The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-05
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
CONTINUED from Second Page.)

name Julian Gordon; Mrs. Bradley
Martin, w, D. Sloane, who with his
family is here as a guest Of Cornelius
Vanderbilt; Elisha Dyer and Lispenard
Stewart
When Major Mckinley arose to speak
he faced an audience that filled the
broad esplande, from B street on the
south to B street on the north, and
stretched eastward like human tor
rent, until it broke against the white
walls Of the Congressional Library
building in the rear. 1t was typical
American crowd, good-humored, as
American crowds usually are: and it
waited patiently in the fresh, nipping
air of the morning for a sight of the
president.
Major Mckinley read his speech from
manuscript. His hat rested by his
side, his head was thrown back, as is
usual with him when speaking earn
estly, and his fine face, smooth-shaven
and intelligent stood out distinctly
against the background formed by the
capitol building. He was dressed in
dark clothes and wore the badge pre-
sented to him yesterday by Postmaster
General Wilson at the request of the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon the college fra
ternity of which the president is a
member
Toward the close of the reading of
the address the commotion in the crowd
stilled, and Mr.. McKinley's CLEARING
ing voice penetrated to great distance
from where he stood. His declarations
that the institutions of the country
must be preserved and the law of the
land recognized and obeyed evoked
loud cheers. The colored people in the
crowd unanimously applauded the SEN
timent that lynchings must cease; that
courts, not mobs, must enforce the ex-
IRENE penalty of the law.
The sentiment that civil service re-
form must go on evoked loud applause;
but the most enthusiastic reception was
given to the assertion that in our for
eisn policy the recognition of the ut
most rights of American citizens would
be insisted upon. Equal almost was
the pleasure expressed at the an
nouncement that he would convene
congress in special session on the 18th
of March.
The presidents address, in full, was
as follows:
The Inaugural Address.
Fellow Citizens:
In obedience to the will of the people
and in their presence by the authority
vested in me by this oath I assume the
arduous and responsible duties of presi-
dent Of the United States, relying on
the support of my countrymen and in
voking the guidance of Almighty God
Our faith teaches that there is no safer
reliance than upon the God of our faith
ers, who has so singularly favored the
American people in every national trial
and who will not forsake us so long as
we obey his commandments and walk
humbly in his footsteps. The RESPONSE
bilities of the high trust to which
have been called-always of grave i'm
portance--are augmented by the pre-
yailing business conditions, entailng
idleness upon willing labor and loss to
useful enterprises. The country is suf-
fering from industrial disturbances
from which speedy relief must be had.
Our financial system needs some revi-
sion our money is all good now, but its
value must not further be threatened
1T should all be put upon an enduring
basis not subject to easy attack, nor its
stability to doubt or dispute. Our cur
rency should continue under the super
vision of the government. The several
forms Of our paper money offer in my
Judgment a constant embarrassment to
the government. Therefore I believe it
necessary to devise system, which
without diminishing the circulating me-
dunn, or offering a premium for it's con-
traction will present a remedy for those
arrangements, which, temporary in
their nature might we'll in the years of
our prosperity have been displaced by
wiser provisions With adequate reve-
nue. secured, but not until then, we can
enter upon such changes in our fiscal
laws as will, while insuring safety and
volume to our money, no longer i'm
pose upon the government the necessity
of maintaining so large a gold reserve,
with it's attendant and inevitable temp
tations to speculation. Most of our fl
nancial laws are the outgrOwth of ex-
perience and trial and should not be
amended without investigation and de-
monstration of the wisdom of the pro-
posed changes. We must be both sure
we are right" and make haste slow
w." If therefore, congress in its wis
dom shall deem it expedient to create a
committee to take under early consid-
Grafton the revision of our coinage,
banking and currency laws. and give
them that exhaustive, careful and dis
passionate examination that their inn
portance demands / shall cordially con-
cur in such action. If such power is
vested in the president it is my pur-
pose to appoint a commission of promi-
nent, we'll informed citizens of different
parties who will command public con-
fidence both on account of their ability
and special fitness for the work. Bust
ness experience and public training
may thus be combined, and the patri-
otto zeal of the friends of the country
be so directed that such a report will be
made as to receive the support of all
parties, and our finances cease to be the
subject of mere partisan contention.
The experiment is, at all events, worth
a trial and, in my opinion, it can but
prove beneficial to the entire country.
The question of international bimetal-
Isfn will have early and earnest at
tention. It will be my constant en-
6eavor to secure it by cooperation with
the other great commercial powers of
the world. Until that condition is real
lied, when the parity between our gold
and silver money springs from and is