The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-03-06
WILSON SPEAKS
To THE nation
inaugural Address Delivered by
the New President.
SEES WORK OF RESTORATION
Task Of Victorious Democracy 10 TO
Square Every Process Of National
Life With Standards Set Up
at the Beginning.

| Washington, March 4.-PreBldent
Wilson's inaugural address. remark
able for its brevity, was listened to
with the greatest interest by the vast
throng which was gathered In front
Of the capitol's east portico, and at its
close there was heard nothing but
praise for its eoQuence and high
moral tone The address in full was
rs follows
There has been q change OF govern
ment 1t began two years ago, when
the house Of representatives became
Democratic by a decisi'9 majori;-.
It has now been completed. The sen
ate about to assemble will also be
Democratic The offices of president
and yicc.presideHt have been put into
the hands of Democrats. What does
tho change mean? That IS the ques'
ton that is uppermost in our minds
today That is me question ! am go.
ing to try to answer, in order II !
may, to interpret the occasion.
Purpose of the Nation.
1t means much more than the mere
success of n 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 Demo
cratic marty. II seeks to use II to In
terpret a change in its own plans and
point OF view Some old things with
which wo 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 lattcrly looked critically upon
them with fresh, awakened eyes;
have dropped their DISCUSSES and
shown themselves alien and sinister
Some new things, as We look frankly
upon them, willing to comprehend
their real character, have come to as.
sumo the aspect Of Things long bclicv'
ed in and familiar, stuff OF our own
convictions. We have been refreshed
by n new insight into our own life
We see that in many things that
lifn is very great. It IL incomparably
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 genius of individual men
and the limitless enterprise OF groups
of men. 1t Is great also, very great
in its moral force Nowhere else in
the world have noble men ard women
Ia ali H.,
beauty and energy of sympathy and
helpfulncss and counsel in their efforts
to rectify wrong, alleviate suffering.
and set the weak In the way Of
strength ana hope We have built up,
moreover, great system Of govern.
ment which has stood through n long
age as in many respects n 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 co-.ains it in rich
abundance.
Evils That Have Come.
But the evil has come with the
good, and much fine gold has been
corroded. with riches has come in.
eXcusable waste. We have squan.
dered a great part OF what we might
have used and have not stopped TO
conserve the exceeding bounty of ma.
ture, without which our genius for en-.
terprise would have been worthless
and impotent scorning to be careful,
Bhamefully prodigal as well az admir-
ably efficient. We have been proud Of
our Industrial achievements. but we
have not hitherto stopped thought.
fully enough to count the human cost,
the cost OF lives snuffed out, of ener-
gies overtaxed and broken, the fear
full physical and spiritual cost to the
men and women and children upon
whom the dead weight and burden Of
II all has fallen ptilessly the years
through. The groans and agony of 1t
all had not yet reached our ears tho
solemn. moving undertone of our life,
coming up cut OF the mines and fac
tories and out of every home where
the struggle had its intimate and fa.
miliar seat. With the great govern
. NthI many uttD NfNltN NHlllEb
which we too long delayed to look
into and scrutinize with candid. fear.
less eyes. The great government we
loved has too often been made use OF
for private and selfish purposes, and
those who used It had forgotten the
people.
Al last n vision has been vouch-
safed US of our life as n whole. We
see the bad with the good. the de.
based and decadent with the sound
and vital With this vision We ap.
proach new affairs 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 without
weakening or sentimentalizing it.
There has been something crude and
heartless and unfeeling in our haste to
succeed and be great. Our thought has
been Let every man look out for him
self, let every generation look out for
ITSELF while we reared giant machin-
cry which mado 1t impossible that any