The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-05
PRESIDENT MESSAGE.


To the Senate and House of Representa-
lives.
We stl continue in a period Of IN
bounded prosperity. This prosperity is
not the creature OF law. but undoubtedly
the laws under which we work have been
instrumental in creating the conditions
which made IL possible. and 10y unWise leg
islauon il would be easy enough To- destroy
IL Ihore Will undoubtedly be periods OF
depression. The wave VIII roccae, but the
tide Will advance. This nation is seated
on continent hanked by two great
oceans II is composed of men the de-
scendants of pioneers or. In sense. pio-
neers themsciVCS-ot men wiunuWcd out
from among the nations OF The old world
by the energy boldE,ss and love of ad-
venture found in their own eager hearts.
Such nation so placed will surely wrest
success from fortune.
As people We have played a large part
In the world, aud We are bent upon max
ing our future even larger than the past
In particular the events of the last four
years nave ueuultcA ucC,ucu tutt lur woe
or Tor veal our place must DE great among
the nations We may either iatl greatly
or succeed greatly, but we cannot avoid
the cnucaNor from which eltuer gre
fauuru or great success must come Even
" W. WodId We Vdhnut pay snall p,,.
II We should try, all that would louow
would be tnat we should pay a large par.
lguouis ana shamotully.
sAN pNL pSoPANs NiAt SUNS VI Alu lheh "a
the civil war the sons OF the men who
had IRON IN thelr blood ryJoiSe IN NC
present anu Lace me i"'ulN HsH VI hVHlt
anu iNsolute o. WI, w ~ ~ 10, ~, ,..I
ours Is the gospel of hope and of trl-
umphant tndeaVor. We do not shrink
run ~ ~ f. ,,.' l., f.,,.,. nj mo ont
l'.ia - t,,..,tioth cs,,t,,-,. -arove prob-
-, ~ ,h ,.C ma sin eraycr nj holne-but
No know that we can solve them. and
! solve them we'll. provided only that we
bring TO the solution the qualities of head
! and heart which were shown by the men
who i'm the DAYS of Washington founded
this government and in the days of Linz
coin preserved it.
! No country has ever occupied higher
plane of material well being than ours at
the present moment. rms wen beng Is
due TO no sudden or accldvul3l causes out
" ~ pc! VI w a., 80 ~ 49, -
COUNTY ~ oyer d Soltui ~ ou. ij j,s"s.
oboyc III ~ tb@ bipb indivii1al nvera,,,,
of o,Ir citizenship Great fortunes have
been won by those who have taken the
lead in this phenomenal industrial devel-
opmeut and most OF these fortunes have
been won not by doing evil but as an in
cident TO action which has benellted the
community as Whole. Never before ms ms
malerlal wen beiils pSeh 50 W'uelH ult-
tuseu ".lio"s our Hv4t,S 'd 90, 10 ,So
a 90 thosa fort,,Hes are small in
deed HSbon comnarrd to tbe wealth Of the
! DpOnlp "A WnOlp.
| better off than they have ever been be-
fore. The insurance companies, which
are practically mutual benefit societies
| especially helpful TO men OF moderate
meanS-represent Accommodations OF capt.
TAI Whch are among tne iaIeeS9. ~ tn MS
county lhClc az lhole u.pVsitSS t ~ ny
aaNiIisS p'rnN H1 ~ ,i II thi ca,i,,
~, ~ tban ows, befar in onr biStorv
| az course whom Tho conditions have IA
| HJored ne provth Of So much that was
! -.
the growth of what was evil. 1t is emf
| nently necessary that we should endeaNor
to cut out this evil but let us keep z due
sense of proporQoni let us not III uAins
our gaze upon me lessGr eNi torEet w
Slea'eIs 5UUu a., ~ ,,, t,5 a. L,,t tI, ara
tba o,,jcrat.t ~ not ~ i1isarT ar JecaJanrn
but ~ nrosperitv of the progress of our
gigantic Industrial develcpmcnt This in
dustrial development must not be checked.
but side by side with II should 20 such
progressive regulation as WIN dlmlhlsh
the evils we should ran III our 1utH II
we ga not Try 70 rSineuy we tNiS, w We
| ShalI succeed olly II We PIoCeou pduelltt,
| ~, win pracucal common sVilse aS vel
as rSsoiutlon' SEPARATING me Eoo1 nIoI,i
lne pau anu noluihS On - t.I ~ i, ~
WINE ehueaNorlhs 70 Set Iiu VI ''le -. ~,
IN my inessase 70 'ne ~ csen' toi ,. eIS
at Its flrst session ulscusseu AT Iensth
the question oiAthe regulation OF thoSs
big corporations commonly doing an in
terstate business. often with some tenden-
| TO monopoly, WllCn are populdily
known MS trusts The experience of the
mast ,oar has omnba sized in nv opinion.
~ ~ insirohjijt,, X No stons tben nro-
eiie IOSi, '9,,,'i ,,,,tI ,o,jsito ~ social
poscu \ lul'Idl'ie'l,l, 81 iii;,,,i
ehlclehcy Is hlSh stilIiu III " ~. iuu','
energy ana cNCeleuSC, put lllS % ~ ny
wise inconsistent win power 10 acl III
combination for aims which cannot so
well be achieved 10y the Individual actlhg
alone fundamental base of civilization
is the inviolability of property; but this is
in novise inconsistent with the right of
society To regulate the exercise Of the