Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-05
President Wilson'S Inaugural
Address Remarkable for Breuity

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dress of President Woodrow VIII
son. delivered immediately after
he had taken the oath OF office
today. was remarkable for It's
hrevitv standing at the historic
east front OF the White House.
the president spoke To vast
throng Of people. lie said
There has been a change OF
government Il began two years
age when the house ~ represcn-
tatives became democratic by a
decisive majority II has now
been completed. The senate about
10 assemble viii also be- demo-
cratic. The offices Of president
aud vice president have been put
into the hands Of democrats.
What does the change mean
That is the question that is up-
permost In our minds today That
is the question ] am going TO try
10 answer in order. if may to
interpret the occasion.
1T means much moro than the
mere success of "a party. The sue
cess ~ party means little cy-
ccnt when the nation Is using that
party for large and definite puf-
pose No one can mistake tho
purpose for which the nation new
seeks to use the democratic party.
lt seeks 20 use It 10 interpret a
change in lis own plans aud 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 as-
poct as we have lattcrly looked
critically upon them. with fresh,
awakened eyes. have dropped
their DISCUSSES and shown them
selves alien and sinister. Some
new things, as We look frankly
upon them, willing to compre-
hend their real character. have
come To assume the aspect of
things long believed In and fam
illar stun Of our own convictions.
We have been refreshed by new
insight into our own life.
we see that in many things
that life is very great. 1t is in
comparably great in It's material
aspects, in It's body of wealth, I'm
the diversity and sweep OF its en-
ergy. in the Industries which have
been received and built up by the
genius of individual men and the
limitless enterprise Of groups OF
men. II Is great also. very
great. In its moral force. No
where else in the world have mo-
HE men and women exhibited in
more striking forms the beauty
and the energy Of sympathy and
helpfulness and counsel IN their
efforts to reetfy wrong. alleviate
suffering and set the weak in the
way Of strength and hepe. We
have built moreover, great sys-
of government. which has stood
through a long age as in many
respects a model for those who
seek to set liberty upon founda-
tions that will endure against for
tuitous change, against storm and
accident. our life contains every
great thing. and contains II In
rich abundance
"But the evil has come with
the good. and much fine gold has
been eorroded With riches has
come inexcusable waste We have
squandered great part of what
we might have used. and have
not stopped to conserve the ex
ceeding bounty of nature. without
which our genius for enterprise
would have been worthless and
impotent. scorning to be careful.
shamefully prodigal as well as ad.
mirahly efficient. We have been
proud Of our Industrial achieve
ments, hut we have not hitherto
stopped thoughtfully enough to
count the human cost. the cost Of
lives snuffed ont. Of energies over
taxed ana broken. the fearful
physical and spiritual cost to the
men and women and children up
on whom the dead weight and
burden of 1t an has fallen pitt
lessly the years through The
groans and agony of Il all had
not yet reached our ears, the
solemn, moving undertone Of our
life. coming up ont Of the mines
and factories and ont OF every
home where the struggle had It's
intimate ana familiar seat. With
the great government Wit many
deep secret things which IS too
long delayed to look into and sc7u-
tlnize with candid. fearless eyes
The great government we loved
has too often been made use OF
for private and selfish purposes,
and those who used It had for
gotten the people.
'At last q vision has been
us of our life as a
whole We see tho bad with the
good, the debased and decadent
with the sound and vital. With
this vision we approach new af-
fairs. our duty Is to cleanse. to
reconsider, to restore. to correct
The evil without impairing the
good to purify and humanize
every process Of our common life
weakening or sentimental
izlng IT, There has been some
hing crude and heartless and un-
feeling in our haste to succeed