Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-12-08
CONGRESS

| SSSSiou aalu the usual
scenes incident to the occasion. The
Presidents message was looked for
with much interest but there was
nothing sensational or unexpected in
it.
The following are the chief recon-
mendations made by the President and
we also add few striking sentences
from the document:
mat the national Government as
sert its sovereignty over private corpo-
rations by the regulation of industrial
activities.
! mat Government commission he
given the over TO decide whether a
railroad rate it just, to prescribe max
mum and minimum rate, this rate to
he effective within reasonable time,
subject to review by the courts; and
all kind Of commission or rebate unless
Tor service rendered to be prohibited.
that the accounts of railroads be sub
Ject to examination as are the accounts
of national banks. The President saws
he opposes Government ownership of
railroads.
That Congress consider limiting tho
hours of labor required of railroad en-
ployes and the compulsory use Of the
piock system and other safety devices.
| That insurance be under the super
VISION and regulation of the Federal
| Government.
| That Congress consider the question
OF liking the maximum and minimum
tariff rates to be applied to countries
which favor or discriminate against
the United States.
That unnecessary offices be abolished
and more business like methods intro
dnced in the executive departments.
That the publication of campaign
contributions be reqired by law: that
all contributions by corporation for po-
litical purposes be prohibited by law.
That the Santo Domingo arrange
ment be confirmed by treaty in order
to prevent chao 8 in that ie, ublic.
That promotions in the army here
after be by selection and not by Sc
niority.
That the units Of the navy be not
increased in number, but that one bat
tleship be built each year to replace
some vessel of out of date tyne.
That bureau of naturalization be
established and measures taken to re-
strict immigrapts;that efforts be made |
to prevent the congestion of immi- !
grants in the Eastern cities and more
OF them sent to the Southern States.
That the entire code of United States !,
criminal laws and land laws he revis-
ed,
That pension system be instituted
In the life-saving service.
That the nation care for rhe Confed-
crate dead.
That the Pure-Food laws and Copy
right law be completed changed and
made much stronger.
That the Philippines be granted free
trade with the United States.
That Hawaii be fortified and Ameri-
dan citizenship conferred on the peo-
pie OF Porto Rico.
That Indian Territory and Oklaho-
ma be jointly admitted as one State
and Arizona and New Mexico as
another.
That Alaska be granted a regular
delegate in Congress.
That sufficient money be at once APP
propriated to continue the work on the
Panama canal.
Ihat the consular system be chang
ed, all consuls put on fee basis, and
a corps of inspectors of consulates
created.
This Government stands for man
hood first and for business only as an
adjunct Of manhood.
In such republic as ours the thing
that we can not afford to neglect is the
problem of turning out decent citizens
This Government is not and never
shall be government by a plutocracy.
This Government is not and never
shall be governed by mob. 1t shall
continue to be in the future what it
has been in the pasta Government
based on the theory that each man,
rich or poor,i to be treated simply and I
solely on his worth as man; that all
his personal and property rights are
20 be safeguarded, and that he is
neither to wrong Others nor suffer !
wrong from others.
The introduction of women into in
dustry Is working change and dis
turbance in the domestic and social ,
life Of the nation. The decrease in
marriage and in the birth rate has
been coincident with it,
The noblest of all forms of govern
ment; but it is also the most difficult.
"There are demagogues of peace lust |