Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-04
THEtINAUGURAL ADDRESSES.

two inaugural addresses made today b.
gentlemen who were inaugurated, on
president and the other vice president o
the United States. In literary tone am
quality, and in felicity of expression
neither speech leaves anything to be de
sired. Neither speaker seems i'll TIL
least anxious to be o~ratOrical both seen
anxious not to be misunderstood; eacl
had osmething to say that is weight.
and full of Significance.
President Wilson clearly understand.
and clearly states the meaning of thu
victory at the polls which made hin
president Of the United States.
1T means" he says, much more
than the mere success of a party.
The success of a party means little
except when the nation is using that
party for a large and definite pur-
pose. No one can mistake the pur-
pose for which the nation now seeks
to use the democratic party.s 1t
seeks to use it to interpret a change
in its own plans and point of view.
Some old things with which we had
grown familiar, and which had be-
gun to creep into the very habit of
our thought and of u lives, have
altered their aspect as we have alt
terly looked upon them, with fresh,
awakened eyes; have dropped their
disguises and shown themselves
alien and sinister. Some new things,
as we look frankly upon them, will
ing to comprehend their real char
acter, have come to assume the as
pect Of things long believed in and
familiar, stuff of Il own convic-
tons. We have been refreshed by a
new insight into our own life"
This is good. These are the words OF
a man neither mad with victory nor un.
duly exalted with it. The a who has
been deeply impressed with the condi
tions whence the victory arose.
He then proceeds to sketch with a mas
ter's hands the evils in our national life
which the people wish to have remedied
at the same time approaching with
thankful heart the things which are
noble, beautiful and hopeful in the IA,
ton life, and he pledges himself to be at
the service of progress in all true mean.
ings Of the word. The closing paragraph
is worth committing to memory:
This is a day Of triumph; it is a
day of dedication. Here muster, not
the forces Of party, but the forces Of
humanity. Mems hearts wait upon
us; mems lives hang in the balance;
mems hopes call upon us to say
what we will do. Who shall live up
to the great trust? Who dares fail
. to try? / summon all honest men,
all patriotic, all forwardlooking
men, to my side. God helping me,
Twill not fail them, if they will but
counsel and sustain me-"
Vice President Marshall's address is
also a remarkable public document
Brief, like that of the president, it is
the utterance of a strong, clear headed
reasonable nan
He deals more particularly with the
senate and his own relations with it. II
is the speech of a man capable of cen
ceiving a great legislative program, and
also capable Of stating it clearly.
His address is particularly notable il
the high standard of honor it proposes
in dealing with other nations.
"The gambler" he says, may hold
honor to consist in paying his
gambling debts; the member of the
smart set in divorcing his neighbours
wife before taking her unto himself;
the senator, in eliminating person
alities. But when we enter the
chancelleries Of the world and sub
nit to their judgments not only our
rights to be but our rights to be re-
spected we can hope to be measured
in but one way. and we must be able
to show that the solemn treaty OBJ
legations Of this republic will be kept
with the same scrupulous honesty,
both of spirit and letter, whether
made with the humblest people of
this continent struggling for self
government or with the mightiest
monarch of the old world"
Under existing conditions these words
may be considered as full of significance
as bearing on the policy hat should b,
pursued both with Mexico and Colombia
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The Huerta government will, try it i
said, to extradite the members of tn
NIadoro family when thny arrive in Nov