The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05
Urges Enactment Of Legislation
to Make Farming a More
Efficient Business.
LET SHERMAN LAW STAND
Primary Elections for Selection of
Candidates for Presidency Urged
Ultimate Independence of Phil
ippInes an obiaation-Dou-
Bile Duty Toward Alaska
employers Liability.

GfUpioJcTb LtdpHteJ.
washington. Dec. 2.-The following
is President Wilson's complete mes
sage delivered to congress today:
In pursuance of my constitutional
duty to give to the congress informa-
tion of the state of the Union ! take
the liberty of addressing you en- sey-
eral matters which ought, as it seems
to me, particularly to engage the at
tention of your honorable bodies. as
of all who study the welfare of the
nation.
shall ask your Indulgence II Ven
ture to depart in some degree from
the usual custom of setting before you
in formal review the many matters
which have engaged the attentio., and
called for the action of the several
departments of the government or
which look to them for early treat
ment in the future. because the liss
is long, very long, and would suffer
in the abbraviation to which I should
have to subject it. shall submit to
you the reports of the heads of the
several departments, in which these
subjects are set forth in careful de-
tail, and beg that they may receive the
thoughtful attention of your commit
tees and of all members of the con-
gress who may have the leisure to
study them. Their obvious Importance,
as constituting the very substance of
the business of the government, makes
comment and emphasis on my part un-
necessary.
Country is at Peace.
The country, am thankful to say
is at peace with all the world, and
many happy manifestations multiply
about us of growing cordiality and
sense of community of interest among
the nations, foreshadowing an age of
settled peace and good will. More and
more readily each decade do the ma
tions manifest, their willingness to
bind. themselves by solemn treaty to
the processes of peace, the processes
OF frankness and fair concession. So
far the United States has stood at the
front of such negotiations. She will,
I earnestly hope and confidently be-
lieve, give fresh proof of her sincere
adherence to the cause of interna-
tional friendship by ratifying the sew
eral treaties of arbitration awaiting
renewal by the senate. In addition to
these. 1t has been the privilege of the
department of state to gain the as
sent, in principle. of no less than 81
nations. representing four,fifths of
the population of the world, to the ne
sotiation of treaties by which it shall
be agreed that whenever differences
Of interest or of policy arise which
cannot be resolved by the ordinary
processes of diplomacy they shall be
publicly analyzed. discussed, and re-
ported upon by tribunal chosen by
the parties before either nation deter
kNlines its course of action.
There Is only one possible stardard
by which to determine controversies
pbetween the United States and other
nations. and that Is compounded OF
these two elements: Our own hosor
and our obligations to the peace OF
the world. A test SO compounded
ought easily to be made to govern both
the establishment of new treaty cbli-
cations and the Interpretation of those
already assumed.
Huerta Must Let Go.
There is but one cloud upon our ho-
Fizon. That has shown itself to the
South OF us, and hangs over Mexico
There can be no certain prospeet of
peace in America until General Huerta
has surrendered his usurped authority
fnSbexfco; until 1t is understood or
I'll hands. indeed, that such pretended
governments will not be countenanced
or dealt with by the government OF
the United States. We are the
friends of constitutional government
in America: we are more than its
friends. wa are its champions, because
In no other way can our neighboss, to
whom we would wish in every way to
make proof of our friendship, work
out their own development in peace
and liberty. Mexico has no govern
ment. The attempt 70 maintain one
at the City of Mexico has broken
down. and a mere military despo.ism
has been set up which has hardly more
than the semblance Of national author
ity. 1t originated in the usurpation
Of Xictoriano Huerta, who, after a
brier attempt to play the part of son
stitutiona1 president. has at last cast
aside even the pretense of legal right
and declared himself dictator As
consequence, condition of affairs
(nqw exists In Mexico which has made
doubtful whether even the most