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'MR. M0&IOT3 HOBBY.
J. Sterling Morton, who is to pre
; side over thtf Department of Agri
culture during the neit adnjinistra
. tion, is quoted as saying that when
j he takes charge of his office he will
use his endeavors to have the rail-
roads which run through, prairie sec-
: tions pUnt trees along their lines
Sxne idiotic editors have
been
commenting upon this as one of Mr.
Morton's hobbies. It may be, but
that h'otJby-has resulted in the plant
ing of 40,000,000 of trees in the
State of Nebraska, and in the con
version of a prairie into what will be
before many years a respectably tim
bered State, -pj. '
We hve something of a hobby" in
that line oursclf, and to be: candid
we haven't a very high opinion of
the intelligence or of the judgment
ot the man (supposing him intelli
gent) who doesn't believe in it. We
say it reverently that when the Al
mighty planted the trees upon the
earth He put the finishing touch upon
it, and when men began the indis
criminate destruction of those trees
they didn't know what they were
doing, nor have the slightest concep
tion of the penalty j the denuded
countries would pay for it.
Why are thousands of square miles
in China deluged every few years by
the resistless torrents pf the Yellow
River, "the Ri'vcr of Death," as it is
' i '
called?. Because, ae ago the peo
ple, to add to the lands for cultiva
tion, and perhaps for fuel, felled the
forests that protected them from the
sudden filling of the streams, the
channels of the streams became un
able to hold the vast quantity of
water poured into them, and the
deluge was jthe result. The same
thing happens in our own Mississippi
now, which is in some respects like
this Rivex of Death in China, and is
becoming more like it every year.
But this is not all. The destruc
tion of the forests results in frequent
and prolonged droughts, whicn are
far more disastrous than the over
flows of the rivers, which are limited
in area and generally of short dura
tion, while the drought may mean
famine which costs the lives of
thousands or hundreds of thousands
Tnis is one of the
problems that
perplexes Russia to-day. There are
about 80,000,000 of people in that
Country engaged in agriculture, much
of the land has become impoverished
or exhausted by bad farming, and is
becoming unable to feed the people
that must be fed from it. The sur
plus population cannot be transferred
to the still timbered Northern Rus
sia andrfarms be made for them
there, for that would necessitate the
cutting down of the remaining
forests, ' and then Northern Russia
would suffer from droughts and short
crops with resultant famines as
Southern Russia did last year, and as
it is apprehended will again tbls-year.
Strip the trees from the face of
the earth and how long would it be
before it would become a parched,
barren, ball, as dead as the moon ?
I hey are the moisture reservoirs
which gather it from the earth and
supply it to the atmosphere to inter
cept and temper the ardent rays of
the sun which if it were not for this
would blister, and burn Thus the
.trees are instruments to modify the
sun's heat and make the earth habit-
able. ; . r. . J
We hear the remark very often
these days that "our climate is chang
ing," and it is true. There are sud-
den changes from almost springlike
warmth, to intense cold, not so much
in this region, for we are protected
by the warm breezes from the Gulf
Stream on'one side and by pur forests
from the cold winds on the other,
cut it i$ true of j the country as a
whole. Cold waves sweep suddenly
down from the ice and snow fields of
the farj North, and in a day or a
-night fierce winter chills where .the
day before soft breezes fanned. Why
is this? j A century or even half a cen
tury ago there were no such sudden
changes. There was winter, . of
xourse, when the waters froze,
and the snows fell and wrapped
the earth in a warm man
tie that hung upon it for months, but
these sudden, extreme transitions
from warm to cold were rarely if
ever experienced. Why? Because
the forests stood as a breastwork to
checjc and modify the force of the
North winds which were longer on
tht way and warmed up juvthey
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moved southward, ftow so much of
the barricade has been removed that
they sweep comparatively unchecked
and in a few days the cold-laden
winds of the icy zone are sweeping
over the land. 1-et this forest de
struction go on for the next hundred
years as it has for the past and we
will not have any climate at all. We
will be either roasting in the desert
of Sahara, so to phrase it, or freezing
to death in Siberia. I
Tree planting may be "one of Mr.
Morton's hobbies, but coming gener
ations will pronounce him one of the
most far-seeing, level-headed men
that ever mounted a hobbv and
his one of the best hobbies that any
man ever did mount. It would be a
fortunate thing for the people who
are to possess this fair country in
the near and especially in the 'far
future it there were several millions
of men in it with as level heads, and
as zealous riders of that same hobby.
MINOR MENTION.
Some noteworthy events have taken
place in Washington within the past
few months which hjave never-marked
the outgoing or incoming ot any
rother administration-, at least within
the past generation. ihey were
initiated with the tributes of esteem
paid by the House of Representa
tives to Mr. Blount, in which mem
bers of both parties united in put
ting on record their high regard for
tne Democratic Representative from
Georgia, who after many years of
service was about to retire. Later
it, irrespective of party, paid glow
i.ig tribute to lr. Herbert, of Ala
oama, and enthusiastically congratu
lated him .upon being called into the
Cabinet. Wheu Senator Carlisle with
drew from the Senate a parting ban
quet was given, at whicn Republican
Senators vied with Democrats in ex-,
pressing their esteem and admiration
for this distinguished Democrat, and
later a banquet was given in which
Senators of both parties did honor
to retiring Vice President Morton.
A few days ago Mr. Morton departed
from the custom heretofore and gave
a reception in honor of his succes
sor, Vice President Stevenson. These
followed by the interchange of cour
:esies between the outgoing and
incoming Presidents last Friday,
make a series of events which may
very becomingly inaugurate an era
of g-iod feeling. They are not much
in themselves, but as showing the
pas-ins; away ot partisan Ditterness
they are pleasant to note.
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Mr. Shearman, a writer on tariff
oi national reputation, is oi ine
opinion that the necessity for an
enormous revenue to meet the ex
penses of the Government will not
permit as thorough tariff reform as
is desirable, or as the country should
have, but still enough can be done
i t take a considerable portion of the
heavy burden from the shoulders of
the people, and add very materially
to their prosperity, especially of the
farmers. Every article in general
use which the McK.inley bill puts
upon the free list should, he says,
remain there, and the more on the
free list, as far as the necessity for
revenue may permit, the better. The
reer the trade with foreign countries
the greater the demand will be and
ihe higher the ..price for American
products which they need, resulting,
as he estimates, in our farmers get
tine fifteen or twenty cents more a
bushel for their wheat, with a like
increase in other farm products.
There is one thing to which Mr,
Shearman does not allude, which
necessitates this enormous revenue
which must be raised pensions
for which the people pay at least
$135,000,000 a year more than they
should be required to pay, or would
be required to pay, if the system was
an honest one. If we could have
pension reform,' the right kind of
pension retorm. Dei ore tne tanti
question was touched, we could get
the tariff down to the bed-rock, or
very near it. . j
Mr. Chauncey M. Depew holds the
opinion that Mr. Harrison will be
the candidate of the Republicans in
'96 for President. It is "the logic
of the situation," he says. The only
logic in the situation was when Mr.
Harrison stepped out and Mr. Cleve
land stepped in. But as far as Mr.
Harrison s nomination tour years
hence goes, Gen. Clarkson, Gen.
Alger ana othes will have some-
I thing to do with the logic.
A party of "sportsmen" at Column
bus, Ga., lately baited the doves
about thar town, coral led them and
shot 797 of them. We have our opin
ion of the sport that would shoot
one dove, but we wouldn't like to
pat our opinion of the butchers that
would for sport slaughter 797 of
them in print, at least in a Sunday
edition of the paper.
. Senator Gorman downed John V'
L. Findley'of Maryland, whom Mr.
Harrison had appointed Chilian Ar
bitrator, and thus paid off an old
score which has been running for
several years. Mr. Gorman doesn't
wear a knife in his boot-leg but he
keeps it about handy and knows how
to use it, Mr. Findley will not go to
Chili.
The Philadelphia Ledger remarks
that Robert J. Cascaden the youth
who killed a police officer, and was
convicted and sentenced to twelve
years solitary confinement in the
penitentiary, was leniently dealt with.
This may admit of doubt, for it is
not altogether certain that twelve
years solitary confinement isn't a
severer penalty than hanging would
have been.
Ferdinand de Lesseps is reported
to have; sunk his whole fortune in
the Panama ditch, his only income
left being that from the Suez Canal.
It is, perhaps, a mercy to the old
man that he is mentally wrecked
and cannot feel, if he knew, the
depth of his misfortune and disgrace.
Mr. Bennett, of Accomac .county,
Va., wants the sweet potato growers
of that section to put up a potato'
kitchen at the World's Fair, and ini
tiate the stranger into the delights of
that toothsome tuber, and believes
that a big
the result.
demand for it would be
THE WEATHER.
Cyclonic Winds A. Boow Storm Cold
Wave.
Weather ! Well we had it here yester
day, all four seasons in one day. At first
warm, temperature 60s at 8 a. m., with
occasional gentle showers just a fore
taste of spring. This would have satis-
tied everybody bad not the' Weather
Bureau began issuing warnings ol gales.
cold waves, &c, but even then people
were in hopes that "Old Prob" might be
'off" this i time. Not much! About
eleven o clock the wind veered to west
ana men 10 nonawesi, increasing in
lorce, and by noon was rolling up a re
cord for a genuine March gale.
The rain turned to snow -about 1.15 p.
m., which lasted some ten minutes; aod
about this time the wind reached a velo
city ot 48 miles per hour from the north
west, and though moderating slightly,
continued to blow a gale air- last night.
with the temperature 1 dropping below
freezing at a very discouraging' rate; it
being 31 at 8 o'clock,; with promise oi
falling several more degrees before this
morning, j . j '
This storm has been several days in
coming to its severe focus. ! Thursday it
appeared in Western Texas in the shape
of an area ol low pressure, which, by
Friday morning, spread out over the
interior, with the lowest pressure au 7S
inches over the lower lakes. 1 his was
flanked by a decided "high" in the
Northwest, which was accompanied by a
well dunned cold wave. By yesterday
morning, the Tow pressure area instead
oi moving cfi toward tanada, veered to
the southwest, concentrating off the
North Carolina'coast, the barometer at
the Wilmington station dropping as low
as 29.3 itches. ;
At this time the "high" which bad
increased to 80.7 inches, was rushing
southeastward ina solid wall of freezing
temperature, and in its effort to nil up
the partial void along this coast caused
the high wind, which, although severe
here, was as bad, if not worse, at several
places in the interior and along ,the
coast.
Anv one who has watched the
Weather Synopsis and General Fore
casts issued by our local Weather Bu
reau station, must certainly give themj
credit tor giving ample warning of tbisj
blizzard, for as lar back as Thursday.1
Observer Chaffee predicted just the;
weather we were to have, and that we
have had Irom then to this time. .
REV. MR. MOODY.
The Famous Evangelist to Hold a Series
i
of Meetings in Wilmington Shortly.
Rev. Mr. Moody, the world-fame
evangelist, is expected here in a f
days to bold a series of meetings that
will probably continue a week. "Rev
Mr. McClure. pastor of St. Andrews
Presbyterian church, has received a let
ter from Mr." Moody, in which the latter
states that he will come to Wilmington
from Charlotte. Mr. McClure opened
the correspondence with Mr. Moody.
He will be . here about the 15th
of March and will remain . a week
or ten days. Arrangements will be per
fected next week and the dates of meet
ings will be then announced.
The meetings will be held in the large
warehouse of the Champion Compress,
on Nutt street, where the Pearson meet
mgs were held several years ago, which
awakened such deep interest and were
attended by thousands ot people.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Appointed by the General Assembly for
I Nnw Hanover County.
A special dispatch from the Star s
correspondent at Kaletgb, says: ine
following are the justices of the peace
appointed by the General Assembly for
New Hanover county:
Wilmington W. M. Poisson, W. C.
Craft, J. F. Maunder, W. N. Harriss, F.
W. Ortmann, J G. Love, W. H. Gilbert,
E. A. Northrop, N. B. Rankin, K.
Bunting.
Cape Fear .Township James Cowan,
J. P. Quelch.
Harnett Township W. B. Canady,
C H. Alexander.
Masonboro Township Benj. Farrow,
Frank Bishon.
Federal Point Township lacob M.
Home, D. W. Trask.
Gone to Pieces.
The Swedish barque Alfhild, which
went ashore last week on Ella shoals,
near Bald Head, has become a total loss.
Capt, Harper's tugs, the Jones and jthe
Blanche, bave been at work for several
days endeavering to get the vessel afloat,
and yesterday the tug Blanche "pulled
her in two." as the report says.
The Alfhild was on a voyage from a
Spanish port to Wilmington, in ballast.
She registered 404 tons and is aaid to
have been insured. Her crew aban
doned the vessel several days ago and
came to Wilmington, but the master.
Capt. Berntsen, remained on board; and
mauv Try cuuu w aav hip euip.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
WAS IT OUR COPEUAND!
The Charlotte CopeUnd and the Wllminjt
ton Warren Alias Copeland Are They
Hot the Same?
The Charlotte Observer, after repro
ducing a part of the article which ap- -
peared in the Star of . last Tuesday on
'Col. L. F, Copeland." adds:
The Rev. Dr. T. H, Prichard, of this
city, who knew Warren in -Wilmington,
and who heard Copeland Tuesday night,
Evidently, Dr. Pritchard is "rather"
dubious. The Doctor did not begin his
pastorate here nntil some eight years af
ter the "Rev. Charles Wesley Warren's"
ignominious flight from Wilmington,
and be must have known bim very
slightly, though he may have seen him
here while on a visit. But eighteen years
may worn a marked change in a man s
personal appearance. When here " War-
renf alias "Copeland." had "sandy" hair
and a full beard of the same hue; but
now that may have been changed by na-
ture to white or grey, or by art to a
raven black.
The name '-Col L. F. Copeland," and
the title of the lecture, "Snobs and Snob
bery," lead almost irresistibly to the con
clusion that the "Colonel" who was in
Charlotte is "that same old coon" who
duped so many of the people of Wil
mington. Our., "Colonel" had decided tal-
en t j as a declaimer.
and
and
his dramatic
popular; but
style was effective
those who knew him best and measured
hin up carefully were convinced that
the: sermons and lectures be delivered,
here were not the products of his own
mental workshop.
REV. JAS- H. COLTON.
Detth of a Well-Known Presbyterian
Bit me. . 1
The death is announced of the Rev.
James H. Colton, a well-known Presby
terian divine, son of the Rev. Simeon
Colton, deceased, who resided for
many years in Fayetteville. N. C, and
was well-known to many citizens of
Wilmington. Rev. Dr. W.) T. Lacy.
writing the N. C. Presbyterian, gives the
following information, viz:
'I have iust learned through a letter
from his s n of the death ol mv dear
friend and brother, Rev. James H. Col
ton. He died on Tuesday, 14th Feb
ruary. 1893. at 3 o'clock in the morning
of heart-failure induced by pneumonia.
At the lime of his death he was living
at Burkesviile, Kentucky, where he died.
and he had charge of Alexander College.
Art institution in connection with the
Northern Assembly. Brother Colton is
so well known in North Carolina I send
you at once the sad news. We were to
gether in the same Presbytery (Fayette
ville) many years, and lived in the same
tillage, I never knew a more con
secrated, conscientious man. I knew
lim well, and esteemed him Very highly
in love for his work s sake.
he Freight-Car Thieres.
John Chanson, Wm. Graham and
: brought to Wilmington a few days ago
trom Florence, S C, and charged with
robbing freight cars on the W. C. & A.
R. R.. (as published at the time in the
Star) were brought before Justice R
H. Bunting yesterday, for a preliminary
hearing. As the robbery, however, was
committed near Whiteville, the magis
trate ordered that the prisoners be
turned over to the authorities of Colum
bus county. Deputy sheriffs Sheehan
and King carried them to Whiteville
last night. They will be brought up for,
examination there next Wednesday.
probably.
A Double Compliment.
In its issue of March 1st, the Lumber
ton Robesonian reproduces three leading
editorials from The Mokning Star,
and supplements that compliment with
the following kind words :
"On the outside of this paper will be
found two or three articles from the
Wilmington Star. In all the State pa
pers which we see none of them, in our
opinion, is as ably and practically edited
as the Wilmington Star. It is eon
nently consistent and conservative."
DEATH OF MB. S. H. SMITH.
President of the Board of Directors of the
North Carolina Insane Asylum.
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C March 2. Hon
Richard H. Smith, President of the
Board of Directors of the North Caro
Una Insane Asylum, died at the resi
dence of his son-in-law, Mr. F. H. Bus
bee, this morning in the 81st year of bis
age.! Mr. Smith was a graduate of the
University, had served in the State Sen
ate, was a member of the Constitutional
Convention, was President of the State
Agricultural Society, and was one of the
most successful and accomplished farm
ers of his day. The interment will be
at the old estate at Scotland Neck.
A CHANCE FOR TRUCKERS.
The
Cincinnati Market Almost Bare
of
i Vegetables Prices Very High.
Truckers in the South will be inter
ested in the following from the Cincin
nati Commercial Gazette:
"There is a famine in the vegetable
market, in Cincinnati. Potatoes are a
dollar per bushel and over. Cabbages
are in the same line. Apples are not of
the vegetable kingdom, but as regards
prices they are out of sight. Turnips
are of the vegetable kingdom, and these,
too. are very dear. The cause of all this
is carried to crop failures. While
cereals were liberally produced, and
wheat, corn, oats, barley and rye are at
comparatively low figures, the vegetable
markets are about out of the reach ol
the people. It is a curious fact that
these are now luxuries which cannot be
indulged in except by rich people.
"This condition tmers an opportunity
to the South. Their seasons are differ
ent from ours. The extreme South in
this respect is three months in advance
of Cincinnati. It can, therefore, supply
our city and this section with vegetables
of all kinds about planting time here,
Our markets are bare; the people are
hungry, and this is the opportune period
for Southern producers to gather a
golden harvest. Plant broadly, cultivate
zealously and ship promptly and con
tinuously. 1 be money is here to give
in return for all that the railroads may
be capable of carrying. Our advice to
the Southern people is to take lull ad
vantage of this golden opportunity."
FRIDAY, MARCH 10,
THE INAUGURATION.
A GREAT GATHERING AT THE NA
TIONAL CAPITAL.
The City Thronged, wlih Visitors from
Mi
Farts of tne Country Imposing Cere
monies Tne Inaugural -. Address The
Parade, Bio. J -' -1 .1
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, March 4. It wsa
shortly after 11 o'clock when President
elects Cleveland and Vice-President
elect Stevenson, accompanied by the
Senate Committee on Arrangements.
entered the Execntive mansion." Tbev
were received by President Harrison in
the Blue Room. Five minutes later the
President and his successor reappeared.
and entering an open carriage tbe march
ot tne procession to the Capitol began.
They rode in President Harrrison's
carriage, drawn fey four bay horses. I
Ihere was no abatement in the storm.
-;nd the ride to the Capitol was through
a last -falling snow. Notwithstanding
the inclemency of thel weather, Mr.
Cleveland's bat was off frequently in
response to enthusiastic cheers of "the
unterrthed, bo swarmed tbe sidewalks,
unmindful of discomforts.
The Presidential party, with the mili
tary escort, came in sight of the eastern
entrance of the Capitol j a few minutes
after 12 o clock. A large crowd bad as
sembled at the east front, and cheered
loudly as Mr. Cleveland approached.
He went in by the basement entrance in
order to avoid the somewhat slippery
steps on the outside. From the moment
he descended from the i carriage be was
received with lusty cheers, and when he
entered the Senate wing the cheers of
the outside gave way to an ovation. Mr.
Harrison entered the Presidents room.
where he spent some time signing bills.
When the Senate clock indicated
11 50. but when actual time was 12.50,
the Vice-President-elect was announced,
and Mr. Stevenson, escorted by Senator
McPnerson, took bis crair to tbe right
ot Vice-President Morton. Immediately
afterwards the President of the United
States and his Cabinet Were announced
and President Harrison and members ol.
his Cabinet entered the! Chamber. Mr.
Harrison was escorted to one of the
scarlet chairs standing in front of th.
Clerk's desk. Immediately afterwards
the President-elect was announced, and
Mr. Cleveland, escorted by Senator Ran
som, tooic tne cnair next to Mr. Harri
son. His entrance into the Chamber was
greeted with applause. Then Vice-President
Morton administered the oath of
office to his successor, land yielded to
him the chair of the presiding officer, j
A spicial session of the Senate of tbe
Fifty-third Congress was then formally
opened with prayer by Chaplain Butler.
Vice-President Stevenson rose and
addressed the Senate. He said:
Senators: Deeply impressed with
a
sense ot its responsiDiiities ana oi its
dignity. I now enter upon the discharge
ot the duties ot the high bmce to which
1 ruve been called. I am not unmindful
f the fact that among the, occupants 'of
this Ciair during the one hundred and
f ur years of our Constitutional history.
nave been statesmen eminent alike lor
their talents and their tireless devotion
to public duty. Adams, Jefferson and
Calhoun honored its incumoency during
the early days ot the Republic, while
Arthur, Hendricks and i Morton have
at a laier period of our history shed
luster -ipon the office of President ol the
most august deliberative assembly known
tn mpn.
I as-ume the duties ot the great trust
confided in me with no feeling of selfish
confidence, but rather with that of grave
distrust of my ability satisfactorily to
meet its requirements. I may be par
doned tor. saying that it snail oe my
earnest endeavor to discharge the ins
portant duties which lie before me with
no less of impartiality and courtesy than
of firmness and fidelity.! earnestly in
vokiog the co-operation.the forbearance,
the charity of each of its' members. I
now enter upon my duties as presiding
officer oi tbe senate. i
As he closed his remarks, Mr. Steven
vensoi directed the secretary ot tne
Senate to read the proclamation of the
President convening the senate in ex
traordinary session. It
Mr. McCook read the proclamation
and then the Senators newly elected or
re-elected were invited by the Vice-
President to come forward and take the
oath of office. They did so, each es
corted bv bis colleague.: and tbe oath
was solemnly administered by tbe Vice
Prestdeut. the Senators afterwards sub
scribing to tbe same at the Clerk s desk
All these preliminaries having been
duly disposed of, the Vice-President di
rected the bergeant-at-Arrns to proceed
to the execution of the order of tbe Senate
relative to the inauguration of the Presi
dent of the United States. The. pro
cession to the east portico of the Capi
tol was then begun. When tbe distin
guisbed gathering had taken the places
assigned to them at tne east front ol the
Senate wing, tbe President-elect tooK
tbe oath of office and then delivered his
inaugural address. He said
My Fellow Citizens ; In obedience to
the mandate of my countrymen I am
about to dedicate myself to their service
under the sanction of; a solemn oath.
Deeply moved by tbe expression of con
fidence and personal attachment wmcn
has called me to this service, 1 am sure
my gratitude can makej no better return
than the pledge I now give before I God
and these witnesses of ray unreserved
and complete devotion to the interests
and welfare of those wbo bave honored
me. I deem it fitting on this occasion,
while indicating the opinions I hold con
cerning public questions of present im
portance. to also briefly! refer to the ex
istence of certain conditions and ten
dencies among our people which ! seem
to menace the integrity and usefulness
of their Government.
While American citizens must content
plate with tbe utmost pride and enthusi
asm the growth and expansion of our
country, the sufficiency of our instita
tions to stand against tbe rudest shocks
of violence, the wonderful thrift and en
terprise of our free government, it be
hooves us to constantly watch for every
symptom of insidious infirmity that
threatens our national vigor. The strong
man who, in the confidence of sturdy
health, courts the sternest activities of
life and rejoices in the hardihood of con
stant labor, may still have" lurking near
his vitals an unheeded disesss that
dooms him to a sudden collapse. It can
not be doubted that our stupendous
achievements as a people and our coun
try's robust strength have given jnse to
tbe heedlessness of those laws govern
ing our national health which we can no
more evade than human life can escape
the laws ol God and nature,
; Manifestly nothing lis more Vital to
our supremacy as a nation ana to the
beneficent ourooses of our Government
than a sound and stabie currency. Its
exposure to degradation should at once
arouse to activity tbe most enlightened
statesmanship, and tne danger oi aepre
ciation in the purchasing power ot
wages paid to toil should furnish the
strongest incentive to prompt and con
servative preception. i In dealing with
our present embarrassing situation, as
related to tbia subject, we will be wise
if we temper our confidence and faith
in our national strength and resources
with the frank concession that even
these will not - permit us to de
fy with impunity! the
inexora
1893.
ble 51 laws of finance - and trade.
At the same time, in our efforts to ad
just the differences of opinion we should
be tree from intolerance or passion, and
our judgments should be unmoved bv
alluring phrases and unvexed by selfish
interest. I am confident that such ar
proacb to the subiect will result in oru-
dent and effective remedial legislation.
In the meantime, so iaras tbe Executive
branch of the Government can intervene
none of the powers with which it is in
vested will be withheld when their exer
cise is deemed necessary to maintain our
national credit or avert financial disaster.
Closely related to an exaggerated con
fidence in our country's greatness, which
tends to the disregard of the rule of Na
tional safety, another danger confronts
us not less serious. 1 refer to the ore-
valence of a popular disposition to ex
pect trom the operation ot tbe Govern
ment especial and direct individual ad
vantages. The verdict of our voters
which condemned the injustice of main
taining protection for protection's sake,
enjoins upon the peoples servants the
duty of expunging and destroying the
Dana oi kindred evils which are tbe un
wholesome progeny of paternalism. This
is the bane of Republican institutions,
and tbe constant peril of our Govern ment
by the people It degrades to the purposes
of wily craft the plan of rule our fathers
established and bequeathed to us as the
object of our love and veneration. It
perverts the patriotic sentiment of our
countrymen and tempts them to the pit
iful calculation of the sordid sain to be
derived from their Government's mainte
nance. It undermines the self-reliance
of our people, and substitutes in its
place dependence upon Governmental
favoritism. It stifles the spirit of true
Americanism and stupefies every enob-
ling trait ot American citizenship. The
lessons of paternalism ought to be un
learned and better lessons taught that
while the ; people should patriotically
and cheerfully support their Govern
ment, its functions do not include the
support of the people.
The acceptance of this principle lead 3
to the refusal of bounties and subsidies
which burden the labor and thrift of a
portion of our citizens to aid ill-advised
or languishing enterprises in which they
bave no concern. It leads, afso, to a
challenge of tbe wild and reckless pen
sion expenditure which overleaps the
bounds of a grateful recognition of
patriotic service, and prostitutes to
vicious uses tbe people's prompt and
generous impulse to aid those disabled
in their country s defense. Every
thoughtful American must realize the
impo lance of checking at its beginning
anv tendency in public or private station
to regard frugality and economy as vir
tues which we may safely outgrow. The
toleration ot this idea results in a waste of
the people's money by their choseu ser
vants, and encourages a prodigality and
extravagance in tne home lite ot our
countrymen.
Under our scheme of Government,
waste of public money is a crime against
the citizen, and contempt of our people
for economy and frugality in their per
sonal affairs deplorably saps the
strength and sturdiness ot our national
character. It is a plain dictate of
honesty and good government that
public expenditures should be limited
by public necessity, and this should be
measured by rules of strict economy,
and it is equally clear that frugality
among tbe peoole is the best
guarantee of a contented and
strong support of free institutions.
One mode of the misappropriation of
public funds is avoided when appoint
ments to office, instead ot being tbe re
wards of partisan activity, are awarded
to those whose efficiency prom.ses a fair
return ot work for tbe compensation
paid to them. To secure the fitness and
competency of appointees to office, and
to remove from political action the de
moralizing madness for spoils, the Civil
Service reform has found place in our
public policy and laws. The benefit
already gained through this instrumen
tality, and the further usefulness - it
promises, entitle it to tbe hearty sup
port and encouragement of all who de
sire to see our public service well per
formed or who hope for tbe elevation of
political sentiment.
l he existence ot immense aggregations
of kindred enterprises and combinations
of business interests, formed for the pur
pose ot limiting production and fixing
prices, is inconsistent with the fair field
which ought to be open to every inde
pendent activity. Legitimate strife in
business should not be superseded by en
forced concession to demands of combi
nations that have power to destroy, nor
should the people to be served lose the
benefit ot cheapness which usually re
sults from wholesome competition
These aggregations and combinations
frequently constitute conspiracies against
tbe interests of tbe people, and in all
their phases they are unnatural and op
Dosed to our American sense of fairness
To tbe extent that they can be reached
and restrained by Federal power, the
general Government should relieve our
citizens from their interference and exac
tions.
Loyalty to principles upon which our
Government rests, positively demands
that equality before law, which it guar
antees to every citizen, should be justly
and in good faitb conceded in all parts of
the land. Tbe enjoyment of tbis right
follows the badge of citizenship where
ever found, and, unimpaired by race or
color, it appeals for recognition to Amer
ican manliness and fairness.
Our relations with the Indians.located
within our borders, impose upon us re
sponsibilities we cannot escape. Hu
manity and consistency require U3 to
treat them with forbearance, and in our
dealings with them to honestly and con
siderately regard their rights and inter
ests. Every effort should be made to
lead them through the paths of civiliza
tion and education to self-supporting
and independent citizenship. In the
meantime, as the nation s wards, they
should be promptly defended against the
cupidity ot designing men, and shielded
from every influence or temptation that
retards their advancement.
The people of ihe United States bave
decreed that on this day the control of
their Government in its legislative and
Executive branches shall be given to a
political party pledged in most positive
terms to the accomplishment of tariff
reform. They have thus determined in
favor of a more just and equitable sys
tem of Federal taxation. The agents
they have chosen to carry out their pur
poses are bound by their promises, not
less than by the command of their
masters, to devote themselves unremit
tingly to this service. - While there
should be no surrender ot princi
ple, our task must be undertaken
wisely and without vindictivet-ess. Our
mission is not punishment, but rectifica
tion of wrongs. In lifting burdens from
the daily life of our people we reduce
inordinate and unequal advantages, too
long enjoyed. This is but a necessary
incident ot our return to right and jus
tice. If we exact from unwilling minds
acquiesence in the theory of an honest
distribution of the fund of Government
beneficence, treasured up for all, we but
insist upon the principle which underlies
our free institutions. When we tear
aside delusions and misconceptions
which have blinded our countrymen to
their condition nnder the vicious tariff
laws, we but show them how far they
have been led away from the paths of
contentment and prosperity. When
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we proclaim that the i necessity for
revenue jtq support jf the Government
furnishes the only! justification for
taxing the people, we announce a truth
so plain that j its dental would seem to
indicate the extent td which the judg
ment may be influenced by familiarity
with perversions of the taxing power;
and when we seek to reinstate the Self
confidence and business enterprise ol
our citizens by discrediting the Object of
dependence upon Government favor, we
strive to stimulate those elements of
American character which support the
nope ot American achievement.
Anxiety tor the redemption of pledges
which my party has made, and a solici
tude for complete justification of trust tbe
people have reposed in us, constrains
me to remind those with whom I am.
to co-operate that we can succeed in
doing the work which has been especi
ally set before us only by most sincere,
harmonious and disenterested effort.
Even if insuperable obstacles and oppo
sition prevent! the consummation of our
task, we shall hardly be excused: and if
the failure can; be traced to our fault or
neglect, we may be sure the people will
hoia us to a
swift and , exacting ac-
countability.
The oath now taken to preserve, pro
tect and defend tbe Constitution of the
United States, not only impressively de
fines thej great responsibility I assume,
but suggests obedience to Constitutional
commands as the rule by which my offi
cial conduct must be euided.v I shall, to
tbe best of my ability, and within my
sphere of duty, preserve the Constitu
tion, by loyally) protecting every grant of
Federal power it contains, by ; defending
all its restraints when attacked by im
patience; and restlessness, and by enforc
ing its limitations and reservations in
favor of the States and the people.
Fullyj impressed with the gravity of
the duties thai confront me, and mind
ful of my weakness, I should be appalled
if it were my lot to bear unaided the
responsibilities which await me. I am,
however, saved from discouragement
when I remember that I shall have the
support and counsel and co-operation of
wise and patriotic' men, who will stand
at my side in the Cabinet places or will
represent the people in their legislature
halls. I findj also, much comfort in re
membering that my countrymen are
just and generous, and in the assurance
that they will not condemn those wbo,
by sincere devotion to their service de
serve their forbearance and approval.
Above all, I know there is a Supreme
Being wno ruies ine anairs oi men, ana
whose goodness and mercy have always
followed the American people, land I
know He will not turn from us now if
we humbly and reverently seek His
powerful aidJ
Notwithstanding the exceeding in
clement weather, Mr. ? Cleveland re
moved his silk hat and with bared head
addressed the multitude, i He kept his
overcoat on land secured what warmth
he could for the fingers ot his right hand
by keepiug it in his overcoat pocket,
holding his hat at his side in his left
band, Which was unprotected from the
weather by gloves. Thej.wmd had been
rising and turning colder ever since
noon and Cleveland s task must bave
been attended with considerable personal
discomfort, but he gave no sign of it
and steadily continued his address to
the close. ! : . ' I
At the conclusion of his remarks; Mr.
Clevel4nd turned around ito the Chief
Justice who was attired in the robes of
his office, to take the oath prescribed by
the Constitution. Chief Justice Fuller
and the other persons near to the Presi
dentremovd their hats and and -with
bared heads; listened to the taking of tbe
oath Ot office, which was pronounced by
Cbiet f Justice ruiler in a clear voice.
Mr. Cleveland assenting to it by bowing
his head and kissing the Bible. The
oath taken by the President is what is
known as the Constitutional oath! and
reads as follows : I
I do solemnly swear that I will faith
fully- execute the office ot Presi
dent t of the United States land
will, to the best of my ability
oreserve. Drotect and defend the Con
stitution ofTthe United States." i The
Bible jjused in the ceremony was given
President Cleveland by his mother, forty
nine years ago. By his special request
it- was. eight years ago, put to; tbe
same j service for which it was iused
to-day. I I
The troops, who had been stamping
their feet endeavoring to keep warm,
formed in line, and at 2.10 o clock.'alter
tbe usual riding about of orderlies! the
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line oi procession was started, oenerai
Martin T. McMahon, Grand Marshal,
leading the way, followed bv his staff, j
tw. iuc ocuaLc wing oi me vapitoi ine
marshal and his aids halted until Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. Harrison could enter
their carriages and take their places in
the line. The first division, consisting of
uniformed troops, moved down the hill
around the Capitol to tbe Peace Monu
ment, on Pennsylvania Avenue, where
other organizations fell in line and be
gan themarch up the broad asphalt
avenue. The guns at Fort Mver. at the
Washington! barracks and at tbe iNavy
Yard thundered out the Presidential
salute when Mr. Harrison left the White
House, and again when President Cleve
land took the oath of office.
A detailed and itemized report pf the
whole parade is, of course, impossible,
when a mere enumration of the regi
ments, companies, posts, and civic or
ganizations; occupies three newspaper
columns. But some of the notes and
incidents of the parade are here set
down at random: Among the magnifi
cently mounted special aides whdj rode
oenina ijrana Marshal McMahon and
bis chief of staff, Gen. W. D. Whipple.
were representatives
from everyjj State
and j lerntory in
khe UnionJ. The
guard of honor of President Cleveland
consisted bf one hundred members of
the New York Business Men's Cleve
land j and Stevenson Association repre
senting fifteen mercantile organizations
of the Empire City. The passage. of tbe
President along the avenue was one
continued ovation of the most enthusi
astic' kind. Tbe steady tramp jot the
superbly drilled battalions of regulars
under the command of General
Crooke, forming his escort, the
suggestive .rumble of the gun
carriages and the soldierly bearing of
tbe young Cadets, all helped to keep the
enthusiasm alive. The fine appearance
and splendid discipline ot the District
militia elicited repeated cheering! A tea-
ture distinctively naval was introduced
into the parade by the Engineering
Corps. This was the releasing of a num
ber pf carrier pigeons with messages re
lating' to the success of the inauguration,
destined for Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Annapolis and other points. Still an
other original feature was afforded by
the) Military Bicycle! Company, who
mounted upon their wheels and retain
ing full control of them, at the same time
handled their small arms j with a
dexterity that indicated that this
innovation in military tactics lacked
nothing bf succesa. j Recollections of
Homestead came ito many Of the spec
tators when Gov. Pattison, jbf Penn
sylvania, rode byi at the heid of the
Fifth regiment of lue-coated EPennsyl
vania troops, marching like veterans
who bad seen service, and equipped with
all the essentials for active operations in
the field. .: , .
The appearance of trrav-coated Gen.
Fitz Lee,! of Virginia, in command of
the third division,
was the signal for a
I
renewal of the enthusiastic ovation which '
greeted him when he appeared in line '
oa the occasion of Cleveland's first
inauguration. Part of this demonstra
tion was undoubtedly due to f Gen.
Lee's personal popularity; part to the
name he bears, and part, perhaps, to the
relief which his appearance with his well
appointed staff, afforded to the monotony
of so many "quarters of . an hour" con
sumed by the passage of the Pennsyl
vania troops. Thereafter, came a pro
cession of Governors, all of whom were
cheered. - There was' an understanding
on the part of the Executive Committee
that the order of precedence should
follow the order in, which each State'
entered the Union. -This was not quite
followed out. Some of the Gov;rnors
(Flower, ot New York, for instance) pre
ferred to ride in a carriage in the civic
halfot the parade rather than appear "
on horseback at the head of their
troops. Govereor VVerts, of New Jersey,
and bis staff, escorted by a company of "
New Jersey militia, was followed by
Governor Northen, of Georgia, with the
Georgia Hussars for escort. Governor
Morris, of Connecticut was recognized
and cheered. The youthful looking
Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, was
greeted with the same running salvo of
cheers which has followed his every ap
pearance in public the last few years,
since his phenomenel success in Massa
chusetts politics. Alongside Governor
Frank Brown, of Maryland, rode acolor
bearer.i carrying the original flag of
Lord Baltimore, tbe first English Gov
ernor ;of, Maryland. The Maryland
troops ! made a fine show. Governor
Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina,
sitting upright as an Indian, led the
picturesque Palmetto Guards, whose or
ganization has-a record extending back
to the Mexican war.
There must have been a goodly smat
tering of Badger State folks ramong the
spectators for the discoverer of "Peck's
Bad Boy" was the recipient of salvos of
applause. '
Headed by Gov. Flower and staff and
preceded by the banner of tbe Jackson
Democratic Association of the District
ot Columbia, the appearance of the
three thousand Tammany braves was a
revelation to many of the spectators.
With their high siik hats, dark over
coats and showy badges on which the
tiger's head was plainly displayed, they .
were the best looking body of civilians
in the parade.
A prolusion of streamers with the in
scription "The banner State, 61,537
Democratic majority for Cleveland,"
served to put the spectators on good
terms with the Jefferson Club of Lou
isiana. A mounted battalion of exceedingly
good-looking young women led the
Cleveland and Stevenson Club, of Mont
gomery county, Maryland. They were
the sisters and daughters of the mem
bers of the club, and their dark riding
habits and low crowned riding hats pre
sented a decidedly attractive appear
ance. ! The spectators were not slow in
catching on to the novelty and the-belles
from 'My Maryland" were eheered un
til their faces were of carmine tint. The
organization of which they formed the
escort had 816 men in line, precisely the
majority given by the county to the. Na
tional ticket. - - -.
There was but one civic delegation in .
line that could claim the distinction of
having marched in an Inauguration
parade to the glory of a .Republican
Presidentand under a Republican ban
ner. iTbis was the John J. O'Brien 'As
sociation of New York. There were
twenty ranks of ten men to a rank. Four
years ago they marched as Republicans
in the patade that attended the inaugu
ration of President Harrison. In the
campaign of which to-day's event was
the culmination the organization "flop
ped" individually and as a whole, and"
to-day they cheered as lustily lor Cleve
land and Stevenson as they did in 1889
for Harrison and Morton.
The Vanderbijt Benevolent Associa
tion pf Charleston, S. C, a Democratic
organization named after the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and of which Presi
dent Cleveland is an honorary member,
turned ont In force in the 4th division '
of the civic parade. Each member wore
a fat simile of the artistic medal which
was presented by the organization to
Baby Ruth,
Cleveland's competitor for the nomi
nation at Chicago last&June had his
' personality impressed on the multitude
through tbe medium ot the David u.
Hill Guards oi Richfield Springs, New
York.
THE TONE OF VOICE.
It is not so much what you say,
As the manner in which you say it; .
It is not so much the language you use,
As the tones in which you convey it.
i
" Come here?" I sharply said.
And the baby cowered and wept; .
" Come here I" I cooed, and he looked
and smiled,
And straight to my lap hejerept.
The words may be mild and fair,
And tbe tones may pierce like a dart :
j "The words may be soft as the summer's
air.
And the tones may break the heart.
For words but come from the mind,
And grow by study and art;
But the tones leap forth from the inner
self.
And reveal the state of the heart.
Whether you know it Jr not - -'
Whether you mean or care
Gentleness, kindness, love and hate.
Envy and anger are there. .
Then would you quarrels avoid,
And in peace and love rejoice,
Keep anger not only out of your words,
But keep it out of your voice.
Youth's Companion.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Nothing so smooths and
sweetens life as prayer. Gold Dust.
The seeming shipwreck we
lineet with in the voyage ot life soften
prove the yery things which best speed
pur course to the haven where we would
fee. A7-. Y.Observer,
l The tissue of every Christian's
destiny is wrought with ' threads of
mercy, and mercy impresses her own
lively characters on every trial he is
ctled to bear. Dr. Kaffles.
fSefore the good Samaritan's consci
entious and warm charity all distinc-
tifis of nature and religion, all preju
dis of education and habit and asso
ciations vanished, so that he was only
intsyit upon fulfilling the law of love.
Wmson.
ENow, I want you to think-that
, troubles will come which seem
as ifsihey never woul3 pass away. The.,
nightland tbe storm look as if they ":
would last forever, but the calm and the
mor$ng cannot be stayed; the storm in
its very nature is transient, The effort
of nafere, as that of tbe human heart,
ever Sfeto return to its repose; for God
is peagi. Geo. Mac Donald.
the world in the great march
of theitSenturies is going to be richer for
the development of a certain national
cbara&fr, built up by; a larger type of
manned here, then for the world's sake,
for tbeifke ot those very nations-that
would jfjur in upon us that which would
disturb that development, we have a
right t8tand guard over it. riutp
Brooism ,
I Allbval "brother A. So you
have deiiimined to marry your brother's
widow, m. Miller.
Millerfes. You see, it's this way;
When K8as:a little , boy I got my
brother's: jiay things when be got tired
of them l his pants when he grew too-,
big fortttem. and bis school books when
he didn'feveed tbem any more, and now,
it is onl.gbt that I should get his
widow.
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