The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-24

gallery and goodly sprinkling of dip
lomats occupied seats in the diplomat
10 gallery.
On the floor Secretaries Houston,
Lane, McAdoo and Wilson were in the
row of seats reserved for cabinet mem
berS
President Wilson motored to the
capitol through a steady downpour
accompanied only by Secretary Tu-
multy and a secret service man.
Galleries and the floor arose as the
president entered the chamber.
In a low, even voice which pene-
trated clearly to every ear in the
chamber, the president began reading
his address. Not q stir from the au-
dience interrupted
It took the president a little more
than nine minutes to read his address
and at its conclusion he was greeted
by a round of applause. AS the presi-
dent left the chamber he shook hands
with Speaker Clark and Vice-Presfdent
Marshall. The speaker dismissed the
joint session. and the senators re-
turned to their own chamber.
The house adjourned at ITO until
II o'clock Tuesday.
The presidents message in full fol-
lows:
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Mr.. Speaker, Mr.. President Gentlemen
of the Congress:
seems to me clear and imperative
duty that I have a second time this
session sought the privilege Of adj
dressing you in person I know, of
course, that the heated season Of the
year is upon US, that work in these
chambers and in the committee rooms
is likely to become a burden as the
season lengthens, and that every con-
sideration of personal convenience and
personal comfort, perhaps, in the cases
nf n IFS Of
sonal health even, dictate an early
conclusion of the deliberations Of the
session; but there are occasions of
public duty when these things which
touch us privately seem very small;
when the work to be done is SO press
Quences that we know that we are not
at liberty to weigh against it any point
of personal sacrifice. We are now in
the presence Of such an occasion. II
is absolutely imperative that we
should give the business men of this
country a banking and currency sys-
tenn by means of which they can make
use of the freedom of enterprise and
of individual initiative which We are
about to bestow upon them.
MUST PROVIDE MEANS.
We are about to set them free; we
must not leave them without the tools
of action when they are free. We are
g bout to set them free by removing
the trammels of the protective tariff.
Ever since the civil war they have
waited for this emancipation and for
the free opportunities it will bring
with it. 1t has been reserved for US to
give it to them. Some fell in love- in |
deed, with the slothful security of |
their dependence upon the govern |
ment; some took advantage of the |
shelter of the nursery to set up a MIN !
lc mastery of their own within its |
walls. Now both the tonic and the |
discipline of liberty and maturity are |!
to ensue. There will be some read /
justments of purpose and point of |
view. There will follow a period of |
expansion and new enterprise. freshly |
conceived. 1t Is for us to determine /
now whether it shall be rapid and |
IA ile and of easy accomplishment. |
This it can not be unless the resource !
eul business men who are to deal with |
he new circumstances are to have at |
1and and ready for the instrumental
ties and conveniences of free enter
Prise which Independent men need
when acting on their own initiative
CONSTRUCTIVE ALSO.
1t is not enough to strike the
shackles from business. The duty Of
t is constructive also. We must
show that we understand what bust
less needs and that we know how to
supply it. No man. however, casual
md superficial his observation of the
conditions now prevailing in the coun-
ry, can fail to see that one of the
,hief things business needs now, and
will need increasingly as it gains in
scope and vigor in the years inme-
lately ahead of us, is the proper
means by which readily to vitalize its
,redit, corporate and individual, and
IS originative brains. What will 1t
profit us to be free if we are not to
lave the best and most accessible in
of commerce and en-
erprise? What will it profit US to
'e quit of one kind Of monopoly If
We are to remain in the grip of an
,ther and more effective kind? How
ire we to gain and keep the conf
lence of the business community I'M
ess we show that we know how both
n aid and . rrntac+ II What shall