The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-01-22
to yield the maximum of public good
SOUND BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.

lie affairs shall be the rule OF action.
Those who serve the government must
limit expenditures to the actual needs
of the State, economically adminis-
tered The people have the right to
servants should respect this right. In
the discharge of official duty l shall
earnestly seek to promote the cause of
education, stimulate agriculture and
help to build better highways. | hope
some system of highway building can
be inaugurated SO as to insure good
roads in Tennessee and the agricultural
interests of the State so stimulated and
improved as to induce young men to
60 back to the farm and remain on the
farm; not to engage in agriculture, but
to become real farmers; to study the
soil so as to get acquainted with it,
learn to love it and look upon it as a
faithful and unselfsh friend, eager and
anxious to yield food and raiment for
the effort and energy expended upon it;
not to treat 1t as slave, compelled to
yield rich harvests for the greed and
qualification Of man, who entertains no
thought of giving back to it anything
in return for the blessings it bestows.
If | can contribute anything towards
bringing about such conditions during
my administration | shall be gratifed
indeed and feel that some good has
come to the State.
1t is my desire and shall be my pur-
pose to deal literally with the old Con-
federate soldiers and the dependent
wards OF the State. The old soldiers
are entitled to something more and
something better than they have here
tofore received at the hands of a great
State like Tennessee.
Il trust that before the end of my
administration we may see plans per-
fected for the erection of monument
to perpetuate the memory Of the BRAY
est, the truest, the purest and the best
of all our citizenship-our Southern
women.
- will, insofar as can, leng encour-
agement to every lawful, beneficial and
progressive line of State activity.
With the aid and cooperation of
the heads of the different departments
of the State ! shall endeavor to bring
about such methods and plans of ad-
ministration as will tend to make GER
tain that every dollar of the peoples
money shall be honestly expended and
faithfully accounted for, and to this
end, | shall, at some time in the near
future, submit recommendation touch
ing questions affecting the fiscal oper-
ations of the State, as well as matters
pertaining to the general welfare.
PLATFORM PLEDGES.
During the discussions preceding
the November elections, endeavored
to make known my views on certain
important questions, the consideration
of which had been emphasized and de-
manded by the platform declarations
of the party l had the honor to repre-
sent. That election has come and gone,
the will of the people has been regis
tered at the ballot box, and now, when
every motive or reason for misrepre-
has passed, standing on the
threshold of my administration, look
ng in the open door of opportunity
md action, l desire here and now to
'eiterate and reaffirm every statement
made from the stump regarding the
ssues of the campaign and my inter-
oretation and understanding of what
vas meant by these platform declara-
These views, as expressed then,
will be the beacon lights to guide me,
md our platform pledges shall be the
tandard of my conduct in the difficult
ask set before me as Governor of a
,reat State, acting under the powers
md limitations of the constitution and
avs by which | must be Governor.
AS party we stand pledged to en-
orce the laws, and this must be done
( the enactment of laws can bring
bout that result. This pledge should
,e made good, not merely because we
re committed to the policy of law-en-
as party, but for higher
eason and that is because it is right,
nd l trust and believe that we have
be courage to dare to do the right
Let US, here and now, resolve that
new precedent shall be established in
politics by dscarding and re-
the idea that platforms are
nade for campaign purposes alone or
q other words, to get in on. Let us
declare that henceforth a plat
orm pledge shall be sacred covenant
etween the public servant and the peo-
lie he represents and that it is dishon-
rable to break that covenant, so that
ne public servant who willfully disre-
ards his obligations shall be regarded
nd treated in the same manner as the
ne who procures your property by
aud and Misrepresentation. Let us
eep faith with the people and we may
e assured the people will keep faith.
ith us.
Deeply sensible of the responsible
les of the high position to which 1
ave been called, the duties Of which /
N now about to assume and conscious
the fact that without divine assistance
cannot hope for that measure of sue
sss desired; humbly appealing to the.
lrone of God for wisdom to guide me
nd for power to meet this great re-
that may render some
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