Show OF MELT inaugural parade the most impressive ever witnessed on a T similar occasion presidents address delivered in the kain that cuba will be and that justice will be done 1 cou erasts conditions of the country today with 1 our ears ago and congi atu lites the countey on alie Sh otting will am mckinley a second time Is pres dent of the united states he was ushered into the office monday in a city ablaze with more and deco rations than ever have graced the holi day loving nat onal capital whose st beets resounded to the tread of more marching sold ers and sa lor than ever have part in a 1 ke tion and had as witnesses to the cere monies a vast multitude who cl frequently whenever he or h s vice pres bentia collean e was vis ble pres dent mckinley is tl e e gath in the line of pres dents of the united states accorded by tl e american people with a second and consecutive term S theodore roosevelt of ne v ork became vice president of the united states the that marked th s second as bumph on by pres dent mckinley of the cares of state was most impressive and full of suggest on of the develop ments of the republic during the past four years rain marred the exert ses falling while tl e pres dent was taking the oath and during his address V ce pres dent roosevelt was ind ic ted into office first after he had taken the oath and assumed the chair the ne v senators were sworn in fol lo 10 ving this the proclamation of the pres dent call ng tl e senate into ex ordinary tra sess on was read the senate then ad burned ta tl e inaus ural platform the oath was ad nin s by chief justice puller the president s address folio vs INAUGURAL address comparisons made between conditions no v ft id four lepirs ago conn try congratulated fellow citizens when we assembled on the ath ot march 1817 there was great anxiety with regard to our currency cred t NJ e ex ate now then our treasury receipts knafle cuate to meet the cu rent obi ot the government now they are ent for all needs and ve have a surp us instead ol 01 a deficit then I 1 bonstra ned to convene the congress n ext aard nary sess on to devise revenues to pay the ord expenses of the government now I 1 have the on to announce that the congre s aust closed has re deuced taxat on in the sum of lorty one 1 ons ol 01 do lars then there was deep so be cause of the longden tur ing cu tural and mercantile indus tr es and the consequent d stress ot our labor ing populate on now every avenue ot prodoc t on Is crowded vita act vity labor Is w ell em aloyed and can p good mar bets at home and abroad our d vers fled pro duct ons however are increasing in such un volume as to admon sh us ot the necessity ot st 1 further our ore ea markets by broader commerce aire athons for thi purpose recap ocal trade arrangements with other nations should in 1 beral tip rit be carefully cultivated and promoted OF im the national verdict of 1898 has tor the most part been executed whatever remal s ed Is a cont nu ng obi gallon resting alli und mini shed lorce upon the executive a d the congress but fortuna e as our ond alon Is its permanence can only be assured by sound bus ness methods and str ct economy in nat on al adm n str atlon and leg we shou d not perm t conr great pro pe ity to lead us to reckless ventures in bus ness or krofl gacy in public expend tures wh e the conr ss de term nes the objects and the sum 0 ap athons the offic als of the executive depart ments are e tor honest and withful ful disbursements and it shou d be the constant care to d waste and extravagance hones cap city and industry are nowhere more ind spent ban in pu 1 employment tl ese shou d be fundamental s es to or g nal and the surest guarantees against removal four years agoa we stood on the brin of war w phout the people knowing it and without any pre on or effo t at pre on tor the am pending peril I 1 did all that in honor could be done to avert the war without avail it became and the congress at its first re u ar sess on without party dial on provided money tn ant cibat on of the crisis and in ng to meet it it came the result was s s a lv fd to american arms and in the h chest de ree honorable to the government it am posed upon us obi athons irom wh ch we can not escape and irom which it would be d shon arable to seek to escape we are now at peace with the world and it Is my fervent prayer that d ar se between us and other powers that they may be settled by peaceful a aitra tion and that hereafter we n ay be spared the horrors of war t nt rusted by the people tor a second t me w th the office ot president I 1 enter upon its ad m n strat on appreciating the great response aties which attach s renewed honor and comm s ion promis ng unreserved devot on on my part to their d charge and rever antly invoking tor my gu da nee the d and favor of the A m hav god I 1 should shrink irom the duties th s day assumed it I 1 d d not teel that in their performance I 1 should have the operation ot the wise and patriotic men pi all parties it encourages me tor the great ta k which I 1 now unde take to be leve that those who vo unwarily unta rily committed to me the trust imposed upon the calel execute ve ot the bwll give to me generous support in my duties to preserve pro act and defend the con ot the united states and to care that the laws be a tatu ly executed the national purpose Is ind bated through a national elect on it Is the constitute onal method 0 ning the pub w 1 when once it Is registered it s a law to all of us and faithful observance should folio v its decrees sectionalism HAS disappeared strong hearts and he paul hands are needed lind w e have them in every part of par beloved country we are re un ted sec t onal sm has d sa r eared divi on on pub ic lons can no longer be trace 1 to the war naps ut 1861 chese old d less and less d the judgment existing problems demand the thought and quicken the conscience of the country and the ty of the presence as well tor their ri oteous be rests upon fals all no more upon me than upon you there are some nat onal quest ons in the of aich patriotism ahou d exclude pa ti anshie magn tying the d faculties will not take them off our hands nor tate the adjustment D steust of the capac ty inter ty and h gh purposes of the ame lean deop e w 11 not be an in p r ng theme tor autu e po t al contests da k p tures and gloomy to e than useless ibele only becloud they do not he p to point the way of safety and honor hope mal eth not of the a hamed the prophets of ev I 1 were not the tou ie a 0 the nor in its r s lace have they saved or served it the balth 0 the 11 s was a mighty to ce in its eat on and the ta 1 of the r descendants t as wrought its progress and tu dished its defenders ahey are who despair and who would destroy confidence in the ability of our deop e to soled wisely and tor clyl the m gaty problems rest ng ur on atheni ahe amerlean Amerl cAn in trenched in I 1 at home take the love torce with them wherever they go and they re eject as mistaken and unworthy the doctrine that we lose our own by securing the enduring foundation 0 I 1 berries ot others our institutions w 1 not deteriorate by evas on and our sense ol 01 justice w 11 not abate under tropic suns in distant seas heretofore so here after w 11 the nation demonstrate its fitness to adm nister any new estate which events devolve upon it and in the tear ot god w 11 take occa s on by the band and make the bounds ol 01 tree d m w der yet the e are ho e among us who aou d make our way more difficult we must not be d but the more ea nest ly dedicate ourselves to the task upon velch we have rightly entered the path 0 progress Is be dom smooth tew things are often found bard to do our fathers found them so we find them so they are ven ent they cost us something but are e not made better tor the effort and sac ilice and are not those we serve 1 eted p and we will be bonso conso ed too with the fact that op posit on has confronted every onward move ment of the from its opening hour un 11 now but w phout success the chas marched on and on and in its every step has exalted freedom and human ty we are under go ng the jamr ord al as did our predecessors nearly a century ago we are tol ow ng the course they b abed they tr will their successors fa ter and p ead organic am potency in the nation sure after one hun dred and twenty five years of achievement tor mank nd we will not now surrender our equal ity with other powers on matters fundamental and assent al to nationality with no such purpose waa the nation created in no such spir t has it developed its fu 1 and independent sovereignty we adhere to the principle 0 among ourse ves and ty no act of ours w 11 we ass agn to ourselves a subordinate rank in the family of nations my te ow citizens the public events of the past tour years have gone into history they are too apar too just ty recital borne of them were many ot them momentous and far aeao ing in the r consequences to our selves and our relations w th the rest ol 01 the world ahe part wh ch the united autes bore so honorably in the thrill ng scenes la china while new ean 1 fe has been in harmony w th its true si rit and best traditions and in dealing with the results its policy will be that of moderation and a mesa UNITED STATES AND CUBA we ace at ha moment a most important question that of the future relations of the united states and cuba with oar near neighbors we must remain close friends the flee aratoon ol 01 the purposes 0 this government n the resola ion of april 20 must be made good ever s nee the of the island by the army of spain the executive with all e speed has been assisting its people by successive steps nece iry siry s to the ish ment of a free and independent government prepared to assume and perform the obi ga t ons of international law which now rest up on the united states under the treaty of paris ahe convention elected bv the deop e to frame a const gutlon is approach ng the completion of its labors the tra of american con arol to the new government Is ot ench great am involving an ob resulting from our intervene in ion and the treaty of peace that I 1 am glad to be advised by the recent act ot congress of the pol cy which the legis aelva branch of the government deems essential to the best interests of cuba and the united states the principles wh ch led to our intervention reou re that the fundamental law upon which the new government rests should be adopted ta secure a government capable of performing tha dut es and d ging the functions of a sep arate nation of observing its international ot 1 gat ons of protecting 1 te and property ansur in order safety and 1 berty and conforming arming to tee and historical pol cy ot the united states with its relation to cuba the peace wh ch we are pledged to leave to tte cuban deop e must carry w th it the guar altees ol 01 permanence we became sponsors for the pacification of the island and re ma n accountable to the cubans no less than to our own country and people tor the recon st of cuba as a tree commonwealth on at ding foundations of right justice liberty and assured order our enfranchisement ot the deop e will not be comp eted until free cuba shall be a rea ty not a name a perfect ent tt not a hasty experiment bearing within itself the element sot failure THE philippines while the treaty of pe ce with spain was on the ath of february 1889 and we e exchanged nearly two years ago the congress has ind bated no form of gobern ment tor the ph lapp ne islands it has however brov ded an army to enable the executive to suppress insurrections restore peace give cecur ty to the inhabitants and establish the authority ot the un ted states throughout the arch pelago it has authorized the alon of native troops as auxiliary to the regular force it has been advised from time to time of the acts of the m tary and naval officers in the is ands of my action in appoint ng civil coin ons of the dinst act ons with which they ve e charged ot their duties and powers of their recommendations and of the several acts under execute on together w th the very complete information they have sub m eted these reports lu set forth the con alt ons in the islands and the instructions e early show the ea which will guide tw executive until the congress shall as it is reau red to do by the treaty determine the civil rights and pol t cal status of the native inhabitants I 1 he congress ha ing added the on of its author ty to the powers already and exercised by the executive under the cons titu ion thereby leaving w tb the ex pons bi icv the government ot the phi pp nes I 1 shall continue the efforts already taken until order shall be restored throughout the island and as fast as condi t ons permit will establish local governments in the formation of which the full operation of the people has been already invited and v en estabi shed will encourage the people to them SELF government FOB ISLANDS the settled purpose long ago prevailed to afford the inhabitants of the 1 landa self gov as fast as they are ready for it will be pursued with earnestness and aldel already something has been ace empl bed in this diorec alon the government s at ves civil a d ml tary ared ing faithful and noble work in their m s on of emancipation and merit mhd approval their countrymen aha mo t 1 beral terms of amnesty have already been comman bated to the insurgents and the way Is st U open or those who have ra sed theil arms again t the government tor honorable on to its authority WAR our countrymen should not be deceived we are not tag ng war agi nat the inhabitants 01 the ph ipp ne islands A portion of them ar ma Ingwar aga n t the united states by tat the greater pirt of the innab tants recognize amer can bovere agn and welcome it as a guaranty gui ot good order and security tor 1 fei prop arty 1 berty freedom of conscience ana atie pu u t of happiness to them full krotec on w 1 be given they ab ill not be abaid boned we v 1 not lea e the destiny ol 01 th loyal in the lands to the d cloval thousand who are n rebel on a a ast the un ted states order under v 1 dinst tu ons will come as soon as those 40 now 1 eak he peace sha 1 keep it force wih not be need d or used when thoad who make a dinst us shall make it no more may it end w bloodshed anether and ther be ushered in the reign ot peace to be mada permanent by a government of 1 berly andel the law |