The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-05
THE INAUGURATION

wv ooDRow WILSON yesterday, the second
time upon the duties pertaining to the post of chief
magistrate Of the greatest of neutral nations He took office
Jefferson did, more than century ago. without pomp and sub
scrbed to the oath Of office with the of who
borne unusual burdens and will be called deal with
yet more difficult problems.
Woodrow Wilson is to the ideal of president than
any executive the nation has had since Lincoln.
Without apparent effort without confusion he
deals with the most difficult situations His relations with
Congress have been unique He has secured most Of the eg
ation country desired furnishing legislators by
denying patronage without using patronage his end
the past the udcous of patronage has nearly always been
form of nducement resord to by the executive
his will Of the legislative branch
These ends have not been accomplished by magic by
species hypnotic The president has relied
the people He has been right in what he has proposed do
Being right he has taken the people into his confidence and
it is their pressure exerted upon Congress that made
useful than it has been the custom of Congress
Mr. Wilson has been singuarly free from that weakness
which mistakes the caor of noisy group for public opinion
He has exhibited signal ability distinguish the genuine
demand Of the people, feel the aspirations
people, to know their purposes
The American people cowardly They great
They have been nourished ideals of tolerance
peace They understand better than other people that
nations are like They exhibit not the
thence of fear but the patience Of charity and understanding
It is this attitude of the American people which Mr. Wilson
has perfectly understood and perfectly interpreted In his
tons with Mexico war; but patience
ance amity fortunate that president
believed the people believed apparent to the least
complshed. -
To be embroled on our own borders while threatened by
the world would be the very height Of folly aside the
that by American pnosophy Mexico must be left
to settle her destiny with such aid the United States
give in friendship and amity
The president exhibited profound knowledge American
character when he declined to thrust upon the people,
the sinking Of the Lusania
Now only by considerations of Christianity and American
creed his attitude justified The most primitive policy
well required that nation quite should delay
the utmost even an inevitable
While pressingy engaged than other president
had been since Lincoln problems of foreign policy Mr.
Wilson did not neglect the pressing needs Of internal progress
Already his administration has produced useful egisla
ton than which preceded it. excepting perhaps legislation
adopted during the period which began with Washington
ended with Jefferson the chair and during the period
Lincoln and his immediate in office
The effect of such administration been
all the movement Of the country The four years of Mr. Will
SONS term have been marked by unparalleled growth
democracy accompanied by undreamed of prosperity
@ Woodrow Wilson begins his second term enjoying the
the respect confidence and affections Of the peoples