The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-03-15

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nues patches Of color ana myrlads OF
points Of steel indicated the assembled
soldiery far as the eye could reach. As
the first of those from the senate APP.
peared a fine drizzling mist began
falling which changed quickly into q
pelting rain. Soon 1t was a Xeritable
downpour. The forbidding aspect drove
some back into the'rotunda, but many
handsomely gowned women. most Of
the senators and representatives and
every. member of the supreme court
and the entire 4bespangled diplomatic
corps braved the elements. The presi-
dent and vice president, Mrs. McKin-'
ley, 1.-The chief justice and several 9TH
ers lin the rallied f and covered EN-
closure jutting out into the crowd were
protected from the storm. There in the
presence of 10000 thousand and in the
sight of twice that number Of people
standing in a soaking rain the presi-
dent took the oath Of office and de-
livefed his second inaugural The
hushed multitude waited breathlessly,
to see him kiss the Bible. and then
despite the rain they awakened the
echoes Of Arlington across the Potomac
with their applause. Hardly had the
inaugural been finished when the rain
abated, turning into drizzling mist
again, and later ceasing altogether.
The presidents inaugural address
was short. The following summary
covers it's most salient features.
The Inaugural Address.
In opening the president said:
when we assembled here on the 4th
of March, 1897, there was great anxiety
with regard to our currency and credit.
None exists now. Then our treasury
receipts were inadequate to meet the
current obligations of the government.
Now they are sufficient for all public
needs, and we have surplus instead
Of a deficit
The president pointed out that the
congress just closed had reduced tax
alton $41,O00,000. Increasing activity
was noticeable in manufacturing and
mercantile industries. Every avenue
Of production is crowded and labor is
we'll employed. The necessity of en-
larging our foreign markets is re-
ferred to. Whatever remains unful-
filed Of the promises made the presi-
dent says is a continuing obligation
upon the congress and the executive.
From the obligations imposed by the
Spanish American war the president
says it is impossible to escape and
would be dishonorable to attempt to
do so. Continuing this subject the
president said: ra .
"ExistinE Problems
demand the thought and quicken the
conscience of the country, and the re-
sponsibility for their presence as we'll
as for their righteous settlement rests
upon us all-no more upon me than
upon you. There are some national
questions in the solution T. which
patriotism should exclude partisan
ship Magnifying their difficulties will
not take them off our hands nor facili-
tate their adjustment. Distrust of the
capacity, integrity and high purposes
of the American people will not be an
inspiring theme for future political
contests. Dark pictures and gloomy
forehDdings are worse than useless.
These only becloud. they do not help
to point the way Of safety and honor.
Hope maketh not ashamed The
prophets of evil were not the builders
of the republic, nor in its crises since
haveSthey served it.. The faith Of the
fathers was mighty force in it's ere
atom and the faith of their, descend
ants shas wrought it's progress and
furnished its defenders. They are OBJ
structionists who despair 7" and who
would observation-disclosures. in the ability
Of ouE people to. solve wisely and for
civilization the nightly problems rest.
ing upon them. The American people,
: Gntrenched In Freedom
at h6nes take their love-: for. ft;!with
them wherever they go. and they,reject
!. as mistaken and unworthy the; doctrine
that we lose our own nberties BY Sc
curing the enduring foundations Of Ills:
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not deteriorate by extension, and. QUE
sense Of ,jt Justice yin not not abate under e;
OF our relations with Cuba the pres
Fdident says We faea.at this moment
sa most; important questionT7thatso of the
ands Cuba. With our near e11efghbors
we must remain close friends. The
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