The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-09-05

government should take. Concluding
his address the president predicted
that the steady pressure of moral
force will before many days break the
barriers Of pride and prejudice down
and We shall triumph as MeXico's
friends sooner than we could triumph
as her enemies"
Gamboa's Address Not Read.
Senior GambOa's note, which was
appended to the presidents address
as an exhibit, was not read by the
president, but furnished to congress
as printed document.
Mrs Wilson and her daughters and
Secretary Bryan had taken places in
the executive gallery. Others mem
bers of the cabinet had taken places
on the floor. Every head in the cham
Der had been bowed and the solemn
ity of the occasion was impressive as
the house chaplain, Rev. Henry d.
Couden in his opening prayer, said:
Rule Thou in the hearts of our rul-
ers and sway the minds Of these thy
servants, that as a nation we may
noble until all the peoples of all the
world shall recognize the purity of our
motives"
Although a deafening vOlley of ap-
plause rang out as the president ap
peared, he plunged into the reading OF
his message without delay and with
a bow of acknowledgment of the greet
ing.
The president finished reading at
1:21 p. IN. Another great roar of ap.
piause broke out All those in the gal
leries stood while the president left
the chamber and started back to the
White House.
The joint session at once dissolved
the house adjourned and the senate
filed back to it's side of the capitol.
Text Of Presidents Message.
The presidents message follows:
1T is clearly my duty to lay before
you very fully and without reservation
the facts concerning our present rela
tiOns with the republic of Mexico
The deplorable posture of affairs in
Mexico | need not describe, but deem
it my duty to speak very frankly OF
what this government has done and
should seek to do in fulfillment of it's
friend and neighbor and to American
citizens whose lives and vital inter
ests are daily affected by the distress
s,,c htoh obt ta;, kA
yond our Southern border.
"ThOse conditions touch us very
nearly. Not merely because they lie
at our very doors That, of course
makes us more vividly and more con
stantly conscious of them, and every
instinct of neighborly interest and
sympathy is aroused and quickened by
them; but that is only one element in
the determination Of our duty. We
are glad to call ourselves the friends
OF Mexico and We shall, hope. have
many an occasion in happier time 2s
well as in these days of trouble and
confusion to show that our friendship
is genuine and disinterested, capable
of sacrifice and every generous mani
festation.
Sympathize With Mexico.
THE peace, prosperity and content
ment of Mexico mean more, much
more, to us than merely an enlarged
field for our commerce and enterprise
They mean an enlargement of the
field of selfgOvernment and the real
ization of the hopes and rights Of a
nation with whose best aspirations sc
long suppressed and disappointed we
deeply sympathize. We shall ye,
prove to the Mexican people that We
know how to serve them without first
thinking how we shall serve ourselves
But we are not the only friends Of
Mexico The whole world desires hel
, peace and progress; and the whole
world is interested as never before
Mexico lies at last where all the world
| looks on. Central America is about tC
be touched by the great routes OF the
worlds trade and intercourse running
free from ocean TO ocean at the 18th
mus. The future has much in store
| for Mexico. as for all the states o.
| Central America, but the best gifts
can come to her only IL she be ready
and free to receive them and to en-
JOY them honorably. America in par
| ticular-American north and soutf
and upon both continents-waits upoT
the development Of Mexico; and tha'
development can be sound and lastins
only if it be the product of a genuine
| freedom, a just and ordered govern
uept, faHR6ed ppop. law Only so car
Il be peaceful or fruitful of the bene
fits of peace. Mexico has a grea
and enviable future before her II onl!