Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-03-10
CEREMONIES AT THE CAPITOL.

| President Cleveland Takes the Oath and
| Delivers His Address.
] The proceedings at the Capitol followed
prescribed programme, issued by the
committee of arrangements. The east
doors of the senate wing of the Capitol
were opened at 10 o'clock a. m. to those
who were entitled to admission. The doors
of the senate chamber were opened at II
o'clock a. IN. to the president and president
elect, who entered the senate wing by the
bronze doors in the east front, each &C
companied by a member of the committee
of arrangements. The president went di-
rectly to the presidents room and the
president-elect to the vice presidents room,
where they remained until they entered
| the senate chamber.
The vice president-elect was accompa-
| MED 10 the capitol by a member of the
committee of arrangements and proceed
ed to the vice presidents room, where he
remained until he entered the senate cham
Der, where the oath of Office was admin
| istered to him by the vice president. After
the organization of the new senate under
the call for an extra session was completed
by the swearing in of the members-elect,
those assembled in the senate chamber
proceeded through tie rotunda to the
| platform on the central portico of the
| Capitol. On reaching the portico the pres
ident and preSident-elect took the seats re-
| served for them, the chief justice on the
| right and the sergeant-at-arms of the SEN
| ate on their left.
The Inaugural Address.
Mr.. Cleveland then arose, and turning
| to the vast audience he said:
| MY FELLOW CITIZENS: In obedience to the
mandate of my countrymen | am about to
| dedicate myself to their service under the
| sanction of a solemn oath. Deeply moved by
| the expression of confidence and personal at
tachment which has called me to this service,
| am sure my gratitude make no better
| return than the pledge / now give before God
and these witnesses of unreserved and COM
| pete devotion to the interests and welfare of
| those who have honored me. | deem it fit
ting this occasion, while Indicating the
| opinions hold concerning public questions of
present Importance, to also briefly re-
| fer to the existence of certain
conditions and tendencies among our
people which seem to menace the integrity and
| usefulness of their government While every
| American citizen must contemplate with the
utmost pride and enthusiasm the growth and
| expansion of our country, the sufficiency of
our institutions to stand against the rudest
| shocks of violence, the wonderful thrift and
enterprise of our people, and the demonstrated
| superiority of our free government, it behooves
| US to constantly watch for every symptom of
| insidious inf1rmity that threatens our national
| vgor. The strong man who in the confidence
| of sturdy health courts the sternest activities
of life and rejoices in the hardihood of constant
| labor, may still have lurking near his vitals
the UNDECIDED disease that doons him to sudden
| collapse.
| Our National Health.
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! achievements as people and our country's ro-
bust strength have given rise to heedlessness
| OF those laws governing our national health
which we can no more evade than human life
| can escape the laws of God and nature. Mani
| testify, nothing is more vital to our suprem-
| acy as a nation and the benefcent purposes OF
| our government than sound and stable cur
| rency. Its exposure to degradation should at
! once arouse to activity the most enlightened
| craftsmanship; and the danger of depreciation
| in the purchasing power of the wages paid to
| toll should furnish the strongest incentive to
| prompt any conservative caution. In dealing
| with our present embarrassing situation
| as related to this subject, will be wise if
| we temper our confidence and faith in a.
| tional strength and resources with the frank
| concession that even these will not permit US
| to defy with impunity the memorable laws
| of finance and trade. At the same time in
| our efforts to adjust differences of opinion
| We should be free from intolerance or pas
| son, and our judgments should be unmoved
| by alluring phrases and unvexed by selfish in
| terests. am confident that such an approach
| to the subject will result in prudent and eff
| fective remedial legislation. In the meantime,
| so far as the executive branch of the govern
| mant can intervene, none of the powers with
| which it is invested will be withheld, when
| their exercise is deemed necessary to main
| tain our national credit or avert financial dis
| aster.
Another Danger.
| Closely related to the exaggerated confidence
| in our country's greatness which tends to q
| disregard OF the rules of national safety, an
| other danger confronts us not less serious. /
| refer to the prevalence of popular disposition
| to expect from the operation of the govern
ment especial and direct individual advan-
| tages. The verdict of our voters, which con-
cemned the injustice of maintaining protection
for projections sake, enjoins upon the peoples
| servants the duty of exposing and destroying
| the brood Of kindred evils which are the un-
| wholesome progeny of paternalism. This is the
| bane of Republican institutions and the
| constant peril of our government by the people.
1t degrades to the purposes of willy craft the
| plan of rule our fathers established and be-
Queathed to us as object of our love and
| veneration. 1t perverts the patriotic senti-
ment of our countrymen and tempts them to a
pitiful calculation of the sordid gain to be de-
rived from their governments maintenance