The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-10
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY.
His Inauguration the Most Brilliant
Affair Of the Kind in the History
Of the United States.


If President Mckinley can succeed
in making bis administration as bril-.
liant as those who managed his inau.
guration, made that event, he can be
reelected almost unanimously, for il
is generally admitted that it was one
of the best managed and most bril-.
liant inaugurations we have had, and
that the crowd was larger than ever
before The Nation could furnish no
more imposing official audience.
Crowded upon the small floor of the
Senate were three coordinate branches
of the government in the persons Of
their most prominent men the legis
lative branch in force; the executive
of the immediate past, with his cabi.
net, and the new executive aud cabi.
net, representing the past and the un-
known future, the Supreme Court in
its robes the army and navy in their
plumes, their gold and their glitter
the diplomatic corps in its lace and
decorations, and citizens in ordinary
dress, representing the unpretending
millions of the lana. The brief GER.
monies were quickly over, and the
official company, forming in twos,
filed out of the chamber and passed
on to the platform at the east front.
With its first appearance, the waiting
thousands broke out into tremeu.
dous cheers Of welcome, which rolled
and roared while the procession, fol-
lowed by the occupants of the CALLER.
les, poured over the immense plat.
form and crowded its seats. This
general acclaim greeted the Presi.
dent.to.be with shout which was the
climax of its enthusiasm, and as
Major Mckinley advanced to deliver
his inaugural, those surging waves of
sound gave way to still more impres.
sive silence
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY's ADDRESS.
Three questions currency, the
revenue and the trusts are given es.
pecial prominence by President Nc.
Kinley in his inaugural. He says
that "our financial system needs some
revision" but suggests caution in
making the revision; Gays that it
should not be entered upon until ade
quate revenue is secured, and favors
the creation of commission to give
the whole matter of currency reform
careful and intelligent consideration.
An increase in the revenue, he points
out, is urgently demanded, and this,
he truly says must come chiefly from
duties on imports. In revising the
tariff, in order to gain this additional
income, he wisely reminds the coun.
try that adequate protection for i'm.
portant industries should be provided
whenever needed, and recon mends
that the reciprocity principal of 1890
be re.enacted and extended. All
trusts and combinations of capital in
restraint of trade he condemns, and
advises the vigorous enforcement
against them of all laws now on the
statute book, and the enactment of
new laws Il these be ineffective.
With three other -interna.
tional arbitration, civil service reform
and immigration-the President deals
ldninously. Since arbitration, as q
substitute for war, has, as he Justly
says, been "the leading feature of our
foreign policy throughout all our his.
tory" he urges the early ratification
of the pending treaty by the Senate.
No one who knows Mr.. McKinlsy's
record 10 Congress on civil service
reform had any doubt, of course as to
the attitude he would take as President
on this question. Nevertheless, he
took especial pains to say that this
reform "must 60 on" He voted for
The present civil service law, he re.
minds the country, and adds that he
will attempt its enforcement in the
spirit in which it was enacted" The
naturalization and immigration laws,
be says, should be further improved,
so as to promote "ssfer, better and
higher citizenship" and warns the
country that its gates must be
promptly and tightly closed" against
all who are "toO ignorant to under.
stand or too vicious to appreciate"
the value of our political system.
On the Cuban question President
Mckinley did not speak specifically,
but be unquestionably had that in
mind when be said that sit will be
our aim to pursue firm and digni.
fed foreign policy, which shall be
iucf i'm martial ayar spatohf,l of an.