Importance, %
the occasion. and his inaugural ADDRESS
was listened to with close 4nU undivided
attention. The governors first state
of it.
Takes Office With "DiMdence."
Gov. Wilson modestly stated at the out
set that he assumed the Office with ''un-
affected diffidence.'
Gov. Fort, in turning over to DR.. Will
son the great seal Of the state after the
taking of the oath of office, made per-
sonaI comp plimentary allusiOn to the now
governor. With other things he said:
LET me first congratulate the people OF
New Jersey upon the elevation to the of
| flee of chief executive Of one SO cour-
ageous. Independent and able as yourself;
secondly let me congratulate you person.
ally on the high honor the people have
| conferred upon you. Personally nothing
| can give me greater pleasure than to be
! the medium of the loyal and patriotic
seal. You have commenced right. The
people already acclaim you as their trib-
| une for civic advice and as the foe of
every baneful and corrupt influence in
'our public life."
Makes Recommendation.
Chief among the recommendations OF
! Gov. Wilson are the enactment Of an
employers liability law. providing. for
compensation to injured and disabled
workmen; the perfection and the extern
sion Of the direct primary law to all elect
| i've Offices and the party nominations: a
law restrie ting the issuance Of charters
| to corpora tions and providing for close
| scrutiny and regulation Of existing cor
| porations: the enactment of a cOnserva-
| ton law and revision OF the existing
method of taxation. He said, In part:
| The opportunity OF our day In the
| field of politics no man can mistake who
| can read any, even the most superficial,
signs of the times. We have never
F., seen d day when duty was more plain,
the task to be performed more obvious.
| the way In which to accomplish 1t more
has changed within the lifetime of men
| not yet in their thirties: the world Of
| business. and. therefore. the world OF
| society and the world Of politics. The
organization and movement Of business
! are new and upon a novel scale. Busi-
| ness has changed so rapidly that for q
| long time we were confused. alarmed,
bewildered. in a sort of terror, of the
things We had ourselves raised up.
Beyond Control Of Law.
But corporations are no longer hob.
goblins which have sprung at us out
of some mysterious ambush. nor yet un-
holy inventions of rascally rich men. nor
yet the puzziing devices by which In.
genious lawyers build up huge nights
out of a multitude of small wrongs: but
| merely organizations Of a perfectly in
| telligible sort, which the law has licensed
for the convenience OF extensive business
organizations which have proved very
| useful but which have for the time
/ being slipped out Of the control of the
very law that gave them leave to be, and
that can make or unmake them at pleas.
! ure. We have now to set ourselves tc
control them, soberly but effectively. and
TO bring them thoroughly within the regu.
4 lation of the law.
In the first place 1t Is plain. that oul
laws with regard to the relations OF en-
wholly antiQuated and impossible. TheJ
were framed for another age. which no
body now living remembers, which 10
indeed, SO remote from our life that Il
would be dificult for many OF US to un
derstand 1t IL 1t were described to US.
Employers Liability.
I'VE call these questions OF employers
liability and workingmen's compensation
, but these terms do not suggest quite tn,
whole matter. There IL something yer,
new, very big and very complex abou
these new relations OF capital and labor
A new economic society has sprung up
/ and we must effect q new set OF adjust
, ments. We must not pit power agains
, weakness. The employer - generally. Il
our day, q powerful group Of individuals
and the workingman 10 stilL under on
with his employer, In case Of accident
for example. pr df loss. or Of Illness q
well as in every contractual relationshlp
. We must have . worksngman's compen
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