The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-03-06

StfGA.
"This is not a day of triumph;
il is a dayfof d~edication.'
Washington, d.. C.--In II fifteen
minnie inaugural address. creating II
record for brevity, President Wood
row Wilson today, following his in-
duction into office. pledged himself
to the cause OF humanity. In a clear
cut. simply couclied declaration or
only 1000 words, the ncw president
declared that the American people.
in their hurry To be great, had Tor
gotten to count the human and ma
tcriai cost.
Clearly the new president an
nounced his intention of featuring
these reforms in his administration;
Revision of the tariff.
4 new and adequate currency sys-
TEN.
A liberated industrial system.
Development of agriculture.
Conservation OF resources.
Yet President Wilson mace il
clear. thai lie favorad no course so
radical ms t destroy that which has
already been built up; he saw that
he could not proceed rs il he had n
clean sheet of paper To write upon.
Following is the inaugural address
i'm fun:
"There has been II change in gov
crmment. IL began two years ago,
when the House of Representatives
became democratic by il decisive ma
joIity. Ii has now been completed.
NI-- As.-.t~ rI.-,,t A, nGuny,E1, will
also be democratic. The offices of
president II Nicc-president lave
been put into the hands of demo-
Gratis. What doc the change mean:
That is the question that is upper
most in our minds today. That is the
question / am going to try to answer,
in order, if 1 may, to interpret the
occasion.
ut means much more than the
mere success of II party. The success
of "a party means little except when
the nation is using that party FOR a
large and definite purpose. No one
can mistake the purpose for which
the nation now seeks TO use the dent
ocratic party. IL seeks to use is to
interpret IL change in its 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 IL of
our lives, have altered their aspect
RS we have l~attcTly looked critically
upon them. with fresh. awakened
eyes; have dropped their DISCUSSES
and shown themselves alien and sin
lister. Somc new things. as we look
frankly upon them, willing to com.
Drehend their real character, have
come 70 assume the aspect OF things
long believed in and familiar, stuff OF
our own convictions. We ave beer
refreshed by Il new insight into our
own life.
EVIL WITH THE GOOD.
1--WE see thai in many things life
> is very great. 1t is i~ncomparably
great in its material aspect, in its
body of wealth, in the diversity IL
, sweep of its energy, i'll the industries
which have been conceived and built
: up by the genius of individual men
! and the IimitleSs enterprise OF groups
OF men. 1t is great. also. very great,
in its moral force. Nowhere else in
the world have noble men and ONE
exhibited in more striking form the
beauty and the energy OF sympathy
and helpfulness and counsel i'll their
cfforas to rectity wrong, alleviate SUI
fcring, and set the weak iii the way OF
strength and hope. We have built mp,
, moreover, IL great system oil govern
:. ment which has stood through II
, long g a i'll many respects a model
for those who seek to set liberty upon
Foundations that will endure against
, fortuitous change. against storm and
accident. Our life continues every
, great thing, and contains it in rich
abundance.
i, But the evil has come with the
good, and much fine gold has been
: coEroded. With riches has come in
~eNcusabie waste. We have %squander-
ed IL great part of what we might
, have used. and have not stopped to
conserve the exceeding bounty of MAJ
= turc, without which our genius for
+ enterprise would nave been worthless
and impGtent, scornin@ to be careful,
shamefully rrodi@al as VIII rs adj
, mirably efficient. We have been proud
i OF our Industrial achievements, but
we have not hitherto stopped thought
i fully enough to oun the human cost
I the cost of lives snuffeJ ont, OF cnel'-
giles ovcrtaXed. the fearful physical
6 and spiritual cost to the mel and Wo-
, men and children upon whom the
q dead weight and burden of it all has
fallen pitilessly the years through.
, The groans and agony of it all had not
: yet reached our ears, the solemn,
moving undertone of our life, coming
up out of the mines and factories and
out of every home where the strug-
gle had its intimate and familiar
p seat. With the great government went
+ many deep secret things which we
+ too long delayed to look into and
. scrutinizc with candid, fearless eyes.
: The great government we loved has
. too often been made use of for pri-
waite and selfish purposes, and those
who used it had forgotten the peo-
nle.