Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09

| The people of the United States
have decreed that on this day the con
/ troll of their government in its legiSla-
I tive and executive branches shall be
givens to the political party which
! pledges itself in the most positive terms
/ to the accomplishment of tariff reform.
| They have thus determined in favor
I of more just and equitable system OF
/ federal taxation. The agents may have
! chosen to carry out their purposes are
bound by their promises to devote them
| selves Unremitingly to this service
| While there should be no surrender of
| principle our task must be undertaken
wisely and without yindictiveneSs. Our
mission is not punishment but the right
ing of wrong If to tighten the burdens
from the daily life Of our people we
reduce the inordinate and unequal adj
vanta ges long enjoyed, this is but a
necessary incident of our return to right
and justice. If we exact from unwill-
ING minds acQuieScence i'll the theory
of honest distribution OF the fund of
/ governmental beneficence treasured up
pie which underlies our free institu-
tons. When we tear aside the delu-
sions and misconceptions which have
! blinded our cOuntrymen to their CON
ditiOn under vicious tariff laws, we but
show them how far they have been led
away from the paths of cOntentment
and prosperity. When we proclaim
that necessary for revenue to support
! the government furnishes the only just
! ificatiOn for taxing the people we an,
nounce truth plainly, and its denial
would seem to indicate the extent to
which Judgment may be influenced by
familiarity with peryaSiOns of the tax
ing power; and when we seek to rein
state Self-cOnfident business enterprise
Of our citizens by diScrediting abject
: dependence upon governmental favor
we strive to stimulate those elements
of American character Which support
! the hope Of American achievement
Anxiety for the redemption of pledges
which my party has made, and solici-
| tude for q complete Justification of
the trust the people have repOsed in us,
cOnStrain me to remind those with
whom [ am to cooperate that we can
succeed in doing the work which has
been especially set before us only by
the most sincere, harmonious and dis
interested effort. Even if insuperable
! obstacles and opposition prevent the
contamination Of our task, we shall
hardly be excused; and if failure can
| be traced to our fault Or neglect we
may be sure the people will hold us
| to Il swift and eXacting accountability.
The oath / now take to preserve
protect and defend the constitution of
| the United States not only impreSsively
defines the great responsibility I as
sumo, but suggests obedience to con-
stitutional commands as the rule by
which my official conduct must be guild
| eG. | shall to the best of my ability
and within my sphere of duty preserve
the constitution by Loyalty protecting
every grant of federal power it con.
tainS, by defending ali its restraints
when attacked by Impotence and rest
leSSness, and by enforcing it's limitations
and reservations in favor Of the states
and the people. Fully impressed with
|
me, mindful Of my weakness, I should
be appalled, if it were my lot to bear,
unaided, the responsibilities which
await me. | am, however, saved from
encouragement when | remember l
shall have the support, counsel and CO.
operation of wise and patriotic men,
who will stand at my side in cabinet
places, or represent the people in their
| legislative halls. ] find, also, much
comfort in remembering that my coun-
trymen are just and generous, and in
assurance that they will not condemn
those who by sincere devotion to their
service deserve their forbearance and
approval Above all, I know there is
a Supreme being who rules the affairs
of men, whose goodness and mercy
have always followed the American
| people; and [ know he will not turn
from us now, if we humbly and reyer-
emily seek his powerful aid
! The president then reviewed the pro-
cessiOn from the grand stand, and after
ward took possession of the white
| house.
| The ball in the pension building to-
! night was an uncOmmonly brilliant af-
fair. Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland were
present till 1870 O'Clock.
EX-President Harrison and family left
! on Il special train for Indianapolis at
4 this afternoon, accompanied by his
| immediate family and a few others.
He will practice there and deliver law
lectures in Leland Stanford, Jr., uni
versity, Cal. His pay at the latter
place will, it is said, be $15 900 a year.
! The senate will meet Monday. The
house adjourned at noon to-day sine
| die.
All the new cabinet officers, together
with their families, were Of course
among the host Of nOtables who attend
ed at the inaugural exercises. They
are:
Walter O. Gresham, of Indiana, sec
rotary of state.
John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, secre-
| tary of treasury.
| Daniel S. Lamont, of New York, sec
rotary of war.
Hilary A. Herbert, OF Alabama, secre-
tary Of the navy.
| Hoke Smith, of Georgia, secretary of
| the interior.
Wilson S. BisseIl, of New York, post
| master-general.
Richard Olney, of Massachusetts,, at
| torney-general.
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