The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-12-03
THE PRESIDENT
TO CONGRESS
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whit Is m fact a permanent decTIon.
The president urges the passage of
model employers liability act for the
District Of Columbia and the territories
to encourage corporations to treat in-
jured wageworkers better He en-
phat.cally indorses the eight hour day.
The president urges the states TO
fight the child and woman labor evil.
He says
The national government has as an
ultimate resort for control OF child Ia
boY the use Of the interstate commerce
clause to prevent the products Of child
labor from entering into interstate com
mcrce But before using this It ought
certainly 10 enact model laws on the
subject for the territories under It's
own immediate control
Presidential Campaign Expenses.
Under our form of government vot-
ing is not merely right, but a duty.
and. moreover, a fundamental and nee
essary dut- II man is to be a good
citizen. 1t ~ well TO provide that cor
porations shall not contribute to presi
dental or national campaigns and. fur
thermore, to provide for the publica-
tion of both contributions and expendl-
lures There is, however always dan
ger in laws of this kind, which from
their very nature are difficult Of en-
forcement the danger being lest they
be obeyed only 10y the honest and dis
obeyed by the INSCRIPTIONS, SO as to
act only as a penalty upon honest men
Moreover. no such law would haR-per
an INSCRIPTIONS man OF unlimited
means from buying his own way into
Office There is a very radical meas
ure which would. ] believe, work
ubstantial improvement in our sys-
lem of conducting campaign, al
though ! am well aware that It win
.ake some time for people so to famll-
Arize themselves with such proposal
as to be willing to consider IFS adop-
don. The need for collecting large
campaign funds would vanish If con
yress provided an appropriation for the
proper and legitimate expenses of each
)f the great national parties, an appru-
9riation ample enough 10 meet the ne
cessity for thorough organization and
machinery, which requires a large ex-
penditure Of money Then the stipu-
lation should be made that no party
receiving campaign funds from the
treasury should accept more than a
fixed amount from any individual sub
scriber or donor ana the necessary
publicity for receipts and expenditures
could without difficulty be provided
The Army.
The president recommends legism
tion TO increase the number of officers
in the army. especially IN the medical
corps. The rate of pay Of officers
should be greatly increased he de-
clares. There should be relatively
even greater increase in the rate Of
pay of enlisted men If we are to keep
the army ln shape to be enectiSe in
time Of need. The president recon-
mends severe examination OF officers
for promotion up TO the rank OF major
From that point promotion should be
purely boy selection lie speaks Of the
recent physical test of army officers
with emphatic appreciation and recon
mends a bin equallzing the pay of
officers and men of the army. navy.
marine corps and revenue cutter sorv-
Ice
The Navy.
Concerning the navy the president
says:
In my judgment, we should this
year provide Cor four battleshps. But
Il is idle to build battleships unless, IN
addition to providing the men and the
means for thorough training, we pro
vide the auxiliaries for them-unless
we provide docks. the coallng stations,
the colliers and supply ships that they
need. We are extremely deficient ia
coaling stati ms and docks on the Pa
cihc and this deficiency should not
longer be permitted TO exist Plenty
Of torpedo boats and destroyers should
be built. Both ON the Atlantic and Pa
cihc coasts fortilcations OF The best
type should De provided for all our
greatest harbom
Until our battle fleet - much larger
than at present it should never be split
into detachmeuts SO far apart that they
could not IN event of emergency be
speed ~ -'Sited Cur coast line Is OF