Connecticut western news., 1897-03-11

M'KINLEY TAKING THE OATH.
 tho late campaign. The line was composed of four divlsions-the federal troops, un- der command of General Wesley Merritt: the national guardsmen of the various states, commanded by Governor Asa S. Bushnell of Ohio; the Grand Army veter- ans, under command of General O. O. Howard and the civic branch, composed of campaign organizations and marching clubs, commanded by Marshal B. H. War ner.
 Inauguration day closed with an elabo- rate pyrotechnic display in the early even ing and later the inaugural ball at the pension building. The enormous hall never was so beautifully and artistically drapei and festooned and lighted as on this ooca- sion, nor was it ever filled with n moro richly attired and brilliant assembly. The weather for tho ceremonies of the day was ideal, the details of the event ad mirahly executed, and altogether 1t may | be set down as one of the most imposing, 1 pleasing pageants that has been witnessed in connection with the inauguration of Q president.
 | President McKinley's Address The following is President McKinley's s address outlining the policy of his admin | istration:
 | | of the people and in their presence, by the uu ! thority vested in me by this oath, assume | the arduous and responsible duties of presi- dent of the United States, relying on the sup | port of my countrymen and invoking the guid- | auce of Almighty God. Our faith teaches that | there is no safer reliance than upon the God l of our fathers, who has singularly favored | the American people in every national trial. 1 and who will not forsake so long obey
 his commandments and walk humbly in his | footsteps.
 | The responsibilities of the high trust to | which have been called-always of grave i'm 1 portance-are augmented by the prevailing | business conditions, entailing idleness upon | willing labor and loss to useful enterprises. l The country is suffering from industrial dis | turbances from which speedy relief must be | had. Our financial system needs some revision. | Our money is all good now, but it's value must | not further be threatened. It should all be | nut upon an enduring basis, not subject to | asy attack, nor its stability to doubt or dis | 1ute. Our currency should continue under
 he supervision of the government. The sew
 ral forms of our paper money offer, in my | judgment, a constant embarrassment to the | government and safe balance in the treasury. | Therefore l believe 1t necpssary to devise a | system which, without diminishing the circu-
 atiug medium or offering premium for its | contraction, will present a remedy for those | arrangements which. temporary in their ma. | ture, might we'll in the years of our prosper
  | With adequate revenue secured-but not until | then-wu can enter upon such changes in our ] finance laws will, while insuring safety and | volume to our money, no longer impose upon | tho government the necessity of maintaining
 so large a gold reserve, with its attendent and
 inevitable temptations to speculation. Most
 of our financial laws are the outgrowth of ex
 perence and trial and sholld not be amended
 without investigation and demonstration o
 the wisdom of the proposed changes. We must
 be both ''sura right" and "make hast, | slowly" If, therefore. congress in its wisdom
 shall deom it expedient to create commission I to take under early consideration the revision | of our coinage, banking and currency laws ant | give them that exhaustive, careful and dispas | sionate examination that their importance de
 mands, 1 shall cordially concur in such action | If such power Is vested in the president, it 1
 my purpose to appoint commission of prom
 inent. well fnformed citizens of different par
 ties, who will command public confidence botl l n account of their ability and special dtnes