PRESIDENT M'KINKEY
THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY. INDICATIONS OF GOVERNMENT POLICY. (Received March 5, 10.54 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 5. Amidst intermittent rain, Mr McKinley was sworn in for the second term as President, on a platform erected for the occasion on the hast front of the Capitol, Washington. The President, who received an ovation, addressed a gathering numbering 40,000. The keynotes of his speech were—(l) The duties and privileges of Greater America; and (2) the necessity for liberal reciprocal trade relations with ether countries. Mr McKinley, in his speech, justified America’s policy of moderation and fairness towards China; the desire for close friendship with Cuba, and to assist her into a position as a separate nation; and the determination to give the Philippines self-government as soon as the inhabitants welre ready for the change. Colonel Theodore Rosevelt was sworn in as Vice-President. Thirty thousand troops marched to White House, where President McKinley reviewed thdm. A feature of the military display was a native Porto Rican regiment.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4298, 6 March 1901, Page 5
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