The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-03-05
TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 5, 1889.

yield willing obedience to all the laws
and to each citizen his equal civil and
political rights.
This occasion derives peculiar interest
from the fact that the presidential term
which begins this day is the twenty sixth
under our constitution. The first inau-
guration of President Washington took
place in New York, where Congress was
then sitting, on the 90th day Of April,
1883, having been deferred by reason of
delays attending the organization of Con-
gress and the canvass Of the electoral
vote.
Our people will not fail at this time to
recall the incidents which accompanied
the institution of a government under this
constitution, or to find inspiration and
guidance in the teachings and example of
Washington and his great associates, and
hope and courage in the contrast which
SO populous and prosperous States offer
to the 13 States, weak in everything ex-
cept courage and love of liberty, that then
fringed our Atlantic seaboard.
Thas sTesEitory Of Dakota has . popula.
tion greater than any Of the original
States except virginia, and greater than
the aggregate Of five of the smaller States
in 1890
Divergent interests speedily demanded
Ia "more perfect union" The merchant
ship master and manufacturer discovered
and disclosed to our statesmen and to the
people that commercial emancipation
must be added to the political freedom
which had been 10 bravely won.
The patriotism of the people, which no
Inn ~ow fn,,uA q Ao1d 0f nvopoion In VvnR
was theoretically directed to the duty Of
equipping the young republic for the de-
Tense of its independence by making its
people selfdependent.
The revival, at the end of the century,
of the same patriotic interest In the pres
ervation and development of our domes-
tic industries and the defense Of our
working people against the injuries of
foreign competition, is an incident
worthy of attention. 1t is not = depart
ure, but return We have witnessed.
The emancipation proclamation was
heard In the depths Of the earth - we'll
as in the sky. Then were made free the
material things that became our better
servants.
The sectional element has happily been
eleminated from the tariff discussion.
We have no longer States that are neces-
sarily planting States. None are OK
cluded from achieving that diversifica-
tion Of pursuit among the people which
brings wealth and contentment
have altogether rejected the sug-
ton of Z special executive policy for any
section of our country. 1t is the duty Of
the executive to administer and enforce,
in the methods and by the instrumentali-
ties pointed out and provided by the con-
stitut!on, all of the laws enacted by Con-
gress. These laws are general and their
administration should be uniform and
equal.
The evil example Of permitting indi-
viduals, corporations and communities to
nullify the laws because they cross some
selfish or local interests or prejudices, 10
full of danger not only to the nation at
large, but more 10 to those who use this
peFnicious oxpedient to escape their just
obligations or obtain an unjust advantage
over others.
Our naturalization laws should bs 80
amended as to make the inquiry into the
character and good disposition of persons
applying for citizenship more careful
and searching.
We have happily maintained the policy
of avoiding all interference with Euro
pean affairs. We have been only inter
ested spectators in their contentious in
diplomacy and in war and ready to use
our friendly offices to promote peace,
but never obtruding our advice aud never
attempting unfairly to coin the distress OF
other powers into the commercial cur.
rency and advantage Of ourselves.
We have just right to expect oul
European policy to be the American pol
icy Of European courts. It Is manifestly
Incompatible with those precautions fol
our peace and safety which all great pow
ers habitually observe in matters affect
ing them, that the shorter waterway be-
tween our Eastern and Western sea
boards should be dominated by any Euro
pean government. The clear right to ex
pect that no European government will
seek to establish colonial dependency
upon the territory of these independ
ent American States.
That which sense of justice restrain
US from seeking, they may be reasonabl,
expected willingly to forego. Our citi
zens, domiciled for purposes of trade II
all countries and in many of the island
of the sea, demand and will have our ade
quate care of their personal and CONNER
cial rights.
The necessities of our navy require
convenient cOallng stations and dock AM
harbor privileges. These and other trad
ing privileges we will feel free to obtai1
only by means that do not in any degre
lpartake of coercion, however feeble tn
government from which we ask sucl
concessions; but, having fairly obtaine.
them, by methods and for purposes entire
ly consistent with most friendly dispo
sition toward all other powers, our con
sent will be necessary to any modification
or impairment Of the concession. w
shall neither fail to respect the flag o
any friendly nation or the just rights 0
its citizees, nor to exact like treatment fo
our own.
The duty devolved by law upon tn
president to nominate and, with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate, to appoin
all public officers whose appointment il
not otherwise provided for in the cor
stitution or by act of Congress, has be
come very budensome and its wise an
efficient discharge full of difficulty.
While the treasury surplus is not tn
greatest evil, it is a serious evil. Gu