Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-04
VICE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL.
Vice President MarshalIs inaugu

VICE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL.
Vice President MarshalIs inaugural
address was as follows:
The prophecies Of this occasion
PROBABLY require lew words from one
who is grateful 70 the American PEG
pie for the honor heretofore done him
and his day consummated.
No senator has, ! trust, a keener
app, c-auUu Of the necessities ii tne
way OF tact and courtesy now devoly-
ing upon me than l myself. / offer
no surety as TO my discharge Of duties
other than a personal pledge that l
will seek to familiarize myself with
them and Will endeayor always to eX-
ercise that cOmplaisance and forbear- .
ance which are essential to him who +,
ably presides over great debates upon !
great public questions by great men. /
Divergent views relative to this
body would be less divergent If The
American people would come TO real
ize that on all sides of real questions
much may truthfully be said. Such an
attitude of the public mind would elm
mate the view that this body is dis.
itinctively deliberate and not thorough
~ patriotic
Charges of bad faith based upon
an attitude of mind or upon conduct
should never be made until it is clear
! ly established that the resultant &C
/ ton is the outcome of personal inter
est or improper and dishonOraD.e bust
ness or social relations.
! Your action has not always met
with universal approval but up to this
good hour no workable substitute for
the exercise of the functions Of this
body has been proposed. II is not
needful for me here and now to accept
brief in your defense. This body
will continue TO stand not because of
its presiding officer but because of the
patriotism and intelligence Of its con-
stituent members and their devotion
to our system Of government.
GOVERNMENT Is HARNESS.
To my mind government is the har-
ness with which people draws its
load of civilization If the harness be
properly adjusted the load, though
heavy, will be drawn with ease and no
part Of the people will be CALLED The
senate is the binders, intended to keep
the people from shying at imaginary
dangers and topping into the ditch
our system Of government. So long as
the binders serve this purpose they
are a most valuable part of the har-
ness but if they be drawn so closely
to the eyes as 10 prevent the seeing OF
real dangers. then they should either
be spread or done awar with entirely
am one of those who think that We
. can so adjust OUT binders as TO meet
!, new conditions and render us sanely
responsive 10 every reasonable de
, mand of the people without disturb,
ing any of the checks and balances Of
our system o: government and pre-
serving with loyalty and fidelity the
. ancient ideals Of the republic
With neither right nor desire to in
. fringe upon the prerogatjves OF the
: president so soon to be, beg the ex-
! preston of the opinion that what yer
: diverse views may be held relative to
the work Of this body all persons are
, agreed that under the constitution the
I senate OF the United Saes IS singularIy
T The guardian Of the peoples honor:
: that more ana more, s righteousness
: is exalted among this people. the idea
, is becoming more firmly fixed that II
{ is not vast territory. great wealth nor
p great learning which mark the real
| status e America, THAI America IS 10
be measured by the golden metewaGd
Of honor: and, as the idea in her for
nation Wa the inherent right OF men
70 rule themselves, that now she can
Ill afford 20 announce this doctrine in
her own land and renounce it for an
Instrument OF oppression i'll other
lands
NO STANDARD OF HONOR.
Unfortunately there is no fixed
standard Of honor outside the diction
az. The gambler may hold il to con
sist il paying his gaming debts; the
member Of the smart set. in divorcing
his ueighbors wife before taking her
unto himself: the senator. in eliminat.
ing personalities. But when we enter
the Chancellories of the world and sub
mt 10 iHelI judgments nor Only our
right 10 be but our right to be respect
ed We can hope to be measured in but
one way; and We must be able to show
that the solemn treaty obligations OF
this republic will be kept with the
same scTUpulous honesty, both OF
spirit and letter. whether made with
the humbIest people of this continent
strupgling for self.gnvernmenf OIL with