Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-12

necessity for self-sacrifice Then too,
when we make a sacrifice for a cause
we are doubly fortified and our post
ton proportlonately emphasized
hope TO make myself clear I'm this
administration with my consent there
shall not be an easy place and there
shall not exist sinecure, but the
road shall be rugged with work and
devotion TO duty
1T Is right that q man should love
his friends. Every true man WILL
but have my ideals, and think those
who have fought with me IN the pos
ltical contests in this state and who
know me intimately know that have
cherished these ideals all these years
and | was moved 10 seek the office
of chief magistrate of this state with
the purpose OF eXemplifyiug these
ideals IN public service. In the eNer-
else Of this great power We must look
first In all things to the public well
fare, Every real friend OF mine Will
expect this.
Stands for Efficiency.
But do not get the idea. that | am
not a partisan Democrat. II Ia my am>
bition to discharge the duties OF this
office so as to endear the Democratic
party to every citizen who desires
good government To do this We must
remember that he who serves the
state best serves his party most. !
have no patience with the mongrel,
either In politics or in any other walk
OF life. | love the stalwart. II | lose
in the preliminary party contests, /
aCquiesce and never ask for quarter,
giving at the same time my loyal sup
port. That IN my idea Of party or
sanitation. In yielding this support,
however / insist that Just govern
ment shall be administered. When,
too, the people have spoken and made
choices, likewise. II | am in the minor
ity, | consider 1t my duty TO yield and
give my loyal support to the prevail
Ing party In the administration of Just
government. The reciprocal duty also
exists, and that Is what the minority
owe the party in power their loyal
support in carrying into effect the
principles and promises Of the pre-
Vailing party I'm the campaign in
which the people made their choice
as to who should administer govern
ment. To this view OF government we
are committed and It shall be so ad'
that the people may real-
iZe that 1t is their government, and
that we are active for their best in
ltl CotSs Hc incompetent tllt iubb
and the hangers on must know that
they can have no place under this
administration and the CRATER must
go to sleep and not wake up during
these four years, or take up his abode
for that period in some other juris-
dlction, hut the incompetent, laggard,
hanger-on and the CRATER are not the
only ones to be banished from the ia
yor of the executive and legislative
halls.
No pet Contracts.
"rhe man of apparent respectability
and wealth, who is eternally seeking
governmental favor by way OF con-
tracts with the state in such a way as
to cause the people to believe that
governmental agencies are run for in
iividual gain and not chiefly for the
Detterment of the state, even though
ne means nothing wrong, Is not our
real friend. This is tte time when
every man who loves the state must
join hands in conduct and
n act to help bring about a govern
nent that is so strong and efficient
md Just as to cause all good people
o Join in its commentator and sup
bort .Y
The integrity of the administration
" government. the fiNedness OF law
and the certainty of its enforcement
must be one OF the marked character
sites of this administration. The pro-
lection OF life, liberty and prosperity
and the preservation OF the right to
he pursuit of happiness with an equal
opportunity to every person Is, also,
o be one of our chief objects.
1--WE are fresh from the people
Upon a platform whose declarations
ire hardly cold. These declarations
must be carried out I'm good faith. We
declared that every unnecessary
BOARD, officer or employe OF the state,
county or municipality. must be abol- !
shed and dispensed with and that
he public servants remaining must
earn their salaries by actual service. |
such words are not to be used merely !
% conjure or to get votes and then on
Iccount of having some friend on a !
,oard or In office, be forgotten or not |
regarded when we get into |
3fice. The time has come when the |
people must have substantial econ !
,my Show and pretense must be abb |
lorred. We must have the substance. |
We must be sure that we do not |
make pretensions by practicing penny |
economy and at the same time add |
IN pounds of unnecessary expense In |
,ther ways at the exactlon of the |
public despoiler. This administration !
will retain place In the history OF |
his state not I'm accordance with tho
way It begins. but as II ends.
Not Theory, but Practice.
Lets be sincere and effective. Lots |
,e sure that al all times we actually |
practice what we preach. Whilst our |
people are going through this period /
" business depression II is also nee
issary that every department of state, |
md that means executive. Legislative |
md judicial including all state insti. |
utions. contribute their quota Of the |
necessary retrsnchment to meet the |
conditions now existing. |
Holding office is to be a serious |
hing In this administration. The |
riend / love the most Is the one who !
g willing TO make a sacrifice for the |
public good and the one | Will abhor |
he most Ia he who wants to hold on |
o a sinecure or an office or place |
IN a board that can be reasonably |
Ibolished or dispensed with. When |
We pledged the people OF this state
hat we would take precautionary |
measures so as TO make machine pol
tics an impossibillty I'm this state, 30
ar as am concerned land | am sure,
90. that the other state officers, as .
veil as the members OF the legisla
urs elected upon these platform
declarations. occupy the same posi-
TOM, ] take 1t 10 mean just what II
ays, and that during this administra-
ion we will carry this pledge into ef-
act We GO into office In control OF |