The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-04

Washington, Dec. 2.-The president
today delivered the following message
70 congress-:
In pursuance of my constitutional
duty to give to the congress informa'
ton OF the state of the Union" | take
the liberty of addressing you on sew
eral matters which ought, as 1T seems
TO me, particularly to engage the at
tention of your honorable bodies. as
OF ali who study the welfare OF the
patton.
shall ask your indulgence if | ven
lure 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 20 subject it. l shall submit to
YOU t3e 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
gyess 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 In
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 a growing cordially and
sense of community of interest among
the nations, foreshadowing an age of
settled peace and good will.
There is only one possible standard
by which to determine controversies
between the United States and, other
nations, and that is compounded of
these two clements: 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 and the Interpretation of those
already assumed.
Huerta Must Let Go.
There is but one cloud upon our no.
rizon. That has shown itself to the
south of us, 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
al hands, indeed, that such pretended
governments will not be c~ountenanced
or dealt with by the government Of
the United States. We are the
friends of constitutional government
In America; we are more than it's
friends, we are it's champions; because
In no other way car our %neighbors, 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 to maintain one
at the City of Mexico has broken
down, and a mere military despotism
has been set up which has hardly more
han the semblance of national author
ity. 1t originated in the u%surpation
Of Victoriano Huerta, who, after a
brief attempt to play the part of con-
stitutional president, has at last cast
aside eve the p%retense Of legal right
n declared himself dictator. AS a
consequence, a condition of affairs
nov exists in Mexico which has made
1t doubtful whether ven the most
elementary and fundamental rights
either Of her W people or Of the
citizens of other countries resident
within her territory can long be sue
cessfully s~afeguarded, and which
threatens, If long continued, to i'm
peril the interests Of peace, order and
tolerable life in the lands immedi-
ately to the south of us. Even IL the
usurper had succeeded in his purposes,
In despite of the constitution of the
republic and the rights of its people,
he would have set up nothing but a
precarious and hateful power, which
could have lasted but a little while.
and whose ~eventful downfall would
have left the country in a more de-
plorable condition than ever. But he
has not succeeded. He has forfeited
the respect and the moral support.
even of those who were at one time
willing to see him succeed. Little by
little he has beef completely isolated.
BY a little every day his power N
prestige are crumbling and the col
lapse is not far away. We shall not,
believe, be obliged to alter our pol
Icy of watchful waiting, And then,
when the end comes, W. shall hope to
see constitutional order restored in
distressed Mexico by the concert and
energy of such of her leaders as pre-
fer the liberty of their people to their
W ambitions.
Currency Reform.
turn to matters of domestic con-
Germ. You already have under con-
sideration a bill for the reform Of car
system of banking and currency, for
which the country waits with impati-