Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-04

Washington. March 4-The inaugural
address Of President Woodrow Wilson
is as follows:
There has been a change OF govern
ment. II began two years ago. when
the house OF representatives became
Democratic by a decisive majority. It
has now been completed. The Senate
about TO assemble will also be Demo
cratic The Offices Of president and
vice president have been put into the
hands Of Democrats. What does the
change mean: That Is the question
That Is uppermoSt IN our minds today.
That is the question / an going 10 try
to answer. I'm order. II may. 10 inter
pref the occasion
IL means much more than the mere
success 0r party. The success OF a
party means little except when the
nation is using that rarty for a large
and definite purpose 40 one can mis-
tuke the purpose for which the nation
now seeks 10 usc the Democratic party.
II seeks n use IL 70 interpret q change
in ifs own plans and point OF view.
Some Old things with which we had
grown familiar aud which had begun
TO creep into the very habit OF our
thought and Of our lives have altered
their aspect aS we have latterly looked
critically upon them with fresh. awsk-
ened eyes have dropped their DISCUSSES
and shown themselves alien aud sin
lister Some new things as we look
frankly upon them. willing 20 compre-
heud their real character. have come
20 assume the aspect OF things long be
lieved In and familiar. stuff Of our own
convictions We have been refreshed
by q new insight into our own life.
OUR MODEL GOVERNMENT.
We see that in many things life
If very great. II is incOmpara bly, greHu
in its material aspects. In its body Of
wealth, In the diversity and sweep OF
fits energy. in the industries which have
been conceived and built up by the
genius OF individual men and the lin.
itless enterprise OF groups OF men. II
is great also. very great, In its moral
force Nowhere else iu the world have
noble men and women exhibited in
more striking forms the beauty and
the energy OF sympathy and helpful.
ness and counsel In their efforts to rec
tify wrong. alleviate suffering and SCI
the weak In the way OF strength and
hope. We have built up. moreover
a great system OF government which
has stood through long age as In
many respects a model for those who
seek 10 set liberty upon foundations
that will endure against fortuitouS
change. against storm and accident
Our life contains every great thing anC
contains II IN rich abundance
But the evil mas come with the good
and much tne gold has been corroded
With riches has come iueXcusabl,
waste We have suuandered grea
part of what We might have used auC
have not stopped 20 conserve the ex
creding bounty OF nature withou
which our genius for enterprise would
have bcen worthless and impOtent
scoruiuE TO be careful. shumefullJ
prodigai as well as admirably efficient
We have been proud OF our industrial
achievements. nut we have not nth
erto stopped thoughtfuIly enough t,
count the human cost. the cost uf lives
snuffed out or energies ovcrraxpd auC
broken. the fearful physical and Spr
itIal cost 10 the men and women an,
children upon whom the dead weigh
aud burden OF II ult ms fallen pitileSS
~ the yrurn through The groun~ an,
agony ~ ~ an had not yet rrache,