The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08

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ant and motionless. Here ant
there was colorful dress, bu
the uniform colors were black ant
: gray.
Senator Salisbury of Delaware
} the President pro tempore, admin
, istered the oath to Vice-Presiden
| Marshall. It is the oath binding
the taker to support and defenc
; the Constitution of the UniteC
Il States "against all enemies for
eign and domestic. =" Four years
ago Mr.. Marshall took this. oath
the usual "I do" in the appropri
ately grave voice which custom
prescribes. But today, in voice
full of emotion that sounded to
the furthest corner of the Senate
chamber, he said:
II do, so help me God, in whom
| believe"
As soon as the ceremonies were
over the assemblage left the cham
Der and marched through the ro-
| tunda out on the great platform
built for the occasion on the east
front Of the Capitol.
This platform seated 10000
persons and there were at least
10000 more standing out in the
great plaza before the east front.
There had been no applause for
any of the distinguished people
who came out on the stand, but
there was a short burst Of it for
the President when lie mounted
the little platform, and when the
Chief Justice readministered the
oath. Then the President wear.
ing his silk, hat and without
gloves, began to read his address.
President Wilson's inaugural
address was as follows:
my fellow citizens:
"The four years which have
elapsed since last | stood in this
place have been crowded with
counsel and action Of the most
vital interest and consequence.
Perhaps no equal period in our
history has been so fruitful of i'm
portant reforms in our economic
and industrial life or so full Of
significant changes in the spirit
and purpose of our political ac-
ton. We have sought very
thoughtfully to set our house in
order, correct the grosser errors,
and abuses of our industrial life,
liberate and quicken the process
of our national genius and energy,
and life our politics to broader
view of the peoples essential in
terests. It is a record Of singular
variety and singular distinction.
But shall not attempt to review
it. 1t speaks for itself and will be
of increasing influence as the
years 60 by. This is not the time
for retrospect. It is the time rath-
er to speak our thoughts and pur-
poses concerning the present and
immediate future. |
:" Although we have centered
counsel and action with such un-
usual concentration and success
upon the great problems Of do
nestle legislation to which we ad-
dressed ourselves four years ago,
other matters have more and
more forced themselves upon our
attention, matters lying outside of
our own life as a nation and over
which we had no control, but
which despite our wish to keep
free of them, have drawn us more
and more irresistibly into their
own current and influence.
: at has been impossible to avoid
them. They have affected the life
Of the whole world. They have
shaken men everywhere with a
passion and an appreciation they
never knew before. It has been
hard to preserve calm counsel
while the thought of our own peo-
pie swayed this way and that un-
ier their influence. We are al
and cosmopolitan peo-
pie. We are Of the blood of all