The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-10

Hon. Park ITdHluelI was lnduSurdC-
cd Governor of Florida today. The
oath of office was administered by the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
in accordance with the custom in
this State.
After the impressive ceremony of
deliverin gthe great seal of the State
of Florida by Governor Gilchrist to
Governor Trammell, the new execu-
tive delivered his inaugural address,
which follows, in full
Ladies and Fellow-Citizens:
In the breath and in the spirit of
the solemn oath which has Just been
administered to me by the States
highest judicial official officer, | de.
sire now, not in any empty sense of
formality, but with all the sincerity
and earnestness which l possess. to
pledge my time, my best services and
whatever of ability | have, to the
cause of Florida; her moral advance.
ment, her material growth, the bet
terment of her institutions, the hap
piness of her citizens, and to the adj
miniStering of all the affairs of gov
eminent in a manner which will pro.
tect, promote and foster the interest
and welfare of the people of this
great State.
Since it was decreed by the sover-
eign will of the people of Florida that
upon this day | should succeed to the
office of Governor, | have, assure
you, been filled with the keenest and
most sincere gratitude for the honor
conferred upon me, and have priced
more than anything beneath the
Heavens the token of confidence re-
corded by my fellow-citizens. / am
profoundly thankful for this oppor-
tunity at the very threshold of the
administration upon which we are
about to enter, to say that, come
what may, l shall always stand
debtor to the people of Florida, and
it shall be both my Pleasure and my
constant purpose, by a proper regard
for my fellow-man, by an answering
fidelity and loyalty to every public
trust to manifest my gratitude and
heartfelt appreciation for the honor
of having been called to the Chief
Magistracy Of our State,
enter upon the duties of this Inn
portant Office fully mindful that to
the man who has the right conception
Of his duty, the ambition to serve
in a public capacity is not for the
purpose of enriching himself, the pun
ishment of enemies or rewarding at
the public expense his friends, nor
that he may extend any special priv
ileges to any person or class; but
he is moved by the higher and nobler
purpose Of rendering the greatest
service OF which he is capable to the
whole people. So far as human linn
itations and my own capacity will
permit l now assure you that my Of
hcial conduct during the next four
years shall be ever guided and gov
erned by this high conception of pub
lie duty.
have been gratified and pleased
to note the satisfaction with which
the people of Florida generally seem
ed to accept the result of our recent
primary and the general election fol-
lowing; and hope and believe that
whatever feeling may have arisen in
the heat of the campaign for the gov
enorship has row given place to
good will; and this happy condition
fills me with the confident hope that
Florida is now preparing to enjoy a
most beneficial period of good feel
ing and harmony-a period in which
political controversy will give way to
The States advancement, in which ri
valries and jealousies of whatever ma
lure will be subOrdinated to hearty
and healthy promotion of the general
welfare.
No State is richer in its history,
us traditions. or in romance than
ours. None has past more glorious,
nor future fraught with greater
promise: Surely, there are unerring
INDICATIONS that Florida is now enter
ing upon a new, brilliant and most
fruitful period of industrial develop
ment It Is impossible for the keen
est Prophetic vision to forecast her
progress within the next decade. With
our state alive in every field of Ell
ueavor, necessarily the duties and re
sponsibilities of those who are charg-
Cd and entrusted with the conduct of
me public business are greatly aug
%ented and the public demands
Droadened and enlarged. The times
demand aggressior and progress in
public affairs. Government should
keep abreast with the times, and it
Is my earnest hop be that Florida's pub
nc interests shah, during the admin,
.s.raton now bed yinning. and through
cut tne future. be fully responsive to
Ale industrial aid social progress OF
her people.
Fontlcally. We are at the dawn of
N Il u e Dc