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BUTLER, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY MARCH II, 1885.
NO 15
OUU PRESIDENT'S
Inaugural Addrens.
Fellow-Citizens In the presence
of tfcis vast afesemlila ;e of my coun
trymen, I am about to supplement
and seal hy oath which I shall take
the manifestation or the will ot a.
jpreat and free people. In the exer
cise ol their power and right of self
government, they have committed to
one ot their fellow-citizens a su
preme and sacred trust, a oil he here
consecrates himself to their service.
This impressive ceremony adds lit
tle to the solemn responsibility with
which I contemplate the duty I owe
to all people ot the land. Nothing
can relieve me from anxiety lest by
anv act t mine their interests may
suffer, and nothing is needed to
strengthen my resolution to engage
every faculty and effort in the pro
motion of their welfare. Amid the
din ot party strife the people's choice
Wat made ; but its attendant circum
stances have demonstrated a new
strength and safety of government
bt the people. la each succeeding
veat it more clearly appears that our
democratic principle needs no apol
ogy, and that in its fearless and faith
ful application is to be found the
surest guaranty ot good government ;
but the best results in the operation
of the government, wherein every
citizen has a share, largely depend
upon the proper limitation ot purely
partisan zeal and effort and a cor
rect appreciation of the time when
partisanship should be merged into
the patriotism of the citizen.
DUTY OF THE OUR
To-day the executive branch ot the
jovernment is transierred to new
keeping; but this is still the govern
ment of all the people, and it should
be none the less the object ot their
affectionate solicitude. At this hour
the animosities ot political strife, the
bitterness of partisan defeat and ex
ultation of partisan triumph should
be supplanted by ungrudging acqui
escence to popular will and so by
conscientious concern for the gener
al weal. Moreover, if from this
hour we cheerfully and honestly
abandon all sectional prejudice and
distrust, and determine with manly
confidence in one another, to work
Out harmoniously the achievements
of -ur national destiny we shall de
serve to realize all th" benefits which
our nappy form of government can
bestow.
On this auso.cious occasion we j zens IJs ntcrv :in'5 rtmmntc
may well renew the pledge of our j tnritt antl Pperitv.
devotion tr tlu constitution, -vhich, ; korkiun policy.
launches.! hy the founders of the re- ; The genius of our institutions, the
public, and consecrated bv the their tu-tds of our people ti their home
prayers and patriotic devotion, has j lite and trie attention which is :e
for almost a century borne the hopes ma tided for the settlement ami tie
arid aspirations of a great people ; velopmcnt oi the roomce ot our
uiroujjis prosperity ;ui l peace, and
through the shock ot foreign con
flicts, a id tiie perils or domes ;e
rite and vicisi'u jfs. Rv the 'Fath
er ot his Country our constitution
wcom r.ended cr adoption us t'ie
"rfi't of .: spint oi amity and inu
taal concession.' In that same spir
5t f-hou'd be aj vinistered m order
to Pr0t-ote the !as::ng welfare of tne
Country ; rCl,. ,, the ul5 mc:ls
BTe its priceless hcneilts to us and
&ose who ui'I Mlececd to the bless-
I ings oi our national life. The large
j variety of diverse and competing in
j terests subject to federal control,
persistently see-king the recognition
of their claims, need give us no tear
that ''the greatest good to the great
est number" will fail to be accom
plished, it. in the halls of national
legislation, that spirit of amity and
mutual concession shall prevad in
which the constitution had its birth
If this involves the surre nder or post
ponement ot local advantages, re
muneration will be found in the
thought that the common interest is
subserved and the general welfare
advanced.
WILL DO It! DUTY.
In the discharge nf my official duty
I shall endeavor to he guide bv a
lust and unstrained construction of
the constitution, a careful observance
ot the distinction between the pow
ers granted to the federal govern
ment, and thse reserved to the states
or to the people, and by a cautious
appreciation of those functions which
by the constitution and laws have
been especially assigned to the ex
ecutive branch of the government.
But he who takes the oath to-day to
preserve, protect, and defend the
constitution ot the United State,
only assumes the solemn obligation
which every patriotic citizen, on the
farm, in the workshop, the busy
marts ot trade, and everywhere,
should share with him. ' The consti
tution which prescribes his oath, my
countrymen, is yours; the govern
ment you have chosen him to ad
minister for a time is yours ; the laws
and the entire scheme of our civil
rule from the town meeting to the
state capitols and the national capi
tol i4 -yours Your very voter as
surely as every chief magistrate un
der the same high sanction, though
in a different sphere, exercises a
public tru6t. Nor is this all; every
citizen owes to the coun ry a vigilant
watch and close scrutiny of its pub
lic servants and a fair and reason
able estimate of their fidelity and
usefulness. Thus is the people's
will impressed upon the whole
frame-work ot our civil policy, mu
nicipal, state and federal, and this is
the price of our liberty and inspira
tion ot our laith in our republic.
ECONOMY.
It is the duty of those serving the
people in a public place to closely
limit public expenditures to the ac
tual needs ot the governm ent, eco
nomically administered, because this
bounds the right ot the government
to exact tribute from the earnings of
citizens, and because public extrava
gance among the people. We
should never be ashamed of the sim
plicity and prudential economies
which are best suited to the opera
tion of a republican form of govern
ment and most compatible with the
mission of the American peop le.
Those who are selected for limited
time to manage public affairs are
still of the people and may do much
by their example to encourage, con
sistently with the dignity of their of
ficial function?., that pl.?m iv of
life
wiV:cn among tnc.r
'iOW-Cltl-
- - , ' . "I v?trWg
avousjiice r-t anv .!'p.rt:irt. tsorii ot;c vt,u-.;v:rs ot ait vvi;o ma.;e and z&Zr-ZJ ' H-jsi- o
thaforotir!! policy co:nmv-'k-i' l-v v : h- icdcr.i! . Our duties
poKtv i ;ndcp.-r,dt.-iCc. tj-..'i'ct! hy pcrcy.'..-:). .-t thr vb'uis. oi puTHc zJS Up1
our r., .:.-:, d,;.v.:cd hv mir .... 1 i.vc . I; , firm .ictcrmi- , JrlflKI l!
Know:, ..,.v ;5-Uc, auu hy or - :ii ,c :i , , to cur, t : f fl 8 Wlf f
power, i- ! 1 n..;-c- oi pe.ee -t. . ;..c ::c Iav.-.I t.e :vA fjy-.' - 4 -
.sujtabk- onr 'civss. It she : -'s : 01 govern- r?FrrTi-Ti , 'r-f .'
it.- ic-cviaij; any ; t-i-' s- s-f u.'c r. mu : arm
share v.". i-i':ci: 'oraU and aaibitiocs let u- no: : huann effort alone.
upon o;i:t.'r countries and repeilin.2 '
their intrusion here. It is the poli
cy of Monroe and Washington and
Jefferson peace, commerce and
honest friendship with ail nations,
entangling alliances with none.
FINANCIAL.
A due regir.l t r the interests and
prosperity ot all oeople demand that
our hn.iu. t-- sh ill fe established
u -n sh -'i . j i,i and sensible basis
a-sMo ... iety and confl
d - .v-ss interests antl
m ' i:r"or sure and
s'ead. 'h our system of reve
iiue soll !k- so adjusted :s to reliev
the people from unnecessary tax
ation, having a due regard to the
interests ol capital invested and
workingmen employed, in tne ac
cumulation of a tsurpltis in the treas
ure to tempt extravagance and
waste.
LANDS, INDIANS AND POLYGAMY.
Care tor the property of the nation
and tor the needs ot future settlers
requires that the public domain
should be protected from purioining
schemes as.d unlawful occupation.
1 he conscience of the people de
mands that the Indians within our
hwuiulanes shall be fairly and hon
estly treated as wards of the govern
ment and their education and civil
izatiou proojoted, with a view to
their ultimate citizenship, and that
polygamy in the territories, destruct
ive of the family relation antl offen
sive to moral sense ot the civilized
world, shall be repressed.
The laws should be rigidly en
forced which prohibit the immigra
tion of a servile class to compete
with American labor with no inten
tion of acquiring citizenship and
bringii.g with them and retaining
habits and customs repugnant to our
civilization.
RKFOKM NECESSARY.
The people demand refoitn in the
administration of the government
and the application ot business prin
cioles to public affairs. As a means
to this end civil service reform
should be in good faith enforced.
Our citizens have the right to pro
tection from the incompetency ot
public employes ami hold
tbeir places solely as tl e
reward of partisan service and from
the corruption influence ot those
who promise and the vicious meth
ods of thofce who expect such re
wards, and those who worthily seeK
public employment have thought
insist that merit and competency
shall be recognized instead of party
subserviency or the surrender ol
honest political belief in the admin
istration of a government pledged to
do equal and exact justice to all
men.
THE FKEEDMEN.
There should be no oretext tor
anxiety touching the protection of
the freedmen in their rights or their
j security in the enjoyment of their
1 privileges under the constitution and
! its amendments. Ah discussion as
t
to their runess for the place accorded
i to them ;is American citizens is idle
I and unprofitable except as it -ug-'
gfsts tne necessity tor then improve
; ment. The fact that they arc citi
t zens entitles them to all the rights I
flue to the relation, ami charges j
them with all its duties, obligations
, and responsibilities. j
Till DUTY Oi ALL. j
These :n:cs and tilt- constant ;uid i
i ever varying wants of an active nd j
eiiitrprjsing population irsav well I
but hu ):- : ckniiw!e:!e the power
and goodness of Almighty God who
presides over the destiny ot nations,
and who has at a!l times been re
vealed in our country's historv; let
us invoke His aid and His blessing
upon our labors.
WELL RECEIVED.
When he first began the crowd
applauded whenever he paused to
take breath, but after a while con
'ented itself with cheering him as he
made his principal points. His
reference to the prohibition of for
eign contract labor called out loud
and continued applause, but his al
lusion to civil-service reform met
with faint response. The address
was very brief, and at precisely two
minu'e-s after i o'clock it concluded
w'tt; an invocation ot the blessing of
P?ovidcnce, nd turning to the chief
justice and bowing to him he said:
"I am now prepared to take the oath
prescribed hy law."
, THE OATH.
As the chiet-justice aro-e to ad -mjnister
the ath, the vast assem
blage cheered again and again." The
president elect stood facing the
cbet justice with the crowd on his
riht. Chief Clerk McKi tinev ot
tbfc supreme court stood just ;it the
sie of Cleveland nd held the Uible
ugjon which the oath was admini
tefed,the president elect also holding
irjwith his right hand. The Bible
used is a small morocco covered,
gilt-edged volume, pretty well worn.
It is the Uible which Cleveland's
mother gave him when he left home
as a young man, and at his special
request the committee had it in rea.Ji
ness for the ceremony. The crowd
preserved perfect quiet as the im
pressive ceremony ot administering
the oath was in process, hut when it
was concluded, and President Cleve
land laid down the Bible after
reverently kissing it.and shook hands
with the chiet justice, who was first
to congratulate him, they cheered
loudly and long.
Ex-President Arthur was the sec
ond man to congratulate the presi
dent, and then followed Chief Clerk
McKinnt-y and Senator Sherman.
President Cleveland was then intro
duced to the remaining judges ot
the supreme court ; to Lieut.-Gen.
Sheridan and to Gen. Hancock.
The other persons on the platform
then pressed forward and many
shook his hand. As he re-entered
the capitol. he was again greeted
with cheers. He walked to the
basement entrance where be first
came into the building, and entered
the carriage to be driven in the pro
cession to the White House.
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LOOK HER. E FARMERS!
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OLD PLOW SMITH,
I back to Bv tier and ht. i-XnT'.ed a j
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Blacksmith Shop!;
On tirf-t street west f Jar--.i-f.
church- J'rins in our plow? to
him. He will put on a ihare ot
first c!ss' "tt ccri'tr j lo-v sree!,
.r.d wsl! harden it s oi a'
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a Fraction of (Heir Tallies
Kvcry Article in the Following I
(guaranteed s Kc-presented by
the Old Reliable MiMOini
Republican.
We will ;ie the Wcu-klr Miouri Re
publican, the regular ubcrlption prirt
or which l $1, with the to'ilnm.-ing rt
r.len at the price named :
The Waterbury Watch, an excellent,
reliable and good looking wittch. It I
manufactured by the Waterbury Com
pany, especially tor the Mikkourf Kepub
li-an, and i eul to tubcriber throu't
the mall In a atin-lined cae. The re
ular price ot the w atch U $x ,n, but w.
send the Weekly Republican, one yex
and the watch and chain for the price ft
the watch, $3 50; with the Trl-WeeMy
one year ,$6 50,
An elegant Scwin-j Machine uarrantC'"
tor five year. Tiii machine tullji
equal to it not better than similar ma
chines that have been telling all oe
the country for from $35 to SNV. Our
is only $18 and Weekly for one yea
thrown in . With the Tn-Weekly tor our
year it i $20.
Farmers' and Mechanic' I'lacksmlt.
thop, $o worth ot tool for $25. TM
set cf tool consists of
40-! b anvil and vin,
iS-inch tonps,
2-Ib ham'iier, with lir.tii'.-,
l'i-H. hot cfiicl, with bandit.
No. 34 tock and die,
Farrier pincer,
Farricr'n knife,
Shoeing hammer,
Blacksmith' drill,
Fori;e will heat j'v iruh
7 i.cc tools are of tiic bet jualitv, a
will lat a life time. Price iy. Tli'
kit of too! and tne Weekly RepuMiia;.
,01.6 rear, wit.T 'J"ri-VeeI
r.e'autilul Fan.ilv Clock, :n..'!c by Sr.:'
Tlioma Athen"patent: 17 in..
: Solid walnut cae: r,rn-wr'4''" ' r,'
H dav; strikes tic hour. Guararitt")
to keer periect time, retail iri e,
We give this clock ar.d the Weekly H
pubiican one year tor $5; Trl-Weekly
lor fy, jilv tor 14-
Family fcta'es ot two kind: Tr.e hit
tic Detective. Thi cale wcigtm acci:
alcly any artic! ranins; from our 1
ot a pound to twenty-five poiivl.
the WccUv orfvcir, $1: wirh t' e TM
Weekly, $0. The an.e c-! , with
sLrr,j), tor the purpose of weFHif. !o.
artie'es. i iy ter.t. higher,
Ihe l-'rion, or i'ani'v Sca-, i P
j'or?n "-ul anJ wri.. up t ' ' r
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