The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-05
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ROOseyelt's Speech,
Vice President Roosevelt then Dolly
cred his inallCllral aldInss He said.
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| inc history OF free government is in large par
the history OF those representative legislative bod
les IN Which, ron the earliest times, free gov
Hhh'nl has found its loftlest expression. The.
mus ever hoid peculiar and exalted position il
| Inc record which tells how the great nations o
The world have enicayored to achieve and pre-
serve orderly freedom No man can render to hi
fellows greater service than is rendered by hin
who, with fearltssness and honesty, with sanity
and dlslltcrestcdneas does his life work as
member OF such body. Especially is this thu
case when the legislature in which the service il
rendered is vital part in the governmental ma
chinery Of one Of those world powers to whose
n"tuS' III .hf course OF .he ages Is intrusted
For veal or for woe, for good or for nyii N ,hi,
is true Of our own mighty nation. Great priv
leses and great powers are ours, and heavy are
md these nowsrs Acor III Wv" 'sse pf,raSses
i'll, 50 shall mankind in the future be raised or
cast down We belong to young nation, already
VI saan' strength, yet whose present strength IS
stand supreme in continent, in a hemisphere,
Fast and west we took across the two great oceans
WIN or not, we mus, take an eve, "' .~a,, M
share and as keen eyed, we gaze into the com
-, new anI oau ',se s"'sn anu last
There is every reason why we should face these
duties with sober appreciation alike of their i'm.
pofIahce ana OF 'he'r u'hcnl'y' out there is also
resolution and earrr and conaden, faith in nr
pacity to do them Alright great work lies
ready to the hand Of this generation, II should
count itself happy indeed that TO II il given the
privilege Of doing such a work. A leading mart
therein must he taken by ths the august and
powerful legislative body over which I have hren
called TO prrsidc Most depDly I onrroc;ote Tho
rriyiIpre Of nv position. for higb Indeed is the
honor OF presidinr over the American senate at
the outset of the twentieth century.
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I'i' P''' i"iii''ioii Vi INC Pi's'ueht
calling the senate into extraordinary
session then WAS read by the clerk. the
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olll'Id "Fler OF tue ne" wee president.
Vice President Roosevelt called the
nov senate IN order and administered
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succeed himself as clllcl magistrate on
a Handsomely decorated stand at thc
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vi SurSllS iHui'ltt'le' lhe oalH was
administered to the president by Chief
Justiro EulIrr President JcEinIoy
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'H''' o''Nti'h MS inaugural auurcsS,
which was as follows:
Ny Fellow Citzens-When we assembled here
OF the 4'h OF March, 1917 there was great anxiety
WIN regard 10 our currency ana credit. Nohe
tAiS's now Ih'h our treasury receipts were IN
ad'4"'le 10 meet the current Obligations OF the
Eo't'h'''"'' no" 'h'F are suf'c,eht Tor all pub
ne hrcdF. ana We nave surplus instead OF
drhclt' Then felt constrained to convene the
congress N extraordinary session 10 devise rev
tnn's to pay the ordinary expenses Of the govern.
m'hti now have the satisfaction to announce
iha' me congress JUST closed has reduced taxation
III The sum Of S4l oOOoVn. Then there was deep
sohGude because Of the long depression in our
manufacturing, mining agricultural and mcrCan.