The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-09
PRESl@ @ENT WORKS :
ON TWO MESSAGES
Eight Principal Subjects to 81
Discussed in the Decem-
ber One.
ASKS MORE CANAL DELAY
Postofhce and Indian Scandals Come in
for Treatnent-SpeciaI State
nreas on Cuban Reciprocity
for Extra Session.

Washington, Oct. S.--President Roose-
Welt put in three or four hours work
ing on his message, or rather on the two
messages he finds necessary this year.
One OF these will be to congress in
extra session on the subject of the
Cuban treaty, which Secretary Hay
promised the Cubans would be consid-
.erSd at an extra session il Cuba rati-
fed his treaty unamended
The other will be the message proper,
in which the president has to deal with
these subjects:
First-Ths isthmian canal
Second-Administratio of the anti
trust laws passed at the last congress.
and which he approved.
Th.rd-kemedial legislation on the tar
if, so as to square himself as between
the Iowa idealists and the stalwarts.
l'ourth-The general question of reci-
procity, which was an inheritance from
President Mckinley.
'ifth-The postoffcc department. inves-
LEGATION.
Sixth-The Indian Territory scandals,
Whch Affect the biggest single depart
lnent of his administration.
SeVenth-The uneXampled prosperity
with reference to labor and capital
IelgRh-t orelgn relations.
On all of these, notwithstanding re-
ports to the contrary, the president
has made up his mind and has his mes
age in rough shape. .u-
Further Delay in Canal.
AS to the Panama canal all the re
ports from inside sources are that he.
as at present minded, intends to hold
that a reasonable time has not elapsed
and that the period of his discretion
has. therefore, not elapsed. Holding
these views. the president will send
the treaty back to the senate, but only
for the purpose of having ratified an
additional article extending the time
limit for mutual exchange OF ratifica-
tions.
Nothing but an open blunder on the
part OF the Panama canal clique here
and in Bogota will cause the president
to change this position.
The president will praise the activi-
ties of the various bureaus which have
had to do with the execution of the So
called antitrust laws passed at the
last session of congress.
The message discusses reciprocity
md the tariff in the same paragraphs.
No definite plan is suggested as to the
modification of the tariff by particular
schedules. The president will, how
ever, come out strong for reciprocity.
Gratified by Postoffice Inquiry.
AS to the postoffice investigation, the
president will say 'nat the investiga-
ton was pushed with vigor and that
tilC iSSultS prove llltll IL WAS SiuCGIS.
The message will advert merely to
the Indian Territory scandals, insist on
an early investigation, and call atten-
ton to the current efforts of the inte-
rior department by tie appointment of
special counsel, ETC., to get early action.
The foreign relations of the country
Will be disposed of in general terms,
but special reference is made to the
treaty with China, wich it is expected
will be signed on October s.
The president will find in the an
nual reports of the bureau of labor
much to commend. 1t is said he be-
lieves that the present relations be-
tween capital and labor are cordial and
that the notable disturbances are only
sporadic and so exceptional as to prove
the rule
In view of the strong fight made in
the last congress to increase the num-
Der Of ships recommended by the navy
department, it is certain that he will
take stand for the rapid progress OF
he navy.