The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-04
nv Associated Press.,

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WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec Sine
President annual message to congress
went in this year. for the first time, IN
print. Two copies for the two Dranches
of the House were printed on paper o!
tl,e same size as that which was USED
heretofore for the written copies, thous
the paper is a heavy white, instead OF
she blue tint, which has been IN use
Each copy was richly bound IN Drown
morocco. with stiff covers, win Simple
gold border and lettering. the worus Oh
the from; being Message OF tbs Presi-
dent Of the United States, 1901.
The President treats all OF the ilupoi-
1ant topics before the country III ms VIZ
orous style, and the document MAKES III
teresting reading.
The President begins his message by
a recital of the assassination OF Presi-
dent McKinley at Buffalo. calling atten-
ZION to the fact that he is the third OF
the last seven elected Presidents to be
killed. The circumstances of his muir
der he declares has "a peculiarly SIN
lister significance.
After a high tribute to the late Presi-
dent and an exposition of The nature
of anarchy, he says:
81 earnestly recommend to the Con-
Eress that in the exercise of its wise
discretion it should take into conslde-
ration the coming to this country OF
anarchists or persons protesting prlnci-
ples hostile to all government and JUS
tifying the murder of those placed IN
authority Such individuals as those
who not long ago gathered in open meet
ing to EIorify the murder of King Hum
bert of Italy perpetrate crime, and
the law should ensure their rigorous
punishment They and those like them
should be kept out of this country: and
if found here they should be promptly
deportel to the country whence they
came: and far-reaching provision should
be rnaLa for the punishment of those
who stay No matter calls more urgent
" for tho wisest thought of the Con-
Eress.
'.rrhe Federal courts should be given
jurisdiction over any man who kills or
attempts to kill the President or any
man who by the Constitution or by law
is in line of succession for the presl-
dency. while the punishment for an un-
successful attempt should be proper
toned to the enormity of the oHence
against our institutions.
Anarchy is a crime against the whole
human race, and all mankind should
band against the anarchist His crime
should be made an offence against the
law of nations. like piracy and that
form of nlanstealing known AS the slave
trade. for it is far blacker infamy than
treaties among ali civilized nowers, Such
treaties would give to the Federal Gov
eminent the power of dealing with the
crime.
National Prosperity.
The great prosperity. of the nation is
the next subject treated of by the mes
sage. In this connection it says:
The tremendous ana mighty complex
industrial development which went on
,so1 d.
the latter half of the nineteenth century
brings us face to face, at the beginning
of the twentieth, with very serious socla.
problems The old laws, and the old
customs, which had almost the binding
force of law. were once quite sufficient
to regulate the accumulation and aistri-
button of wealth Since the industrial
changes which have so enormously in
creased the productive power of man
kind. they are no longer sufficient.
1.-The growth of cities has gone on be-
yond comparison faster than the growth
of the country, and the uPbuildinG Of
the great industrial centres has meant
a startling increase, not merely in the
aggregate of wealth. but in the number
OF very large individual, and especially
of very large corporate, fortunes. The
creation Of these great corporate for
tunes has not been due to the tariff nor
to any other governmental action. but
to natural causes in the business world,
operating in other countries as they ope-
rate in our own
The process has aroused much antago-
nisn, a great part of which is wholly
without warrant. 1t is not true that as
the rich have grown richer the poor have
grown poorer. On the contrary never
before has the average man, the wage
worker the farmer, the small trader.
been so we'll off as in this country and
at the present time. There have been
abuses connected with the accumuia tior
of wealth; Yet it remains true that a
fortune accumulated in legitimate busi-
ness can be accumulated by the person
specially benefited only on condition OF
comforting immense incidental benefits
upon others. Successful enterprise, OF
the type which benefits all mankind can
pnly exist if the conditions are such as
to offer great prizes as the rewards OF
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