The Holt County sentinel., 1913-03-07
WILSON SPEAKS
TO THE NATION
Inaugural Address Delivered b
90, the New President.
SEES WORK OF RESTORATION
rask o. vIetorieus Democracy 10 I,
ii o1vaes Every Process o. National
ID LIE win Standards Get W
st the 0seINNlnS. ..


Washington, March l.-Presiden,
Wilson's inaugural address. remark
able for It's brevity, was listened &c
with the greatest interest By the vast
throns which was gathered In front
Of the capitol's east portico. and at It,
close there was heard nothing but
praise for its eloQuence and higl,
moral tone. The address in full was
~ follows:
There has been q change Of govern
ment. II began swo years ago. wher
the house Of representatives became
Democratic BY q decisive majority
II has now been completed. The sen
ate about to assemble will also b,
Democratic. The offices Of president
and vice-president have been put into
The hands Of Democrats. What does
the change mean? That 10 the qucs
ton that Is uppermost In our minds
today. That Ia the question I am go
ing to try to answer. in order. II
may. to interpret the occasion.
Purpose Of the Natlen.
Il means much more than the mer,
success OF a party. The success Of a
party means little except when the
nation Is using that party for large
and definite purpose. No one can
mistake the purpose for which the
nation now seeks to use the Demo
cratic party. II seeks to use II to IN.
terpret n change In It's own plans and
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 aspect as We
have latterly looked critically upop
them. with fresh. awakened eyes I;
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.
I'd In and familiar. stun Of our own
convictions. We have been refreshed
BY a new insight into our own life.
We sec that In many things that
life In very great II IL incomparably
great In It's material aspects. In lite
body Of wealth. In the diversity and
sweep Of It's 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. II In great, also. very great
In Its moral force. Nowhere else IN
the world have noble men and women
exhibited In more striking form the
beauty and energy of sympathy and
helpfulness and counsel In their efforts
to rectify wrong. alleviate suffering
and set the weak In the way OF
strength and hope. We have built up,
moreover. a great system OF govern.
ment. which has stood through n long
age AS In many respects a model for
those who seek to set liberty upon
foundations that will endure against
'ortuitous change, against storm and
accident. Our life contains every
great thing. and CO. aims Il in rich
abundance.
Evils That Rave Come.
But the evil has come with the
good. and much finc gold has been
corroded, With riches has come IN.
sxcnsable waste. We have squan'
dercd great part Of what We might
have used. and have not stopped 10
conserve the exceeding bounty OF ma,
turc. without which our genius for en-.
terprise would have been worthless
and smpotent. scorning to be careful.
shamefully prodigal as we'll az admir-,
ably efficient, We have been proud oi
our industrial achievements, but we
have not hitherto stopped thought
fully enough to count the human cost,
the cost OF lives snuifed out, Of ener.
giles overtaxed and broken the fear.
fll physical and spiritual cost to the
men and women and children upon
whom the dead weight and burden OF
II all has fallen pitilessly the years
through. The grOans and agony of II
all had not yet reached our ears. tho
solemn, moving undertone OF our life,
coming up out of the mines and fac
tories and out OF every home where
the struggle had its intimate and "a
miliar seat, With the great govern.
snous "Sus Ahhuy u'NP
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 II had forgotten the
people.
At last a vision has been vouch.
safed 10 OF our life as a whole. We
see the bad with the good, the de.
based and decadent with the sound
and vital. With this vision We ap-
preach new affairs Our duty Ia TO
cleanse, to reconsider. to restore. 10
correct the evil without impairing the
good. to purify and humanize every
process Of our common life without
weakening or sentimentalising IT,
There has been something crude and
heartless and unfeelins in our haste to
- nd ho uv>oat nur th0uwht ha n