The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-07
PARK TRAMMELL BECAME
GOVERNOR At NOON TODAY
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continued from rage i.
Ties and responsibilities of those who
are charged and entrusted with the
conduct of the public business are
greatly augmented and the public
demands brOadened and enlarged.
The times demand aggression and
progress in public affairs. Govern
ment should keep abreast with the
tunes. and it is my earnest hope that
Tlorida's public interests during the
administration now beginning, and
throughout the future, shall be fully
responsive to the industrial and So
cal progress of her people.
Politically, we are at the dawn of
new era in the history of this great
natiOn-an era marked by an un-
paralleled awakening of the public
conscience upon the problems of the
age and in the matter of demanding
the highest standard of service from
public officials. The masses have
srasped full realization of the fact
that the foundation of free govern.
rient rest upon the consent and
should be guided by the will of the
people. Government is for the gen.
C,al good, and that public servant
who fails to exert honestly all his
energies towards securing the great.
est possible benefits for his cOnstitu-
ents has fallen short of fulfilling the
Just and reasonable demands which
sE ould be expected of those called to
positions of public trust. Nothing
short of the most constant devotion
to duty is going to satisfy the peO-
RE under the happy, new conditions
o: popular concern about political
affairs and | believe nothing else
should satisfy them.
For about score OF years the con-
test has waged heavily in this coun-
try Us il has. indeed, throughout
the civilized world between the
cid order of special privilege and the
reformed idea Of equal oppOrtunity
and fair play for all. We marvel at
the progress being made by the va
rious professions and sciences and
crafts; but, as | see it, one of the
most significant evOlutiOns in his
tory, which the world has made in
cur own generation, has been the
real awakening of the people to the
slorious realization that they are in
fact their own rulers.
With this revolution in political
thought the citizens of Florida arc
largely in sympathy. They are we'll
forward in the movement to secure
and perpetuate genuine popular gov
ernment. It shall be my earnest en-
GeavOr, my fellow-citizens, to assist
il securing Legislation and in fol-
lowing policies which will firmly in
trench the people in the control OF
their gOvernment-nat rational, State,
county and municipal There seems
today to be a greater unanimity of
hOpular sentiment and clearer rec
IGNITION of popular power and rights
in support of the idea of govern
ment meaning justice to all and spe-
cal privileges to none than at any
time during the last half century
and upon this happy condition I
most heartily congratulate our State
end nation.
Today, as look to the future with
4 desire to do, and build hopes for
accomplishing something worth
while for those whom | have been
called to serve. and whose happiness.
oontentment and welfare weighs
heavily upon my heart, realize, as
you must, that the extent of nv ac-
complishments and achievements as
public servant rests largely upon
the degree of cooperation and SYM
rathy which shall be accorded mo
ty the citizens of this State.
believe the people should take
an active, militant and dscriminat.
ing interest in the conduct of the
business Of the commonwealth: that
they should scrutinize the acts Of
their officials and at all times feeI
free to exercise their right and privi.
leaa TO make known their needs and
the public demands. He can hos,
, serve who is most familiar with tho
conditions and the nr,',nms which
surround those he represents. While
shall do all in my power to keen
in touch with the requirements Of
the citizens of my State. and IN ar
j CT mplish all possible in their ho.
half. appeal for the sympathy and
! the aid OF the neonle of E,o;,