Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-12-05

business communities of the country il
TO prevent private monopoly nor,
effectually than it has yet been pre-.
vented
! think it will be easily agreed
that we should LET the Sherman
antitrust law stand, unaItered, as
It IS, with its debatabIe ground
about it, but that we should as
much as possible reduce the area
of that debatabIe ground for fur
ther and more explicit legislation:
and should also supplement that
= great act by legislation which will
not only clarity il but also facili-
tate its administrator and make
it fairer to all concerned. No
doubt we shall all wish, and the
country will expect, this to be the
central subject of our deIibera-
tons during the present session;
but it is a subject so ny-sided
and so deceiving of careful and
discriminating discussion that
shall take the liberty of address
ing you upon it in a special mes
sage at a later date than this.
1t is of capital importance that the
business men of this country should
be relieved of all uncertainties of law
with regard to their enterprises and
Investments and a clear path indicated
which they can travel without anxiety.
1t IS as important that they should be
of embarrassment and set
free to prosper as that private mo-
nopoly should be destroyed. The ways
Of action should be thrown wide open.
Nominating President.
turn to the subject which / hope
,an be handled promptly and without
serious controversy of any kind. /
mean the method of selecting nomi-
lees for the presidency of the United
States. I feel confident that 1 do not
the wishes or the expec-
alton of the country when l urge
he prompt enactment OF legislation
which will provide for primary cleo
ions throughout the country at which
he voters of the several parties may
hoOse their nominees for the presi-
ency without the intervention Of
conventions. ] venture the
uggestion that this legislature should |
rovide for the retention of party con-
entions, but only for the purpose Of |
eclaring and accepting the verdict Of |
he primaries and formulating the |
latforms of the parties; and I suggest |
hat these conventions should consist
OF of delegates chosen for this single
urpose, but of the nominees for
ongress the nominees for vacant
eats in the senate of the United
tates, the senators whose terms have
OF yet closed, the national commit
,es, and the candidates for the presi-
ency themselves, in order that plat
rms may be framed by those respon-
Bile to the people for carrying them
to effect.
inland Possession.
These are all matters of vital do
estic concern, and besides them, out
de the charmed circle of our own ma
onal life in which our affections ,
US, as well as our consci- ,
ices, there stand out our obliga- ,
ons toward our territories over sea
ere we are trustees. Porta Rico, Ha-
ali, the PHILIPPINES, are ours, indeed, ,
It not ours with which to do what :
: please. Such territories, once re- :
rded as mere possessions, are no I
nger 10 be selfishly exploited: they y
e part of the domain of public con- I
ience and of serviceaple and en- I
'htened craftsmanship. We must +
minister them for the people who e
e in them and with the same sense q
responsibility to them as toward
r own people in our domestic af- n
rs. No doubt we shall successfully il
ough bind Porto Rico and the Haw- n
an islands to ourselves by ties of n
itice and interest and affection. but Fl
= performance of our duty toward p,
. PHILIPPINES is more aifIicuit %
de5atable natter
We can satisfy tha otiisatioas q
T generous justice toward the S.
'eoPie Of Porto Rico by giving al