Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Latham ya kaddamar da ranar 9 ga Janairu, 1860. A cikin jawabinsa na rantsar da shi, sabon gwamnan ya bayyana babban fifikonsa a matsayin warware bashin jihar, batun da a baya ya kalubalanci tsoffin gwamnonin John Bigler, J. Neely Johnson da John Weller. Latham ya ba da shawarar rage kashe kudade na majalisa, gina karin gine-ginen gwamnati kamar kammala sabon ginin Gidan Majalisar Jiha
<unk>ba tare da kara haraji ba, da kuma kara hanyoyin haɗin Amurka daga Gabashin Amurka zuwa California don taimakawa sauƙaƙe kasuwanci da alaƙar mutum. Latham kuma ya ba da shawarar cewa bai kamata a sanya ofishin gwamnan ya zama mafi iko ba, kuma majalisar dokoki da kotuna su tabbatar da shi.