Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-09
the PRESIDENT MESSAGE.

Welt, which was delivered to both houses
Of Congress today:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives
The country is to be congratulated on the
amount of substantial achievement which
has marked the past year both as regards
cur foreign and as regards our domestic
policy
important things are those Of the house
hold, and therefore the country Is espe
claily to be congratulated on what has been
accomplished in the direction Of providing
great corporations and combinations Of cor
perattons engaged in Interstate commerce
The Congress has created the department
OF commerce and labor, including the
bureau of corporations, with for the frst
time authority to secure proper publicity
OF such proceedings Of these great cor,
know. 1t has provided TOR the expedlting
Of suits for the enforcement Of the federal
antitrust law; and by another law 1t has
ia the transportation OF their goods, thus
taking long stride forward in making
efective the work Of the interstate com
merce commission.
Capital and Labor.
The consistent policy OF the national gov
ernment, SO far as 1t has the power. Is to
hold In check the INSCRIPTIONS man, wheth-
er employer or employe; but to refuse to
weaken tndividual Initiative, or to hamper
or cramp the industrial development of The
country. We recognize that this is an
era of federation and combination in which
great capitalstic corporations and labor
unions have become factors Of tremendous
Importance in all Industrial centers. Hearty
recognition is given the far-rea ching, beIef-
cent work which has been accomplished
Ihrough both corporations and unions and
the line as between different corporations,
as between different unions, is drawn as t
is between different individuals: that is, 1t
is drawn on conduct, the effort being to
nj oy,ita al md mi o6
labor alike: asking nothing save that the
Interest OF each shall be brought into har-
mony with the interest of the general pub
nc, and that the conduct Of each shall con-
form to the fundamental rules OF obedience
to law, Of individual freedom, and OF JUS
tice and fair dealing towards ALL When
ever either corporation, labor union or in
diytdual disregardS the law or acts in a
spirit of arbitrary and tyrannous interior
ence with the rights Of others. whether
corporations or individuals, then where the
Federal government has Jurisdiction, it will
see to it that the misconduct is stopped
paying not the slightest heed to the position
or power OF the corporation the union or
the individual bat onlysto one vital fact
that is the question whether not the
conduct Of the Individual or aggregate of
individuals is In accordance with the law
of the land.4 Every man must be guara n
teed his liberty and MS right to do as he
hGes a WIN d h1s property o or his labor
ethers. NO man Is above the law and no
man Is below 1t; nor do we ask any mans
permission When we require him to obey
1T. Obedience to the law Is demanded as
right; not asked as favor
We have cause as nation to be thankful
cor the steps that have been so successfully
taken to put these principles into effect
the progress has been by evolution, not
by revolution. Nothing radical has been
done; the action has beea both moderate
and resolute. Therefore the work Will
stand. There shall be no backward step
II In the working Of the laws it proves de-
Sirable that they. shall at any point be
nr roYtiR nd
De made as its desira billy is shown. Mean
while they are being administered with
Judgment, but with insistence upon obe-
dience to them: and their need has been
emphasized in signal fashion by the events
OF the past year.
Government Receipts and Expenditures.
From all sources. exclusive of the postal
service, the receipts of the government for
the last fiscal years aggregated $3.50, $685. 74
me expenditures for the same period were
$3.50 O99, 007, the surplus for the fiscal year
being SOL 297, 667. The indications are that
the surplus for the present fiscal year will
be very small, If indeed there be any sur
plus. From July to November the receipts
from customs were, approximately, $4,000,
oOo less than the receipts from the same
source for corresponding portion Of Last
year. Should this decrease continue at the
same ratio throughout the fiscal year, the
surplus would be reduced by, approximate
~, $50 100000. Should the revenue from
customs suffer much further decrease dur
ing the fiscal year, the surplus would van
5 h,a large surplus is certainly undesira-
PIE Two years ago the war taxes were
taken off with the express intention Of
eQuaiizing the governmental receipts and ex-
gendituIes, and thought the first year there
aLtef stu showed a surplus, it now seems
likely that substantial equality Of revenue
and expenditure will be attained Such be-
ang the case. it is of great moment both to
exercise care and economy in appropriat-
ions, and to scan sharply any change In
our fiscal revenue system which may re-
auee our income The need of strict econ
omy In our expenditures is emphasized by
the tact that we cannot afford to be parsi-
monlous In providing for what is essen
nal to our national well-being Careful
economy wherever possible viii alone pre-
vent our income from falling below the
point required in order to meet our genu-
Inc needs.
Needs of Financial Situation.
The integrity OF our currency is beyond
question, ana under present conditions II
would be unWise and unnecessary to at
tempt reconstruction Of our entire none
fary system. The same liberty should be
granted the secretary of the treasury tn
deposit customs receipts as is granted hin,
81 the deposit OF receipts from other
sources In my message of December g
1eo2: called attention to certain needs
OF the financial situation. and I again ask
the consideration of the Congress for these
questions.
Immigration.
We cannot have too much immigration
OF the right kind and we should have none
devise some system by which undesirable
immigrants shall be kept out entirely,
while desirable immigrants are properly
distributed throughout the country At
present some districts which need immi-
grants have none; and In others, where the
population Is already congested, immigrants
come In such numbers as to depress the
conditions of life for those already there.
r Naturalization Frauds.
The special investigation of the subject
Of naturalization under the direction of
The attorney general, and the consequent
prosecutions, reveal u condition of AFFAIRS
calling for the immediate attention of the
Congress. Forgeres and perjuries OF
shameless and fragrant character have been
perpetrated, not only IN the dense centers
Of population. sbnt. throughout the country;
and 1t is established beyond doubt that
very many so-cailed citizens of the United
States have no title whatever to that
right, and are asserting and enjoying the
benefits of the same through the gressest
frauds. 1t is never to be forgotten that
citizenship is, to quote the words recently
used by the supreme court Of the United
States, an 'inestimable heritage whether
1t proceeds from birth within the country
or is obtained by naturalization; and we