Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1913-03-06
PRES. WILSON IS
FOR JUSTICE Only
His Inaugural Address Calls on All
Honest Men to Aid in His Task
WILL RESTORE, NOT DESTROY
New Chief Executive Says Change Of
Government Means the Nation Is
Using Democratic Patry for
Large and Definite Purpose.

Washington, March T. -Looiise
upon the victory OF the Democratic
party as the mandate of the nation 70
correct the evils that have been a.
| lowed to grow up in our national life,
| President Wilson in his inaugural al
dress today called on all honest men
to assist him in carrying out the will
of the people. Following Is his ad.
dress:
There has been a change Of govern
ment. 1t began two years ago. when
the house of representatives became
| Democratic by a decisive majority.
1t 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 60
ing to try 10 answer, in order, if
may to interpret the occasion.
New Insight ITO Our Life.
1t means much mor2 than the mere
success of a party. Tha success Of
party means little eXcept when the
nation is using that party llr a large
and definite porpose. No che can
mistake the purpose for which the
nation now seeks to use the Demo.
cratic party. II seeks to use it to IN
terpret a change in its own plans and
point of view. Some old things with
rsrhf oh hoH fa
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 to a.
sumo the aspect of things long beIiev-
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 incomparabiy
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 meu
and the limitless enterprise OF groups
Of men. It is great also, very great
in it's 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 a lone
age as in many respects model for
those who seek to set liberty upon
foundations that will endure against
fortuitous change, against storm and
accident. Our life contains every
great thing, and contains it in rich
abundance.
Human Cost Not Counted.
But the evil has come with the
good, and much fine gold has bees
corroded. With riches has come ia
dered a great part OF what we nigh,
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
shamefully prodigal as well as 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
1T all has fallen pitilessly the years
. through. The groans and agony of Il
all had not yet reached our ears, the
solemn, moving undertone of our life,
coming up oSt 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
ment went many deep secret things
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 tho
people.
At last vision has been vouch.
safed US of our lie az whole. We
see the bad with the good. the DO
based and decadcnt with the sound