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Magnificent Washington Inauguration of McKinley Second Term
Washington March 5 William McKinley is sworn in for a second term amid a vast pageant of soldiers sailors and spectators in a capital resplendent with decorations and a crowd estimated at 60 000. The ceremonial address urges prudent finance imperial restraint and expansion of foreign markets while Cuba the Philippines and China loom large in policy.
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