The National tribune., 1901-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

archy, and has this TO say OF the Amir
chist:
For the Anarchist himself. whether he
breaches or practices his doctrines, we
need not have one particle more concern
than for any ordinary murderer. he Is
not the victim of social or political lnJus-
tice. There are no wrongs to remedy IN
his case. The cause of his crlminallty
is 10 he found in his own evil passions
and i'll the evil conduct of those who urge
him on, not in any failure by Others or
by the State to do justice to him or his
He is a malefaCtOr and nothing else. He
| is in no sense, in no shape or way, u
product Of social conditiOns,' save as a
highwayman is produced by the fact
that an unarmed man happens to have n
purse. 1t is trayesty upon the great
and holy names of liberty and freedom
to permit them to be invoked in such
cause. No man or body of men preach
| ing Anarchistic doctrines should be al
| lowed at large any more than if preaching
| the murder of some specified private in
/ dividual. Anarchistic speeches. writings
and meetings are essentially seditious and
| tTcaSonable.'
| The message proceeds TO recommend
that Congress shall pass such legislation
rs it may deem fit to represS this crime
against the race"
!
ately and philesophically showing their
usefulness to the community when hon
csily conducted. The gist of the recon-
mendations is as follows:
THE first essential in determining how
to deal with the great Industrial com
| hinations is knowledge of the facts-pub-
Iicity. In the interest of the public the
| Government should have the right to in
J Nd tfrnn hn -.r.l-Ir nf
great corporations engaged in interstate
! business. Publicity is the only sure rem
| edy which we can now invoke. What fur
thCr remedies are Eeeded in the way Of
| Governmental regulation, or taxation, can
only be determined after publicity has
| been obtaincd. by process OF law. and in
| the course of administration. The first
requisite is knowledge. full and complete
knowledge which may he made public
to the world"
A new Cabinet ofHcer-the Secretary
of Commerce and Industries'-is strong
! ly recommended.
| Labor legislation is recommended which
will promote the material welfare and
moral well-being Of the American work
er. In United States employment, there
should be an eight hour law, with prohibit
! tion of night work, and excessive over
work for women and children. There
| should be cooperation with the State laws
to prevent injurious competition of con
vict labor.
A more stringent Immigration law is
needed.
No general revision of the tariff system
is desirable, but there should be an ex-
tension of reciprocity, where it can be
without injury to our own home inter
ests.
Legislation 10 build up our merchant
marine is urged.
\ large portion of the message is de
voted to the reclamation of arid lands.
the establishment Of reservoirs. and for
est preserves, ard the creation Of sys-
TEN of irrigation.
Hawaii must be developed on American
Hires, with reformation Of the land laws
III favor Of the average h9me-maker.
Porto Rico is happy and prosperous as
never before.
The problem in the Philippines is
much larger one. ''.l'o leave the island
row would mean that thcy would fall
into a welter Of mufdcr0tIs Anarchy" We
are anxious for the welfare of the conn
try thrown upon our hands by the exi-
sencics Of war. and we are eager that
they shall rapidly rise to government
we are anxious. first, for their sakes
ard next, because it relieves us of great
burden. There need not be the slightest
fear of our not continuing to give them
all the liberty for which they are fit.
The only fear is lest in our Over-anx-
iety we give them a degree of indepcnd-
fnp AL hog ~, rv4f lDs H. IN
viting reaction ard disaster. As fast as
there is any reasonable hope that in
given district the people can govern them
selves, self-goye'nment has been given in
that district. There is not locality fitted
for self-governmcnt which has not re-
ceived it. But it may well be that in
certain cases it ill have TO be with
drawn because the inhabitants show
themselves unfit to exercise it; such in
stances have already occurred. In other
words, there is not the slightest chance
Of our failing to show a-suficently hu-
manitarian spirit. The danger comes in
the opposite direction"
Immediate legislation is needed to ad-
nit Of the development of the great re
sources Of the Philippines, which will be
a potent factor in civilization.
A cable to Hawaii, the Philippines and
Asia is urged.
The Isthmian Canal is urged
The Monroe Doctrine is vigorously sup
ported, as the sure basis of peace in this
hemisphere.
Several thousand words are well en-
plcyed in an argument for building up the
Navy.
There is no need of further increase of
the Army. There should be Il reOrganiza-
ton of the Staff Departments, and Of
iiccrs, after serving a time in the Bu-
reaus, should be returned to field duty
Congress should take steps to bring the
militia into closer touch with the Eegu-
lar Army.
This alusiOn is made to the veterans:
''No other citizens deserve so well of
the Republic as the veterans, the sur
yivors of those who saved the Union
They did the one deed which if left un-
done would have meant that all else in
our history went for nothing. But for
their steadfast prowess in the greatest
crisis of our history, all our annals would
be meaningless, and our great experiment
i'll popular freedom and self-government
a gloomy failure. Moreover, they not
only left us a united Nation, but they
left us also as a heritage the memory of
the mighty deeds by which the Nation
was kept united. We are now indeed
one Nation, one in fact as well as in
name; we are united in our devotion to
the flag which is the symbol of national
greatness aud unity; and the very com
| pleteness of our Union enables us all in
every part Of the country, to glory in the
valer shown alike by the sons of the
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