The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-28
Another Message 10 Congress
Urging tho Enactment
Of my Policies"
CONGRESS WILL IGNORE IT
Usual Assault on tho Rich Put Into
More Than Usually PIctur.
esqus Language.

Pass laws Restricting the Power Of
Injunction and Amending the sherman
Antitrust a So a. to Permit Com
bInatlons Under Certain Restrictions
Hopes That Both Houses VIII PAS
the child Labor Law, Provide for
Investigation Into Tann Conditions
and Amend the Currency Laws.
WASHINGTON. April ~27,-Another special
message urging Congress to enact certain
proposed legislation before adjournment,
the third communication Of the same
general tenor within three months. was
sent TO the Senate and the House late this
afternoon by President Roosevelt. Most
Of the message is taken up in a statement
Of reasons why Congress should enact laws
restricting the power Of injunction and
amending the Sherman antitrust law 90
as to permit combinations under specified
restrictions An appendix comprises a
report Of a committee to the Mayor and
City Council Of Boston setting forth that
a combination has been made Of industrial
concerns to increase the price OF their
products to the Massachusetts, municipality.
The President says he has referred this
report 10 the Department Of Justice for
thorough investigation and for action II
action shall prove practicable
1t was on January 81 that the President
sent to Congress the sensational message
in which legislation was urged in emphatic
terms and wealthy m~alefactors' were
arraigned in words that fairly sizzled.
For some unexplained reason that oom-
munication did not have the effect in
tended, which was TO build a fire under
Congress- Legislative leaders declined 10
be moved by that kind Of talk and tho
country was likewise unimpressed. pre-
sumably for the reason that the country
found the message too long TO read.
On March rs the President sent another
special message to Congress. 1t was a
moderate little affair OF less than 1900 words
and embodied an epitome Of what had
been said in the message Of January 81,
minus the red hot adjectives and the tonid
figures Of speech. Before this second
message was transmitted the President
had agreed with the Congress leaders on
a legislative programme for this session.
not containing as many things as the Presi,
dent wanted, but still enough TO show the
country that this was not q "do nothing
Congress.
Among the measures which the legSla-
tive leaders would not promise to put
through were the bills TO restrict the power
OF Injunction and 10 amend the antitrust
law. To-day's message was written Ap-
parently to create sentiment for those
bills. There Is nothing in the present situa-
ton 10 give encouragement TO Mr.. Roooe-
welt that there will be such legislation be-
tore adjournment.
In the message transmitted to-day the
President said there was good ground to
hope that Congress would enact further
legislation to reoompense employees who
suffer injury in the Government service, b
restrict the employment Of child labor IN
the District Of Columbia. 10 enable the
waterways commission TO continue III
work. TO provide for an investigation into
tariff conditions by committees Of OongrOas
and 10 amend the currency laws. With
the exception Of the waterways proposal
these measures were included In the pro-
gramme Of legislation upon which The
President and Congress leaders bad
agreed.
Mr.. Roosevelt suggests also that pro-
vision be made to enable the Interstats
Commerce Commission TO examine the
books Of railways, says that a postal say-
ings bank bill SIS much 10 be wished
and mentions the establishment OF forest
reserves in the Appalachian regions a.
desirable. None OF these proposals Il
likely TO be taken up at the present session,
however.
Perhaps the most striking thing In the
message il the Presidents description OF
'that particular kind Of multimilhonaire
who Is almost the least enviable. and IL
certainly one Of the least admirable, Of all
citizens; a man Of whom II has been well
said that his face has grown hard and cruel
while his body has grown soft; whose son
is q fool and his daughter a foreign prn-
cess; whose nominal pleasures are At
best those Of a t~asteless and e~Xtrayagant
luxury and whose real delight. whose real
life work. Is the accumulation and Use Of
power In its most sordld and least elevat
ing form
The text Of the message follows:
TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
~sENTATIyKs: In my message to the Con-
gress Of March IS. 1908, ! outlined certain
measures which | believe the majority
Of our countrymen desire TO have enacted
into law at this time. These measures
do not represent by any means all thAt
| would like TO see done II | thought n posi-
be. but they do represent what / believe
can nov be done II an earnest effort toward
this end is made.
Since wrote this message an employer
liability law has bean enacted which, II
is true. comes short Of what ought 10 have