The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-03-07
WILSON SPEAKS
TO THE NATION
Inaugural Address Delivered by
the New President.
SEES WORK OF RESTORATION
Task Of Victorious Democracy Is to
Square Every Process Of National
Life With Standards Set Up
at the Beginning.

| Washington, March 4.-President
! Wilson's inaugural address, remark
! able for it's brevity, was listened TO
with the greatest interest by the vast
| throng which wss gathered in front
OF the capitols east portico, and at its
/ close there was heard nothing but
praise for it's eloquence and high
moral tone. The address in full was
as follows:
There has been a change OF govern
ment. II began two years ago, when
the house OF representatives became
Democratic by a decisive majority.
II 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-
tion that is uppermost in our minds
today. That is the question / am 60
ing 10 try TO answer, in order, If
may, TO interpret the occasion.
Purpose Of the Nation.
II means much more than the mere
success OF 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 party. 1t seeks TO use IL TO in
terpret q change in its OWE 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 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 10 as
sumo tha aspect of things long believ-
ed In and familiar. stuff OF our own
convictions. We have been refreshed
by new insight into our own life.
We see that in many things that
life is very great II 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 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 and women
exhibited ia 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 a long
age as in many respects a model for
those who seek 10 set liberty upon
fortuitous change. against storm and
accident. Our life contains every
great thing, and contains it in rich
abundance.
EviIs That Have Come.
But the evil has come with the
good, and much fine gold has been
corroded. With riches has come in.
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, scorring 10 be careful I
shamefully prodigal az well as admir- |
ably efficient. We have been proud OF /
our industrial achievements, but we /
have not hitherto stopped thought I
fully enough totcount the human cost,
the cost of lives snuffed out, of ener-
gies overtaXed and broken. the fear
ful physical and spiritual cost TO the
men and women and children upon
whom the dead weight and burden OF
Il all has fallen pitilessly the years
through. The groans and agony Of IL
all had not yet reached our ears. tte
solemn. moving undertone OF our life,
coming up out OF the mines and fac
tories and out OF every home where
the struggle had it's intimate and IA.
miliar seat. With the great govern.
ment went many deep secret things
which We too long delayed to look
nto and scrutinize with candid. fear.
ess eyes. The great government we
owed has too often been made use OF
'or private and selfish purposes. and
hose who used it had forgotten the
people.
At last a vision has been vouch-
'sfed us OF our life as whole We
lee the bad with the good. the de- |
BASED and decadent with the sound
md vital. With this vision We ap-
roach new affairs Our duty is TO
leanse. TO reconsider. 10 restore. 10
orrect the evil without impairing the
,ood. 70 purify and humanize every
'rocess OF our common life without
weakening or sentimentalIzing H.
here has been something crude and {
eartless and unfeeling In our haste TO J
ucceed and be great Our thought has Z
een Let every man look out for him.
elf. let every generation look out for +,
self while we reared giant machip- {
= which made IL impossible that any :