Evening star., 1908-01-31
Senator Davis Moved That
10000 Copies Be Printed.
INTEREST IN THE HOUSE
Applause Greeted Many Portions of
It There.
CONSIDERED WARM DOCUMENT
The Remark Made by One Conserv'
ative Republican Member as He
Went to Cloak Room.

The special message OF the President
to Congress on the subject of the en-
ployers' liability act and injunct:onS III
labor cases was presented to the Senate
Il few minutes after T. o'clock today.
When Mr.. I.atta assistant secretary to
the President. entered the chamber there
were but a handful Of senator's present.
| TIE Vice President at once tore open the
biz; envelope CONT hing the message and
handed il to the assistant secretary OF
! the Senate. who Immediately began its
reading
Printed copies of the message were de-
| livcred hy Mr.. I.a:ta and were distributed
| to senator's present. Many of them APP
peared to satisfy themselves concerning
| the nature OF the message by scanning
the printed documents, tha. before its
reading was half finished they very gen
orally took up other matters and only Il
| few followed the reading carefully until
its conclusion.
AS the reading of the message was pro-
cacded with and when the striking pas
SagcS were reached many of the sena tors
looked around the chamber and eXchans cd
smiles. Mr. Ti.lman seemed especially
pleased with the document. Senator LA
Toilette paid very careful attention to the
his countenance indicated especial inter-
est. Senators Cullom. Beveridge McC'u
ber. Knox. Gallinger. Nelson. F.lkins
Hemenwaf and Burrows on tho repub-
!ioan side. and Culberson. Teller. Davis.
Bankhead and Oyernlan among the dem
ocrats. were particularly attentive to the
reading of the document
Upon the conclusion of the reading of
the message Senator Davis of Arkansas
was promptly upon his feet. and moved
hat
printed as a public document
1T is the best democratic doctrine that
| have heard emanating from rcpubli-
can source" said Mr.. Davis.
The motion was agreed to, and without
further comment the message was re-
ferred to the committee on intersta te
commerce.
In the House.
The reading of the message insthe House
of Representatives was listened to with
intense interest by the members. of whom
there was an unusually large number i'm
attendance. The message arrived shortly
after tho House convened and Speaker
Cannon lost no time in having it read
As the reading of the message pro-
gressed in the House numerous members
were heard audiby to exclaim most un-
usual this is red hot" etc.
The Presidents vigorous denunciation of
wrongGoers was greeted with loud ap-
plause. as was his defense of federal
Judges who punish offenders for viola tions
of the law
The frequency Of the applause increased
as the reading proc eeded. The hum OF
conversation over the message subsided
and the members followed every word
But the climax came when the reading
was concluded. Without regard to party
the members loudly applanded. cheered
thumped their desks and gave other
evidences of their approval of the docu-
ment. After a momentary silence the
applause broke out again. several mem
bers. including many democrats. rising
from their seats and clapping their hands
The message then. on motion of Mr..
Payne. New York. was referred to the
committee on the state of the Union.
Mr.. Ollie James. Kentucky. produced
he tauntingly inquired of Mr.. Payne
How many additional thousand copies do
YOU desire for ci-culation?"
Mr.. Payne replied laughingly. "Oh. the
usual number
Applause From Democrats.
Wild applause from the democrats
greeted the reading of the President s
message in the House this morning. There
was some noise on the republican side
too. but 1t seemed rather forced
General opinions around the House end
of the Capitol seemed TO be. that this is
the warmest document that has come
from the White House up to date.
One conservative republican member,
who is worth more money than the ordi-
nary human mind can comprehend lis
tened to the reading of the message in
silence. wlie various emotions PLAYED
hide and seek across his expressive coun-
tenance. After the democratic applause.
| which followed the conclusion of the read
ing of the document by the clerk had died
away. this member rose To his feet bit
.o-cent cigar in half and waddled
rd the republican cloak room mur-
muring he went:
"On, Lord. Isn't this fierce? Soup
houses for four long years