Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Lengthy Doeumene which Goes ec
censrsss Today.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Congress
opened today ct noon. Cannon was
nominated BY the Republicans for
speaker and Williams by the. Demo
Gratis. The former was chosen. Con-
gross then adjourned in respect for
Senator P1att Of Massachusetts,.
President Roosevelt has written I |
message to Congress full Of confidence
as to the future, breathing q deep
spirit Of Americanism, dealing with
those questions which he has thrust
to the front in advance Of his party
and proposing remedies with calm
reliance in the capacity Of Congress
Is handle them.
It is very long message. Perhaps
such q long message has never been
written by President to Congress.
The newspaper that prints it all viii
have to issue a supplement
The part of the message which will
attract the most attention, because
1t deals with what has been made by
the President the paramount issue"
in American politics, is that devoted
to the railroad question. Generally
the views of the President as to
remedies are those which were given
by Senator Knox of Pennsylvania in
his Pfttsburg speech.
Less than one page was devoted 10
a discussion of rate question a year
ago, but that was sufficient to Ike ~
Congress in turmoil throughout it's
entire session. In the message which
is to be read to Congress Tuesday
much more space will be devoted -
rates and companion subjects
1t will be found that the President
stands almost where he stood year
ago, but not exactly. Then he said
that while it was undesirable to
cIothe the Interstate Commerce Com
mission with general authority to fix
railroad rates, he did believe that the
Commission should be vested with the
power, where given rate has been
challenged and after a full hearing to
be found unreasonable, to decide, sub.
ject to judicial review, what shall be
a reasonable rate to take it's place,
the ruling of the commission to take
effect Immediately and to obtain un-
less and until reversed by the court
of review
POWER TO FIX SCHEDULES
esn his message this year the Presi-
dent, 1t is understood, takes the posi-
ton that this power should be vested
in the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, or "some other power" created
by the Federal Government, and that
the commission should have the au-
thority to fix q maximum rate-that Il
to say, a rate above which the car
riers shall not go-until the matter
has been reviewed by the court. But
the President still stands out for q
law which would put the rate into IF
feet and keep it there, and to all
intents and purposes his position Z
the same as last year, because there
would seem to be no likelihood of al
agreement on some rate-regulatins
body outside of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The President is not opposed to {
Federal inspection of the great life
insurance companies. for the better
protection of the policy holders. H,
believes the work of the. Bureau o
Corporatins in investigating crpora
lions is having good effect
The message strongly denounces tn
corrupt use of money at elections. TIL
President would make it unlawful TO
any corporation to contribute to tn
| funds of a political committee. H
would require the publicity of all cor
tributions of all individuals. H
leaves Congress no excuse for failin
to meet this growing evil.
There is a full discussion of, tn
Panama Canal. He describes thu
present financial situation, shown
that the money is exhausted and tha
more must be appropriated and q
SSece IL the work is not to halt.
TArre is recommendation tn
Congress- pass law reducing the ia
of national bank circulation secure
by the proposed Panama canal bond
SO that they will be available for CT
culation on the same basis as the
per cent United States consols.
The President refrains from urgis.
revision Of the tariff. He does su
gest however. the granting OF a :
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