The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-08
THE PRESIDENTS
ANNUAL MESSAGE
TO LAWMAKERS
Recommends Legislation on
New and Important
Subjects.
INCOME . INHERITANCE TAX
He Believes Such Laws Would Curb
Growth Of Fortunes to Dan
gerous Proportions.
His Views on Negro ouestion-Asks
for Currency Reform, and Shipping
6iII--Would Make Citizens Of Japs
Many Other Important cubjects
Discussed.

Washington. Dec 3.-President Roose-
velts message to the second session of
the F1fty-ninth congress deals with a
number Of new and important subjects.
chief of which Is the government prose-
cution OF the trusts. the abuse of injunc-
lions In labor troubles, the negro aues-
tion. the preaching of class hatred
between capital and labor additional legis-
lation for the control of large corpora
lions. federal inheritance and income
tax law and currency reform.
The message opens with a statement
OF what the last congress left unfinished,
and of this he says:
II again recommend a law prohibiting
all corporations from contributing to the
campaign expenses OF any party. Such
gross. Let individuals contribute as they
desire: but let us prohibit in effective
fashion all coroorations from making
contributions for any political purpose,
Another bill which has just past one
house Of the congress and which Is ur-
law Is that comforting upon the govern
ment the right OF appeal In criminal
esis.s IN msnS OF the ,tats, h essts sh n
J the District of Columbia by act OF the
congress. II Is OF course not proposed
fendant on the merits should be set
the government had indicted certain per-
rebates. the court Sustained the defend
ants demurrer: while In another juris-
diction an indictment for conspiracy to
the court, convictions obtained under II,
and two defendants sentenced to impris-
onment The two cases referred to may
not be in real conflict with each other,
but Il 10 unfortunate that there should
oven be an apparent conflict. At pres
ent there 70 no way by which the gov
eminent can cause such q conflict, when
occurs, to be solved by an appeal to
Q higher court; and the wheels OF Justice
are blocked without any real decision Of
urge the passage OF the bill In question
A failure to pass will result In seriously
70 DoSta II It's ss eos
wealthy individuals or corporations who
do wrong; and may also prevent the
wageworkers who are not themselves
able effectively to contest a case where
the judgment of an inferior court has
In view a recent decision by a district
Judge leaving railway employees with
out remedy for violation of certain So
ity to permit single district Judge,
against what may be the judgment OF
the Immense majority OF his colleagues
enacted by the congress to be "uncon-
stitutional." and then to deny to the
s1s%e eenr 'as sh, &c the
ton
Evasion by TechnlcalItles.
"In connection with this matter, l would
like to call attention to the very unsat-
isfactory state OF our criminal law re-
sulting In large part from the habit of
setting aside the judgments OF inferior
courts on technicalities absolutely I'M
connected with the merits OF the case,
and where there la no attempt to show
that there has been any failure OF sub
stantial justice. IL would be well to en-
act law providing something to the
effect that:
mo Judgment shall be set aside or new
trial granted In any cause, civil or Grim
inal. on the ground OF misdircction OF the
Jury or the improper admission or re-
lection OF evidence, or for error as to any
I'm the opinIon ~ . .