The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-14
w!!!!.lSON SPEAKS
TO THE NATION
INAUGURAL Address Delivered hy
the New President.
SEES WORK OF RESTORATION
Task Of Victorious Democracy Is 70
Square Every Process Of National
Life With Standards Set Up
at the Beginning.

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able for it's brevity, was listened 10
with the greatest interest by the vast
throng which was gathered in front
of the capitol's east portico. and at us
close there was heard nothing put
praise for its eloquence and hign
moral tone The address in full was
as follows:
There has been a change OF govern
ment. 1t began two years ago. when
the house of representatives became
Democratic by q decisive majority.
It has now been completed. The sen
ate about to assemble will also be
Democratic. The Offices OF president
and vice-president have been put into
the hands OF Democrats. What does
the change mean? That Is the ques'
ton that is uppermost In our minds
today. That is the question / am go
ing to try to answer, In order, IL l
may. to interpret the occasion.
Purpose Of the Nation.
II means much more than the mere
success Of a party. The success or
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. 1t seeks to use 1t to In
| terpret a change in it's own plans ana
point of view. Some old things with
which we had grown familiar ana
| e. mr.
very habit Of our thought and OF our
lives. have altered their aspect as we
have latterly 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 believ'
ed in and familiar, stuff OF our own
convictions. We have been refreshed
by a new insight into our own life.
We see that in many things that
life is very great 1t is incomparably
great in it's material aspects, in its
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 mer
and the limitless enterprise Of group:
of men. 1t is great. also, very great
in it's moral force. Nowhere else II
the world have noble men and womer
exhibited In more striking form thu
beauty and energy OF sympathy ant
helpfulness and counsel In their effort.
to rectify wrong. alleviate suffering
and set the weak In the way o
strength and hope. We have built up
moreover, a great system OF govern
ment. which has stood through a lonl
age as in many respects model 70
those who seek to set liberty upol
foundations that will endure agains
fortuitous change, against storm an
accident. Our life contains ever
great thing. and contains it in rio
abundance.
Evils That Have Come.
But the evil has come with tn
J good, and much fine gold has bee
| corroded With riches has come IL
excusable waste. We have squar
dered a great part OF what we Nigh
have used, and have not stopped t
conserve the exceeding bounty OF n:
ture, without which our genius for Ell
, terprise would have been WORTHLESS
and impotent, scorning to be careful
, shamefully prodigal as we'll as admi
ably efficient. We have been proud {
our industrial achievements. but W
|, have not hitherto stopped though
fully enough to count the human cos
y the cost CO lives snuffed out, Of enc
. giles overtaxed and broken. the fea
, full physical and spiritual cost to tn
q men and woman and children upo
!. whom the dead weight and burden {
a II all has fallen pitilessly the yeal
v through. The groans and agony OF
all had not yet reached our, ears. til
solemn, moving undertone of our lif
coming up out OF the mines and ia
tories and out OF every home whel
the struggle had its intimate and +
miliar seat. With the great cover
ment went many deep secret thin.
which we too long delayed to loo
into and scrutinize with candid. fea
less eyes. The great government v
loved has too often been made use
for private and selfish purposes, al
those who used 1t had forgotten Il
people.
At last vision has been vouc
safed US of our life as a whole. "
y see the bad with the good. the
= based and decadent with the sour
: and vital. With this vision we a
/, proach new affairs. Our duty Is
cleanse, to reconsider. to restore.
Is correct the evil without impairing Il
good. to purify and humanize eve
process OF our common life witho
- weakening or sentimentalizing
, There has been something crude al
. heartless and unfeeling in our haste
70 succeed and be great Our thought b
. been Let every man look out for hill
&c self. let every generation look out 4
:" itself. while We reared giant machi
!" cry which made 1t impossible that al
- but those who stood at the levers