The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-03-06
WILSON'S VIEWS
GIVEN TO NATION

,..sbiurton. March 4.-The inaugural
.. %rs Of President Woodrow "''so"
! as follows: o ~ oovern-
-.nt It began two years ago, when
a house Of representatives became
~ S.mmratic by decisive majority. IL
- Uow been completed. The senate
'.., =, ~ assemble will also be Demo.
.v The offices Of president ana
1 ',.s oresIdent have been put into the
, srs : of Democrats. What does the
...uee mean? That is the question
,s.t s uppermost in our minds today.
49, "a the question am going to try
!. Z answer, in order, If l may to inter-
n the occasion. - ~ ,,o,o
= means much more than the mere
.ceess Of a party. The success OF a
s.,tv means little except when the
.ticu Il using that party for a large
ia definite purpose. No one can mis-
- the purpose for which the nation
n, seeks TO use the Democratic party.
: seeks TO use 1t to interpret IA change
z ~ own plans and point OF view.
s.me old things with which we had
sovn familiar and which had begun
= Green into the very habit of our
thouebt and Of our lives have altered
~ aspect as we have latterly looked
riucally upon them with fresh. awak-
"a eyes; have dropped their DISCUSSES
"a shown themselves alien and sin
~. Some new things us we look
f,ukly upon them. willing to compre-
I'D their real character. have come
b assume the aspect of things long be-
ln,ed in and familiar. stuff of our own
en.victions. We have been refreshed
\ new insight into our own life.
Our Model Government.
WSAee that in many things life
hvefy great. 1t is incomparably great
b It's material aspects, in its body OF
wealth, in the diversity and sweep of
= energy, 10 the industries which have
ben conceived and built up by the
RnIus Of individual men and the linn
llem enterprise Of groups Of men. 1t
! great also, very great. in its moral
ltece. Nowhere else in the world have
noble men and women exhibited in
uors striking forms the beauty and
tie energy Of sympathy and helpful
~ and counsel in their efforts to rec
W wrong. alleviate suffering and set
IL weak In the way Of strength and
hepe We have built up. moreover,
I peat system Of government, which
~ stood through long age as in
uany respects model for those who
pek to set liberty upon foundati tons
TIT will endure against fortuitous
tlause. against storm and accident
Or life contains every great thing and
eefains It In rich abundance.
Bat the evil has come with the good.
% much fine gold has been corroded.
Win riches has come inexcusable
vaste. We have squandered great
MT Of what we might have used and
nve not stopped to conserve the ex-
ceding bounty of nature without
waich our genius for enterprise would
ave been worthless and impotent,
e3sning to be careful. shamefully
HedisaI as well as admirably efficient.
We have been proud of our Industrial
aenlevements. but we have not hith
ITO stopped thoughtfully enough to
count the human cost, the cost of lives
@uued out. Of energies overtaxed and
aosen, the fearful physical and spir.
ga cost to the men and women and
e4Ioren upon whom the dead weight
~ burden Of 1t all has fallen pitiless-
" years through. The groans and
ss0ay OF 1t all had not yet reached
~ Wn' the solemn, moving under
~ Of our life. coming up out of the
- and factories and out of every
ae where the struggle had its init
ne and familiar seat. With the
H.t government went many deep Sc.
q! mlngs which we too long delayed
ook Into and scrutinize with can
fearless eyes. The great govern
~ we loved has too often been
ee Use Of for private and selfish
poses. and those who used it had
"'uctten the people.
Duty Of Americans Outlined.
= nst a vision has been vouchsafed
our lie as a whole. We see the
WIN the good. the debased and
~. oent with the sound and vital.
,'. ~ 'nls vision we approach new af-
~ OUR duty is to cleanse, to re-
'oer' to restore. to correct the evil
10y Uncut lmpairing the good. to purify
uumanize every process of our
sss -%on life without weakening or
uumentalizing it. There has been
, s%ssOlng crude and heartless and un-
.se''ns in our haste tosucceed and be
't Our thought has been. let ev.
~ man look out for himself; let ev-
- generation look out for itself"
m .,'e we reared giant ma chinery which
-soe It impossible that any but those
' SsO stood at the levers Of control
thsv S'u nave a chance to look out for
~ ~snselves. We had not forgotten our
NO., Mosa's We remembered well enough
~ ~. We had set up policy which was
n. 49," % serve the humblest as we'll as
10 -. %o't powerful. with an eye single
Ma. ne standards Of justice and foil
ano remembered it with pride
lrr'. = were very needless and in
',sy to be great. 'Du !"
oud :. 1--we come now to the sober sec
h.. thought. The scales Of beed, sss
hs,. aave fallen from our ewes, W.
~ sr's made up our minds to s SQUARE Wv Wv
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