Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-12-04
TUESDAY EVENING. DC. 4. 1905.

The MESSAGE Of President Roosevelt
was sent to Congress this afternoon. 1t
comprises a sixty-psge pamphlet, and
contains most Of the usual observations
ola Presidents mesasge. The document
is conservative, practical and maDiiests
the fruit Of considerable thought, On
the leading issues no8 before the country
and on which many persons are divided
the language Of the President is guarded
and his recommendations are OF a nature
to insure saiety. He begins his message
BY abiding to the continued prosperity
of the country, following in the trend oil
the usual couVentonalities. He urges
the enactmeut of laws TO corpo-
rstious from contributing TO campaign
funds, shows the necessity Of the govern
meats right to appeal in criminsi cases,
manifests disapprobatiOn at the action OF
appellate courts in setting aside the deci'
sions of inferior tribunals on technicall-
ties in criminal cases, upholds Injunction
and deplores the epidemic Of lynching.
His excelleDcy devo,es considerable
space to capital and labor and the inVes-
tigs ion Of disputes arising between
the two classes, although he subslan-
italy reiterates what he has said under
these hea6s on former occasions He
also oommeuds the shortening OF rail-
r1sd employees hours, upholds the
eight-hour Law. refers 70 the labor OF
women snd children, has much to say
on former lines on corporations, fasora q
graduated inheritance and income tax,
and The construction of memorial am-
phitheatre at Arlington. He makes re-
concentrations concerning currency re-
form, ufges tholnproVement Of American
chipping conditions, asks lover tariff tor
the Philippines, and suggests certain
legis auou for the betterment Of Affairs
in Porto REQ, Hawaii aud Alaska The
President devoles large portion Of the
latter part of his message TO information
al morality, and incidentally TO relations
btween the United States and Japan.
He recommends tho naturalization Of
japanese when they ,ske up their resi-
deoce in this country, as ia done with
persons from other countries In allud-
ing TO the recent friction between the
United States md the Mikado he says:
Thera shnnld be no particle of
doubt Of the national government com
pieiely to perform and enforce its own
obligations 10 other nations. the mob
Of 8 single city may at any time perform
acts Of laglets violence against some
cla,s Of foreigners which would plunge
as into war. That city by itself would
be powerless to make defense against the
foreign power thus assaulted, and II 10
dependent of this government it would
never venture to perform or permit the
performance Of the acts complained OF.
The entire power aud the whole duty to
protect the offending community lies in
the hands If the United States govern
lneDt. II is unthinksble that we should
continue policy under which n given
locality may be allowed to commit a
crime against friendly nation. and the
United States government limited,
not TO preventing the commission OF the
crime, but, In the last resort, TO defend
log tho people who have committed it
against the consequences of their own
wrongdoing.
The message closes with references
to Cuban aud South American affairs, and
with expressions of desire for peace,
but with the recommendations that the
country be prepared at all times with a
suitable army and navy to be used in
national defense.