The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-05
First Democratic F
Himself Since L
to be Re-electe. t..
A Great Patrio.
AmericdniSm.

Washington, D. c., March 5.
CVast volumes of cheering
.&eeted the President when he
was inaugurated at 12:45
o'clock this afternoon for the
second time. He issued a SOL
emn warning to the nation
against any faction or intrigue
to break the harmony or en-
barrass the spirit of the Amer
lean people and called for an
America, united in feeling, in
purpose and its vision of duty,
OF opportunity and Of service"
Wilson made his second in
augural the occasion for an
nouncing a new world policy
for the United States of eco
operating in the wide and uni
versal forces Of mankind" de-
claring there are many things
that remain to be done and
must be done with the whole
world for a stage. They will
follow in the immediate wake
of war itself and will set civili-
zation up again"
He continued, "We are pro-
vincials no longer. The tragic
al events of the past thirty
months have made us citizens
of the world. There can be no
turning back. Our fortunes as
a nation are involved. We are
none the less Americans. We
shall be more true Americans
if we remain true to the prin-
ciples in which we have been
bred. We have known and
boasted all along that these
were the principles of a liber-
ated mankind"
The President declared. 1--WE
stand frmed in armed neutrali-
ty, since in no other way we
can demonstrate what it is we,
insist upon and cannot forget"
He continued, eve may be even
drawn, not by our own desire,
to a more active assertion of
our rights as we see them, but
nothing will alter our purpose.
We desire neither conquest nor
advantage, we wish nothing at
the cost of another people. We
covet the opportunity to prove
our profession sincere"
In closing, Wilson proclaimed a plat.
form Of rights Of all the people to
govern themselves, an equal responsi.
bility of the nations for the mainten.
ance of peace, which cannot securely !
res vupon the armed balance Of power, !
freedom of the seas and the nmita.
tion Of national armaments to the need |
of domestic safety,
At the conclusion Of his address /
the presiuent led the inaugural pro. |
cession back to the white house. |
where 1t passed in review before him. /
Nice.Prosiient Marshall was inau. |
gurated IN the senate at 1908.
The president was more carefully I
guarded during the inaugural cere.
monies ,han any president since Lin.
coin.
Prior TO Marshalls oath taking in
the senate, all of the cabinet came IN
and sat beside Wilson, thus dispelling
the reports Of possible cabinet chan.
ges. ltis The custom for the president
to bring ia only those who will serve
in the coming term. Marshall Is tie
first yicepresident to succeed himself
since the present elective system was
adopted.
- before Wilson began his ad.
dress someone in the crowd started
singing America" the strains were
aiken up in a mighty chorus resound.
ng over the assemblage. Wilson
'miled \ cold, strong wind made It
impossible for many away from the
ltand to hear the president speak Tho
PRESIDENT began speaking with barred
read, but put on his hat owing to the
old win. Many others stood bare.
leaded. Prolonged cheers followed