The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
FOR FOUR YEARS MORE


noon, Sunday, March 4, and a fe,
minutes after the stroke Of twelve
the oath Of Office for a second tern
Of four years, to which ne had bee
elected, was administered to him b,
the Chief Justice of the United State
Supreme Court. AS the 4th 0
I March fell on Sunday and the forma
\ public Inauguration would not TAX
place until the following day, the oatl
Of office was administered at this tim,
80 that there might not be an interim
in which the country would be with
out a President.
[ The oath was taken in the Presi
dents official room in the Nationa
Capitol in the presence Of Mrs. vii.
son, members Of the Cabinet, a few
friends Of the President, and such
public officials as happened to be in
the room transacting official business
when the noon hour arrived. This
in its quiet simplicity, was the real in
auguration IF President Wilson's Gee
ond term. The formal and more spec
tacular Inauguration, in conformity
to common usage and popular de
mand for public demonstration, on
Monday, was accompanied with the
usual pcmp, ceremony and parade
that have become regular feature Of
national inauguration ceremonies.
But more pronounced array Of mil
itary display and precaution was ap-
parent because Of the tense and cri-
teal conditions confronting the coun-
try. Along Pennsylvania Avenue
from the Whitehouse to the Capitol
on either side, was a line of soldiers
through which the Presidential party
was conducted to the Capitol. The
oath Of office was again administered
to Mr.. Wilson, following which he de-
livered his inaugural address, and
then reviewed the great patriotic pa.
geant that took part in the ceremony.
The inaugural address was brief
only about fifteen hundred words
and what he had TO say dealt princi-
pally with the grave situation in
which our acute foreign relations
growing out Of the European war
have placed US. A most significant
of the address, character
site Of the man giving it utterance. |
S:
AS some Of the injuries done US
rave become intolerable we have still
'een clear that we wished nothing for
that we were not ready to
emand for all mankind-fair dealing.
ustice, the freedom to live and be at
ase against organized wrong. 1t is
this spirit and with this thought
hat we have grown more and more
ware, more and more certain that
ne part we wished to play was the
art of those who mean TO indicate
nd fortify peace. We have been
Jliged to arm ourselves to make good
lr claim to a certain minimum of ,
ght and Of freedom of action. We
and firm in armed neutrality. since J
seems that in no other way we can
what it is we insist upon ,,
I'D cannot forego. We may even be i
avn on, by circumstances, not by our !
yn purpose or desire, to more ac- e
We assertion Of our rights as we see
em and more immediate associa- i
on with the great struggle itself. [
ut nothing will alter our thought OF
n purpose. They are too clear to
obscured. They are too deeply
oted in the principles of our nation
life to be altered. We desire neither Il
inquest nor advantage. We wish no. P
ing that can be had only at the cost 3
another people. We have always {,
ofessed unselfish purpose and we Il
vet the opportunity to prove that v
r professions are sincere"
And thus begins another four years q,
our country's destiny under the to
idance and direction of man as its fiji
ief Executive who has shown that n
knows how to keep his head in -
hes of great moment and critical fia
nations, and who, with passionate so
ire for peace, is determined to up Sc
d the honor of the nation and main b tn
those principles Of human rights "a
popular government for which er,
United States stands. All true sc'
orleans are with him in this high -,
T'iotic motive and will stand by him All
he thing which he says he "Shan .ba
Mt upon, the thing without which ref
her counsel nor action win laval, ~
unity Of America America for
cd in feeling, in purpose, and in
IN Of duty, Of opportunity and of 4
ice"
10 few Conrfesgf,1s.4l ans ITO elev- "a :.