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Show If MARSHALL'S L TALK BRIEF! New Vice President 4s Grateful for Honor; Conferred by People I Washington, March 4 Vice Presl- dent Marshall's inaugural address was i m Follows "The proprieties of this occasion r probably require a few words from I one who Is grateful to the American I people lor the honor heretofore done I him and this day consummated. w "No -nator has, I trust, a keener 1 appreciation of the necessities In the, I wag of tact and courtesy now devolv-i I ing upon mo than I myself. I offer i B no surely as to my discharge of du-l I ttee other than a personal pledge that 1 will seek to familiurize myself with them and will endeavor always to ex-1 P erclae that complaisance and forbi ar I ance which arc essential to him who ably presides over great debates up- on great public questions by great men. Divergent Views. "Divergent views relative to this body would be less divergent if the American people would come to realize real-ize that on all sides of real questions much may truthfully bo said Such an attitiude of the public mind would eliminate the view that this body is distinctively deliberate and not thoroughly thor-oughly patriotic "Charges of bad faith based upon an attitude of mind or upon conduct should never be made until it is clearly clear-ly established that the resultant action ac-tion is the outcome of personal interest inter-est or improper and dishonorable business bus-iness or social relations "Your action has not always mot with universal approval but up to thl good hour no workable substitute tor the exercise of the functions of this body has been proposed. It is not needful for mo here and now to accept ac-cept a brief in your defense. This body will continue to stand out he-cause he-cause of its presiding officer, but because of the patriotism and Intelligence Intelli-gence of its constituent members and their devotion to our system of government. gov-ernment. Government Harness. "To my mind, government is the harness with which a people draws it:-load it:-load of civilization. If the harness he properly adjusted the load, though heavy, will be drawn with east and no part of the people will be galled The senate Is the blinders. Intended to keep the people from shying at imaginary imag-inary dangers and toppling into the ditch our system of government. "So long as the blinders serve this purpose they are a most valuable part of the harness, but if they be drawn sc closely to the eyes as to prevent the seeing of real dangers, then they should either be spread or done away with entirely. I am one of those who think that we can so adjust our blinders as to meet new conditions and render us sanely responsive to every reasonable demand of the people peo-ple w n bout disturbing any of the cheeks and balances of our system of goerument and preserving with loyalty loy-alty and fidelity the ancient Ideals of the republic. Senate Guardian of People. "With neither right nor desire tn infringe upon the prerogatives of the president so soon to be. I heg tbo ex-piessiou ex-piessiou of the opinion that whatever what-ever diverse views may be held relative rela-tive to the work of this body all persons per-sons are agreed that under the constitution con-stitution the senate of the United States is singularly the guardian of the people's honor; that more and more, as rightoonsnef-3 is exalted among this people, the idea is becoming be-coming more firmly fixed than It Is not vast territory, great wealth nor !arce learning which mark the real status of America, that America Is to be measured bv the golden metewand mete-wand of honor: and, as the idea in her formation was the inherent right I of men to rule themselves, that now she can HI afford to announce this doctrine In her own land and renounce re-nounce It for an Instrument of oppres. 6iou In other lands, Standards of Honor "Unfortunately there is no fixed standard of honor outside the dictionary. dic-tionary. The gambler nu hold It to i consist In paying his naming debts, the member of the smart set, in di-orcing di-orcing his neighbor's wife before taking her unto himself, the senator. In eliminating personalities. But when we enter Ihe chancelleries of i the world and submit to their judgments judg-ments not onlv our rieht to be but ' our right to be respected we can hope to be measured in hut one way; and we must be able to show that the sol- I emn treaty obligations of this repuh-I lie will he kept with the same scrupulous scrup-ulous honesty, both of mult and letter, let-ter, whether made with the humblest people of this continent struggling for self-government or with the rr, ghtlest monarch of the old world This high sense of honor constitutes the nanoply of the American people. Armies an. battleships furnish no substitute for it These are valuable hut the people never Intended that authority should use them as acees sorles to a burglar's kit. Unsulled Honor Real Greatness "If any one in the name of the American people, either in violation of treatly obligations or tho manifest purpose of the Monroe doctrine, has taken aught while this bodv was deliberating, de-liberating, it is your duty to aseer-tanl aseer-tanl all facts thereto And If wrong or injustice ha been done, even to j the humblest republic, let this people I be brave enough an, sufficiently hon- est to make reparation. Ttw real greatness of this republic rests upon I its unsullied honor and it is the duty , of this bodv to search down rumor's 1 ot bud laltu and dishonesty rind recti ' fy wrong wherever wrong la dlscov-' dlscov-' cred. Diplomacy to Spell Peace. "Here in this most sacred spot where war has been made ami peace declared, here in the presence of the distinguished representatives of the governments of the civilized world, here, within the hearing of the beauty, beau-ty, culture and ripened statecraft of hi own land, may one humble American Amer-ican express the hope before he en-I en-I ters upon a four year's silence that I all our diplomacy may spell peace I with all peoples. Justice for all gov-enments gov-enments and righteousness the world around " |