The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-19
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
BLANKETED HUGHES TALK
An interesting Glimpse of the Way the Great
Game Is Now Being Played at Wash
ngton and Albany.

: bows of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Incidentally, he asked for the re-
enactment of the Employers Liability
Law, which the Supreme Court de-
clared unconstitutional. That was the
nucleus around which he built the
message. But from the very day that
the Supreme Court annulled the En-
ployers' Liability Law, because it did
not sufficiently distinguish between
interstate and intra-state commerce,
it was as certain as anything could
be that Congress would reenaet the
law this session, so as to meet the
courts objections. Senator Knox in
troduced a BILL which he regards as
constitutional, the day following the
courts decision. So the President
need not have sent his special mes
sage to Congress on that account.
But he also reviewed the court de-
cisions of the last month or two that
have been unfavorable to labor or
CARNATIONS These have really given
the Republicans some alarm, lest labor
should become aroused and strike at
the party in power The President
dwelt upon the criticism of Federal
judges and justified it. He also de-
Tended couple of judges from their
critics, including Judge Lands, who
soaked the Standard Oil Company 10
the tune of $29,000000 and more. The
President likewise batted Chancellor
Day of Syracuse University, the au-
thor of 1.-THE Raid on Prosperity" VINO
has been one of his most trenchant
critics, and he hauled the officials OF
the Santa Fe Railroad over the Goals
for their part in rebating cases, quot
ing some new documents to uphold the
stand taken by the Department of
Justice in proceeding against thGr
road.
And the President defended his ad- |
declared anew that he |
was not responsible for the panic, but
Il he was he would not feel SO very /
sorry provided some of the CONNER
eial rottenness in the body polite |
could be- cut out.
There need be little wonder that this
eft all Congress in a daze. RepubIi-
ans cussed under their breaths. They
aid il was blow to business right
Il the time when business seemed
tDOuI TO DICK up d iillic dA AtCI tAAO A'AA-7' |
lard depression. They did not see
Why in the world the President should
rave done it.
No one yet does see why. But there
; a suspicion that the President had
red of the do-nothing policy of Con-
ress. that he had tired of being swat
ed right and left by critics, that he
ad wearied of the general inactivity
nd just thought he would wake the
1untry up again and ascertain wheth-
: the people were with him as of old.
Some say that Bryan had lot TO
o with it. He has been going up and
own the country preaching his doc
ines of reform. He has been in
Tashington, comforting with party
aders and trying to prod Democrats
Congress to make it hot for the
party. The President
as kept informed Of all these move
ents of Bryan and he is said to fear
lat the Peerless One is gaining head
ay with the country. Some of the ]
abers have been picturing Bryan as
ealing the Presidents official clothes
Id championing the issues which the :
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