The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-12-05
AGAIN PRESIDENT READS
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
PRESENTS BRIEF But FORCEFUL
STATE PAPER.
Social Justice and General Welfare at
Home and Continued Amity and
Esteem for Governments.

legislative amDILlOu O1 Cue O0AAONAS"
tic administration.
For nearly % minutes the president
stood before the assembled senate and
house in the chamber Of the later
and read his first annual message.
Applause punctuated important utter
ances, and wnen he had finished there
was an enthusiastic demonstration,
with hand clapping and cheers. Brief
". the president outlined program
for social justice and the general well
fare of the nation, and proclaimed
the aspirations of the United States
for international amity and t1e main
tenance of constitutional government
in all America.
With close almost eager attention,
members of the two houses listened
and time and again the legislators
gave vent to their enthusiasm along
with the crowded galleries,
A Remarkable Paper.
Less than 5000 words long, the
message was one of the briefest and
most novel of American State papers
"a marked contrast, as presented by
its author today, to the hitherto
lengthy documents averaging 10000
words or more, droned through by a
reading clerk to an inattentive con-
gress.
There was another contrast con-
spicuously apparent.
President Wilson had read taree
messages before-on the tariff, the
currency and Mexican affairs. The
first time he addressed a joint ses-
sion in person, early in this term,
there was an atmosphere Of stiff
formality, applause was liberal but
perfunctory, and there was an indie
Unable air of precedent being broken
or a century-old custom being re-
vived. There was an expecting cur
iosty as to how the president would
be received. Today the presidents
reception was warm, almost uproar-
ious, as he concluded his reading.
Praise From Both Sides.
Later, republicans and democrats
alike pronounced the message as
the utterance of statesman.
81 like the idea of the president
coming before congress- said Repre-
sentative Mann, republican house
aader, "and reading short message,
.pithy and to the point. In the main
1 liked the message today. think
everybody will recognize it as the
utterance of a statesman, regardless
or whether he agrees with its de-
tails
OF. particularly significance was one
,outburst regarded in the national cap
1taI today-the unmistakable approval
that greeted the presidents remark:
"There can be no certain prospect
of peace in America until Gen. Huer-
ia has surrendered his usurped au-
thority in Mexico"
Among those who would discuss
: the message in congress there was a
general endorsement of the admins
tration's policy toward Mexico.
, Heard by Packed House.
} The scene of today;s function was
mucn the same as on the three pfevi-
GUS occasions. when President Wilson
has addressed congress-galleries
crowded with men and women of i'm
.portance in public affairs. members of
the cabinet, the diplomatic corps and
the White House family.
Democratic leaders were enthusias-
tic in their comments On the message
and its recommendations. They liked
:, the emphasis placed by the president
on the need for early action on the
currency, for dealing with monopoly
through antitrust legislation, the I'M
portance of rural credit legislation to
benefit the farmers, the recommends
tions for government construction of
railroads in Alaska, the development
J of the nations resources by a conser-
walton policy alike acceptable to the
State and the federal authorities, the
enactment of employers liability
egislation and the selection and the
selection of presidential candidates by
ae primary system.
Meet With Approval.
The, suggestion Of the president that
party conventions as at present con-