The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05
Of President-elect Mckinley
At the Capital Yes
terday Noon.
ASCENDS AMBITIONS ALPS
In the Presence of a Vast Concourse of
Citizens-Hobart Sworn ln--The
Inaugural Address.
BY telegraph to the Times.

BY telegraph to the Times.
Washington, March 4.-McKinley
has crossed the Alps of his ambition
and life holds no higher honors-nO
prouder position.
At high noon today was admins
tered the oath of office that made him
president of these United States for
the next four years. Hobart was I'M
medlately after sworn in as vice.
president, and the opening scene of
the political drama was over.
The town ls literally boiling over
with "original Mckinley men," and
few are the statesmen prominent In
public life, who will not rest their
weary frames in Washington tonight.
Sh rman, Gage, AIger, Gary, Long,
Wilson and McKenna, of the cabinet,
are all in evidence. Among the other
men of mark bere are Governors PIN
gree of Michigan. and Drake of Iowa;
Colonel Buck. Governor Foraker, Ii.
Clay Evans and Boss Platt.
THE PRESIDENTS POLICY.
Mr.. Mckinley delivered his lnau-
gural address in manner that indI-
cat, d a deep sense of the responsibility
he has taken upon himself. The chief
issue discussed was that of the revenue
tariff, and an increase of revenues,
coupled with a judicious degree of re-
ciprocity was advocated.
He declared his intention OF calling
an extra session of congress for March
10, and pledged himself to check all
unjust encrOachments of the trusts,
and referred to his foreign policy as
one of dignity and firmness.
The financial problem was not neg
lected, and in referring to it, the
president advocated the creation of a
non-rartlsan commission to take up
the question of bimetaIlIsm.
In treating these issues the presi-
dent said:
eff congress shall deem 1t expedient
to create a commission to take under
consideration the revision of our coin
age laws 1 shall cordially concur IN
such action. The paramount duty of
congress is to stop deficiencies by res
toration of that protective legislation
which has always been the tirmest
prop of the treasury. The depression
for the past four years has fallen with
especial severity upon the great body
of tollers of the country and upon
none more than the holders of small
farms. Agriculture has langulshed
and labor suffered. The revival of
manufacturing will be relief to bolh.
THE TRUSTS.
"The declaration of the party now
restored to power has been in past that
of opposition to all combinations of
capital organized in trusts to control
arbitrarily the condition of trade, and
it has supported such legislation as
will prevent the execution of all
schemes to oppress the people by un-
due charges on their supplies or by
unjust rates for the transportation Of
their products to market.
'Reforms in the civil service must
go on. But the changes should be real
and genuine, not perfunctOry or
prompted by a zeal in behalf of my
party simply because it happens to be
in power. Congress should give
prompt attention to restoration of our
American mercI ant marine, once the
pride of the seas IN all the great ocean
highways of commerce. The United
States has progressed with marvellous
rapidity in every field of enterprise
and endeavor, until we have become
foremost in nearly all of the great
lines of inland trade, commerce and
industry.
"War should never be entered upon