The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-26
Begins in this Issue; Read 1t
SENATE ON PEACE" IN THIS ISSUE
, Every Citizen. To be Found in This Issue
Rye ndu0urdted
For Second Term
GOVERNOR DELIVERS AN ADDRESS PLEDGING CONTINUANCE
OF HIS BEST EFFORTS IN BEHALF or GREATER TENNESSEE
COMMENTS on IMPORTANT ISSUES.

Tom c. Rye was for the second time
inaugurated Governor Of Tennessee
Monday at noon. The Inauguration
ceremonies were carried out in the
House Of Representatives The inaug-
ual oath was administered by Justice
d. L. Lansdon of the supreme court.
Speak 4 Crabtrea &C the scrat2 pre-
sided. The governors address was in
part as follows:
Members of the General Assembly
Ladies and Gentlemen; Two years
ago | was inaugurated Governor of
Tennessee, and now for the second time
this high honor is about to be confer
red upon me, and when | shall have
taken and subscribed to the oath of
Office the record of the two years past
will have become history, and shall
turn to the future fondly cherishing
the hope that in the events crowdlng
themselves into the days, the weeks
and the months which go to make up
the years of my first term may be
found some blessings, some substan-
tial and lasting good for the people Of
my state whose interests | have tried
to serve.
entered upon the discharge of tht
duties Of the position to which | had
been elected by your suffrage, deeply
conscious of my inability to measure
up tomy idea of a governor Of great
state like Tennessee, but with desire
ne be faiEbti 0o every trust true t
every promise and with the determiii.
alton to meet, to the best of my abil
ity,the responsibilities of the high of.
flee to which you have called me. In 8
short time Lshall again take the oatt
of office as governor, without menta
reservation and with the deliberate
determination to discharge with fidel
ity every duty and responsibility i'm
posed upon me, and, insofar as | can
bring to bear every legitimate and jus
tifiable effort for the redemption OF
party pledges. In the two years before
me, shall endeavor to give greater
expression of gratitude for the honor
conferred, by constant effort to dis
charge my duties in a manner accept.
able and insofar as within me lies
compel all who hold office by my con.
sent and under my appointment to ren.
der to the state full measure of hon.
est, capable and efficient service,
In looking back over the two years
that have come and gone, am remind
ed of the fact that mistakes have beer
made. But pray God that whatever
evil consequences to which they tend
may be averted and that no harm has
or shall come to the state because OF
any error that may have been commit
ted. | feel, however, having done the
best that | could, with the lights before
me, that am not called upon to apoli-
gize for what may have been done.
The first of my administration seems
to have been the beginning of the end
OF long, hateful, hurtful, horrid pc.
riod of factionalism, of animosities
born of political strife and party dis.
cord, the result of which was to divide
the party into factions, communities
into hostile divisions, change friend
ships into deadly enmities, arrest the
progress and development of materia
resource, and render impossible wis,
and calm consideration of constructiv,
measures and policies for their owl
political gain and advantage.
In my opening speech two years age
proclaimed peace" as the para
mount issue of the campaign. be
iieved then that our people were wear,
OF strife, discord and bitterness. an,
that those who felt impelled to repu
date party candidates for principl,
in which they believed, still entertain
ed some love and affection for the par
ty of their fathers and were anxious
for the day to come when they coul,
consistently espouse its cause again
under its banners.
1t was my belief then that grea
majority Of the people in Tennessee
irrespective of party affiliations. wer,
at heart in favor of law enforcement
and believed in temperance. know
today that great majority of ou
people, irrespective of party afiha
tons are at heart more in favor of ou
law enforcement and wish and desire
above everything else. the absolut,
destruction of the liquor traffic.
To have been elected as your gov
ernor after all this long, disordere,
and distempered period through whicl
the people had passed, upon a plat
form pledging the democratic party
unequivoeally to law enforcement an,
temperance; to have been your gov