River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
WANTS MONEY BILL PASSED
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
lppines an Obigation-Dou-
BILE Duty Toward Alaska
employers Liability.


employers Liability.
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 on sew
eral matters which ought, as it seems
to me, particularly to engage the at
tention Of your honorable bodies, as
Of ali who study the welfare of the
nation
shall ask your indulgence IL | 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 attention 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 list
Is long, very long, and would suffer
in the abbreviation to which | should
have to subject 1T. / 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 al 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 I'M
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 cordially 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
lions manifest, their willingness to
bind themselves by solemn treaty to
the processes of peace, the processes
of ffankness and fair concession. So
far the United States has stood at the
front of such negotiations. She will,
! 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, it has been the privilege of the
department of state to gain the as
sent, IN principle, of no less than 81
s., -
the population of the world, to the ne
gotiation 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 analysed, discussed and re-
ported upon by tribunal chosen by
the parties before either nation deter
mines IT'S course of action.
Theirs is only one possible standard
BY whith to determine controversies
between he United States and other
nations. and that is compounded of
these tTo elements: Our own honor
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 obi
cations aud the Interpretation of those
already assumed.
tIuerta Must Let Go.
There is but one cloud upon our ho-
Fizon. That has shown itself to the
south of rs, and hangs over Mexico
There can be no certain prospect of
peace In America until General Huerta
has surrendered his usurped authority
in Mexico, until it is understood or
all hands, sndeed, 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 AmeriSa; we are more than its
friends, re are its champions; because
in no ether way can our neighbors. to
whom we would wish in every way to
make proof of our friendship, work
OFT their own development in peace
and liberty. Mexico has no govern
ment. The attempt to maintain one
1T the City of Mexico has broken
down, and a mere military despotism
has been set up which has hardly more
than the semblance Of national author
ity It originated in the usurpation
Of yictoriano Huerta, who, after a
brief attempt to play the part of con-
stitutional president, has at last cast
aside even the pretense of legal right
and declared himself dictator. AS a
consequence, a condition Of affairs
now exists in Mexico which has made
it doubtful whether even the most