Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-02
Urges Elimination Of Nominating Conventions
and Universal Primary Elections for Choosing
Presidential Nominees; Square Deal for Farmers


on the floor.
Text Of the Message.
Gentlemen of the Congress:
In pursuance OF my constitutional
duty To give 40 the congress infOr-
nation of the state OF the un on |
take the liberty OF addressing YOU en-
several matters which ought, ds Il
seems 60 me, particularly tO engage
tho attention OF your honorable bodies |
as OF en- who study the wcimre ,nd |
progress OF the Nation.
shall ask your Indulgence % / vcn-
turc To- depart In some degree from
the usum custom OF setting before
you in formal review the many mat
tcrs which have engaged the attention
and called tor the action of the sew
cral departments of the government
or which look 10 them for early treat
ment IN the future. because the list
is long very long and would suffer
In the abbrcyiation 70 which / should
have To subject Il. | shall submit
To you the reports of the heads OF
the several departments, In which
these subjects are set forth IN care
ful detail, ana beg that they may re
ceive the thoughtful attention OF your
committees and OF ali members of
the congress who may have tho lcis-
urc Go study them. Their obvious Inn
portanco. as constituting the vcry
substance of the business of the gov
Crnmcut. makes comment ana Cmphu-
sis ON my part unnecessary.
Tho country, | am thankful to say
is at peace with AN the world, aud
many happy manifestations multiply
about us of growing Cordiaiity ard
sense cot community of interest among
The uatiors. forcshadoWing an ag, of
settled peace and goou viii More
and more readily each decade de- The
nations manifest their willingness tu
lbiud thcmsolNcs 10y solemn treaty %
. IN, processes OF peace, the processes
uf fraukpcvs ana fair concession, So
= far tho United states tas stool az the
front uf such negotiations She VIII,
/ ! earnestly hope and con'idvntF bee
licVr. give fresh proof of her sincere
adherence to the cause at iutcrna
uonal friendship hy utifying the sew
lcrul treaties of arbitration awaiting
lrcucwui by tho senate. lu addition
to these, il has been ths privilogo of
the department OF state to gain the
lutscnt. iu principle uf no less than 81
lnations representing four-fitths of
the population of the world, To the
negotiations cot treaties by which 4
lshall bc agreed that whenever differ
lcuccs of interest or of policy arise
(which can not bc resolved hy the or
idinAry processes of diplomacy thcV
shaft hc publicly analysed, discussed
land reported upon by o tribunal chos-
lon by thc parties before either MAJ
ltiou determines it's course ot action
There is only oa- possible standard
lhy which 90 determine controversies
between the United States and other
uutious and that ls compounded Of
these two clements, our own honor
laud our obligations to the peace Of
lth, world. a test so compounded
fought easily 60 bc made to govern
both the establishment of new treaty
obligations and the Interpretation of
those already assumed.
There is but one cloud upon our
horizon That has shown itself to
| the south of us. and hangs over Mex
leo. There can be- no certain pros
F lpcrt Of peace iu America until Gencr-
Ian Hucrta has surrendered his usurp
ed authority m MoXico; until b Is
Understood ON all hands, indeed, that
such pretended governments VIII not
Dee countcuauccd or dealt with 10y the
poycrumCnt of the United states We
laro tho friends of constitutional gov
ornmont iu America; ve are more
thHu its friends we arc its champions,
+ because in no other way can our
81 noighhors Go whom We would wish
IN every way to mako proof ot our
friendship work ont their own de-
. iyclopmcnt iu peace ana liberty M'Ni-
co has uo government The attempt
tp maintain one at tho city of Mexico
has broken down, and mere military
ldcspotiem has been set mp which has
lhardlV more tnau tho semhl1ncc of
y national authority q originated ir
1.-The usurpatiou or Nictoriano liueria
who, after a brief attempt to play the
lpurt of ceZtrutioral president hai
lat last casr aside even the pretens'
lot legal right ana declared himself
e. ldictutor As "a consequence, con
p lditinu Of affairs now exists lu Mex
a leo which has made h douhtiu
o whether even the most clomcniar'
land fundamental rights either of he
q Town people or of the citizens Of othe
countries resident within her terri
r. tory can Ions be successfully safe