The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-04

sembled here on the 4th of March. 1897.
there WAS great anxiety with regard to
our currency and credit. None eN-
lists 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 a surplus instead Of
deficit Then / felt constrained to con-
Vene Congress in extraordinary SeS-
sion to devise revenues 10 pay the or
binary expenses Of the Government.
Now | have the satisfaction to an
nounce that the Congress just closed
has reduced taxation in the sum of
fOrty-one millions Of dollars. Then
there was deep SoliCitude because OF
the long depression in our manufact-
urlng, mining, agricultural, and mer-
camille industries and the consequent
distress of our ldbOTing population.
Now every avenue of production is
crowded with activity labor is wei
employed, and American products find
good markets at hcme and abroad
Our diversified productions, however,
are increasing in such unprecedented
volume as to admonish us Of the ne
cessity Of still further charging our
foreign markets by broader CONNER
ClaI relations. For this purpose Teclp-
rocal trade arrangements with other
nations should in liberal spirit be care
fully cultivated and promoted
The national verdict Of 1895 has for
the most part been executed. What
ever remains untitled is a continuing;
obligation resting with GndiminisheC
force upon the Executive and the
Congress But fortunate as our COR
ditiOn is its perman9uce can only be
assured by sound business methods
and strict economy in national admin
iStration and legislation We should
not permit our great prosperity to
lead Us to reckless ventures in bust
ness or prOfiigacy in public expend-
lures While the Congress determines
the objects and the sum of appropria-
lions, the officials of the executive de-
partments are responsible for honest
and faithful disbursement and il
should be their constant care to avoid
waste and extravaganza
Honesty. capacity, and industry. are
nowhere more Indispensable than in
public employment These should be
fundamental requisites to original
appointment and the sUrest guarantees
against removal.
Four years ago we stood on the
brink of war without the people
knowing it and without any prepar-
alton or effort at preparation for the
impending peril I did all that in
honor could be done to avert the war,
but without avail II became ineyi-
table; and the Congress at it's first
regular session, without party divis-
ion, provided money in anticipation
Of the crisis and in preparation to
meet it. 1t came. The result was sig
naIly favorable to American arms and
in the highest degree honorable to the
Government. It imposed upon US OBJ
legations from which we cannot eS-
cape and from which it would be dis
honorable to seek to escape We are
now at peace with the " orld. and il is
my fervent prayer that If differences
arise between US and other Powers
they may be settled hy peaceful arbi-
tratiOn and that hereafter we may be
spared the horrors Of war.
Entrusted by the people for a second
time with the Office. of President, en-
ter upon its administration appreciat-
ing the great responsibilities which at
tach to this renewed honor and COM
mission, promising unreServed deyO-
ton on my part TO their faithful dis
charge and reverently invoking for my
guidance the direction and favor Of
Almighty God I should shrink from
the duties this day assumed if I did
not feel that in their performance /
should have the cooperation of the
wise and patriotic men OF al parties
1t encourages me for the great task
which 1 now undertake TO believe that
those who voluntarily committed 70
me the trust imposed upon the Chief
Executive OF the Republic VIII give to
me generous support in my duties to
preserve. protect, and defend the
Constitution of the United States
and to care that the laws be faith
fully executed. - The national purpose
is indicated through a national cleo
ton 1t is the constitutional method
Of ascertaining the public Kill. When
once il is registered il is q law to US
all, and faithful observance should
follow it's DEGREES
Strong hearts and helpful hands are
needed, and, fortunately, we have
them in every part Of our beloved
country We are reunited Section
alism has disappeared. Division on
public questions can no longer be
traced b.. the war maps of 1861. These
old differences less and less disturb
the judgment. Existing problems de-
nand the thought and quicken the
conscience Of the country. and the re-
sponsibility for their presence as well
as for their righteous settlement rests
upon US all-no more upon me than
upon you There are some national
questions in the solution of which pa
triotism should exclude partisanship-
NIagnifying their difficulties will not
take them off our hands nor facilitate
their adjustment. DistTust OF the ca
pacity, integrity, and high purp Oses of
the American people viii not be IN in
spring theme for future political con-
tests. Dark pictures and gloomy fcre-
bodinSs 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 have
they saved or served it The faith of
the fathers was a mighty force in its
creation, and the faith OF their de-
scendants has wrought its progress
0bstructionists who despair and who
would destroy confidence in the ability
OF our people TO solve wisely and for
civilization the mighty problems rest
ing upon them The American pc pie,
entrenched In freedom at home. take
their love for it with them wherever
they go. and they reject as mistaken
and unworthy the doctrine that We lose
our own liberties by securing the en-
during foundations of liberty to 9TH
ers Our institutions will not deterior-
ate by extension, and our sense Of jus
tice will not abate under tro0Ic suns in
distant seas. AS heretofore, so here
after will the nation demonstrate its
fitness to administer any new estate
which events deYolve upon il, and in
the fear Of God will take occasion by
the hand and make the bounds of free
dom wider vet" If there are those
among us who would make our way
more difficult. We must not be dis
heartened, but the more earnestly ded-
icate ourselves TO the task upon which
we have rightly entered. The path OF
progress is seldom smooth New things
are often found hard TO do Our faith
ers found them so. We find them So
They are announcement They cost us
something. But are We not made bet
ter for the effort and sacrifice, and are
not those we serve lifted up and
blessed?
We will be consoled. too, with the
fact that opposition has confronted
every onward movement OF the Re
public from its opening hour until now