Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
New Governor Warns Against
"SociaI Wild Men" Who Would
Overthrow Republic--Clean
Laws, Good Administra-
ton and PopularEduca
ton Anhdote For the
Menace, He Says


NV Fellow Citizens: Having obligation neces-
sary my induction into the great office to whcn you
dsson of the issues of the time to grateful
acknowledgement of confidence and trust anu 10
sense of respect and with which accept the SER
vice long experience in the Senate of the common
wealth has given believe full realization OF the
Importance duties of the Goyernorshp and has not
essened appreciation of the problems ana
Pennsylvania history and her institutions which Is
reverentia with fu upon @ te faith
in the Divine Power, which has so blessed us always
take up the administration OF your anars hopeuhy anu
These are wonderful times in which we are living
Events of tremendous upon the political and social
structures of mankind that ordinary times, would be
appalling, happening with such frequency tha we ac
cept them almost without surprise The great war came
to an end quickly triumphanty for but it has left
stead problems and new perils more menacng
history records Here, in the peaceful capital of this
mighty State with all in good taste and good order about
MS with attending quietly to their affairs and
their government changing hands according to their ex
pressed choice and ordained by their laws IT Is dncut
for us to of disorder and destruction
which is sweeping large part OF the civilized world
engung races and nations ana tumong em h aooui d M
the opportunity to exploit systems of social tyranny un
heard of brutal harshness, and magn adyenturers
with terrorism their have usurped the chief
power many lands and defling the sancuaries OF
the people and plundering and killing at will Some or the
more ambitious international revolutionsts abso
lutey without conception of governmental organlza
national ideals our individual spirit have even
undertaken to create promote treason in this
country and in this State through cumming propaganda
No government which could be devised by sane men
would anarchists They arrayed against all
government all restraint They enemies of cvili
zaon and of the Church of God They respect law,
upon license do they please without regard
to the rights property, the religion even the lives
of other leaders that they have no affection
land that them birth nor for the nation which
sheltered gave them asylum from persecution
abroad. That doctrine should obtain foothold in
the United unthinkable, and there abund
ant evidences of its maevoent activities here The mis-
sonary fund gathered from the looted treasures OF Rus
sia is already having certain directions in STIR
ring up the mercenaries of agitation and in inspiring
specous writings of halfbaked social phil
osophers who upon excitement and turmoil Retained
to spread hatred of everything that appears like Thrift or
contentment country, these dsturbers will make
some headway will attempt to capitalize the indus
trial difficulties growing out of the readustment and they
may attract malicious of the restless,
the ignorant unfit the irresponsible and the criminal
While the followers this brutal cult will at time be
as compared with the great body of sober sens
ble sound-minded Americans, they will be nsidous and
will impress of the tmd and the unreasoning
among statesmen, with their strength.