Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09

excessive under the principles OF pro
lection as described in the platform
OK the successful party at the late
election, / shall not hesitate 20 invite .
the attention OF Congress 20 this fact II
and 20 the necessity fer action predi- t
Gated thereon. Nothing. however. halts .
business and interferes with the course 4
OF prosperity so much as the threat +.
ened revision OF the tariff. and until
the facts are az hand. after careful
and deliberate Investigation. upon
which such revision can properly be
undertaken, Il seems 20 me unwise 10
attempt IL.
No Increase In Army.
In the interest CT immediate econo-
my and because OF the prospect OF
deficit. I have required a reduction Of
the estimates OF the War Department
FOR the coming fiscal year. which
brings the total estimates down 20 an
amount forty-five millions less than
. the CORES pOnding estimates Of last
year This could only De accomplished
I by cutting of new projects and sus-
pending for the period of one year
+ all progress I'm military matters. For
f the same reason I have directed that
4 the Army shall not DE recruited up 20
f its present authorized strength.
The coast defcnses OF the United
/ States proper are generally all thai
/ could be- desired and En- some respects
they are rather more elaborate than
I under present conditions are needed
90 stop am enemy fleet from entering
/ the harbors defended There is. how
ever. one place where additional de-
F Tense is badly needed. am that is at
the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. where
70 Is proposed to make am artificial
island fer "a fort which shall prevent
au cnemy's fleet from entering this
most important strateEical base OF OPP
eratious ou the whole Atlantic and
Gulf coasts. J hope that appropriate
Legislation viii be adopted 60 secure
/ the construction OF thisgpefense.
The military and naval joint board
have unanimously agreed that Do would
Dee unwise Go make the large expendi-
lures which az one time were cOutem-
plated in the establishment of "a naval
base and station iu the Philippine Is
lands. and have expressed their judg-
ment. in which I fully concur. iu favor
of making an extensive naval base ai
/ Pearl Harb0r. near Honolulu. and not
in the Philippines. This does not dis
. pense with the necessity for the com
pararvely small appropriations re-
Quired 20 finish the proper coast de-
lenses I'm the Philippines now under
/. construction on the island OF Core
gidor and elsewhere or 10 complete
suitable repair station and coalinl
e supply station at Olongapo. where 6.
% the floating dock Dewey"
b ReOrgnnize the Navy.
s Early in the coming session q com
s prehensive plan for the reorganization
b OF the officers OF all corps OF the Nav
b VIII be presented 90 Congress. and
. hope it will meet with action suited {,
Z It's urgency.
?. owing 20 the necessity for econom,
b in expenditures, / have directed tn
y curtailment OF recommendation TO
70 naval appropriations so that they ar
d thirty-eight millions less than the cor
& responding estimates OF last year. an,
Il the request for new naval construc
/. ton is limited 70 two drst-class bat
n tleships and one repair vessel
b The generosity OF Congress has pro
e vided In the present Naval Obesrvator
= the most magnificent and expensiv
q Astronomical establishment in IN
world. 10 Is being used for certai
> naval purposes which might easily an
r adequately be subserved by a smaI
p division connected with the Navy De
3 partment az only a fraction OF "a
B. cost OF the present Naval Observator,
Z The Official Board OF Visitors estal
Is lished by Congress and appointed
d. 1901 expressed its conclusion that th
T. ohicial head OF the observatory shoul
at be an eminent astronomer appOinte
be by the President and with the adviC
L and consent OF the Senate, holding
v place by a tenure at least as perm'
IN nent as that OF the superintendent
On the Coast Survey or the head OF u
Geological Survey, and not merely
detail Of two or three years duratio
I fully concur IA this judgment ar
ct urge a provision by law for the a.
ne pointment OF such a director.
- - Expedition In Legal Procedure.
I'D The deplorable delays in the admit
r. istration OF civil and criminal Ia
Sc have received the attention OF cor
IT. mittees OF the American Bar Associ
II ton and of many State Bar AssoCi
nd tons as well as the consider,
a thought OF judges and jurists In q
be Judgment. a change in judicial proc
III dure. with a view OF reducing it's r
ST. pense TO private litigants in civil cas-
he and facilitating the dispatch OF bus
III, ness and final decision in both ci'
er and criminal cases. constitutes
u greatest need in our American instit
en- tiOns. i do not doubt for one nome
ed that much OF the Iawless violence a
is cruelty exhibited in lynchings is
eg rectly due 10 the uncertainties and
no justice growing out OF the delays
trials, judgments. and the executio
TO thereof by our courts. OF course the
in remarks apply quite as Well TO Z
OF administration OF justice in Sts
in courts as to that in Federal cour
act and without making invidiOus distiT
1v- ton II Is perhaps not too much 70 S
he that, speaking generally the defe'