The Prescott daily news., 1913-01-16
INAUGURAL
 ADDRESS IF
 GOVERNOR JOE T. ROBINSON TELLS OF OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES
 OWED TO PUBLIC. GOVERNMENT IS FOR ALL Nc Particular Class of People Should Be Given Preference-Edu-
 cationa Tax co . OPERATION IS THEME Tells Legislature That Governor h PowerIess to Make Reforms
 Without Help.
Nc Particular Class of People Should Be Given Preference-Edu-
 cational Tax.
co OPERATION IS THEME
Tells Legislature That Governor Is PowerIess to Make Reforms
 Without Help.

Little Rock.-Gov Joe T. Robinson delivered his inaugural address before the legislature after being inducted into office by that body.
 Governor Robinson's inaugural ad dress follows:
 To these ceremonies some importance Is ascrbed because they are believed to mark the beginning of policies which have not heretofore prevailed in our state government.
 This occasion cannot derive lasting significance from personal clements now however manifest, for these will quickly pass and be forgotten. This hour must borrow it's worth from pub lie events which are yet to come and which are therefore uncertain.
 The Time and the Issue always com pine to choose the agency. and every man is releGated when his leadership proves ineffective and discarded when his usefulness has ended.
 More definite and detailed suggestions as to policies to be pursued and legis- lation to be enacted. If it merits ap- proVal. will soon be submitted for the consideration of the General Assembly, Consonant with a custom that prevails in nearly all the states. with the com ing of d new administration the eXecu- tie Is permitted to discuss the general principles of government especially to be invoked, and to outline the plans and purposes which he thinks should be pur- sued
 No theory of government is more fal- lacious or fraught with greater evils than that it should be administered to confer special opportunities on fav- ored class This doctrine is the parent of avarice engenders corruption and as sails popular liberty. It is the corollary of a principle which, however repugnant when frankly stated. Is by no means un- recognized in the practical administra- Dff EnN n1x- h. scribe to the declaration that the func- tions of government should be exercised solely by a so-called superior class" Nevertheless. this is often secretly ad- hered to. and 1t always leads to favort- ism. which is not less to be condemned because frequently regarded as respect able.
 The power and right to govern in- heres in the whole body of electors It must not be exercised by any peculiar class of electors nor for the benefit of favorites to the detriment of others Consequently, government in it's legiti- mate sphere. Is not directly concerned in the employment or enrichment of tile citizsn. By the application of the prin- cfples of equality and individual liberty 1t seeks to afford common opportunities to all citizens for the enjoyment of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness It Is of the first importance that labor shail enjoy the fruits of its thrift and diligence. It's arm upholds the institu- tions of modern civilization. Many now associate political administration with commercial and industrial prosperity Political parties have come to pledge. as means of securing support, the res toration or continuance of prosperity % and to intimidate the public by threats of panics and disasters if defeated
 Politics and the administration of government have natural and there fore legitimate influence on social and industrial conditions, This influence while often exaggerated, is potent and detnable.
 The political policy of any admins tration Is disclosed by the character and ability of its officers, by the legis- lation advocated and the spirit in which existing laws are enforced or dis regarded While 1t is true that govern ment is best which interferes least with liberty, it is also true that all govern ment in the broad sense, restricts the liberty of the citizen for the protection and welfare of his fellows. TO give se- curity of life, liberty and property. the bin of rights and many constitutional guaranties and limitations have been established The advocacy of legisla- tion violative of these guaranties and limitations or of the vested rights of the citizen destroys public confidence, arouses fear and anxiety and unsettles political institutions.
 Confiscation and repudiation are twin perils to the progress of civilization. While government is progressive scl- ence. employing means and agencies slilteu to tlle ChdHtihS Ioiui'i'iiS VI so ciety. IL will find a low stGSdard in the attempt to exercise the power to apply private property to public use without fair comipensation and in the failure to maintain the dignity of sovereignty by complying with the states obliga- tions. It must be kept fin mind that the right of private property. when violated by the state. is confiscation, the oldest form of tyranny; and the failure of the state to adopt tscal policy that will meet its obligations is closely related to repudiation.
 It follows that no legislation may be advocated which deprives any citizen of the free. full and perfect use of his own property, so long as he does not interfere with the rights of his fellows. It follows. too. that the state should make no contracts which 1t will not keep, create no debts which it will not pay assume no obligations which 1t will
 Continued on page four.