New-York tribune., 1907-12-04
LISTEN TO PRESIDENT
BOTH HOUSES
SD6cial Interest ShO7rH an Sections
on Finance and Tariff.
Irrom The TTibun7 EG-eai

IFrou The TTibuu7 Bureau;
Washing eton. Dec 3-The annual message of
President Roosevelt was read te-dav in both
houses of Congress. The galleries of both tho
Senate and the Hou-e were c-7wded at the be-
ginning of the session of each body. bat as tie
reading progressed the attendance diminished
somewhat. in the main. however. it was weh
maintained until the last sentences % the doeu-
ment had fallen from the lips of the official
readers
Senator'S and Representatives We're supplied
with printed copies Of the message, and many
Of them followed the reading clerks with scrupu-
Ious care. The reading consumed about TWO
and o.le-quarter hours in each Of the houses
The recommendations Of the President were
so numerous and in some instances 50 novel;
that none Of the influential members OF the
Senate would comment on the communication
for publication. It was generally noticeaoie.
however. that the references to the tariff and
the currency legislation struck a responsive
chord.
The tariff and fnancia; passages attracted tAs
greatest attention in the House Serene F.
Payne. Republican floor leader. commended TIE
financial section. saving that Ee believed IN I
bond secured rather than asset. currenc'.
and appreciated the need Of emergency cur
rency.
The tariff reference especially appealed -
Rerresentative DaIzeH. who expressed hlTlse K
as gratifed at the Presidents assurance th"r
the country was pledged to a protective SYSTEM
and declared tnat the growth Of the country
made necessary a careful e,,amiuation Of the
schedules from time to time. tc be followed ~
such changes as seemed advisable
REPRESENTATIVE OIcCtt. of New York, IS he@'-
/ fv in accord with the part OF the ms ssage whrl
/ deals win naval affairs. and he described the
whole message as an admirable one speaE-
ing Of the proposal that the officers and enlisted
men be granted an increase Of pay, 3ir- O'ccl1
/ cid.
II fs cna of the projects in which I am paTtic-
! r,1arIyy intorested and / am going to do ali [
can to bring about increase in the pay et
men in all srades of the navy 1here are SO
/ many reasons why this should De done ina. IN
enumeration Of them now would De lnp9ssloIe,
but one reason alone IS so important tiltl 10
others are. iEr my opinion needed mat Is ,--a1
unless more pay is granted and unless the con-
ditfons are made more attractive we VIII IN tns
course os short time be unable 10 OBTAIN Hai-
enough men 70 fill our authorized stanolilS;
/ That IS the case even now in some DrahcheS o.
T,le salaries paid in the navy are so pitifuly
small that it is almost a shame to ask the KIND
Cf men the country desires TO enter the service
/ Il takes a particularly good man IN many ways
to make a good sailor. and no good man can
/ enter the navy without a great sacrlnce anu
/ great patriotism
J After the conclusion of the reading OF the
/ Presidents message, message from the Houss
| notifying the Senate Of the death OF RepreSen-
| tative Smith of Illinois, was laid before tho
| Senate. Acting upon resolution onered OS
| Senator CuIlom and adopted by the Senate, the
I Vice President appointed a committee consist
/ ing Of Senator Hopkins. Senator Hemen"ay ana
/ Se19tor aIcC,reary to attend the funeral
In an executive session which followed this
action the Senate confirmed. without reference
\ 10 committee the nomination OF ex-senator
Blackburn. of Kentucky. TO be a member Of tie
! Isthnoian Canal Commission More than nine
! hundred other recess nominations were sent to
the Senate by the President and referred TO va
| rfous committees. Among these was the nom
| nation OF Colonel Charles II Whipple to be
pavulaster general of the army. to succeed Brig
/ adler General Culver c. Sniifen. who VIII re-
! tire on January 1. The Senate adjourned at
| 2.3;' p. m
Mr.. Gore and Mr Owen. chosen by primary
| election 10 represent Oklahoma in the Senate.
| sppeared on the floor Of the Senate and oCcU-
| MED the seats set apart for them for some tiulr
/ listening 10 the Presidents message This was
/ A. nlafu extension Of what ia known rs Sen'i-
/ torial courtesy. inasmuch neither has as yet
! been legally elected to serve in the Senate
When the House convened Speaker Cannon
| announced that he had received coH'rnunica-
tion that ordinarily he would refer To a commit
| tee after the organization Of the House, but -
| thought it So important he would have it read
AZ once The paper proved to be telegram
from the oklahoma Legislature To the House OF
| Representatives.
'OkIahomaS first state LEGISLATIVE II state6.
lust organized. inspired by the fond reality or
local seIf-eovernrent. sends greeting TO the 6ttl
/ Congress of the greatest nation on earth and
conveys to her sister states a message Of proc
ress and prosperity and loyal devotion to the
Union and tire common good
The Speaker read the message IN an impress
sive manner. and he concluded the House
broke into applaus >. After the Presidents mes
sage had been read the House adjourned until
Thursday, when il is probable that il will again
adjourn for the week
The House did not follow up to-day the lead
of yesterday in the matter of the Introduction oe
many bills. but some measures were presented.
In the Senate. so far. bills have been intro
duced, but there is scarcely Senator whose
desk is we'll covered with these documents.
and 1, is probable that the food viii break out
In that body tomorrow
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