The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-03-06
INAUGURATION
OF DEMOCRAT
First in Twenty Years That
Democrats Have
Celebrated.
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Woodrow Wilson on Tuesday
was inaugurated President of
the United States. 1t was the
first time in twenty years that
a Democrat was permitted to
take the oath of office, and one
of the largest crowds in the his
tory of an Inauguration was
present to take part in the pro
ceedings.
On Monday the Suffragette
parade was one of the most
elaborate things of the kind ever
seen, and United States cavalry
men had to rescue the parading
women from the attacks of the
mobs so dense was the crowd
The oath Of office was admin
lStered TO the new president by
the Chief Justice.
President Wilson S inaugural
address was brief, and was in
partas follows:
First Obligation Of Law Is to Keep So
ciety Sound by Sanitary and Pure
Food Statutes and Measures Deter
mining Conditions Of Labor-Task
Not Merely One of Politics.
Washington. March 4.-The inaugural
address of President Woodrow Wilson
is as follows:
There has been a change of govern
ment. It began two years ago, when
the house of representatives became
Democratic by decisive majority. 1T
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 | am going to try
to answer, in order, If | may, to inter
pref the occasion.
1t means much more than the mere
success Of party. The success of a
party means little except when the
nation is nsing that party for a large
and definite purpose. No one can mis-
take the purpose for which the nation
now seeks to use the Democratic party
1t seeks to Use it to interpret change
in its own plans and point Of view.
Some old things with which we had
grown familiar and 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. awak-
ened eyes: have dropped their DISCUSSES
and shown themselves alien ard sin,
lister Some new things as we look
frankly upon them. willing to conpre-
bend their real character, have come
to assume the aspect Of things long be-
lieved in and familiar, stiff of our own
convictions. We have been refreshed
by q new insight inro our own life.
Our Model Government.
We see that in many things life
Is very great. II is inromparabiy great
in its material aspects. in its body of
wealth. in the diversity and sweep OF
its energy, In the industries which have
been conceived and built up by the
Henins of individual men and the lin.
itiess enterprise of groups of men. II
is great also, very, great. 10 Its moral
force. Nowhere else In the world have
noble men and women exhibited in
more striking forums the beauty md
tho energy OF sympathy and helpful
ness aud counsel In their efforts 10 rec.
tify wrong. alleviate suffering and sci
the weak IN the way of strength and
hope. We have. built up, moreover
great system of government. which
has stood through long age as In
many respects model for those who
seek TO set liberty upon foundations
that will endure against fOrtutous
change. against storm and accident
Our life contains every great thing and
contains il in rich abundance
But the evil has come with the geod
and much tue gold has been corroded
With riches has come inexeussbls