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MAT 24, 1912
The Commoner.
office shall bo ended, than to have
It said that In some measure I added
to the happiness and contentment
and, therefore, In its most tangible
form, the advancement of the citi
zenry of the state. Many smaller
duties, to be sure, surround it, but
this I hold to be the one great duty
of government, and as the head of
Arizona's government I have fixed
my eyes upon it. How well I shall
succeed depends in great measure
upon the confidence, the co-operation
and support of the people, and of
that I hold no fear.
Therefore, while I shall endeavor,
as I havo said, to gain some distinc
tion for my administration as a busi
ness administration, it shall .not be
a dollar administration. With what
ever of system, economy and busi
ness ability we shall proceed, the
dollar will not be placed above man
hood, nor wealth above humanity.
The advantages that come of a
state's material richness shall be
kept ever in view, and the general
desire for government economically
administered have high place in the
administration's policy, but wherever
and whenever a reform may be in
stituted or a recommendation made
giving practical promise of great
good to a great number, without in
fringement upon the rights of others,
the thought of expense, so it will
be well within the value of the
promised benefit, shall in no wise
deter the institution of such reform
or the promulgation of such recom
mendation. I would avoid the laying of a
charge against me, if possible, of
being a dreamer or visionary, but
neither the fea.r of that nor the dread
of. an accusation of socialism shall
keqp me from striving to better the
condition dt the people of our state,
and by example at least, to uplift
humanity. No fear of ridicule shall
keep me from applying common
sense remedies to intolerable if long
suffered conditions remedies which
Will make for the elevation of social,
moral and physical standards, for
the growth of that class hatred, for
the growth of that feeling of charity,
one for another, which should per
meate all mankind.
In the subordinate sense I have
endeavored to indicate my adminis
tration will be a strictly business
one, in which the people's money
shall be wisely used, waste pro
hibited and graft, wherever it may
be found, exposed and punished; but
I am far- more ambitious that it may
be known as "golden rule" adminis
tration, in which the rights of all
classes shall receive equal considera
tion and the needs and desires'of the
people find ready response in the
heart and prompt expression in the
official acts of a sympathetic execu
tive. Nor do I expect, by a policy giv
ing thought first to all our own
citizens, to repel the stranger, nor
the rich more than the poor, who
seeks a home, recreation or invest
ment within our borders. Our val
leys, our mesas and our mountains
are pregnant with opportunity for
many thousands, and it shall be my
aim to show to the outside world
that the advantages we offer are real
and that the welcome which awaits
the stranger, be he capitalist, pro
fessional man or laborer, far from
being hostile, is of a character to in
sure the safety of his rights, of life,
liberty or property, and his capital,
of money, or brain or of brawn.
To the end that I may be in the
closest touch with every section of
the Btate and the varied interests
thereof; that I may the more inti
mately enter, as an artist in love
with his theme, into the spirit actu
ating the development and become
familiar with, the plans and ideas1 of
the ,developers. of bur state's vae
resources, I shall make frequent exr
cuei to visit, by myself1 or ' by
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trusted representatives, the various
counties and towns, and to make
such use of the information i.hus
gained as will insure to the state's
growth, enrichment and advance
ment. I shall hope to qualify, in the
commercial parlance of the day, as
a "booster," and as such shall favor
and encourage every legitimate,
practical and prudent movement,
looking to the state's industrial ex
pansion. I trust this statement will
be understood, in inverse ratio, as
denouncing in equally emphatic
terms all schemes or forms of exploi
tation of an illegitimate or "wild
cat" nature. Upon such I shall not
hesitate to visit official condemna
tion. I wish to renew my allegiance, not
only to the letter but to the spirit
of the Arizona constitution, and to
express again my faith in the wisdom
of its progressive provisions. My
mind is in no degree altered as to
the practical benefits of popular gov
ernment, nor my faith in the intel
ligence of the people in any wise
shaken. I am confident that Ari
zona's experience, under a constitu
tion so advanced that it has not
failed to draw the fire of every foe
of equality and progress, will amply
vindicate the claims of its cham
pions and be as a beacon light to
those states and lands and peoples
where the seed of popular govern
ment has been sown but has not
brought forth fruit.
As a believer in the provisions of
our constitution, and as a sworn
servant of the people, chosen after
the manner prescribed therein, I
solemnly pledge myself to not only
administer the affairs of state in
strict conformity with the constitu
tion's dictates, but to utilize what
ever power my office may possess
should such use of. .power ever bo
found necessary and whatever
power my individual efforts may be
potent to invoke, to insure the full
acquiescence in its provisions of all
branches of the government. I am
sure that such an exercise of execu
tive , authority will never be re
quired; but with the statement I
have in mind, I adjure the loyal, pa
triotic citizens of Arizona who have
been chosen as legislators and whom
I shall call together at the earliest
date allowed by law, to faithfully,
wisely and expeditiously obey and
discharge the constitution's man
dates, not forgetting that at the head
of the list is a mandate of that people
whose spirit rides the air whose
existence, not expressed in documen
tary form but as a part pledge, is
known to all the mandate to re
store to the constitution the popular
right to recall unfaithful, dishonest
and corrupt judicial officers.
It is not my purpose at this time
to enter into the making of executive
recommendations to the legislature,
nor to discuss in detail questions of
public policy, but as an emergency
measure I can not refrain from sug
gesting that one of the earliest acts
of the legislature should be the en
actment of an anti-lobbying law
which will not only obviate the an
noyance to members by the importu
nities of agents interested in special
legislation, and prevent the use of
the legislative chambers and the
capitol building by such agents, ex
cept under proper and legal restric
tions, but will also require by public
registration or otherwise, compliance
with such conditions as will disclose
the identity, the employment and the
purpose of every lobbyist in the city
having business or desiring com
munication with the legislature, or
as such, with a member thereof.
I bespeak for my associates the
administration of the affairs of
state, as for myself, the people's
sympathy, confidence and co-operation.
93T promise the best that is in
me. think I can promise the best
that sin my fellow officers: I
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