San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-05
rKINLEY's INAUGURAL.

comes to the country as a breath OF
fresh air. after the close atmosphere
in which for years the country has
breathed with difficulty. There are
no glittering generalities in it. 1t is
a plain declaration of the condition OF
the country, the evils existing, and the
remedies proposed. 1t leaves the cOun-
try in no doubt on the great questions
that at present engage attention. 1t
promises financial stability by the on
ly means possible. the maintenance
of our money at Il value that will
make it pass current the world over.
To this end Il complete revision of our
currency and coinage laws is declared
necessary and such agreement with
the other commercial nations as
| will enable the United States to keep
! its silver issues at par with gold, at
the same time providing for the largest
possible use of silver. The greatest pos
sible stress is laid on the necessity of
providing for the current expenses of
the government without borrowing,
and this by raising revenue enough TO
pay as we go and provide for the in
tereSt and principal of our outstanding
obligations. To do this taxation upon
foreign production is asserted to be
the policy of the Republic hitherto,
in times of peace rather than in
the government as administered by
him. He is clear and pronounced on
the matter of American citizenship, |
which he would raise i'll the scale, as
sorting that intelligence, alike on the |
part of the immigrant and our own |
people, is the only stability of the ma
ton and its guarantee for the future. |
His declarations on this point as well !
as upon the accumulation of debt in |
time of peace. reads like a ringing in
dictment of the past administration,
and will be heard with intense salts
faction by those who have had the
iron in their soul all these years of
Discrimination to properly estimate the
worth of American citizenship. There
is no iingOiSm in the document. 1t
declares against the acquisition of for
eign territory. against interference in
the affairs of other countries, but it
it does assert the need of protecting
every American citizen everywhere in
the enjoyment of his just rights. In
matters of civil service and the creation
of Il merchant marine distinctively
our own. he speaks as the head of an
American people. big enough and
brainy enough to transact their own
commercial business and haul their
own ocean freightS. His idea of civ
il service is not that 1t shall be made
the tool of the executive for the fur
theranCe of the ends of the party. but
that the public service of the nation
may be improved by the employment
of tried and educated employees, who |
are thoroughly equipped for their |
work. The one disappointment that |
the message will have for Republi- |
cans is the tone pervading it as re-
CARDS the acquisition of foreign terri |
tory, which may very properly be con-
strued to commit the administration to
n rejection of the petition of Hawaii
and also to a denial of the bellig-
erent rights of the struggling Cubans.
1t is an inaugural sQuarely in line
with the platform of the Republican
party and with his own letter of ac-
ceptance. If the administration and
the Congress now entering upon their
government of the country carry into
intelligent practice the ideas set forth
in the inaugural there will be no
doubt of the success of the govern
mcnt. nor of its endorsement mt the
! polls i'm 1900.