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Show CO V. IRWIN'd INAUGURAL. Ciuv. Irwiu, democrat, in inaugural inau-gural ail.iri.-?.-, lays duwu empliAticaliy tho duclniif tn.ii U10 excrciaO ut tht; pwwer ut U.t.Uiuu l'" tut) nlrtto tur Li 1 0 tu)iprt of ncinolrf in which the cuil-lireii cuil-lireii of aii may u'uuin aa tducaLiuii, :.i an imperative Ono. 'lau tduCAiion wii nil ttic at . to 111 uat provide id hceuiar, not riiiious. U is iia;n.-il ttic letter uf iLie law auJ t'ue wnuU; i-imtrt of our institutions that a solitary soli-tary tarthin siiuuld be rai-od by ta..iiiun tor liie tiiii.ort of reunion. '1'uc tiranctie.s uf tducalioii taught in tiio pLibiic acln-old aliuiud be uiich by cuinmon coiiicnt arc rccuynucil tw ncceosary to enable, men and women to properly support themselves; and :w neet.-siiry to tijuip men und womuii for their duties aa citizens, and iu reward to winch there ia noduleronce or opinion unions the pooiilo of every reil;ljlis beiiel'. Tne governor recommends that the :date bruii; all ot iut intluence lo bear at Washington in demanding a modification modi-fication of tho treaty with China for the purpose uf excluding euiigralion front that country. Tho governor, while ft Btrcnnous hard money advocate, recognizes tho fact that it may he impossible tor the government lo return at once to specie payments, but insists that resumption Blioukl take place at the earlitut possible moment. Ciuvernor Irwin lays duwn the broad doctrine that railroad corporations corpora-tions are agenLs of the government, engaged in aervirw which the govern-eruuienl govern-eruuienl is bound to perform in behalf ot the public, and tho relations of the government to the public place it under the highest conceivable obligations obliga-tions to compel the corporations to maintain and conduct their roads primarily iu the public interest, not tor the enrichment of the stockholders. stockhold-ers. Tlio governor recommends the creation of a railroad comuiission vest with the power to correct abuses by compelling the corporations to oley the laws, etc. |