The sun., 1901-03-06
THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL.

THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL.
The Presidents inaugural address, de-
livered to the great mass of people who
witnessed the inaugural ceremonies. end
through the press to those who did not
witness them, was necessarily reyisw
of the four years just past, and reiter
alton of what he has said in his messages
to Congress, both as to industrial condi-
tions of the country, and results of the
Spanish American war. The forinc" is
naturally of more interest tc the people
OF the United States. What he was
able to say, what it was his privilege to
point to as the achievements ofhis admin
istration. furnish the grandest vindca-
tion OF the principles of which he is the
representative and the party of which
he is the executive. What was promised
in the campaign OF 1896, and more, has
been attained. When the President was
inaugurated in 1897, our industries We're
depressed. commerce was languishing and
the National treasury relatively empty.
The people We're idle, and poverty and
suffering everywhere painfully apparent
In four short years that has not only
been changed, but the material inter
ests of the people have been enhanced.
promoted, to a degree hitherto unknown.
Not only is business booming in our own
Il Il Il,
our Democratic friends contended could
not be promoted under the Republican
tariff idea, has grown to wonderful vol
umc, startling the world and exciting
the liveliest speculations as to its prob
able conquest of the markets of the
world. The President had good reason
for calling attention to this, and his
Democratic critics have likewise good
reason for avoiding reference to that part
of his inaugural address.
As to the results of the Spanish war
the President, assured of the sustenanct
Of Congress, of its approval of his course
and its authority to proceed along lines
clearly indicated by his messages and b.
congressional approval, he accepts the
responsibility, and confident both as t.
purpose and the methods Of attainment
courageously affrms what he expects Il
do and what he expects to bring about
He renews all his former promises t,
give the people of Cuba and the Philip
pines freedom, and a stable government
freedom that implies self-government
and a stability of government that i'm
plies supervision and protection unit
perfect freedom and self-government is
possible. This, the President, Congress
and the people of this country, hold t.
he the measure of our duty to thes,
people who have been liberated from
Spanish msrule.
Because the President accepts this
responsibility and because he declare,
that the obligation to these people shal
he met. and the duty performed, an,
does not shrink from the acceptance an,
use Of the power necessary for the per
formance of his duty, and the Nation
duty under the circumstances, the Demo
Gratis are pretending to fear misuse o
power in the abridgment of the right
Of the Cubans and the Flipinos. Thi
is their criticism.
In this, as in his economic and indus
trial policy, the President is right. Hi
successes for four years, his conserva
tive respect for law, his hesitancy in th
use of power for compulsion where
could be avoided, his frmness an
promptness in its use when unavoidable
and the successful determination of tn
anticipated desirable results of his use O
the war power of the nation, assure til
people that he not only is capable, bu
that he is worthy of their trust and col
fidence.
This, we think, is the condition pre-
NOTED by the Presidents inaugural ac
dress, in which both his statement q
fact and Of future policy are verified h
history that is part of the history Of tn
people to whom he spoke.