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Show THE MESSAGE. The President's message will be generally commended. com-mended. The opening sentence makes clear that he fears some rev..ies because of the fierce speculations spec-ulations that are just now a craze in some of the eastern cities. He manifests his faith in superior brains and frankly declares that high work should have high pay. While endorsing corporations andcombinesin jj business, he distinctly advocates an authoritative supervision of their affairs and believes congress jjl should, through effective laws, assume that super vision. He believes congress should create a commission commis-sion and give it power to regulate rates on the I railroads of the country, when they become oppressive; op-pressive; also that private car lines should be under un-der the same supervision, and that all roads should, in their capacity of common carriers, administer ad-minister impartial justice to all the people. And he wants the men entrusted with this work to be of the highest ability and integrity, and wants them well paid. He wants the use of all safety appliances on railroads made compulsory, and & wants congress to fix the hours of labor of ratt le way employees, to prevent present abuses. ' He does not believe in limiting the power of ' courts to issue, under the lav, injunctions in case of labor troubles. He evidently does not believe in making judges take an oath to enforce the laws i and then interposing other laws to make the duty ! impossible. He wants congress to investigate the subject of child labor in the various states, with a view of mitigating the evils which attaches to the system. I He thinks the entering of women into the ranks of labor has much to do with race suicide, g We do not think the facts bear out his theory, but if they did, still the right of a woman to earn her livelihood in any honorable way is sacred, more sacred than to bear children and not be able $ to feed, clothe and educate them. 1 He discusses the question of the relation of employers with employees . ably. It- should be m carefully read by everyone. mi The President wants congress to decide what I power it has over insurance companies, and evi- A dently wants it exercised to the utmost. He favors the national bank idea of making an elastic currency possible. He wants the government departments reorganized reor-ganized and better business methods adopted. He wants restrictions placed around federal elections to prevent fraud. He, of course, endorses The Hague conference, confer-ence, discusses it at length, and declares that the aim of the American government is righteousness. He wants the system of promotions in the army changed; he evidently thinks that the navy needs no more increase, except to replace obsolete obso-lete ships, and to increase its effectiveness. He wants a relaxation in the Chinese exclusion act, to only keep out coolies. He wants veterans in the life saving service pensioned; takes a hopeful view of conditions in the Philippines. He wants Alaska given a delegate, and wants the four territories admitted as two states. He still speaks for peace, but does not forget the necessity of the big stick; wants the army made more efficient, and increased and improved coast defenses. He endorses anew the Monroe Doctrine, and urges that the treaty with San Domingo be ratified. rati-fied. He desires a revision of the naturalization and criminal laws. He asks that the State department be reorganized reor-ganized and better salaries paid;alsp that the foreign for-eign consuls have a more extended mission and better pay. It is altogether a superb state paper. |