Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-28
READING OF II WAS POSTPONED
House Was Tied Up With Its New
Roics and Senate Did Not &C, to
Document Till Latc-Mcssa1o Asks
fer National Corporation Law and
Passage of Few Other of my
Measures"
ny AssociateI Prcss)

WASHINGTON, u. c., April ~
Conditions in both the Senate ana tho
h0iisc were such that the special mes.
sage OF the President further outlim.
ing his views rs to Legislation which
was sent TO Congress today. received
but scanty attention. The message
arrived late in the day and the House
was so tied up with it's new rules that
1t could not Officially receive the mes.
sage while the Senate was III the
midst Of the consideration of tho ma.
val appropriation ldll under the ten
minute rule. when the document
reached that body. Unlike the House
the Senate permitted the formal pre-
sont3tion OF the message. but IL could
not Mt 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 attempt was made 10 read the doc.
nmcnt. The first few lines only had
been pronounced by the clerk when
II was suggested that the further read
ing sh-aid be postponed until tomor-
: low.
This suggestion was adopted and
the Senate adjourned.
The Presidents Mcssaac.
In my message to the Congress- Of
March %, 1908, l outlined certain
measures which believe the majority
of our countrymcn desire to have en-
acted into law mt this time. There
measures do not represent by any
means all that would like to SOC
done II thought It possible, but they
Il nAs,t
10 done If an earnest effort toward
this end is made.
Since | wrote this message an en-
ployers' liability law has been enacted
which. 1t is true, comes short of VIVA.
ought TO have been done, hut which
does represent real advance. An
parently there is good ground to hope
that there will be further legislation
providing for accomplishing all ON.
ployces who suffer injury while or.
gagged In the public service: that thorc
will he a child-labor law enacted for
the District of Columbia; that tho WV.
tcrways commission will be continued
with sufficient financial support to In
crease the effectiveness of its prcIar.
atory work, that steps will he taken
10 provide for such investigation into
tariff conditions. by the appropriate
committee of the House of Repres,..
tntivcs and by government experts IN
tho executive service. rs will secure
the fill Information necessary for i'm.
mediate action In revising The tariff
at the hands of The Congress elected
next fall; and finally. that financial
legislation will be enacted providing
for temporary measures for meeting
any trouble that may arise in the mex,
year or two. and for n commission NJ
experts who shall thoroughly investi-
gate the whole matter both hero and
in The great commercial countries
abroad so as 10 be able TO recommend
legislation which will put nur financial
system on an efficient and permanent
basis. II Is much to be wished ina,
one feature of the financial lcgislatI,n
OF this session should be Tho cs.ah.
lishment or postal savings banks. Am.
pic appropriation should be made 10
enable tho Interstate commerce com
mission 10 carry ont the very import
ant feature of the Hepburn law which
gives to the commission supervision
and control oyer the accounting sys.
tens of The railways. Failure TO pro.
vide means which will enable the
commission 10 examine The books of
the railways would amount to an at
tack on the law at its most vital
point, and would benefit. as nothing
else could benefit. those railways
which are rorruptly or incompetently
managed. Forest reserves should he
established throughout tho Appala-
chan Mountain region wherever 1t
can be shown that they will have n
direct and real connection with tho
conservation and improvement of nav.
igablc rivers.
There seems. however,. much douls
abous two Of the measures / have