Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-05
VICE PRESIDENT
CONTINUED from page one. !

in the cause Of constitutional freedom.
Everywhere in America are strident
voices proclaiming the essential ele-
ments of patriotism. He who seeks out
of them all to select one clear note of
love for country may fail. / conceive
II to be far more important to examine
myself than to eross-examine another. "
'I have faith he said, "that this
government of ours was divinely ordain-
ed to disclose whether men are fitted
by nature, or can by education TO be
made fit for self government; to teach
jew and Greek, bondman and free,
alike, the essential quality of all men
before the law and to be tender and
true to humanity everywhere and un-
der all circumstances to reveal that
service is the highest reward of life. I
cannot believe otherwise when | read
the words and recall the sacrifices of
the fathers. If ours is not the golden
lule of government, then Washington
wrought and Lincoln died in vain.
World Moves Forward.
''I believe that the world now adj
vaneing and not retreating, is neverthe-
less moving forward to a far off divine
event wherein the tongues of Babel will
again be blended in the language of q
common brotherhood; and / believe that
/ can reach the highest ideal of my ira
dition and my lineage as an American--
as a man, as a citizen and as q public
official-when 1 judge my fellow men
without malice and with charity, when I
worry more about my own motives than
conduct of others. The time l am liable
to be wholly wrong is when | know
that l am absolutely right. In an indi-
vidualistic republic / am the unit of
patriotism and if 1 keep myself keyed
up in unison with the music Of the
union, my fellow men will catch the
note and fall into time and step.
81 believe there is no finer form of
government than the one under which
we live and that 1 ought to be willing
to live or to die, as God deerees, that it
may not perish from off the earth
through treaehery within or through as
sault from without; and / believe that
though my first right is to be partisan
that my first duty, when the only prin-
ciples on which free government can
rest are being strained, is to be a patriot
and to follow in wilderness of words
that clear call which bids me guard and
defend the ark Of our national govern
ment.'
Johnson Not Present.
The address concluded, the vice-presi-
dent administered the oath to Is new
senator's and 10 senators who were re.
elected
Senator!elect Hiram johnson, of Cali
20 h. IL
senatorial delegation, did not appear.
Ceremonies in the senate chamber be-
gan at Has when Senator Salisbury
of Delaware, president pro tempore, as.
sumed the chair. He was followed by
senators and senators-elect who seated
themselves at the left of the vice-prcs;-
dents desk
Speaker Clark and members and mem
berselect of the house then were an
nounced after the march from the OPP
posite end OF the capitol They found
seats at the rear of the chamber.
There was a stir when a senate of
ficial with a flourish announced the am
bassadors, ministers and charges of for
eign embassies.
Resplendent Diplomats.
Resplendent in uniforms of many va
rieties and colors, the diplomats, headed
by Ambassador Jusserand of France,
dean of the corps, took their seats in
front at the right of the vice-president IS
desk.
Russian Ambassador Bahkmeteff and
Ambassador Spring Rice with other al
lied diplomats were near the head Of
the procession.
The Teutonic diplomats were notice
ably absent.
A sharp change from the splendor of
the diplomats was apparent as the su-
preme court of the United States fol
lowed.
A prayer by the senate chaplain open