The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-13
PARTY MUST KEEP
PLATFORM PLEDGES
Favors a New State Consti-
tuition, a Public Utilities
Commission, and a Com
pensation Act.
Governor Ralston's inaugural ad-
dress will be found in full else
where
National News Association


INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Jan. 1S.-
Samuel NJ. Ralston, Democrat, of
Boone county, elected by the people of
Indiana for their twenty eighth COVER
nor, and w P. O'Neill, Democrat, of
! ST. Joseph county, lieutenant-gover
We're today officially inducted into
their respective Offices and took
i charge of the machinery of state gov
| ernment.
The oath of office was administered
by Judge E. w. Felt, of the appellate
court after which Governor Ralston de-
livered his inaugural address.
The ceremonies took place in the
spacious corridor of the first floor of
the State Capitol where especial ar
rangements had been made with a
view to accommodate the large assem-
blage of citizens which included an
unusually large number of women.
Mrs. Ralston was the center Of an ad-
miring group of lady friends and keen
interest was apparent among the fem
inine portion of the gathering.
Both Houses Attend.
Preparatory to attending the inau-
sembly had gathered in their respec-
tive chambers. the senate being the
first to call to order.
The oHicial canvass of the vote,
which revealed the fact that Mr. Rails
ton had defeated Albert ]. Beveridge
his nearest opponent by the substan-
tial margin of $4,000 votes; had de-
feated Col. Winfield T. Durbn by an
even greater plurality, and was duly
entitled to assume the reins of gov
ernment, were merely perfunctory.
Following the ceremonies, Governor
Ralston held a popular reception in
the governors office, in which ex-Gov-
ernor Thomas R. Marshall, vicepresi-
: dent-elect of the United States shared
the honors in large measure.
Excerpts From Address.
In his inaugural address Governor
Ralston said:
: Not to carry out the declarations
of the last Democratic platform would
be betrayal of the peoples conf
J dence. This includes an efficient pri
, mary law and general revision OF
: road laws.
} He recommended the creation of a
public utilities commission empower
ed to make physical l>Valuations, ascer
tain amount invested and amount nee
essary to keep up repairs and pay op
Grating expenses: provision against
watered stock and overbonding, unless
on face thereof the amount or percent
of water therein is accurately stated.
I He advocated workingmen's com
pensation law, the constitutionality
thereof to be passed upon by the su
preme court.
He said the people want new con
stitution and personally favors a con
stitutional convention.
Il sometimes think that men in pub
lie station do not always correctly es
innate the wisdom and the character
: of American citizenship. Love for mar
! and desire for property suggest the
necessity for law and order and so il
l is that the average American either
stands for obedience to the law" sale
| the governor
All Alike Before Law.
Before the law the rich and the
! poor, the capitalist and the laborel
l must stand upon an equality. AS gov
ernor | shall have no favorites in the
execution of the law, and let il now be
l understood that l hold that the mint
which devises a scheme that is in vio
lation of the law is guiltier than the
dependent hands that execute the of
fense in obedience to orders.
Il believe in the accumulation o
property, but the acquisition of richie.
by the special interests, through tht
: perversion of the functions of govern
2 ment, tends to divide the people int
e classes and weakens their .confidenc.
y in the government
v Nor am I hostile to corporations
/ On the contrary l recognize thei
worth. The business of the countr.
could not be carried on without them
But l insist that when they dominate
legislatures and control the people!
government in their own interests
they violate the law of their creation
become wrongdoers against the public
= and should be dealt with accordingly
- BY my official conduct confidence il
me will either be strengthened or des
troyed l intend it shall be strengthen
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