Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-12-03
president TREATS MANY
IMPORTANT SUBJECTS IN
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Recommends Currency Reforms, Com
pulsory Arbitration and Enforce
ment of Federal Laws
IMPROVEMENTS IN ARMY AND NAVY IMPERATIVE
Better Pay for Enlisted Men UrgedMore Batteship and
Better Coast Defenses Needed
To Protect Country
IMPROVEMENTS IN ARMY AND NAVY IMPERATIVE

Washington, Dec. 3.-The annua
message of President Roosevelt was
received in the senate at 12:43 O'CLOCK
and within a minute afterwards 1T
reading was begun. The message wa
presented to the Senate by Assistan
Secretary to the President Latta, who
followed Senators Allison and Teller
of the committee which made th'
customary call upon the President
Senator Allison announced in impress
i've tones that the President informed
them that he would communicate
with the senate in writing immediate
ly" and Secretary Latta at once
delivered the message. The reading
was listened to very closely by thu
senators who held printed copies ol
the message.
The House of Representatives assem-
bled today with but one object IL
view, namely to listen to the Presi
dents message and then adjourned
The galleries showed the interest Of
the public as they were crowded al
most as much as they were on the
opening day. Just preceding the read
ing of the Presidents message fSpea'f
er Cannon read the following telegram
from Oklahoma:
"Oklahoma's first state legislature
just organized, inspired by the fond
reality of local self-government
sends it's heartiest greeaings to the
Sixtieth Congress of the greatest ma
tion on earth and conveys to its sis
ter states a message of progress and
prosperity and loyal devotion to the
union and the common good"
At the conclusion of the reading
of the telegram the House broke out
with much applause. A recess was
then taken until 1890 o'clock. On
reconvening the Presidents secretary
appeared with the Presidents mess
age. It was laid before the House
and its reading was begun by the
clerk. Meantime printed copies OF
the message were laid on the tables
of each member. Following is a
synopsis Of the message:
The Presidents Message.
TO the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiues.
No nation has greater resources
than ours, and think it can be
truthfully said that the citizens OF nc
nation possess greater energy and In
dustrial ability. In no nation are the
fundamental business conditions
sounder than in ours at this very mo-
ment; and it Is foolish, when such Is
the case, for people to hoard money
instead Of keeping 1t in sound banks
for it is such boarding that is the i'm
mediate occasion of money stringency
Moreover, as a rule, the business OF
our people is conducted with honesty
and probity, and this applies alike to
farms and factories, to railroads and
banks, to all our legitimate CONNER
cial enterprises.
In any large body Of men, however
there are certain to be some who are
dishonest, and If the conditions are
such that these men prosper or com
nit their misdeeds with impunity,
their example is very evil thing for
the community. Where these men
are business men of great sagacity
and Of temperament both unscrupu'
lous and reckless, and where the con-
ditions are such that they act without
supervision or control and at first
without effective check from public
opinion, they delude many innocent
people into making investments or
embarking in kinds of business that
are really unsound. When the mis-
deeds of these successfully dishonest
men are discovered, suffering comes
not only upon them, but upon the in
nocent men whom they have misled.
It is a painful awakening, whenever 1t
occurs; and, naturally, when 1t does
occur those who suffer are apt to for.
get that the longer it was deferred
the more painful it would be. In the
effort to punish the guilty 1t is both
wise and proper to endeavor SO far
as possible to minimize the distress
of those who have been misled by
the guilty. Yet 1t is not possible to
refrain because Of such distress from
striving to put an end to the mlsdeeds
that are the ultimate causes of the
suffering. and, as a means to this end
whore possible to punish those rsspon