The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-07
PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE.


nation we stili continue to enjoy liter
| ally unprecedented prosperity, and it Is
| probable that only reckless speculation
| and disregard of legitimate business
| methods on the part OF the business
world can materially mar this prosperity
"No congress in our times has done
| more good work of Importance than the
| present congress. There were saVer&l
matters left unfinished at your last SEES
sion. however. which l most earnestly
| hope you will complete before your ad
| journment
| The president again recommends law
| prohibiting all corporations from con
| tributing to the campaign expenses OF
| any party.
The urgent necessity of enacting into
| law the bill which passed one house OF
| congress, comforting upon the government
| the right of appeal in criminal cases ON
| questions of law, is strongly advocated
| The president says: "A failure to pass 1t
| will result in seriously hampering the
| government in its effort to secure Justice.
| especially against wealthy individuals or
| corporations who do wrong. and may also
| prevent the government from obtaining
| justice for wageworkers who are not
themselves able effectively to contest. a
| case where the Judgment of an inferior
| court has been against them. have
| specifically in view recent decision by
district judge leaving railway employees
| so-called labor statute.
1T seems AN absurdty to permit n sin
| gle district judge, against what may he
| the judgment of the immense majority of
| his colleagues on the bench to declare a
| law solemnly enacted by the congress to
| be unconstitutional and then TO deny to
| the government the right to have the
| supreme court definitely decide the ques-
| ton.
The Importance of enacting into law
| the particular bill in question is further
| 1ncrp4
| ment has now definitely begun a policy of
resorting to the criminal law in those
trust and interstate commerce cases
where such a course offers a reasonable
chance of success. The action of the
| government in finally deciding. in tain
| cases. to undertake criminal proceedings
was justitiable. and, though there have
| been some conspicuous failures in these
| cases. we have had MANY instances which
undoubtedly had deterrent effect upon
evildoers. whether the penalty. inflicted
was in the shape of fine or Imprisonment.
and penalties of both kinds have already
been inflicted by the courts.
The president urges the passage of a
law, which will stop the habit of setting
aside the judgments of inferior courts on
technicalties absolutely unconnected with
| is no attempt to show that there has been
any failure of substantial justice.
The abuse of the lniunctive power In
according to the president who urges the
passage of such law as he advocated
last year
He says: There must be no hesitation
dealing with disorder. But there must
likewise be no such abuse of the iniunc
tive power IS is implied in forbdding la
boring men to strive for their own better
ment in peaceful and lawful ways nor
must the injunction he used merely to
AID some big corr Grafton in carrying out
schemes for its own ACKNOWLEDGMENT
In connection with the delays of the
law. the president calls. attention to the
prevalence of crime and the epidemic of
lynching and mob violence that springs
up now in one part OF the country, now
IN another The greatest existing cause
of lynching is the. preparation. especially
by black men. of the hideous crime of
rape-the most abominable in all the cat
egory of crimes: even worse than murder
Mobs frequently avenge the commission
of this crime by themselves torturing to
death the man committing it, thus aveng-
criminal. I'm my Judgment the crime OF
rape rap should be punished with death, as is
should be made by which the punishment
may follow immediately upon the heels
OF the offense. Let justice be both sure
ana swift. but let 1t be Justice under the
law. and not the wild and crooked saw
agery of a mob
In dealing with the question of labor
and capital the president says there is
than aught else. and that is the Infinite
harm done by preachers of mere discon-
tent. These are the men who seek to
men OF wealth. They seek to turn wise
and proper movements for the better con-
t tr,,h OF &C, COMBINATIONS and foYdoing away
into campaign of hysterical excitement
and falsehood. in which the aim is to in
flame to madness the brutal passions of
mankind.
I'm reality they are the worst enemies
OF the cause they profess to advocate,
Just as the purveyors of sensational SLAM
aer IN newkipap as or magazine are the
gagged in an honest effort to better what
is bad in our social and governmental
conditions.
such. to carry on a campaign of SANDER
and invective against him. to seek to
mislead and inilame to madness honest
men whose lives are hard and who have
NOT the KIND OF mental training which
Will permit them to appreciate the dam
ger IN doctrines preached-all is to COM
NIT crime against the body polite and
to be false to every worthy principle and
| tradition of. American national life.
! the man who debauches others in or
Der i, TO Obtain high office stands on an
eVll equality of corruption with the man
VINO debauches others for financial profit,
and when hatred is sown the crop which
springs can only be evil.'
The president again urges the nassapa
OF bill limiting the hours of labor of
railway employees: He says: ut should
% Sur aim m steadily to reduce the
Il Il M
eral introduction of an eight-hour day.
On the !sthmus of Panama. he saws
the conditions are such that an eight.
| hour day would be absurd lust as # is
| absurd, SO far as the isthmus in con-
cerned. whore white labor cannot Ia sm
ployed to bother as to whether the work
yellow men. VI ny t'''eh
A thorough investigation of the conai-
uons OF child labor and of the labor Of
women In the United States is again
urged. " S'i
The president recommends that the en-
pIoyers liability law be amended to place
ployer. '''e ei''
The enactment of low providing for
| the compulsory investigation of contro-
| versies between employer and emnlove Ia
| urged. to'e -
The president thinks it is not wise that
| the, nation should ALLEVIATE its remaining
| coal lands. II have withdrawn temporar-
lily from settlement all the lands which
| the geological survey has indicated as
containing or in all probability containina
| coal. The question. however, can be
propely settled only by legislation which.
| m my Judgment: should provide for the
| withdrawal of these lands from sale or
from entry. save in certain especial cir
cumStances"
On the subject of corporations the pres
ldent says: 1.-The present congress has
| taken long strides in the direction of Sc
curing proper supervision and control by
| International government over corporations
engaged In Interstate business. The pas
sage OF the railway rate bill. and only to
| lesser degre the passage of the pure
1000 Dill and the provision for increasing