The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
INAUGURATION OF. WILSON AND
MARSHALL

INAUGURATION OF, WILSON AND
MARSHALL.
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
and Thos. R. Marshall of Indiana
were formally indicted into the Of
fees of president and vice president
of the United States respectively last
Tuesday, the ceremonies being con-
Quoted with dignified and impressive
simplicity
The oath was administered to MIR.
Marshall in the senate chamber a
few minutes after IL o'clock by the
senior member OF the senate, lion.
Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire, and. after the delivery of a
brief address by the vice president,
the distinguished assembly marched
to the east front of the Capitol, where
Chief Justice White of the United
States supreme court administered
the oath Of office to the president
elect.
Mr. Wilson delivered an eloquent
and forceful inaugural address in the
presence of vast concourse of peo-
pie, who cheered him to the echo.
The full text of this utterance will be
reproduced in next weeks issue Of
The Chief. Perhaps its most practf-
cal and important paragraph is the
following.
1--WE have itemiZed with some de-
gree of particularly the things that
ought to be altered and here are
some of the chief items: A tariff
which cuts us off from our proper
part in the commerce of the world,
violates the just principles of tax
alton, and makes the government a
facile instrument in the hands of
private interests; a banking and cur
reney system based upon the, ne
cessity of the government to sell its
bonds fifty years ago and perfectly
adapted to concentrating cash and
restricting credits; an industrial sys-
TEN which, take it on all it's sides,
financial as well as administrative,
holds capital in leading strings, re-
stricts the liberties and limits the
opportunities of labor, and exploits
without renewing or conserving the
natural resources of the country; a
body of agricultural activities never
yet given the efficiency of great
business undertakings or served as
it should be through the Instrument
ality. of science taken directly to the
farm, or afforded the facilities Of
credit best suited to it's practical
needs; watercourses undeVeloped,
waste places unreclaimed, forests I'M
tended fast disappearing without plan
or prospect of renewal, unregarded
waste heaps at every mine. We have
studied as perhaps no other nation
has the most effective means of
production, but we have net. studied
cost or economy as We should either.
as organizers of industry as states
men or as individuals.
Following the ceremonies at the
Capitol fine procession, composed
of regular army and navy forces,
state militia commands, and scores
Of civic bodies and organizations pa
raded the principal streets, requiring
more than five hours to pass the re-
viewing stand opposite the White
House, where the president, vice
president, their families and many
5distingu ishe6 guests watched the
Imposing and attractive column of
marehers go by.
Among the first to grasp the hand
Of the incoming president and to
wish him success in his administra-
ton was the outgoing president,
William Fl. Taft, whose broad and
genial smile never diffused itself
more warmly than on this moment
GUS occasion.
The cabinet appointments an
nounced by President Wilson are as
follows:
Secretary of State, William Jen-
nings Bryan OF Nebraska.
Secretary of the Treasury, William
G. McAdoo of New York.
Secretary of War, Lindley M. Gar
rison of New Jersey.
Secretary of the Navy, Josephus
Daniels Of North Carolina.
Postmaster General, Albert S. Bur-
Lesson of Texas.
Attorney General, James e. Mercy
nolds of Tennessee.
Secretary of Agriculture, David F.
Houston of Missouri.
Secretary of the Interior, Franklin
NJ. Lane,Iof California.
Secretary Of Commerce, William G.
Redfield of New York.
Secretary Of Labor, William B.
Wilson of Pennsylvania.
This is an able and judiciously
chosen list Of advisers, and while
Louisianians will regret that it does
not include a selection from their
own state, they will join in commend
ing it as representative of the vari-
GUS sections and leading interests Of
the common country. Still more
fervently will they wish and hope
that the new administration may
prove conservative, statesmanlike and
just in its attitude and course at all
times, and particularly in its treat
ment Of the domestic industries af-
fected by the tariff, to the end that
those of Louisiana and all the other
states may have a fair chance for
life and prosperity.
Bourge ois-Acoata.