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Show TIE PRESIDENT'S ' AHNUALMESSAGE TO LAWMAKERS' Recommends Legislation on New and Important Subjects. INCOME -INHERITANCE TAX He Believes Sucli Laws Would Curb ,, ' Growth of Fortunes to Dan gerous Proportions. Hit Views en Negro Question Akt (or Currency Reform, and Shipping UHI Would Make Cltlient of Japs Many Other Important Subjects Olicutied Washington Dec 'reldciil House-Veil House-Veil measag lu Hi.' an uihI eessl.ui at th Klfly ninth roiigrens dents with number .if iim nn.l important subje. !. chief of Willi h In the gnternment prosc-utloD prosc-utloD "l i hi. trusts, hip ainiH i.r Injunction Injunc-tion In inlnvr trouble IheTiestro qure- lion Hi' prea.hlna ..( 'law hatred Mwm apttal aii.l lalmr. additional legislation legis-lation f..r the ronlrnl of lAnrv corpo-tlnns corpo-tlnns h federal tnhtrllnnte ami Iniuina tai law ami uurremy reform Th- nmeaage open with a sea lament of what the laat tnnareas lert unflnlehed, ami r.f thla he Ntya ' I attain rn inmneml a law prohibiting all corporatlona from tonfrll.ullng to the ramiala-n cipensee nf any parly Kurh a Hit hap nlria.l Intel tint hnua of con- Sress la-l Unlit (duals contribute aa I hoy Hi' but let ua prohibit In effective fashion all cnriatrnttona fmm making eoutrlbutlona fur any pollthnl purniee. directly ur Indirectly Another Mil which liaa Just Mst one house uf the i unarms anil whlih la ur-amity ur-amity ttereaeary ahnul.l In- etiaited littu Uh Is that conferring uinin the govern men! ihe rlaht of nittN-al In . rlinlnal w I'll questions of law Thla rlaht eslels In many of Ihe suien It eslats In Ihe IHetrhl uf t nlumrda I.) art of the totlgresa tt la nf imirM lint f reposed tliut In any case h venllt I r.ir tha tie femlanl on the merits ahnul.l be set Mill He. cully In one district where the government huil Indlt led certain per eons fur nnsplracy in nnetlnu with Irbalee the ...iirl sustained the defend ant a demurrer while In another Jnrle dlrttnti an Imlli Iment f..r conspiracy tu Obtain rrbatas lias In-en sustained liy the court convictions obtained under It attd two defendants sentenced to Imprl onment The two cases Nferred to may not la- In real tontllct with each other, bin It Is unfortunate that there thoill.1 I even le an hi tnirent iniiiliit At pree . eni there la no wav liy which ihe gov I eminent run ratine ail. h a cntiflli t when I tt ntanirs In t solved by an appeal to V. k" a higher court nml the wheels or Justice i are Llocked without any real tie. tplon or I trie question I .an ni.l too atronxly I , cd-re the passage of Ihe 1.111 In question f"S failure tn pass will result In seriously ' I vLmtrlng tha government In Ita effort -, fa J lYf obtain Justice espn tail) naalual JM . IWlllo ln.llrl.liiula nr rorrallons who -, r "Ji wroua anil tnar also prevent the j Kernmpnt frnni outalnloa Justice for W waisworkera who are nol thlnselvs 1 able effectively to ronleet a rose where j the JuUanient of an Inferior court haa been uoalnat them 1 hae spevlfhalb , In M'w a re.cn! tin I. Ion by a tllslrlrt I Jtalice Icatlna: rntlway employeea with I out renie.lv for tlnliillim of n rertsln so 1 uille.1 lalHir slutute It sreiiia ii n nbsunl- ',' It) In permit a slnnle .llilrli t Ju.tun, i. aaslnsl what may In the Judgment of i Hie Ininieiis. niaj..rll nr his rolleaaucs I on the lienrh tit ilei lara u law solemnly U enailMl by the rotiHrees to le union- I all ullonal nml then to deny to the I aoernment thn rlaht In hate tha su I ireme lourt dednltely deride the qlles- i "on ' Evasion by Technicalities t ' In connactlnu with this matter 1 would i like to call attention to the tery lineal f lsfa.lur stale of our .rlinlnal taw, re- Bsultlnc In tame art from th tiab't nf etllnK aslds the JuJmiiciil. uf Inferior ouirts on te. hul.allllrs absolulel un onneclM.1 with the merits of the case and where there la no attempt to show i that there has been am failure of sub I alanllal Justlie It would I- well to en act a law rovl.lllHt olnelhllla' 10 the effrt that No Judgment shall t. et aalde or new trial icranted In ant cause ih or crlm Inal on the around f tniailirectloii of the i Jury or the Impror Mdnilesloo ur re 1 Jectl.m nf etldrhcc or for error aa to an) I matter of plea Una- or rediiie unices tn Ihe opinion nf tho court to which the I A plication Is made after An eiamlrm- lion of the entire louse It shall nniriiM-tlvel) nniriiM-tlvel) si''r that the error ioiiii lalned 1 oi has resulted In a inlscorrlaifH ur J Jusllce" ' Injunctions On Ihe subject of the nhollluni of In Junctions In lalnr disputes he sas ' In my last messaite I suaa'Ste.1 the enactment en-actment of it law In (oniiffrllnn alth the M Issuance of Injunillons attention lia- Ine ten sharply drawn in trt matter by the demand thai the rlaht nf at 1 1 line Injuuitl.iiis tn latmr luses alioul.l U whi.ll) abolished It Is at least doubtful whether a law nbullshliiK altoaelher the uee of Injun, lions In su. h cases wniil.l , eland the lest of the ii.urls In win. h rase of inurae the lealslall.m mmiiM Im ll.er7e.tu. Mnreotir 1 helleM, l would '. be wn.na ulli.acllier In n.liihlt ihe ihh ' of Injuni lions It Is .mutual to penult f ynialli with irlmlnalM l.. weaken our 1 bunds In uphnldlna the law nml If men neck to demn.) life i.l r..perl li in.il, violent there should U in. Iinistlrtnent of Hie lower nf Ihe .nurls to deul with them In the most summitry and arrerlKo way iswslhle Hut so far as imaeltle the I abuse of the power shoul I be irovtded I ayslnst ty some suih law as I a.hiwateo I last year In this matter nf Injun lions there Is lo.li.l In the hands of the Judhiery a ' hcrrsaar) iaaer whl. I. ik neerlhlea aubjMt tu the iwaslblllly m crave abuse It Is a iM.wer that stiould t user' lsal , with estreme rare and should U silt, Jset to the Jealous seriittn nf all men end londemnulloii shniilil W inete,! mil as much In Ihe Judue wliu rails to use It boldly when nec.esiiry as tu the Ju.lar who uses II wantonh or nipieaaheG Of course u JudKe sIhiuk em Mia h in u, til for his office will nj iln any reit I to violence or Inlllnldallnn eap.lall by - coneplrar), no matter wh.it his opinion ln be ot the rllhts of Hit original guar rel There must t.e no hesitation In dealing with disorder Hut ihere inut likewise be no ail. h abuse of the In juncllve poaer aa la ImpUed in forbidding laboring men to elrtte ror thtlr own net-lemient net-lemient In tacefui and lawful wae nor must the Injun, lion la used merel) to aid some big i orporallon tn rarrliiK out schemes for Its nwn ugRiandlaement It must lie rememberet that a preliminary prelim-inary Injunction hi luh iase, if granted without adequate i.ruof loan when authority can b. found to aupfiort Ihe conclusions of law on which It Is I founded) may often settle Hi dispute between the parlies and tuerernre if Improperly grunted ma do Irreparable wrong et there are many Ju.lgea who l assume a mntler-of-fact . nurse granting of a preliminary Injunction to be the ordinary and proper Jmlnial disposition of such cases and there hue undnubt-sdly undnubt-sdly been flagrant wrongs t ouilnlttod by Judges In connection with lalior die-ptitaa die-ptitaa avan wtthtn the last few yeare, altho I think much less often than In former yeare. ftuch Judgaa by their un-alee un-alee action Immensely strangfhsn the hai.de of those who are strMns entirely t Col. Message Platei and Sheets. i l awa. with the iM.e. f u i .i . i i i i 1 thertMre su. h carelesa ime ..t Ihe I i IMe proteiip tcti.1a to Ihreaten Its j r rt leu. e tu If Ihe Amerlton pe. I til. ome ..mtln.el that this i s hahlti.alls a I used whether in mnii.i afT In a labor i.r in ntntt. rs at una .r.r..llons It will be well nigh ! m- II. to pretei t II" alK.llli .ii Th Negro Problem Tl r.aro prol.lem Is git en mliPUlr.a I r iiteiillon after .ailing attention to I t ri i itiat no ae. lion .r ihe . mmtry t lie. fr ,m faults nn.l tlial in. se. Hon hi . rtsltui tn Jeer at Ihe ahorlmmlnae . r .lit nil er arrlhin he tiirna to the sub Je I .f Un hlnga nnd cstalall) aa anil an-il le.t I., the negro nf the eouth He says th. hfitest cslstlna .auee fur mob law tt ra trail n T. Hi. Ma ks of the .rime of rape a .rime wht. h tie terms cen wurae than murtler lie quotes the ndinunltlone to the white people spoken I.) Hot tandler or ilenrgtn. soma yeara ago and by Hot Jelks of Alabama re etiH) and then eaya Kter roturett man ahnuld realls. that the worst enemy of bw race la the near., .rlmtnal nnd abut a all the n. art. rlmtnal who commlta the dread fill crime of rape and It should be fell a- In the highest d. are an .dTenae iiKulnet the wliul. rouulry. and i an Inst the . ultired rate tn paMIFUlnr for a dor. d man to fall to belli ttie offlrere r th. Jaw In hunting .lawn with all possible earnestness and ami eviry such rnfamnUB) ofTender Jdurcot.i In m jodaintni the crime of rape should always b. punished with death as In ihe tne with murder nsanult with in I. tit t .nmtsil rape ahnuld be made n . ipllal crime at leaal In the dlstrtllon if ihe .tiiift, and provlalnn l. ..ild be ninth bt srhleh the tiuntahmfnt mnv follow Imm.'.llslell Upon tha heels of lie off. n wlill. the trial hould he no ."iu1u. ten that the vhtlm n. ed not b. wantonly ehamett while (lung t n tlmoni and that Hit le.l p .anlhle pllldlilltl shall be gltcli In the .1. tails Tlif niimiors of ihe wMi. r..'e n Ihe mher hand nht.uld untleretan.l that every l)ii. hi na nprisriiia t.t ju"l no much a limn nlng of the knn.ts ..r ilv mention that Ihe atilrlt t.f ln lung Inevtliil.ly throws into premiti.u. e in the lommtinlli all the foul and etl treaturen who dwell therein No mn .an talc, part in the torture of a human hu-man beiun without bavins bin own moral nature ptrmanenth lowered Mvery lyn. hlng mesne Jual ao mu. h mnral deterlnrutlon In all the i hlldren who hate any knowledge of It nnd tht refute Junl ao mtn h additional Imultli for the nest jreneratlun of Arnerltans 1 lel Justice be both sure ami swift hut let It Ite Jtinll.e under Ihe law and not the wild ami rroohejl aavagery of a mob Need for Negro Education There la another matter which haa a dlrett ItearlneT utaitt thla matter, or lymhltiK and ot the brutal crime which et.mellmen calla It forth and at olher tlmea merely furlilshee the . s. nee fur Ha eslelence It ie out nf the queallnn fur nur tople aa a whole terinanentl to rise by treading down any of Ihelr own number t'ven thoee who them-aelvee them-aelvee for Hie moment prom by such maltreatment or their rellowa will in Hie Inner run alsn suffer No more ehorislghieit .ll. .an lu- Imagined than In the fan. le.i interest of out clasn to prevent the education of aa ultiertlasa The fret puhllt nehiHil Ihe chanie for each tttty or girl to uet a amHl elementary edination His at the foundallon or our whole political aim ntlnti lii ttery ...inmuntly the poor ent tllisens ttiose who need Ihe s. boots most would b. dcprlted id them If they nnl) re. eltrd school facilities protMtrtlouat.ly to tht tales they ttald Thla Is aa true or ..ue portion nf our .ounlry aa of another It is as true for the negro as for Hi. white man The whit, man If he Is wise will de .line to allow the negronn In a tnaaa to grow tu manhood and womanhood without education t n.itiesftnnatily ed tt. ittlnn auch aa la oblalnetl in our ptiti II at hoole tinea not do everything to-warda to-warda maMim n man a good citiien tint It tlnen much The lowtsl and most tirulnl criminals those for Instanct whu cnmmtt the crime uf rape are In ttie Krent majority men who have bail either no education nr ery title Just aa they are almost Invariably men whu own no property fur the man who rtuta money by nut of tile earnings, like the men who aeqtllree education Is usually lifted above mere brutal criminality tlf courae the beet type of education fur Ihe colore. I maii taken ta-ken as a whole Is such education aa is conferred In at bonis like Hampton nnd Ttiskegee where the boys and girls the youtur men and yuung wo men are trained industrially as welt aa In Ihe nrdlnary public school branches The gladualen uf three echoola turn nut well In the ureal nut Jorlty ot eases and hardly any nf them become criminals while what Utile trlmlnallty there Is never tnkea the form uf that brutal violence which In vltes lmh law Ktery graduate of these schonls anil for the matter of that every niter tutored man or wo man who leads a Ufa so useful and hnnnrahle aa to win the koo.1 will and respsct of those whiles whose neigh lair he or she is therein helps tht whole tolored race as It ran lie helpetl In no mil. r way for nasi tn Ihe negro himself the men win. van .to most tn help Hie n. gro Is his white neighbor who Uvea near him and our ateaily effort ahould lie tn lamer the relatlune between the two Ureal tho the bene fit of these sihools has been to their cnlored pupils and to the tolored un pie It may well lie questioned whether the ticuellt haa not bun at least aa great In the while neopl. among whom these colored puplla live after Hit y graduate' Capital and Labor. On the subject nf iallal and lahor tho resident takts Hit iiglmtnrs of class haired to taek nnd saya tn preat h hatred tn the rh Ii man as such, tu seek in mlshatl and Inflame tn mad nesa honest men whose Hies are hard nnd who have not the kind nf mental training whl. h will eriiilt them to ap predate the danger In the iloctrlnes treuihei! is to lomiiili a crime airalnsi ihe bnl adlllc and to be false la every worthy trlmlple and tradition of American Amer-ican natlutial life l ontlnullig un this sublet In sus The plain eupte who think the mechanics farmers miri hauls wnrk- ern with head nr hand Hit men to whom American traditions are dtar who love thtlr toiiulr) mid liy to net ditrntlv I.) their neighbors owe It tn Hiemnelles tn rememl.ei Hint Ihe inoel damaging bluw thai tan be alttti ton. ular sot.rnin.-nl l in eh.i an un-won un-won ht and "Inlet. . iiKHatnr on a lilatfurm ttf tltd.u t and iDpurlay Mienevir suih un issue is raised In lids t ounlry nothing tan he trained by flinching from It for in such taae item-oerai item-oerai la itself sin trial popular at If gut eminent untlei r. publican fnrma Is flat If on trial Tht triumph .if th. nml. la Just as ttil u thing aa thr Irl umpli nf the nluln ra. t and to hate est ant d one danger at alia nothing whatever If we nu. iiiimb tn tht nther In the end the hi.ncnt man whether rich nr poor who earns hln nan living and trlee tn deal Justly by his ft Hows haa as ninth to fear from tin Inalntere mid unwnrthy demagog promising much mid erfnrnilng nulhlna nr elst perfnrmlng nothing but evl who would set tin tht mob to plunder the rich aa front Hie crafty orruptlonisl who for Ills nun t nils w.iiihl termtl the common peoplt to be esplolte.1 liy the very wealth) If We ever let thla government fall into tin hands nf men nf either uf th.se twn ilnssis we shall shnw utirseltes false to Atntrl.aa past Moreover the demagog ami inrrup tlnnlet nflen wnrk hand In hnnd There are at thla moment wealthy reacllon-arlea reacllon-arlea of suih ubttlse mors III) that they reirard the publli a. rtant who prosecutes prose-cutes them when the) violate the law or who aeeka to make them bear their proper ahare of the public burdens aa belli even mure uhjecllunable than tilt t Intent airlliiti.r who hounds on the molt to plun.lt r the rh h Then Is nothing to rhoost between such a reactionary re-actionary and siirh an altatnr funda-linntally funda-linntally they art alike In their arlflah disregard of the rights of others and It Is natural that they ahnuld Join in opposition tn any nmtcinint of whit h the aim la ftarlessly to do exact and ven Juallce to all Railroad Employees' Hours. , lis asks for tha passing of Ihe Mil lint. Illng tha numW of hours qf srniuoyment of railroad employee, and classes the measure aa a very moderate one Urn aaya the aim or all ahould be to slewdlly reduce the number of hour t . Inl I II n ii g. at the I" i eral in trcstu. tltu uf an eight hour day but Insists In-sists Hint un the Isthmus of IJinamn Ihe ndtiinns ir. so different from wnl they are here that the Inlroduitlon of an eight h in .let tn the .anal would b nbn ii I ml . tillu ion met about aa ao-.urd ao-.urd as ii is . fnr as the Isthmus la in. . me I wl.eie w title l ihnr lannnt be com lot -I I, tether .te In whether lite w .rk is l t . I ellet Ida. k men nr alien tellow m. t Investigation of Disputes. He niec tl. nu. tttienl of a drastic .1,11.1 lab... laa for the t'lstrl.l ofCO; Itimhln and the tetrltorles and a WoaTj! Investigation of the sul.Je, I of cnlM Mm female lain t thrtnixhuut the rounirT He reviews Ihe work of Ihe cornrnlao .polnle.l to investigate bsbor coeultltyBP In I be al Melds of l-ennaylvanla In WJJ. and refers tu the wish of the t onimiaainii that the male and federal govjrnmenw ehnuld provide Ihe inaihlnery for what may be . olle.1 the tompuleory InveeUatj-Hon InveeUatj-Hon of i omrot crslea between enitdiryjfj and employee when they arise "? referring to Ihe fat t thai a bill haf ! read) been introduced to thla esxt no ""tjnati. nf these strikes and lerttjuts wnuhl not have occurred had the trut to the dispute la-en required In !"' Iiefore an unprejudiced bode" teweeynUM the nation and face tn face ajal InJ reasons fur their i ..Mention 11 "! ilislnnos the dlspillr would doubtles be r.iun.l tn is due to a mlsuntierstandtni by each of the nther's rlahla aiamvalMi I.) an unwiilinanene of etlher party to ' ao-vept ao-vept as true Hie etalementa of Hie oin, as to the malice inr Injustice of the matters mat-ters in dieiule The eserclee of a Judicial Ju-dicial spirit by a disinterested voar iclr.eenlins the fe.1. ml govarnmattl. suih as would be pr 'tided by a resnmla-stun resnmla-stun on ..in illi.tloii and arbitration wont I tend to .rial, an atmosBtssre or frlendllnees nnd .on. Illation ljtwen contending con-tending imrtien and ihe giving each rtda an etnaf nipt.rtunitt to preaeat fully lbs iase in the present e nf Hie other swnj piit.nl in in) .linpule. from devaloptru ilH.i aerl.. is strikes or lockouts, and III ..th. r iase would enable the nsmraie- eliin to tiers inde the opposing rile IB In this age of gre.il corporate and latmr la-tmr i omt.inationa, neither emeaoer not employeen should be left completely at the mer. nr Hie stronger tarty lo a aia-pule aia-pule rrasnlless of the rlghlcouanses oj their renM-tite claims The prisjioasn neaeure would to. In Ihe tine of securing re. ugnitlnn tif the fail that In rnany trlk -a Hie put.ll. lots Itself an Intereel whlih .annul wisely Ie disregarded, an Interest mil meiely of general con van-lem-e for the .i notion of a Jut anit proiw r put.ll. iHilit y must also be cwn aldere.1 In all legislation of this kind II Is wall lo adtante cautiously, testing rath step by Ihe aitual results, the sler proposed ran aitrel) 1-e safely taken, tor the detlaltina of the ...ninili.sl.in woubl not hind Ihe I I tie. In legal fashion, and yet would give a .heme for iwbllo opinion opin-ion to esert He full force for the right Control of Corporations. A conetderable nr!lon of Ihe ineeeage Is devoted to the sul.Je. t of federal con ttnl of t orporatlone In what he refers to the paeease at the laat eeeeton of the rate meat lnst Hon and food Iowa, and aaya that all of these have already Juell-Itetl Juell-Itetl lhclreiinilin.nl but reimnmerids the amendment nf ihe meal nsnrtlon law so as to put dalea on Ihe lal-ele of local pltslil. Is and also In place the net of inspt-tiinn on the ikers rather tlinii un Ihe sot eminent c.inlliiulng on thla siil'te.l of the control of cotl"Jtlons by the federal government he says ' It latinot too often be repented Hull ei perlenre ban lontlualvel) shown ine tm poeelhllity of s.s tiring by Ihe acllooe Of nearly half a hundred different stale legleleturia anything but Ineffective haoa III the way ot dealing with the gleat corporations whlih do not operate emlualtely within the limits of any one stale in some uiellii.l whether by a national ll.enee law or In other fashion we must evert tee and tl.st at an early dale a far more tomplrle control than at ireeent over these great corisira lions h tnntrol that will among other thlnga trevent the evlle ot esceeslte over, sillallsallon and that will compel the dlatlosuree t.y eat Ii big corlniratlon uf Ita stockholders and of lis properties and buslnees whether owned .flrectly or thru subsidiary or affiliated ceritiratl.me Tills will lend to put a slop lo the eecar Ing of luordlnnln wonts by tavnswj indieTduiVs, at the exlt-vs h.;nrjjr, the general public, the slockhi.l.lers,Vr Ihe waceworkere llur effort should not so much to prevent conaolhwlloli s such but so lo supervise and control!! as lo see Hist II results In no harm tn the peotle The reaitlnnary or ullra.sn servstlte apologists for the misuse of wealth assail the effort to set ure isa-h tontrol as a step toward socialism As s matter of fact It Ie these reactionaries and ullrntonservatlves who are than selvee most indent In Increasing socldls Hi feeling One nf Ihe most rflliwnt methods of averting the consequents! l il dsngernus agitation whlih la Ml V" .ent wrong Is lu remedy Ihe ' per can nf evil aa lo which the agitation la cell founded The let way tn avert the ten undesirable tuiive for Ihe governmental ownership nf rnllwaya is to se. ure Hie government on tiehalf of the petfte aa a whole audi ude.iiale control aed regulation of the great Interstate it at mon carriers as will do away with Its evils which give rise to Hit aallallse against them Ho the pro.er antldeu to the dangerous and wltked agnation against the men of wealth lis such Is It. set ore ty roper legislation and esecu live anion the abolition of the grave abuses which atlually do nbtaln In " necllon wttb Hie buslnees use uf weaila inder our present syslrm-or rslher as syslein-of failure In eserclse any adequate ade-quate roittrol al all Hmr (ntrsons sss as If the eler.lse nf such got erilhl. null control would do away with the f reel an of Hwllildual Initiative and dwarf imb vldual effort Thla Is nnl n fail II would be a veritable .alamlty to fall to put a premium iiun Individual Inliiatite Individual capacity and effori uii the nirrgy charaiisr nnd tnresiglit whi.li It Is so Important lo rnioitrage It Ihe Individual Hut hb a matter of ran the deadening nutl degrading effei l of pure socialism and i si billy of lis eitremc fiirm rnmiuunlsni. and Ihe tlealru. nun of Intllvldual character whlih the) aould bring about ura In wrt achlnved by the wliolly unregubiteil lotnieiltloti ahiih results In u single Individual ur . . riN.r atlon rlalng al the esjienee of all oihsrs until his ur Its rise effettually ihetkp a I riHiH'ellllon and ie.lu.es foniM-r oin. II tors to u pnettlou of utter Intel lord) and eutnmllnallou III enaitlns; and enfor ing ami. Iels billon a Ibis oongress slreatl) baa 1 1 lis iredll, we ara wurklng n a . .1 rent plan with tho eteady t ndeavor to ' the needed reform b the Joint a ttoli or Ihe imsternle men Ihe lain men ale do not wleh anything hyelerl l or dungernue but who "lu Intend lo I. si lit resolute t fimmuusense fashion tn the real and great evils of the r. sent system 1 he reacilonariea and th. tit lent ektremleta ahow avmplnms f j Ing liands against us llolh assert tor Install, e that If logl.nl we si out I a" to government ownership of railrtaos and the like, the rest lli.narles ! .pe on audi ail laaue they think the . pis would stand with them while II ei treudsts tare rather to peath dis . I nl and agitation than tn Achieve poll l r. suits As a mailer of fact uur i i m la as remote from that of the lai ihrn reactionary aa rrom tliat of the in i ra tlcable or sinister visionary We i. l.l that tlie Koverninent ahould nut i .1 I' J the liuelness nr the nation but II I ahould en n Iso su. It supervision a sill Insure Its ttelng tonduited In the u ir eet tif the nation Our aim Is s. f ss may lai lo aecure. for all dent nirl working Inen equably of uppormnlt) anu equality or burden Combinations Are Necessary The actual working ir our lawn I p shown that the effort to .iron 1 1,11 all ' bluatlon good or bad Is nusi.ms wi It la not IneffMtlve l oihl.m ttlon I tapllal like tomblnatlon of III u ' neceaaary element of our nr. aent In up trial system It ta not inisslhle conq l. iy to prevent It and If II were i.sp 1 1 such complele preventluu would do I .n age to the body imlltlt What tt. t 1 la not vainly to prevent all coml Itiat n hut to act ure sutli rlgurous an I aibi'i .ts control and sutairtislon nt thu inml n tlons as to prevent their Injuring e public, tir ealetlnsj In sm Ii form aa In t Itably to threaten Injury-for lbs n ere fact that a combination has setut I practically lomptele tontrol of a in t nary of life would undsr any cir um stances ahow that audi combination to be presumed lo be adverea to the p it' He Itiletesl It Is unfrtuiials thai ur present laws should forbid all coml us-tlons, us-tlons, Instead of sharply dlacrlnilnniliig between those combinations whirl, do evil Hebatea far Instum e, are as often due to the preaaure of big shippers las S' 1 CJ1 i ri i i.n.1 as haa twen -ft it il it tcstigatton of the Si nh.l . enr ti iplai an to Ihe tnltl - I I s . Hit I i.rten rnllros.l. er. n nk. .in r thepirtnse if ST. I i i h 1 1 ' from maintain laa "l p iltHiuitep nt tht elpenee m " sinner in I .f the general pub PSs I Inat in Instead of leplng fOti I n , ild In fntored III all ' til- t . .hi l pttmltled to Ids' I I S tareements provided fV e i- tt e ni tinned by the fit ' i I r t tiiiiuilsslon and r. i i i- I vt ith theee two condt i w it. It la Impossible to .i su. ii a .ombtnathin tould hi t i ii nl large II la a pul.il. Il i . n the elalute tiooka a law I ' t ill etiftav einent because t in. .1 lutles realise that Its I ent i. ui e.nild destroy Ins Intel - I i i ntty f.o Hoi result Is to l. I .allroad men vlnlatora nl 'In ilitl Ihelr will alHl to put a "i i i behavior of the wilful t - a i I a reaull in turn lends ti . ii. .ie ent man and the wilful ' ' t. ' it . loee aaaot teflon and In lb. I tree down the former to the lai't i fir Hit man who be. omee s .t i .k t n me way unhappily lende It . . l r. pin-, i for law gnd to be w 1 1. ih It tn tnanv waya No m in. t.iutetnnaiton could lie v'k i i t n i te than is contained in ,lt l tin Interstate tomtnerte . e. in, . nl tu III r.ttumentlng upon i ii ttt nuim roup joint trstttr a-'- I. te hnhallt ilolate the le-1 i -at The .Ie. Inlnn of thr I t.l t lep p ipreme ct.url lo the T ma . p 1 1 net and the Joint T pfn mi ui one hae pnnlu.eti nu I' n ti . it ' uHin the railway .qwra I up t . i. inlrv Much aeatn lallunn II f. . . ,..i now ae they did before I1 n I t .1 ittd With Hie same gen eitl en In liislh e to all parlies, we si t i . . ii . i it.i.1 that it ie illrni tilt I pr i w ir nt. taiaie railway, could I ' I- I alth due regard lo the Inter t-t I ii ellilHt ami Ihe railway with, ui etted a. Hon of Ihe kind at r. pile I t , I ,e nsntnlatlona ri pi it tint the tnW an construed It the put t, n, ,url p su. h that tin hi-i.-i t it. . ...inlrv .annul he c.i t i led v. it , ui t reeking If I ret ominehd Hit ).. me .nreftil Hni aarly tonshler nit ,n t. llilp put te. t and If you find Ihe . I inl tn f tl mterelate .otnmerce com i ippiop jiptiiel that ton amend Iht law . an I Itlile the evil din. basMl Inheritance and Income Tas. II mp evn led that the u-ealdenl wnild i. tei in noine way to his belief In Hie i e . ppitt fit. Hit . orhtna of enor inous f 1 1 ii en and he Imp done so by rei-nniinet,iii,g legtntallun for both In ome .n.l in ItiF,. rltaiice las He I lletes tli. g ivertiluenl should ImtPnee a (radiated I n hen In n. e tas nnd Jf fnt. al l.le a sradunted In, nine las IIS save I su sell awart that am h a stifojri I as Ihlp hecdn long and i aref id study in igdcr tl st the ople may liet ome famlt lar with what Is ttropoaett to he done rosy clenrlv see lite neceeelty nf procee.1 Ing wltl wtsdimi ami self teetralnt and may mnke up their minds Just how far Ikey aie willing tn go lu Ihe mailer while i.nlv trained leglplatots can work oat the lli.Je.1 lii ne.ep.art detail Hut I feel tl nl in the near future our liallon al leglpltlors ehuiild ens. I a law pruvlil lag f. r a graduated Inherllan. n las b whl. I. n strs.llly tin leasing isle nf duty haul.! te- put itiNin all muiievs ur other tslusll. s .uttilna I.) gift teqtieet or dettse I ah) Indlt Id oil or torporatlou II may In well to make Ihe tas heavy la proportion as Ihe ln.llvt.loal lepnented Is rem tie of kin In snv event In m Judgment the pro rata of Ihe tai should Increase tert beat II) allti the lot tease of the stuoutu left to sn ttne Individual aftsr a . erlaln n.lnl has tcetl reerhed II Is mopt tleelrsble to en. mirage thrift aad anit.ltlt.il and a potent nuurto of thrift nn.l ambition la the desire on Ihe urt of the breadwinner tn leave his chll area veil off This object call I attained by making the tas very small un moder sis amounts of roierl left Itecauee Ihe prime object should le- to put a ion stsntly Intreaslng burden on Ihe Inher llsn . of those swollen foriunes which g i tertslnly nf no benefit in this roun try to la-rlwiuate M , There i an be nn question of Hie elli t-al propriety of the government thus tie termlnlng the conditions upon which any lift or lnh.rllai.ee should l recelve.1 lUisrllr bow far Hie Inherllanee las mM an an Incident. Itsva the effect nf limiting the transmission by devise or gift of the enormous fortunee In queetlon It Is rol necessary al present to discuss It Is wise that progress In this direction should le gradual Al first a permanent national Inhetltance tas while II might li more substantial than any such tai has hitherto been need not atiroilmale either In amount or In Ihe eslent nf the Increase by gradustlon lo what such a tas should ultimately be Inheritance Tas Constitutional Thla sm lesnf tas has again and again I een linpnne.1, altho only leinrarlly by Ihe national government Ii was first Imposed by the nit of Jul) MITT when the mskers of the t onatltutlon were alive and at the head of affairs II waa a graduated us tin. small In amount the rate was In. ressed with the atnounl left to any Individual esieptlone being llis.l- In Hie case of . erlaln t lose kin, similar las wss again Imp. inc. I by the act of Jul) 1 lsS a minimum sum of Horn In ia.ra.inar properly being enepled ffoin tasatlon Hie tai then Imi inning progreealve a. .ordltlg to the remoteness .if kin The war revenue act of June II ISM prnil.lstl tor an Inheritance las oil any sum encoding the value nf Slo OS) ties rale nf tas Increasing lailh In an mil ance with the amnunls left and In a. lordanre with the legalee s remoteness t.f kill The sill rente .our I has held tl.sl Ihe succession las Imlmned at the time of the civil war was nol a dim I las but un Impose or est lee which was both con stltutlonul and valid More recently the tourt. In an n Inlon deliver.! by Mr Justice While which inntellied an e teedlnsly able nnd elaborate dint usslon of the timers ot the congress to Impose death duties stlatslned Ihe cotislllutlon-allty cotislllutlon-allty nf the Inherltame tas feature of the war-revenue act of 19 It Income Tax Constitutional? In Ha Incidents and apart from the main purtatse of ralelng revenue, an Income tas slsnds on an en 1 1 rely differ ent flailing from an Inherltame tai be tause tt lltvotvea ho queetlon of the er etuallon of rortunes swollen lo an un lieullhy else The question Is In its sseente A quasi Ion ot the i roper adjust menl of burdens lo benefits As the law now elands 11 Is undoubtedly dlftl cull lo devise a nnllntial Imome las which shall lie lonstllutlonal Hul whether It la Absolutely Impossible Is sn other question ami If osslhln it Is most certainly deelrable The first purel) in torn tas law waa taist by Ihe longtesa In let!, but the most Important law deal Ing with the subje. t was thai of list This Ihe- court held lo lie um nnslllu llonal "Tha question Is undoubtedly very In Irlosts, delicate and troublesome Tin decision nf Hie court waa only reached by one majority II Is the law of the laud, ami, of courae Is estepted aa suih snd loyally obeyed by all good cltlssns Keverthelees, the hesitation evidently fell liy the court aa a whole In coming to a eoiicluabin w hen considered to aether with the previous detisions on Ihe subject may perhaps Hull. sit. Ihe ttoaelblllty of detlslng a .nnstltullonal Income-UK law which shall substsn-tlallr substsn-tlallr aeccoinpllah tht results a I mid at Tha dlmculty of amen ling the ton stlliillnn Is ao great that only real tie faulty can Justify a report thereto Bvery effort should be made in dialing wllb thla sublet t aa will, tin subj.ct of th proper control b) Hi. nttiinsl government over the um of .orporatt waallfl In Inleratate liuslntsn to letlse legislation which with en su.h ... lion kill attain the drain d end hut if thla ran, there will ultimately i... n . a -lernitlve tn a constitutional nin.n.)- lf inakea a strong plea for technics! Slsl-liuluslrlfll education for I lis musses arid whll the rederal goterninuil tun do WJt Utttes In thla llm he asks that schools of this chsraiter Ie eslnbllshed In th Dlslrlot of olumbu us an ei mnple to the various siaius Agricultural Intereiti .." apfsil ror evsry enc lurssement thai th congress ran give to Hie agrl-euTtaml agrl-euTtaml (ntereets or the rnuntiv lu Ppllttn to Hi good Ihst la being done by IKsnT" ""'"" ot Kranl1 orianlia-.sWetSl orianlia-.sWetSl factors must cooperate In th l"Pfa;elniit of Ihe rnrmsr's tondlllun, liaJMHt fiave th rhsm e to be, clues ted l. U TOaal poaalble sense-In Ihe sons wMJ. kajtass ever In view III lnllmt I r. ,1 is ii iet a il lleiry of edil tatlul nt I Hie f t Is , f I fe tn all education we nl nl. I widen our elma II tn a final thing lu prodnn a tsrtaln num her if lr..lne 1 p. holitn and students but the tin itton suett intended ty lite stal. iiiiipi seek rattiet to pr.nluce a nun die I gid t Itlzenp Hint merely one s i .Isr mil It in ipl In turned now nnl II Mi trim He ,lapp Ink tn the stilt of He Ki.nl l.n.k I lial ire Itself rtiln Is cnp. lath Iruc of the firmer an hen been .inte.1 out again and again by all nlnertetp in nt . ouil'ett lit to pass brae Ileal Judgment t.n the peoblema or our toiinlrv life ill students now resllse that edutati. t. must seek lo train the ele. utile poweta id )oung beopl and tn confer more teat aignifirance upon the phraee tllgnlti nf labor and lo lire paie Ihe tiiplfs et. that in addition to each developing In Ihe htgheal degree hla individual tapatlly for work they may together help create a right public opinion and ahow In many ways social and ooprrallvn spirit Organisation has become neeeeenry In the business wnrl I. and It has act ompltshed much for good In the world of labor It la no less netes eary for farmer ainrh a movement a the grange movement Is good In Itself and is i Bpui.le of a well nlgit Infinite fur ther eslenslnn for giant ao long aa It la kept It. Ite own legitimate, bunlnena The heiieMa lo he derived by the aannrlatlon of farmern for mutual advantage are partly econ mil and partly stnlnlogi. al Moreover while In the (una run tolun tart effort will prove more efflca. Inue than givernment aeelatance while the farmers must prlinarll) do monl for themnelten yet the government can alsu lo much The department uf egrliullore haa broken new ground In mnny dlret tlono and year Lv year It Amis how tt an Improve Us methods and develop fresh usefulness Ha .onslalit effort Is lo give the governmental asststame in Hit. nnsd effettlte way that Is thru an eta lallons of fariiesra ralher than to or thru Individual farmere It Is also slrlv Ina tn inordinate Ita work with the agrl uTtural departmente or Hie several ataten and so rnr as Its nwn wnrk Is eilutallonal lo toorttlnale It with the work of olhtr educational auth irllles Agritulliiral edu.nllon la heteanarlly based upon general etltu atlon bin our agrtt ultural educational Institutions are wlaely speilallsing themaelven making their courae relate to Ihe actual teaching of the agrtt ultural and kindred eilriuie to young tountry people or young illy people who wlnh to live In Ihe totlntrt Oreat progrrae tian already t.eeh mud. among farmern nv tm ireatlon or farmers Innlltuten of datri anno, la tlonn of hreedcrn aneta Inllons hortl oltiiral aeatMlalloun nn.l Ihe like striking evample of how Ihe got.rn mint and the farmere can cooperate la attown In .nnnettlttn with the inmate offered tu the niton (trnwera nf the southern ntalea by Ihe a, lvalue of Ihe boll wet vll The d.parlmeht Is doing all It tali to organise iht fsrmers in the thr. nleneil dlplrl. IP Just as It linn leeen doing all It, tun tu organise them In aid nf Ha work lo efadltate the tat He fever lick In the nnuth The depart ment rah and wilt cooperate Willi all auch aanoclalinns and It louat have Ihelr help If Iln own wnrk la to be dune In lite moet rftl. lent style ' He urges Hen eslenslon of Ihe Irrlga Hon and fnreet preservation system and asks for an npproprlatliHi for building a memorial Iheater at rllngton Marriage and Divorce. As a means of hrtnglna alntul national regulation nf marriage and dlvnrte he suggeels a couatltiittonal amendmenl and saya II Is not safe to leave Ihese qlies lions to te. dealt with by the various states I'onllniilhg on this subjet t he When home tlee are looeehed when men and women ceaee to regard a worthy family life with all Ita duties fully M-rformed and all lie resminsl hlllllee Hied un to aa Ihe life beat worth living, then evil days fnr Ihe , otntnnnwealth are at hand There are reglona In nur laud and t leases nf our population where Ihe birth rale hen nutik lielnw the death rale rturely II should need no demouslrsllnn lo sllitw that wilful sterility Is from the landpolnl of the nnlloii from me ntmtdpolnt nf the tm um ii rate the one sin fur which Hie penally la national death rare death a nln for which there In no atonement, a aln which la tha more dreadful esaelty In proportion propor-tion as Hie men and women guilty thereof are In other respeola In etvar-acter etvar-acter and lavdlly and mental powers, those whom tor the sake of the state II would be well lo eee the falhera and molhere uf many healthy ehildren well brought up tn homes made happy by Ihelr presence No men no womsn can shirk the prlrnsry dulles or life whether ror love of iase and pleasure or for any other cause anil reialtt hla nr her eelf reaiei I The preel.lent asks for the enactment Into law of a shipping bill that will lace American Inleresls nn Ihe seas nn a iar Willi Ihose of olher tuiiiitries and nrgee eaeclally that something ! done that will eetablleh dlrett steamship rotnmu mention with Mouth Ain'il. nn fnyrls Currency Reform, Amendments lo the present currency lews sre asked for and after showing thai present laws are Inadequate let ause of Ihe wide llueliutlon of Interest .bargee he says The mere slnlement nf these facts nlittwn Hint nur present system Is serl oiisly delei live There Is need nr a .bangc I nfttrtiinately however many or the proposed t hsttgen must be ruled from cnnnlderallon be. ause they are complicated are nut easy of rompre henelon slid I. ml lo disturb existing rights and Inter, sts We roue I also ruin nut any plan which would ma lerlally Impslr Ihe value nt Ihe t'nlletl Hlstes two er 1 1 hi Imnds how pledged lo secure circulation the Issue of which wss made under condlllone pe cullarly creditable to the treasury I do not press any s ne. Is I plan annus plans have rectnlly been irnmaetl liy eipert .nintnllleea nf bankers Among1 Hie Plans whlih are msslhly feasible and whlih certainly ahnuld receive your ooeldsrallon la lhal repeatedly brought to your attention liy the prea-ent prea-ent secretary uf tin treasury' the ra nenllal fcalurea nf which have been apt roved by many prominent hankere and huelnies men Aunrillng tn this plan national banks shoul 1 be permitted per-mitted to Issue a epeilfled proportion tit their capital III notes nf a given kind Ihe Issue to lie tased al ao high a rale as lo drive the nnles bsok when not wanted In legitimate trade This iln n wnuld not permit the laaue nf currency tn give Iwnks addlllnnal protlls lull to meet Hie emergency pre sented by limes nr slrlngni. y Need of Automatic Syitem. I do not say that this Is the rlghl system I only advance It lo eiiipha-slse eiiipha-slse my belief thai there Is neid for Ihe silupllon nf some system which shall In aulomallt and open in all sound banks so as to avoid alt poa alblllty of die. riminailuu and favnrlt lam huili a plan would tend to pre vent Ihe spasms id high money and speculsllon which now obtain In the Vew Vork market for at preaent there le too much i urrency at certain aeaatina nl the year and Its aicuiuu iatlnn at New l,nrk temple hankers lo lend It at low ratee for spat u In live purposes whereas al other llmea when the crops are hlng muted Ihere Is urgent need rnr a large hul temporary Inrreaae In the turrcmy supply It must never be f.irgoiirn Hint thla question concerns business men Ken-erally Ken-erally quite aa much as bankers ea t. .dally Is this true of stockmen fanner and business men In the wsst. fur al firesent al icrtaln staa ms of th ysar Ihe different in Interest rates between the east and Ihe west la frum nu to ten per i em wheruaa In I'anada the corresponding difference Is but two psr cenl ny plan uiuel nt course gusiil iht Inl. rests t.r wsst em and aoiilhern bank, re as carefully aa It guards the Interests nf New York or ridcago loinktrs ant tnuat be drawn from Hi standpoints of the farmer and the mi r. hant iio less than rrom the ntandpolnta or the city hanker and Ihe ounlry banker The law ehnuld lie amended so as In peclfltally lo provide lhal Ihe funds lie rived from t ustoms dulles may la- Irea! ed by the si retary ef the treasury a he trla funda obtained under the In. lernel revenue laws There ehnuld be a considerable Increase In bills of small dsnomlnailuna I'ermlsslon should he given banks, ir necessary undsr astllad restrictions, lo rsdir theft circulation to a larger amount Hunt isof a mon h lis again asks ror fres trad with this country for ih l'lilllpplnes and In the sain connection reviews the work done by Oil country In the Islands, nd says If W have erred In the Philippine It has teen In proceeding too rapidly In i the lire II n f gr.ntlng n I .rge mess S ure of eelf sot eminent ' American t lllsenahlp should be con 1 ferred on the Itlsens nf Porto nico x, The harlmr or Kan Juan In Porto nico W ahould lie dretlge.t nn.l Improved The espennee nf the fe lerel court if Porto Hlrn aho lid be met from the rederal 1 trraaiirr Th admlnlatrallon of Ih f 1 fairs of Porto Mlco. together with thorn m of the Phllinptnes I u wall and our olhet B Insular eipnenalt,nn nhnidd all la direct ed under nne esecutlve departinent by a. ptefereme Ihe dt inarlment of elate or the d departmetil of war 1 Naturalliatlon of Jibs President Roosevelt scores San Fran f else., and othtr Pat Hit roasl tltlea for I Ihelr treatment or the Japanese and L makea ihe following recommendations " Our nation fronta on the IMclflt. Juet aa It fronta on the Atlantic We hope to play a constantly growing part in the great mean of the orient We ' wlah a we ought lo wtah rnr a great rommeri lai detelopment In our deal u Ing with Aala and II la nul or the U question that we ehould permanently have such development unless we rree- ,V ly and gladly eilend in other natlnns JM the ssme measure ot Justice and good HH treatment which we espeet In receive ; in return It le only a very email body or our rlilsens that act hadlv Where H the rederal government haa pnwer it will deal summarily with any au h Where the aeveral ntatee have power I enrn.sllv aak that they also deal wlaely and promptly with su. h eon- -VafJ du. I or lse this nmnll bmti or wrong )Bj dnern ma) bring ahame iiinn the grenl LfJJB mass of their Innmrnt and rlghl thinking fellows -that la llpnn our nation as a whole Good mannets lf should be nn International nn teee than Ih an Individual attribute l nek fnir treatmtnt rnr Iht Jenaneee as I would "fl Kngllphm.n Krenrhmtn llupplsns n, H Italians I aak It as dm tn bumanitv M and civilisation I aak II an due t 9J ottrnelvee becattae we muet .t.t up KB rlahtlv toward all men InJ 'I ret otnmend In the congress that III an act lie fateaed specifically prnvdlng fot ! the naturalisation of Japaneee who ..me here Intending to become Amerban ill Ileal Irene One of the great einttarraasmente I Hi nttendlng the performance of our in IflV lernatlnnal nhllgallons In Ihe fa I that LB the statutes or the I nltetl flutes got H ernment are entirely inadequate They fall In glte lo Ihe national got eminent tnl n ifliclehtlv ample tn.wer Ihrotial I nlle.1 MB Hlntes tonne and l.v the line of Hi- army and navy to prtitet t alleun tn the PJjl rlghl set ured In litem undet lemn treaties whlih are Ihe law nl Ihe Ian I I therefore earnestly reenmmend Ihst the crtmlnel and civil statutes nf the l'nllt-,1 Mlales he so amended and n.l led In aa to enable the president, siting for the t'nlted Atalee government whl. b ts responsible In nor Inlernslinnsl rets tlnns. to enforce the rights of aliens un der treaties I'ven aa Hie law nnw la something can he dnne t.y Ihe redrrar gnvernment toward this emt and In Ihe mailer nnw before me affeellng Ihe Jsp anese everything Ihel It Is In my nowrr to do will be done and all nf the forces mllllsry and civil of the 1 nlted metre which I may jawflllly employ will tie ao employed There shoul 1 however be no parlh le or doubt as to the Putter of the national government rontnietely: to .erfnrttt ami enf.a-te its nwn libllrstlorfs lo other nations The mob nf single illy may at any time perform oris of Unless violent e ngslnst some clsss or rorelgners wbitb wool I plunge us Into war The city liy Itself would lie power less to make defense srjlttll. the for elgn invwer Hunt assaulted and If Inde- tenlen! or tide government II would never ventute tn perform or ermlt the. performance of the at ts complslned ot The entire mwer nnd the whole duly te prntetl the offending illy or the offend Ing lommunlty tlee In the bends of the t'nlletl Htsles government It ts un thinkable Hint we should ronllntis a pel by under wlilrb a given lot allly msy be allowed to i otitmlt a t rime against s friendly nnl Ion and the I tilted mates government limited nnt tn preventing Ihe commleeton nr the ttlme but in the last resort In defending Ihe people who have . ommltled tt against the conss quett. es or their own wrongdoing ' Cuban Intervention. The rcliellton In t'ulnv ami Ilia Intl. tenia leading up to the establlshlnetl or the ptovlslonsl government s rsviasj and the president says V wasssssaassssnar' "l lien the election has Wen lie! I And " the new government Inaugurated in peeretul and orderly fashion of Ilia provl-alonal provl-alonal government will corn to an end I take Hits o avrttltilly or espresalng tlIon leha!f of Ihe American nple. with all inyeelble eolemnlty our most earnest hope that the people of fuha will realise tha Imperative hre.1 or preserving pre-serving Justice and keeping order In the Islam! The I nlle.1 Hlnles wishes nnth Ing nr lutu es. ept that II ahsll prneper morally and materially and wishes noth Ing of the Cubans save that they ahsll In. able lu preserve order among them selvee and therefore to preserve their Independence If the elections become a rarer, and tr the Insurrectionary habit lietomea lonflrmed In lite Islend It Is sb-solutely sb-solutely out or Ihe question that tha Island should . ontinue Independent and Hie Hnlletl males which bss aeaumrd Ihe eporsnrehlp before the civilised world I fur tubas tarter as a liallon, would again have to Intervene and In se that Ihe government was msnaged In such ortterfy fashion as to secure Die safety of life and properly The imtli In be trodden l.v those who eien lee self government gov-ernment Is alwaya hard and we should . have every chsrlly ant pellemc with tho ' t ubaua as they tread thla dim. ult pstth I have Hie ultniMt sympalhy wltl aaA isgard tor Ihem but I most esrnestlr adjure them solrmnly lo welg- Ihelr re . simnslbllllles Slid In see that when their new g .vernuH.nl Is started it ehalt run emoothlr snd with rreedom rrom rte-granl rte-granl denial id right tot Hie one hand, and Hoot Insurrectionary dlsturbsnces oil the olher ' ( . t'onsldersble space Is devoted to the tnlernntlnnal conferente of American re-laiblle re-laiblle nd Ih vlelt nf Hecretsry Hoot lo Mouth America and lunula lo the feet Hist our efforts In behalf or the nations qt Ihst country are apre.lated by them On the subject nr tha Panama .utiH he tromlses a special message In the near luture The Army and Navy. The meeaage . loses with a plea for Hie malnlnnance of Ihe navy at lis present pres-ent elsndsr.1, lo do which he says would mesli Hen building of one Ipstllephlp tail) year or the present effii lent y or the army mid naty he says The readiness and ertlclem t or both the army and navy in dealing wllh the re lent eudlen i rials In filial lllustrstes afresh their value lo Ihe liallon I Ills readlt ess and efth ten' y wnuld loive been very much leee had It nul tetu for the eilslenc or Hw general surf In Ihs Briny and the general imard In the navy bolli ure eaeenllal tn the proper development ami ue of our military forcen afloat and aahore rite troops that ware seoL.ta Cuba were handled flawlessly It ws. . the swiftest mobilisation ami dlapatih of Iroopa over sea ever accomplished by our government The espedlllon Isndeo mmiilelely equipped ami ready for tm mediate aertl. e aeveral or lis orcsnlss. tlons hardly remaining lu Havana nvsl night before s lining U Into detach menla and going tn their St versl posU It was a line ib innnslrallon of the valor and sfflt len. y of Hie general staff dim llarly It woe owing In large pan 10 lha general Imard thai the navy was ab at the outsit to ttieel th t'uUll trlsU wllh su. Ii Instant eltl lency nlilp after aiilp aptn-arlng on the ahortesl notltefat any threatened ladtit while the marine corps In peril, utai rforrned Indlspens able servlie The army and navy war mlleaea ate ur Intaltulable value lo the two sertl.es and they cooperate wllh cousin nil) In reaalng emclett. ) and Im imrtance 'The tuttgnsa haa most wlaelt protldel for a national board tor the promotion of rifle practise Ps.ell.nl ti suite haw already tome from this law but II dses not go far eituiigh tmr i.gdai arses la ao small that In any gnat war v ahnuld have to truat mainly lo vol unleers sn.1 In suih stent these tplui; teers should alrrad) know how lo ahoat for ir a soldlor has the naming .due and ability t" take tare of himself In M Hie opon III em lenty on the hue of battle la almost dlrei tly prtiportonale U icellenc In iiiiirksinnshlp We shoubl ssubllnh shouting galleries In all Ihs Isrgs public and military at hools should mslnUIn national large! ranges lit d fjer enl parte of the i ounlry, and should In vry wuy nrourofi ih rortnation ot tide club Ihruoiil all pn of I lie land Th little republic of l serlsnU orter ue an eatellenl essinpls lu all tnaltera connetd with building up an mclnt SV'llB'oOOtli! 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