The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-04-29
PRESIDENT SCOURGES Thu MAN OF
MILLIONS.-IIiS MESSAGE IS
SHUT OUT OF TIE HOUSE
"HIS son Is 4 FOOL;
HIS DAUGHTER Is 4
FOREIGN PRINCESS

views as to action which Should be
taken by the present congress was
sent to congress today but received
scant attention.
The message arrived late in the
day and the house was SO tied up un-
der its new rules that 1t could not
receive the message while the senate
was in the middle of consideration
of the naval appropriation bill under
the ten-minute rule when the docu-
ment reached that body Unlike the
house, the senate permitted formal
presentation. but it could not at that
time be laid before the senate and
by the time the naval bill had been
disposed of the hour was so late and
the attendance so small that no at
tempt was made to read the docu.
ment.
The first few lines had been pro-
nounced by The clerk when ii was
suggested that further reading be
postponed until tomorrow. The sug-
seStion was adopted and the senate
ADJOURNED
keyed-np house rules 10 meet the
Democratic ilibuster were reacted
and shut ont the message Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt had prepared and
planned to have read in that body
today. It was found impossible to
untangle a snarl of motions TO get
the house out Of committee of the
whole and back into the same com
mittee and also to recess and finally
10 cover a point of no quorum long
enough to have the presidents ness
age received much less read His
nf "a, aff
an hour in the corridor was turned
away with the message under his
arm and made his way to the sena q.
II was with an eve to political
capital that the house proceeded
throughout the day Little hat WAS
accomplished was made vehicIe for
political discussion and a resolution
was passed authorizing a newspaper
print investigation.
To the senate and house of repre-
sentatives:
In my message to congress OF
March %. ! outlined certain meas
ures which | believe the majority OF
our countrymen desire 10 have enac. :
ed into law at this time. These meas
ues do not represent by any means
all that | would like to see done if
thought it possible but they do rep
resent what I believe can now be
done if an earnest effort toward this
end is made.
Since ! wrote this message an en-
ployers' liability law has been acted
upon which, it is true, comes short
of what ought to have been done but
which does represent a real advance
Apparently there is good ground to
hope that there will be further legis-
lation providing for recompensing all
employees who suffer injury while en-
gagged in the public service: that
there will be child labor law enact
ed for the District of Columbia that
the waterways commission will be
continued with sufficient financial
support to increase the effectiveness
of it's preparatory work; that steps
will be taken to provide for such in
yestigations into tariff conditions by
the appropriate committee of the
house of representatives and by gov
eminent experts in the executive SER
vice as will secure the full informa-
tion necessary for intelligently revis-
ing the tariff at the hands of the con-
gress elected next fall and finally,
that financial legislation will be en-
acted providing for the temporary
measures for meeting any trouble
that may arise in the next year or
two and for a commission of experts
who shall thoroughly investigate the
whole matter here and in the great
commercial countries abroad. so as
10 be able to recommend legislation
which will put our financial system
on an enicient and permanent basis.
II is much to be wished that one fea-
ture of the financial legislation OF
this session should be the establish
ment of postal savings banks. Am
pie appropriation should be made "a
enable the interstate commerce COM
mission to carry out the very import
ant feature of the Hepburn law which
gives to the commission supervision
and control over the accounting sys-
TENS of the railroads. Failure "a
provide means which Wilt enable the
commission to examine the books OF
the railroads would amount to an at
tack on the law at its most vital
point and would benefit as nothing
else could benefit those railroads
which are corruptly or incompetent
~ managed. Forest reserves should
be established throughout the APP
palachian mountains region wherever
il can be shown that they will have
a direct and real connection with the
conservation and Improvement OF
navigable rivers.
There seems, however. much doubt
about two of the measures | have
recommended The measure to dc
away with abuse OF the power of in
junction and the measure or group
of measures to strengthen and rem
der both more efficient and more
wise the control by the national gov
eminent over the great corporations
doing an interstate business.
First as to the power of injunction
and of punishment for contempt. In
contempt cases. save where immedi.
ate action is imperative. trial should
be before another Judge. AS regards
in.unctions some such legislation a.
that I have previously recommended
should be enacted.
They are those who fail to realize