El Nuevo mexicano., 1912-01-20
ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY
KEYNOTE OF INAUGURAL
Governor William Mcdonald INDUCES
in No Rhetorical Flights, but Prom.
ises aBusinessA Administration
toPeople of New Mexico.

or venal source of information and In
struction. I shall ask your indul
gence only to the extent that yol
consider the whole situation and de
eide any given case, after viewing Il
In the light of all that is obtainabls
to reach a fair and just conclusion
Conditions under which we live are
changing and reshaping in a new
order OF REIMBURSEMENT. We are cal
led upon to meet these changes and
prepare ourselves for the progress
and advancement that intelligent
energy and honest purpose will be
able to accomplish for the future.
~Psrtisanship Cannot Bring Success
An administration for the unfair
advantage of any party organization
viii not be the fullest success for the
benefit of all. Opinions change and
men may honestly differ. Principles
are fixed and abiding. Patriotic en-
deayor, born Of a purpose to let no
Urifles divide those who would strive
honestly for the common good. while
II may not make all men agree in all
things, ought safely to establish the
foundation of our state government,
based on the great principles of
equal rights and privileges to all men
under the law. The passions and
bitterness aroused In contests to
determine methods, must nave no
place in the minds of men whose hon
est energy should be expended for
the general advancement of our great
commonwealth-material, intellectual
and moral-along all the lines of
modern, honest, progressive ideas.
The man who believes and feels that
he is right will often make ccnces-
sions to his equally honest opponent.
Those who want special privilege
and undue advantage will more often
contend to the last for what they
know to be wrong.
Corrupt Practices Act.
Personal power, based upon control
of money and upheld by government
for a long time, becomes difficult to
yrest from those who have it. Those
who ask only for equality and a fair
show, under just laws, honestly exc
cannot afford to use question:
able methods to obtain desired re-
suits. We should guard the voter in
every possible way and provide severe
punishment for those who would tam
per with the sacred right of a free
and uncontrolled ballot, so that the
result of an election shall represent
the will of the voters, expressed free
from fear or other corrupt and cor
influences.
Economy Needfui.
The economical use of money taken
the people is as essential in
government as in the ordinary affairs
business, to the end that the pub
lie business shall produce results
commensurate with the efforts put
to maintain it. Taxation, to
be willingly borne, must fall equally
upon all, in proportion to the ability
each to bear what is otherwise an
burden. It's equitable distribu
ion lies at the very foundation of
successful popular government.
Education.
Upon the education of the children
today, will largely depend the sue
,ess and influence of the men and
aomen who will, in a short time. as
the management of public af-
airs in the state which we have help
ID to found. The public schools
should be our first concern, for they
will be responsible tor success or
allure hereafter. Only a small per
,ent of these children will ever re-
,eive any benefits from u i~nstitu-
ions of higher education. The pub
ic lands now held by the state must
,e preserved and conserved in such
manner, that the proceeds and reve-
coming therefrom may go to our
children as a vast heritage, result
ng from the wise management OF
who hold them in trust.
Labor Produces Capital.
AS labor is the producer of capital,
should the rights of those who
ire engaged in that production be
,iven all the protection that a bene-
scent government can render to those
IN whom largely depend its develop
nent: and at the same time we
jhould safeguard the rights of CAPT
al In every way consistent with the
public welfare.
Water Rights.
Upon the proper and wise use OF
,ur water rights, depends much of
he real development of our great
reas of land now lying idle and al
most useless through lack OF neces-
,ary irrigation. This work, # car
led forward with the purpose of
beneficial use and the greatest good
o the greatest number will be the
source Of untold wealth and bring
happiness and contentment to thous-
lnds of homes.
Penal and Reform Institutions.
Our penal and reform institutions
should be carefully and humanely
managed, both for the good results
hat may follow for their inmates,
ana the credit that will come to the
state. We shall demand and have
/ just and economical administra-
ion from those in charge.
laws Alone Cannot Bring Happiness.