US Presidency
1905

Not only should both the National and the several State Legislatures forbid any officer of a corporation from using the money of the corporation in or about any election, but they should also forbid such use of money in connection with any legislation save by the employment of counsel in public manner for distinctly legal services. The first conference of nations held at The Hague in 1899, being unable to dispose of all the business before it, recommended the consideration and settlement of a number of important questions by another conference to be called subsequently and at an early date. These questions were the following: ( 1 ) The rights and duties of neutrals; ( 2 ) the limitation of the armed forces on land and sea, and of military budgets; ( 3 ) the use of new types and calibres of military and naval guns; ( 4 ) the inviolability of private property at sea in times of war; ( 5 ) the bombardment of ports, cities, and villages by naval forces.