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Consideration Of Reports by the
Various Heads Of Departments
The Pension Question.

you have assumed as the representatives of
free and eenerous people, your meeting ia
marked by IN interesting and impressive in
oldent With the expiration Of the present
session Of the congress the first century of
our constitutional existence as q nation will
b. completed. Our survival for one hun
dred years is not sufficient to assare us that
we no longer have dangers to fear in the
maintenance with all it's promised blessings
Of government founded upon tho freedom
OF the people. The time rather admonishes
- to soberly inquire whether In the
past we have always kept In the course
oe safety, or whether we have before us q
way, plain and clear, which leads to happi-
Aees, to perpetuttv. When the experlmen
OF our government was undertaken, the
chart adopted. for our guidance was the con-
etttution, and departure from the lines there
laid down 10 failure. It is only by strict
adherence to the direction they indicate, and
~ restraint within the limitations they fixed,
that we can furnish proof to the world of
the fitness Of the American people for self
government The equal and exact Justice of
lshtch we boast as the underlying principle
ut our institutions should not be confined to
the relations Of our citizens to each other.
The government Itself Is under bond to the
American people. that In the exercise of its
functions and powers 1t will deaf with the
body Of our citizens in manner ecrupulous-
~ honest and fair, and absolutely just It
has agreed that
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
shail be the only credential necessary to
Justify the Claim Of equality before the law
and tnet no condition in life shall give rise
TO discrimination in the treatment of the
apostle by the government The citizen of
our republic In its early day rieidly insisted
upon full compliance with the letter of this
bond, and saw stretching out before him
clear field for individual endeavor His
tribute to the support of his government was
measured by the costs Of its economical
maintenance, and he was secure in the en-
5oyment OF the remaining recompense Of his
steady life and contented with it In thos..
days the frugaltty of the people was stamped
upon their government, and was enforced
by the free, thoughtful aud intelligent suf-
frage of the citixena Combinations, monop-
olies and ag2regations Of capital were either
avoided OF sternly regulated and restrained.
The pomp and glitter of governments less
1ree offered no temptation ana presented no
delusion to the plain people who side by side
~ AAouu4y UOWp6CltlOu SEOu20G Tor tne en-
noblemeut and dignity of man. for the solu-
taon OF the problem Of free government and
Tor the achievement Of tho grand destiny
awaiting the land which God has given
chem A century has passed; our cities are
the abiding places Of wealth and luxury;
our manufacturers WELD fortunes never
dreamed Of BY the fathers Of the republic;
our business men ara madly striving IN the
sace for riches and immense aggregatlons of
aapital outtua the Imagination in tho mag
attitude of their undertakings We view with
pride and satisfaction this bright picture of
our country . growth and prosperity. While
sniy q close. scrutiny develops somber
shading. upon more careful inspection we
4nd the wealth and luxury Of our cities
mingled with poverty and wretchedness and
sn;emunerative toll A crowded and con-
stantly increasing urban population suggests
tho impoveriahment Of rurel sections and
discontent vita agricultural pursuits The
tarmers son, not satisfied with his father's
simple and labortous life. joins the larger
shase for easily acquired wealth.