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A ' < INAUGURATED. I William McKinley Sworn in as the Nation's President. PARADE AN IMPOSING PAGEANT. ; i (Jarrei A. Hobart Takes the Oath as Vice-President, Chief Justice Fuller, of the Cnlted States Supreme Court. Administered the Oath of Office to the New Chiof Magistrate Directly Afterward President SicKin ley Delivered His Inaugural Ad dress in the Presence ot an Lnormous Auerablnse?Escorted from the Capitol to the White Houpe?The innuguntl Parade Comprised About Twelve Thousand Men and Consisted of Two Divisions, One Military, the Other Civic? The Ball Held In the Pension Balldlng ?Magnificent Decorations Make the Scene One of Splendor?The Fireworks , at Night In the Grounds Surrounding the Washington Monument?Mrs. McKinley's Handsome Inaugural Oown. Washington. D. C. (Special).?In the presence of a cheering multitude of people, on a stand erected at the east front of the CaDitol. William McKinlev. of Ohio, was Ilill PBEBID] sworn in by Chief Justice Fuller, of the < United States Supreme court, as iresiuent ? of the United States. The new Chief Execu. j tlve then delivered his inaugural address. At its concision he was escorted to the 1 White House amid the booming of cannon J and the shouts of his fellow citizens. After j luncheon he took his stand in the pavilion I erected on the park front of the White f House, and from there reviewed the inaugural parade. At night he attended the o Inaugural ball which was held in the Pension J ? I 1 DUUUlilg. The parades, installation ceremonies and social functions which attended the indue- ? Hon of President McKinley were on a most ^ elaborate and impressive scale. There was * a much larger turnout of United States a troops than on similar occusions, and^vhile f the civic bodies were not so numerous thay were all uniformed in some distinctive man- t: ner, and, what is more Important, all had a ^ chance to march up the Avenue, an oppor- a tunity denied many clubs in the past who * stood in line on Capitol Hill until night ana b d i*. CHIEF JUSTICE FCLLER. vHe administere.i tn<* oam 01 ouca iu i-resideat McKinley ) jj y then dispersed, tired out and disgruntled p with the consciousness of a long journey for J no purpose. C Fifty thousand American flags made of j paper and 15,000 portraits of McKinley and y Hobart had been distributed to residents ? along the line of the parade from the foot of j the Capitol to Washington circle, for decor- ( ating their windows, and 1000 American 8 Bags of lar?e size had been loaned by the ? War and Navy Departments, and were also jused for street decoration purposes. The i cornices of the roofs of the reviewing stands 'c were tastefully decorated, but there was t nothing striking in the way of outdoor j garniture during the celebration. j , Administering the Oath. ] 8hortly before 12 o'clock the President and his Cabinet, the President-elect, the Vice- t President and the Vlce-President-efeot reached the C.ipltol, having been escorted from the White House by the route of the inaugural procession before an immense concourse of spectators. The incoming President occupied the President's room, and Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Ho art the VicePresident's room. Shortly before noon they all assembled in Ihe Senite Chamber, the members of the House and Senate and of the Supreme Court | being present. i About three minutes before 12 o'clock I Mr. Stevenson administered the oath of ! office to Mr. Hobart, and then, with a very briof address, at the stroke of 12, declared the Senate of the Fifty-fourth Congress ad- ' journed without day. The new Vice-President, an extra session of the Senate having been called, then called the Senate of the Fifty-fifth Congress together and administered the oath to all newly elected Senators in alphabetical order. The Senate tbeu took a recess, and the procession moved from the Senate Chamber to the stand at the east portico, in front of the rotunda. The way was led by Sergeantat-Arms Bright, of the Senate, and a squad of Capitol policemeu. Then followed President Cleveland and President-elect McKinley; Vice-President Hobart and former VicePresident Stevenson, the Chiet Justice of the * United States, the Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court and the members of the Senate and House, and others who had tickets to the stand. The oath of office was administered to President-elect SIcKinley by Chief Justice Fuller, and the new President then made his inaugural address. At its conclusion, he returned to the President's room in the Senate wing of the Capitol, and from there was escorted to the White House amid booming of the cannon, and the shouts of a clamorous crowd. A notable figure on the stand whero William McKinley took the oath of office as President was his venerable mother, who, despite her eighty-seven years, came on from Canton to witness the triumph of her son. Mrs. McKinley is the third mother who has ~ ~ 1-~ T)?noL IIVCU IV SCO tl 3UU lUKC IIIU UtUU U1 IUO A IWIiency. Mrs. Grant was the first and Mrs. Garfield the second. After a brief rest in seclusion, from a stand erected on the park front of the White House President McKinlev reviewed the procession. The President lie views the l'arade. The reviewing stand from which President McKinley and a distinguished party of guests looked at the procession was not included in the general bids for stands, but was made the subject of competition in designs by architects, and was erected on plans which are ot particularly chaste conception. The general arrangement 01 tne paraae consisted of two grand divisions?the first military and the sooond civic. Chairman Hanna tendered to General Horace Porter, r>f New York, the position of grand murshal, and he it was who arranged all its details. The military grand division was commanded by General Grenville M. Dodge, United States Army, with General Huidekoper, of Now York, as chief of staff, and Colonel Joseph P. Sanger, United States Army, as adjutant general. The first division of tbe military grand division consisted of two brigades. The first brigade was commanded by Major-General Wesley Merritt, United States Army. His personal staff consisted of Lieutenant H. C. Hale, Twentieth Infantrj; Lieutenant L. H Strother, First Infantry, and Lieutenant T. B. Mott, First Artillery, all of the United Hiatus Army. The regular Uuited States troops marched in the flr3t division. The Battalion of Engineers from Willets Point, four companies Ifl, n'i... na 1/ ?M/Mi.-aX6 ENT McKINLEY DELIVERING HIS INAUG1 >f one hundred men eRch, who are regarded is the finest body of soldiers in the United States Army, marched on the right of the ine. There were four batteries of heavy artilery from Washington Barracks, six heavy >atteries from Fortress Monroe as infantry, hree heavy batteries from Fort MoHenry, laryland. "and four heavy batteries from few' York Harbor. These marched as inantry. There were four troops of the Third Cav,lry, from Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont; the Jinth Infantry, from Sackett's Harbor, New 'ork: the Seventeenth Infantrj-,from Columns Barracks; the Sixth Cavalry, from Fort iyer; the light battery of artillery, from Washington Barracks; one light battery,from low York Harbor, and ono from Fort Adams, ,t Newport, and the battalion of Marines, rom the Marine Barracks, Washington. The second brigade consisted of the Naional Guard of the District of Columbia, the Washington High School Cadet Regiment nd the battalion of cadets, from the Colored ligh School. This brigade was commanded y General Cecil Clay, with Colonel Theolore Mosher as Chief-of-Staff and Adjutant- i leneral. < A second division of the military grand diision was composed of the National Guards if the various States, each headed by the iovernor and staff of that State who attended, rranged in order from front to rear accordngtothe date in which the State entered he Union. The third division of the military livision was composed of organizations of eteran soldiers, under command of General ). O. Howard, with General S. S. Burdett, >;i3t Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army ifjhe Republic, as Chief of Staff. The civic grand division was unaer command ot Chief Marshal Bralnard H. Warner, .'he Americus Club of Pittsburg acted as scort to Mr. Warner. Tho largest organiz,tlon of this division was the National jeague of Republican Clubs, of which D. D. V'oodmansee is President. Ht> had a staff of urt.v gentlemen. This organization wa3 ;ivea a division of the civic division, and Ir. Woodmansoe was its marshal. The second division of the civic grand livision was composed of clubs and associalons from all sections of the country, who -L *'1 f K thadt* oan^rtrifv uuruuuu IU autuiuuiitc n uu lUdt avutviii; if formation. The parade marchod twenty, our flle3 front in close ordor, and the guide ras to the left during the entire march. General Porter stood at Thirteenth and K treets, and reviewed the parade, looking outh. His staff was behind him on Thireenth 3treet. The parade had a longer march than ever tefore on an inaugural occasion. In former ears It was disbanded immediately after tossing the White House. Thl9 year it folowei Pennsylvania avenue to Washington Jircle, at Twenty-second street, deflled into I street, marched down that thoroughfare, rhich is the widest street In Washington, nd disbanded at Mount Vernon Square. Ilnth and K streets. Governor Bu9hnell, of )hio, was given a command iu the military ;rand division. Troop C, of Cleveland, mounted on black torses, was the personal escort of President dcKinley, and it rode immediately in front >f his carriage. The veterans of the Twentyhird Ohio Regiment, to which McKinley, tosecrans and former President Hayes beonged, marcheJ directly la the rear of tho Presidential carriage. The following Governors of States, with heir staffs, participated in the parade: Governor Franks. Black, Now York. Governor John R. Tanner, Illinois. Governor Francis M. Drake, Iowi. Governor William 0. Bradley, Kentucky. Governor Lloyd Lowndes, Maryland. Governor John W. Griggs, New Jersey. Governor Asa S. Bushnell, Ohio. Governor Edward Scofleld, Wisconsin. Governor Josiah Grout, Vermont. The parade w?a a brilliant one in every particular, and th* various organizations filed past the reviewing stand In accord with the time schedule laid down by Grand Marshal Porter. At the conclusion of the pnrade President McKinley returned to tho White House in order to prepare for the inaugural ball. Intiugtiral linll. The ball, which was held in the Pension Building, was superior to its predecessors in decoration and arrangements for guests' comfort. The Committee on Decorations of the ball room, to which was appropriated from the guarantee fund the sum of 813,000, decided upon a beautiful design for the adornment of the ball room, the decorations of which consisted of a background of white and gold, and profuse floral decorations Interspersod with thousands of tiny electric lights In colored globes of many tin's. Three great canopies, or domes, mado of white bunting, swung from the celling, and the draping of the galleries and columns was striking. The domes proper were thirty-six feet across the 'diameter 01 ine oase, una twenty feet in height. Banting was stretched in graceful, sweeping curves from the base GEKEBAL HOBACE POSTER. (Grand Marshal of Inauguration Parade.) of the domes to the edges of the balcony surrounding the entire building. The bunting: used was challis cloth, of whioh over 100,000 yards were used in beautifying the big room. The prevailing colors were white and yellow, intertwined in chain drap6ry around tho balconies. The promenade music stand was located at the east end, and was draped in a shade of deep yellow. The orchestra stand was in the centre of the south side balconr, and was draped in Moorish style, in white and yellow. In the centre of the building was a rustic fountain, with white and gold fish basking in electric-lighted waters. ~ i ?o n r-i ^ JRA.L. The effect when the lights were turned on the decorations was marvelously beautiful. There were 8700 ground glass incandescent lights used In the room and fifty arc lights. The 148 Iron pillara supporting the balconies of the oourt were jacketed with yellow and white challie, aud on each pillar were sixteen lights. The drapiugs throughout the room were entirely of yellow and wbite. At the west end of tho court, up above the second balcony, hung u lartft? National flag, consisting of red, white and blue incandescent lights, which by a mechanical contrivance gave the effect of the waving of the genuine bunting. On the south side of the court, above the band balcony, was a set piece, with the names McKinley aud Hobart on streamers, and done in electric lights, surmounted by a shield of red, white and blue and the American eagle. At the east end of the court was perhaps the most pleasing feature of the whole conception. A largo balcony had been constructed. reaching fifty feet out into the court, to accommodate the orchestra. This hflaiitifully draoed with yellow and white, and a large, deep arch had been constructed entirely of yellow and studded with electrio lights. l&fzsr' MRS. McKlNLEY IN HER Along the top balcony wore Dlaced seventy-five vases filled with tropical palm leaves, palms and such growing plants as would keep bright and fresh during the ball. In the roar of the balconies there were prize effects of laurel festoons, caught up with green wreaths and traceries of Southern smiiax. From each corner of the room, starting at a point about ton feet above the floor, palms "extended to the ceiling. The four stairways and leading approaches from the ground floor to the second balcony walls were thatched with evergreens, conveying the idea of an arbor, and about this were placed singing birds in cages. Banquet and Fireworks, | During the progress of the ball the banquet was served. The Banquet Committee received proposals from numerous oaterers for tne privilege or preparing ana lurnisning the supper at the inaugural ball, and It was . given to a Philadelphia caterer, who wii9 I guaranteed the sura of $6000 by the oommittee. The number of supper tickets, the price of which was one dollar each, was limited to 6000. The fireworks display was better than . formerly, because it was entirely aerial in 1 oharacter and free from the set pieces which splutter and fizzle and are of interest only to those m the lramedlate vicinity, even if they are successful. The fireworks display 1 i was made in the Washington Monument j grounds, directly north of the monument. The chief feature was the production of an i Am?ricnn flap of immense nrrmortions tha.t remained suspended at a high altitude for twenty minutes, a constant shower of stars fallinp; from it. There were also flights oi rockets, bombs and other beautiful and, noisy things in profusion. i Mrs. McKinlty's Inaugural Gown. The gown whicli Mrs. McKinley wore at the inauguration ball was especially handsome. Tne material is what is known a? t cloth of silver. Tne groundwork is of white t satin heavily woven with silver thread in a ( conventionalized lily design. The train, which is plain, full and sweep- s ing,treasures two yards and a half in length. ( PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S MOTHER. On the left aide it is ODen over a Danel of c seed pearls embroidered on satin. * r Beginning at the bottom Is: a flounce of F Venetian point lace of a special and beauti- I ful design, a half yard in width, which is ^ cascaded narrow at the bottom, and gradually widens toward the top, until it is ex- J5 tended its full width over the hip and out to ,: the back, where it is partly concealed under f the full traiD. The rlsrht side of the skirt is 11 also slushed open halfway up, and under ? that also is an embroided petticoat of pearls. The bodice is tight fitting and ' slightly 3 pointed at front and back. The lower part is of silver cloth and the upper and back ?. of pearls. The same lase that is used in the t] flounce is fastened at the waist liDe into a P narrow point nnd is draped wider toward t( the shoulders in a V-shape. From there it spreads out over the sleeves and under a 8 strap of silver cloth, two inches at the top t( and four inches at the bottom. This strip ? is also embroidered in pearls. ~ The collar is of pearl-embroidered satin. 11 From it is a hi^h Medici collar of the lace, ? wide out and full, to show*he pattern. 1 Long and fairly tight are the sleeves, and they are finished at the wrist with Vandyke effects, embroidered at the eage, from which p they fall from narrow lace of the same de- ? sign ns that on the skirt. u TVith this gorgeous gown Mrs. McKinley 8 wpre a number of diamonds to fasten the ? lace, the handsomest being a diamond star ~ and a sunburst of unusual briillancy She ri also wore exquisite side combs. ' The fan carried for this occasion is of the P small empire shape, ot lace, the same design J' as that on the gown, exquisitely embroidered P in pearls. *! The lining for this gown i3 of white satin, 11 heavy and rich. Around the bottom inside are half a dozen ruffles to cive a full effect particularly to the train. ^ THE LARCEST STEAMER. it Will Bo Larger Thiin the Creat Eastern and Will Bo Called the Oceanic. 0 Tho Whito Star Steamship linn has author- ii ir.ed Harland & Wolff, of Belfast, Ireland, t> n c build for tho Liverpool and New York ser- c vice a twin-screw mail and passeuger g steamer, in which extreme speed will be subordinated to the comfort and convenience of rl passengers of all classes. In her internal arrangements the new ves- tl sel will be an enlarged reproduction of the 1' Teutonic and Majestic, excepi: in so far as improvements may have suggested tham- tl selves in the size and liftings of tho rooms, ii and which iuay bo rendered practicable by t> the increased dimensions of the ship herself. 1 Although a much higher s?a speed thaD a 4i??. ..nnfumnlotaH ia i.nitrt nracticilblc Si I illil UV? I.UUlVlUp>Ukvv. g from an engineering point o!.' view, it ha; v been determined as far as possible to aim at I a regular Wednesday morning arrival bott o c jj INAUGURATION GOWN". in New York and Liverpool, making the s Irish land and Queenstown by daylight, and i enabling passengers who may be traveling t to pluces beyond the port of arrival to pro- j ceed to and in the majority of cases reach ? their destinations with comfort during j the day. t The new steamer will be 704 feet in length, or twenty-five feet longer than the Groat ( Eastern, hitherto the longest ever built, and t sixty-five feet longer than any vessel now j afloat or in process of construction. < It is expected that this steamer will be ( launched In January next. The Oceanic has t been determined upon as her name. , TUG IMATTIimm innDBQO inn niiiuuuiiajjnuuniiuu President McKmley Outlines His Aiministrative Plans. /IEWS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, tVould Put the Country's Finances on a Sound Baslg-?>Iore Revenue Without Delay*?Wants the Tariff Revised? Favors a Bimetallic Conference--.Op. poses Trusts?!'*or Arbitration Treaty. Washinoto.v. D. C. (Special)?The iniugu al address of President tfuKinley was as follows: / Fellow Citizens: In obedience to tho wilj >f the people and in their presence, by the luthority vested in me by this oath, I assume he arduous and responsible duties ol Presilent of the United States, relying on the lupport of my countrymen and invoking the fuidanoe of Almighty God. Our faith eacnes rant mere 13 no sarer reliance tnan ( ipon the God of our fathers, who has so ] singularly favored tho American people In ' jvery national trial, and who will not for- ' lake us so Ions: as we obey His command- 1 nents and walk humbly in His footsteps. ^ The responsibilities of the high trust to ivhich I have been called?always of grave mportance?are augmented by the prevailng business conditions, entailing idleness lpon willing labor and loss to useful enter>rise. The country is suffering from industrial listurbances from which speedy relief must >e had. Our financial system needs some evi3ion: our money is n.11 good now, but its ralue must not further be threatened. It hould all be put upon an enduring basis, tot subject to easy attack, nor its stability to loubt or dispute. For Better Paper Money. Onr currenoy should pontinue under the upervision of the Government. The sev- ( iral forms of our paper money offer, in my ] uagmeni, a constant emoarrassment to tne Government and to a safe balance in the ( treasury. Therefore, I believe it necessary i o devise a system which, without dlminishng the circulating medium or offering a preoium for its contraction, will present a emedy for these arrangements, which, temlorary in their nature,, might well in the . 'ears of our prosperity have been displaced >y wiser provisions. With adequate revenue secured, but not intil then, we can enter upon such changes, q our finance laws as will, while insuring t afety and volume to our money, no longer s m pose upon the Government the necessity i f maintaining so larffw a i?old reserve, with t :s attendant and inevitaDle temptations to < peculation. Most of our financial laws are t ne outgrowth of experience and trial and s hould not be amended without investlffa- c ion and demonstration of the wisdom of the 1 ropqsed changes. 1 We must be both "sure we are riRht" and make ha9te 9lowly." If, therefore, Con- 1 ress in its wisdom shall deem it exDedient < j create a commission to take under early o onsideration the revision of our coinage, c anking and currency laws, and give them bat exhaustive, careful and dispassionate lamination that their importance demands, 3 shall cordiallr concur in such action. p If such power is vested in the President it c ; my purpose to appoint a commission of v rominent, well-informed citizens of difler- 3 nf parties, who will command public con- x dunce both cn account of their ability and j pecial fitness for the work. Bu^ffaess experi- T nee and public training may thus be com- a Ined, aLd the patriotic zeal of the friends of j tie country be so directed that such a report c rill be made as to receive the support of all f arties, and our finances cease to be the sub- a jet of mere partisan contention. The ex- j, eriment is, at all events, worth a trial, and a my opinion it can but prove beneficial to ? lie entire country. j Favors Bimetallism. The question of international bimetallism rill have early and earnest attention. I It will be my constant endeavor to secure d t by co-operation witn the other great com- D lercial powers of the world. Until that con- t Ition is realized when the parity between ur gold and stiver money springs from and s J supported by the relative value of the two s letals, tne value of the silver already v oined, and of that which may hereafter be v oined. must be kept constantly at par with t old by every resource at our command. u The credit of the Government, the integ- a Ity of its currency and the inviolability of s 9 obligations must be preserved. This was r lie commanding verdict of the people, and p t will not be unheeded. t Economy is demanded in every branch of b tie Government at all times, but especially v i periods like the present of depression in usiness and distress among tne people. no severest economy must r>e ooserveu in t 11 public expenditures and extravagance n topped wherever it is found, and prevented ? rherever in tbe future it may be developed. ? f the revenues are to remain a3 now, the p nly relief that can come must be from do- j reased expenditures. n But the present must not become the per- _ lanent condition of the Government. It ? as been our uniform practice to retire, not j icren.se, our outstanding obligations, and bis policy must again be resumed and n <f?ara?olw on Fafao 1 C\im? rnronnoa aVirmlH Iways be large enough to meet with ease c ,nd promptness not only our current need9, t nd the principal and interest of the public ? ,ebt, but to make proper and liberal pro- j isions for that most deserving body of pub- j 1c creditors, the soldiers and the sailors and ? ho widows ana orphans who are the pen- E ioners of the United States. - r More Revenue?Not Loans. The Government should not be permitted J 0 run behind or increase its debt in times 1 ike the present. Suitably to provide against this is the oandate of duty; the certain and easy c emedy for most of our financial difficulties, i 1 deficiency is inevitable so Ion*, as the ex- I >enditures of the Government exceed its re- r loipts. : It can only be met by loans or an increased s evenue. 1 While a large annual surplus of revenue nay invite waste and extravagance, inade- f iuate revenue croate? distrust and under- s nines public and private creait. Neither should he encouraged. Between ore loans and more revenue there ought to ie but one opinion. We should have more evenue, and that without delay, hindrance ir postponement. The best way for the Government to mainain its credit is to pay as it goes?not by esorting to loans, but by keeping out of lebt?through au adequate income secured iy a system of taxation, external or internal, ir both. For Revenue Legislation. It is the settled policy ot the government, mrsued from the beginning and practiced vail parties and administrations, to raise he bulk ot our reve-iue from tax^s upon oreign productions entering the Unitod State for sale or consumption; and avoiding or the most part every form of direct taxaion, except in time of war. Tlie country is clearly opposed to any needed additions to the subject of internal taxition, and is committed by its latest popular itterance to the system of tariff taxation. There oau be no misunderstanding, either, tbout the principle upon which this tariff axation shall be levied. Nothing has ever >een made plainer at a genera! election than hat the controlling principle in the raising )f ravenuo from duties on imports is zealous tare for American interests and American abor. The people have declared that such egisiation should be had as will give ample >rotection and <'ncouragement to the indusries and the development of our country. It is therefore, earnestly hoped and exacted that Congress will, at the earliest >racticable moment, enact revenue legislaion that shall be fair, reasonable, conserva- ! ivtjand jusr, and which, while supplying lUfflcient revenue for public purposes, will itill be generally beneilcial and helpful to (very section, and every enterprise of the >eople. To this policy we are all, of what- t >vor party. (Irmly bound by the voice of the i )eople?a power vastly more potential than t he expression of any political platform. t The paramount duty of Congress is to stop s leliciencies by the restoration of that pro- j ectivo legislation which has always been the Irmest prop of the Treasury. The passago ( >f such a law or laws would strengthen the f iredit of the Government, both at home and c ibroad. and go far towards stopping the i irain upon the gold reserve held for the re-11 lemptioa of our currency, which has been j I ' I heavy and well nigh constant for several It years pon In the revision of the tariff especial atten- mor tion should bo given to the re-enactment and depi extension of the reciprocity principle of the tion law of 1390, under which so great a stimulus the was given to our foreign trade in new and thei advantageous markets for our surplus aeri- pres cultural and manufactured products. The unw brief trial given this legislation amply jasti- unji fles a further experiment and additional dis- Oi cretionary power in the making of commer- part cial treaties, the end in view always to be of t the opening up of new markets for the prod- regi ucts of our country by grantiiy: concessions two to the products of other lands that we need poli and cannot produce ourselves, and which do sucl not involve any los? of labor to our own can f/wvrjs*^} WWW LUUVA i.KJ lUClCU^O LUUil KSLliyiK/J ~ j 1HVI ment. earl The depression of the past four years has In fallen with especial severity upon the great deei body of toilers of the country,and upon none Con more than the holders of small farms. Agri- day, culture has languished and labor suffered. The revival of manufacturing will be a re- j lief to both. No portion of our population ? is more devoted to the institutions of free government, nor more loyal In their support, while none bears more cheerfully or fully its fgr[tl proper share in the maintenance of the gov- ot ernment, or is better entitled to its wise and e^e liberal oare and protection. Legislation ^aV( helpful to producers is beneficial to all. true The depressed condition of industry on the mj fawn and in the mine and factory, has jg ca lessened the ability of the people to meet the u demands upon them, and they rightfully ex- ^ pect that not only a system of revenue shall t>e established that will secure the largest in- 0 t :ome with the least burden, but that every 0|j( naeanb will be taken to decrease, rather than ^ increase, our public expenditures. tatf( Courts Must Rule. _ ?< xne great essential to our nappine3s ana ft ^ prosperity is that we adhere to ihe principles bi03, apon which the Government was established my < ind insist upon th^ir faithful observance. nott Equality of rights must prevail and our laws tart> )e always and everywhere respected and oper >beyed. We may have failed in the discharge tjon >f our full duty as citizens of the great Re- jn b< public, but it fs consoling and encouraging to 9bal ealize that free speech, a free press, free pr0E bought, free schools, the free and unnolested right of religious liberty and a(jm worship and free and fair elections are jn ^ learer and more universally enjoyed to-day Gabi Hon arrcty _ _ uuu UTOt WWIW1 u? I ggjry, These guarantees must be sacredly pre- ..j served and wisely strengthened. The con- preg stituted authorities must be cheerfully and the j vigorously upheld. Lynchings must not be defe tolerated in a great and civilized country Tt like the United States; courts?not mobs? must execute the penalties of the law. The jt Wj preservation of public order, the right of dis- prav jussion, the integrity of our courts and the ?he"f jfderly administration of justice must con- pie j :iriue forever the rock of safety upon which ^llit; jur Government securely rests. Against Trusts. The declaration of the party now restored 0 power has been in the past that of "oppo- App lition to all combinations of capital organ- Gi zed in trusts, or othprwlae, to control arblrarily the condition of trade among our . jitizens," and it has supported "such legisla- ine ion as will prevent the execution of all of 1 ichemes tjo oppress the people by undue mur, :harges on their supplies, or by unjust rates c. 'or the transportation of their products to , narket." This purpose will be steadily pursued, both , V )V the enforcement of the laws now in exist- .. ' snco, and the recommendation and support 1 f such new statutes as may be necessary to arry it into eflect Better Standard of Citizenship. yjur Qamraiizaiiuu uuu imuiiKrauuu inws hould be further improved to the constant iromotlon of a safer, a better and a higher itizenship. A grave peril to the Republic rould be a citizenship too Ignorant to undertand, or too vicious to appreciate ths great 'alue and beneficence of our institutions and aws, and against all who come here to make ?ar upon them our gates must be promptly ,nd tightly closed. Nor must we be unminnul of the need of improvement among our >wn citizens, but with the zeal of our foreathers encourage the spread of knowledge nd free education. Illiteracy must be ban3bed from the land, if we shall attain that ligh destiny as the foremost of the enli^htined nations of the world which, under 'rovidence, we ought to aohieve. Civil Service Reform, Reforms in the civil service must go on, Jut the changes should be real and genuine. * tot perfunctory or prompted by a zeal in belalf of any party, simply because it happens / o be in power. \ As a member of Congress I voted and poke in favor of the present law, and I nail attempt its enforcement in the spirit in rhich it was enacted. The purpose in view ras to secure the most efficient service of he best men who would accept appointment _ inder the Government, retaining faithful nd devoted public servants iu office, but vwrH fcfelding none, under the authority ot any ule or custom, who are inefficient, incom- d ietent or unworthy. The best interests of t oe country demand this, and the people I leartily approve the law wherever and * whenever it has been thus administered. ftQd Revive Merchant Marine. mon Congress should give prompt attention to lurii he restoration of our American merchant the c aarlne, once the pride of the seas in all the evidi ;reat ocean highways of commerce. To my lind, few more important subjects so im- cmq leratively demand its intelligent consideraion. The United States has progressed with aarvelous rapidity in every field of enter- Tbr< irise and endeavor until we have become oremost in nearly all the great lines of in- ^ and trade, commerce and industry. f , Yet, while this is true, our American nerchant marine has been steadily declining addr intil it is now lower both in the percentage "G U [UUUa^C auii lUO UUlUUCl Vi tdwuw ui~ flvftQ >loyed, than it was prior to the Civil War. t0 Joaimendable progress has been made of cou^ ate years in the upbuilding ot the American djsa| favy, but we must supplement these efforts vo|vj >y providing as a proper consort for it a > j nerchant marine amply sufficient for our ?wn carrying trade to foreign countries. (,y Che question Is one that appeals both to our new lusiness necessities and the patriotic asplra- tbe?j ion3 of a great people. Buf Urges Arbitration Treaty. of th It will be our aim to pursue a Arm and so n llgnilied foreign policy, which shall be just, even mpartial, ever watchful of our National camj lonor and always insisting upon the enforce- upor nent of the lawful rights of American c:ti- "I :ens everywhere. Our diplomacy should presi ieek nothing more and accept nothing less I am lhan is due us. ness We want no wars of conquest; we must ber < ivo'.d the temptation of territorial aggresilon. War should never be entered upon un- parti ? t 11 every agency Ol pattut? una huioa, jreara i;< iii^u referable to war in almost every contin- .Fo jency. faile Arbitration is the true method of settle- and nent of international as well as local or in- Pres livldual differences. It was recognized as Gem he best means of adjustment of differences conf )etween employers and employes by the forty-ninth Congress in 1886, and its appli- ? :ation was extended to our diplomatic relaionsbytbe unanimous concurrence of the Jenate and House of the Fifty-first Congress n n 1890. The latter resolution was accepted Al' is the basis of negotiations with us by the gu British House of Commons in 1893, and upon >ur invitation a treaty of arbitration be- 8 ween tho United States and Great Britain a Ch vas signed at Washington and transmitted his o 0 the Senate for its ratification in January ^aVQ] asf. two Since this treaty is clearly the result of our n_DQ >wn initiative; since it has been recognized is the leading feature of our foreign policy hroughout our entire nationnl history?the b dl( tdjustment of difficulties by judicial methods j0 ather than by foroe of arms?and since it fe jresents to the world the glorious example of polic ea*on and peace, not passion and war, con- p0]ic rolling the relations between two of u he greatest natioas of the world, an r* ixample certain to be followed by others. assj? respectfully urge the early action of ho Senate thereon, not merely as a matter n^n, >f policy, but as a duty to mankind. The an(j mportance an l moral influence of the ratill- tkere ation of such a treaty can hardly be over- j stimated iu the cau^e of advancing civiliza- tjje j ion. It may well engage the best thought ^ , if the statesman and people of every couu- three ry, and I cannot but consider it fortunate ' hat it was reserved to the United States to ^ran, lave tho leadership in so grand a work. I y0HriConvene Congress at Ouce. | |s qU 1 do not sympathize with the sentiment ' How hat Congress in session is dangerous to our Wanj ,usiness interests. Its members are the I mate lgents of the people, and their presence at Whel he seat of government in the execution of hard tovereign will should not operate as an in- ' Jir ury but a benefit. reprt There could be no better time to put the New .rovernment upon a sound financial ani purp conomic basis than now. The people have clare >nly recently voted that this should be done meai ind nothing is more binding upon the Su igents of their will than the obligation of unhe mmedlate action. pau; H has always seemed to me thatPthe po?|H ement of the meetings of Congress unt^BH e than a year after it has been ohose^BH rived Congress too often of the insptra^^H of the popular will and the country corresponding benefits. It is eviden^^B efore, that to postpone action in the'^H ;ence of so great a necessity would be 'ise on the part of the Executive because xst to the Interests of the people. ur actions now will be freer from mere isan consideration than if the question V arlfT revision was postponed until the 1 liar session of Congress. We are nearly A years from a Congressional election, and tics cannot so greatly distract us as It 1 contest was immediately pending. We 1 approach the problem calmly and pa- ^ tlcaily without fearing its effect upon an y election. < ' i view of these considerations I shall n It my duty as President to convene gress in extraordinary session on Mon, the 15th day of Maroh. 1897. Sectionalism Disappear*. conclusion, I congratulate the country j a the fraternal spirit of the people ana I mill anai>i?TffkAI>a OA I -uduiiuciaiiuu KJI Will OTOij nuwiw w irent. The recent election not only moat mately demonstrated the obliteration of ional or geographical line3, but to some nt also the prejudices which tor years 5 distracted our councils and marred our greatness as a nation. ie triumph of the people, whose verdict irried into effect to-day, is not the tri+ ih of one section, nor wholly of ona y, but of all sections and all the people, v North and the South no longer divide \ he old lines, but upon principles and V jies, and In this fact surely every lover \ ie country can And causa for true felicl- V v it us reioice In and cultivate this spirit. > ennobling, and will be both a gain and ring to our beloved country. It will be ;onstant aim to do nothing, and permit ling to be done, that .will arrest or disthis growing sentiment of unity and coation, this revtval of esteem and affHia> which now animates so many thousands >th the old antagonistic sections, but I I cheerfully do everything possible : to note and Increase it. ?t me again repeat the words of the oath ,v lnistered by the Chief Justice, which, lelr respective spheres, so far as appl(- I e, 1 would have all my countrymen oh>will faithfully execute the office orident of the United States, and will, to >est of my ability, preserve, protect and nd the Constitution of the UnitedStates." 1 lis is the obligation I have reverently 1 n before the Lord most high. To keep ] ill be my single purpose, my constant J er?and I shall confidently rely upon 1 'orbearance and assistance of all the peon the discharge of my solemn responsiies. . j ?? DURRANT MUST HANU. eal Denied to Monster Who Lured frl? to Church and Murdered Them. ie California Supreme Court nas affirmed iecision of the lower courts in the case ,'heodore Durrant, found guilty of the tier of Blanche Lamont in Emanuej reh, San Franciso, Cal. He aped from the verdict of guilty, allegerrors in the rulings of the trial ?e,and filling a voluminous bill of exeepi. The Trial Judge, however, was af THEODORE DUREANT. 3d in all his disputed rulings and the ict approved by the Supreme Court. .0 Emanuel Church murders horrithe whole country. The bodies of , girls were found quite nude, one in aelfry of the church ami the other room. Durrant was a medical student a member of the church, and the testiy showed that he was in the habit of lg girls of the church to the belfry of hurch, for which he had a key. The snce was chiefly circumstantial. OF FIFTY-FOURTH CONCRESS. ? ;e Appropriation Bill*, Including: the Sundry Civil Bill, Not Signed. 12 o'clock noon on Thursday the Fifty- ' th Congress adjourned. Speaker Reed's ess, prior to adjournment, follows: rentlemen of the House of Representa: Two years ago you were summoned our share of a legislative work which i not be otherwise th in;disagreeable, ppointing and unsatisfactory, for it toed a dismal struggle to adapt a narrowncome to the growing wants of a great on, growing to be still greater. ou were, most of you. untried in your vocation. How others have performed share of the task it is not for U8 to say. it is proper for me to say that your share ' ... /InfiT Vino Kaon wifK .n U1V1UCU uuo U(*7 uuvuyvtiviuivu *??? * mch readiness and yrood sense that among the asperities of a heated paign there wa? no room for any attack i the House of Representatives. am sincerely grateful for the kind exiion of your confidence and esteem; but \ . still more grateful for the daily kind- / and good will on the part of every mem- C M both sides of the House. J :o all of you then, gentlemen of ail~^H les, I offer the sincere expression of the W est personal regard." ur of the great appropriation bills hare H d?the Indian bill, the Agricultural bill ^ the Sundry Civil bill by reason of the ident's refusal to sign them, and the 1 jral Deficiency bill by tho failure of the I erence to agree. H IRlVEN OUT BY A CHINAMAN. I y Paupers Left the Kings County I nshouso When HI Wanjf Appeared. | perintendent William Murray, of the I s County (Brooklyn) Almshouse, has < I inese pauper in his keeping upon whom I tl)er charges look with more or less dis- 9 r. The result is that within the. past I days, since the Chinaman first made his 9 aranoe, sixty-seven paupers have left & ustitution. X Wang, for that is his name, is an able- B 3d Chinaman, about fifty years old, who erly kept a laundry. He was arrested a 3 lays ago as a vagrant in Brooklyn, and I ie Justice Goetting. in the Lee Avenue H :e Court, committed him to the ams on his arrival at the institution he was D ned to quarters in the main building. gg )ther inmates of the institution looked ice upon the arrival of the newcomer, w while there was nothing openly said i were signifloaut glances exchanged H mmediately there began an exodus. On N irst <1ay forty-four iumates took their rture and next day there were twenty- H > others. Bg ne of the sixty-seven has returned. Hi ; has been in this country twenty-three H i. Characteristic of his countrymen, he H iet and docile, and not communicative. I he met with reverses is not known. Hi (9 z refuses to talk about it or even to inti-j H the cause of bis present circumstancM^^fl :her or not it is due to fan tan or luck will probably n?*ver be known. a Ling, another Chinaman, who said he sented a Chinese society in Mott street, H York City, called upon Hi Wang for the 58 oae of investigating h s case, and do id that the society intended to provide H is for the release of his countryman. B perintendent Murray said that it was an H sard or thing for a Chlniman to to a M >er In the poorhouse. H