The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-21
GOVERNOR lie. HALL
AT STATE CAPT
tai MONDAY, MAY 20.
CEREMONIES SlMPLIFIED
The Message to the General Assem-
bly, Is Clear, FOrceful and Impress
i've, and Deals with the Needs Of
the State.

In the presence of a large number
of his personal friends, members Of
the General Assembly, officials of
the State and of the City of Baton
Rouge, Judge L. E. Hall was inaugu
rated as the Governor of Louisiana
for term of four years.
In attendance were his wife, his
daughter, Miss Clara Hall, his son,
Luther E. Hall Jr., and Mrs. Trous-
dale, wife of the editor of the Mon
roe Independent.
Col. T. Sambola Jones of Baton
Rouge was the master of ceremo-
nies. The invocation was by Right
Reverend Davis Sessus, Episcopal
Bishop of Louisiana.
He was administered the oath by
Chief Justice BreauX of the Su-
preme Court of Louisiana.
At the close of the ceremonies the
benedictiOn was pronounced by Rev.
Father Drousseart of st. Joseph's
Catholic church.
The Governor was acclaimed with
repeated outbursts of enthusiasm.
His first message follows:
The Message.
Fellow Citizens: Custom, sane
toned by long observance, requires
that one who has been chosen as
the chief executive officer OF the
State should, as he is about to enter
upon the discharge Of his duties as
such, preface his administration by
an address relating to its general
purposes and policies. \ compliance
with it in the present instance loses
much of its usual Importance Ill
consequence of the fact that the
main purposes and policies Of my
coming administration are suggested
and defined in the platform on
which. | was elected and were ex-
haustiyely explained and discussed
during the recent campaign. A dis
cussion of them at this time or ref
erence to the details of specific
measures necessary to give leglsla-
tive expression to them would but
serve to weary your patience.
On an occasion like this, when a
citizen is about to take his seat in
the executive chair at the call of a
great people, when all partisan bit
terness has subsided, and the faces
of thousands of his fellow citizens
who have honored him with their
trust and many of whom are stand
ing in the gloom of great disaster,
are turned to him,
Full of Anticipation and Hope
he can not but feel the weight Of
the tremendous responsibility he is
assuming and there rises from his
bosom, stirred with emotions too
deep for expression in words, 81
lent prayer that God may grant him
at all times and in all circumstances
the wisdom to know and the cour-
age and strength to do what. is right
and best and that he may be able to
aid in the accomplishment of much
for >their peace, happiness and fu-
ture prosperity.
can not convey to you fully the
sentiments which influenced me to
aspire to this high office and the
gratitude and pride | feel at having
been finally chosen by the people of
the State as their Governor.
The people of North Louisiana
have honored me before in the line
of my profession and training even
beyond my deserts, and my career
has been removed from the activi-
ties of political life. Entering row
into this new and broader field into
which have been called by the peo-
pie of the entire State, know that
| it will require all that is best with
| in me and feel that I shall need the
assistance of all my friends and the
loyal cooperation and support OF all
| citizens if my administration is to
achieve what it is my desire and am
bition to accomplish for our COM
monwealth.
| A prominent feature of the times
and one that insures better admin.
istration of public affairs is the re.
cognition by the people of the fun
damental fact that they are the
| source of all political power ant
j their determination to keep the pc
i litical parties to which they belong
/ in the right path. They are demand
ing
j Cleaner and Hiaher Politics