The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-12

| 1t shall be my highest aim to justify the con-
| fdence the people have reposed in me by dis
Charging my duties in such manner as to
| tighten your labors secure your appreciation Of
my honest effort to administer your rules with
an eye single to the public good, and promote
the pleasant and efficient transaction OF the
public business
1 trust that our official and personal relations
may be alike agreeable; that the friendship we
! that the work OF the senate may rebound to the
peace and honor of the country and the prosper
1ty and happiness Of all the people.
President Mckinley Sworn In.
This ceremony completed both houses of con-
gress and many of the more-privileged specta-
tors adjourned to the eastern portico. There in
the presence of immense throng Chief-Jus-
/ tice Fuller administered to President Mckinley
the brief obligation prescribed to maintain the
| constitution and enforce the laws of the United
| States, and President Mckinley delivered his
inaugural address.
President McKinIey's Inaugural Address.
F,ELLow-CITIzENs: In obedience to the will
| Of the people, and their presence by the au-
| thority vested in me by this oath. assume the
| arduous and responsible duties OF president OF
the United States, relying on the support of my
| countrymen and invoking the guidance of Al
| mighty God. Our faith teaches that there is no
safer reliance than upon the God of our fathers,
who has so singularly favored the American
people in every national trial, and who viii not
forsake us SO long as we obey His command
ments and walk humbly in His footsteps.
The responsibility of the high trust to which
are augmented by the prevailing business con-
ditions, entafl1ng 1dleness upon willing labor
and loss to useful enterprises. The country is
suffering from industrial disturbances 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
ing basis, not subject to easy attack, It's
stability open to doubt or dispute. Our cur
rency should continue under the supervision Of
the government. The several forms of our pa
per money offer, in my Judgment, constant
balance in the treasury. Therefore,
believe it necessary to devise system which,
without diminishing the circulating medium. or
offering premium for its contraction, will pre-
sent a remedy for those arrangements which,
temporary in their nature. might well in the
years of our prosperity have been displaced by
wiser provisions. With adequate revenue Sc
cured, but not until then, we can enter upon
such changes in our fiscal laws as will, while
ensuring safety and volume to our money, no
longer impose upon the government the necessi-
ty of maintaining so large gold reserve, with
speculation. Most of our financial laws are the
outgrowth of experience and trial. and should
not be amended without investigation and
a1e''0l'9i the proposed rSIS changes. We must
be both Sure We are right" and
it's wisdom shall deem it expedient to Great
commission to take under early consideration
the revision Of our coinage, banking ana cur
full and dispassionate examination that their
Importance demands, I shall cordially concur N
such action. II such power Is VeSted IN tn6
president, it is my purpose to appoint commits
sion of prominent, well-tnformed cltlzens OF
different parties who will command public con-
1dence both on account OF their ability and spe-
cial fitness for the work. Business experience
and public training may thus be combined ana
the patriotic zeal Of the friends of the country
be so directed that such q report win be MADE
as to receive the support of all parties ana our
finances cease to be the subject Of mere partisan
contention The experiment Is. at all events,
worth trial, and in my opinion 1t can but prove
beneficial to the entire country.
The question of International bimetalltsm
will have early and earnest attention. II viii
be my constant endeavor to secure it by CO..
operation with the other great commercial
powers of the world Until that condition Is
realized-when the parity between our gold and