North Park union., 1901-12-13
PRESIDENTS VIEWS AS GIVEN
in HIS FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE


very good attendance In the galleries
Of the House to-day to listen to the
reading Of the first message Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Ordinarily presiden-
tial messages at the opening Of Con-
gress are listened to in perfunctory
fashion, but to-day throughout the
reading the keenest Interest was man
Tested. Hardly a member left his seat
until the reading was concluded.
The principal features Of the mes
sage are as follows:
ITO the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives:
"The Congress assemblies this year
under the shadow OF a great calamity.
On the 9th day of September President
Mckinley was shot by an anarchist
while attending the Pan-American Ex-
position at Buffalo and died in that
city on the 14th Of that month.
''Of the last seven elected Presidents
he is the third to have been murdered,
and the bare recital OF this fact is suffi-
Client to justify grave alarm among all
loyal American citizens. Moreover, the
circumstances OF this, the third assas-
sinatiOn OF nm American President.
have a peculiarly sinister appearance.
Garfield were killed by assassins Of
types unfortunate and not uncommon
in histOry-Prcsident Lincoln falling n
Victim to the terrible passions aroused
by four years OF civil war and Presi-
dent Garfield 20 the revengeful vanity
Of disappointed ofiice-seeker. Presi-
dent Mckinley wns killed by an utter
ly depraved criminal belonging to that
body Of criminals who object to all
governments. At the time OF President
McKinley's death he was the most
widely loved man In the United States.
His political opponents We're the first
to bear the heartiest and most gen.
erous tribute to the broad kindness
of nature, sweetness and gentleness Of
character which endeared him to his
close associates"
After paying nm eloquent tribute to
his murdered predecessor, the Iresi-
dent adds: II earnestly recommend to
the Congress that 1t take into consider
alton the coming to this country of an
archist or persons processing princi-
pies hostile TO all government and JUS
tlfying the murder OF those placed in
authority. They should he kept out OF
the country, and III found here should
they came. No matter calls more ur-
gently for the wise thought of the Con-
gress.'
Referring to the prosperity Of the
country, the message says that during
the last five years business confidence
has been restored and the nation Ia to
be congratulated upon its pr-Sent
nbounding prosperity. Mlschievous
laws. however. can easily destroy this.
There may have been abuses In the ac-
cumulatiOn OF wealth, but the captains
of industry, railways. manufactures
and commerce have, on the whole, done
great good to our people.
"The mechanism OF modern business
ia so delicate that extreme care must
be taken not to Interfere with 1t In u
spirit Of rashness or ignorance.
"rhe men who demand the impossi-
BILE or the undesirable serve rs the nj
lies of the forces with which they are
nominnlly at war, for they hamper
those who would endeayor to find out
In rational fashion what the wrongs
really are and to what extent and in
what manner II is practicable to apply
remedies.
"All this is true; and yet It is also
one of the chief being over-capitalixn-
tion because Of its many baleful conse-
quences; and resolute and practical
effort must be made to correct these
evils. The first essential in determin-
Ing how to denl with the great indus
trial combinations Is publicity"
He lays great stress upon the fact
that full knowledge OF the operations
OF large corporations Will do away
with most of their dangers. and says
the government should have the right
to inspect and examine the workings
Of the great corporations engaged In
Interstate business.
There should be created cabinet Of
ficer to be known rs secretary of COM
merce and industries. 1t should be bis
province to denl with commerce In its
broadcast sense and whatever concerns
labor. business and merchant marine.
Labor must be protected by tarin and
In other ways, and for that reason the
President regards II necessary TO re-
enact Immediately the law excluding
Chinese labOrers. Our present immi-
grafton laws are unsatisfactory. We
need every honest and efficient immi-
grant who brings here strong body.
u stOut hSutN' Svvu hONu. uhN VII pSs
n God-fearing member OF the cOmmunl-
ty to come and remain with us. But
all others should he excluded.
Passing to the tariff system the mes
sage says the first requisite to our
prosperity IL the continuity OF the sta
bility of this economic policy.
Our experience In the past has
shown that sweeping revisions Of the
tariff are apt to produce conditions
closely approaching panic In the busi-
ness world. Yet 1t Is not only pOssi-
BILE. hut emlnently desirable, to CON-
bine with the stability Of our economic
system a supplementary system of re-
ciprocal benefit and obligation with
other nations. Such reciprocity is an
incident and result OF the firm estab-
lishment and preservation OF our pres
ent economic policy. 1t was specially
provided for In the present tariff law.
II ask the attention of the Senate to
the reciprocity treaties laid before 1t
by my predecessor"
The message then calls attention to
the condition of the American mer-
chant marine. and says action is de-
manded by Congress. 1t Is discredlta-
BILE to us as nation II our merchant
marine should be utterly insignificant
in comparison to that Of other nations
where we OvertOp in other forms Of
business. From every standpoint 1t Ia
unwise for the United States to con-
time to rely upon the ships Of COM
peting nations for the distribution. of
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