Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-06

prepared 10 report It's report OugA
TO make it easier for Us TO determine
what methods viii be best suited to
our own farmers. / hope and believe
that the committees of the senate and
house VIII address themselves to this
matter with the most fruitful results.
and l believe that the studies and re-
Gently formed plans of the depart
ment Of agriculture may be made TO
serve them very greatly in their work
Of framing appropriate and adequate
legislation. 1t would be indiscreet
and presumptuous in anyone TO dog
Matte upon so great and many-sided
a question, but l feel confident that
common counsel will produce the re
suits We must all desire.
Let Sherman Law Stand.
Turn from the farm to the world OF
business (which Centers in the city ana
in the factory, and l think that all
thoughtful observers Will agree that
the immediate service we owe the
business communities Of the country
is to prevent private monopoly more
effectuaUy than it has yet been Pre-
vented. think it will be easily agreed
that Wa should let the sherman anti
trust law stand. uualtered, as it is,
with its debatl1le ground about il
| but that we should as much as posi-
| bic reduce the area of that deJaraale
| ground by further and more explicit
| LEGISLATION: and should also supple
ment that great act by Legislation
which will not only clarity it but also
facilitate its administration and make
it fairer to all concerned. 10 doun'
we shall all wish, and the country will
| expect. this to be the central subject
! of our deliberations during the pres
| ent session, but it is a subject so
! uanv-sided and so deserving of care
| full and discriminating discussion that
shall take the liberty of addressing
you upon it in special message 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 ana
a clear path indicated which they can
travel without anxiety. 1t is as I'M
portant that they should be relieved
of embarrassment and set free to
prosper as that private monopoly
should be destroyed. The ways OF
action should be thrown wide open.
turn TO a subject which I hope
can be handled. promptly and with
out serious controversy Of any kind
I mean the method of selecting noml
nees for the presidency of the United
States. l feel confident that
do not misinterpret the wishes
or the expectations Of the
country when I urge the promp
enactment of legislation which vii
provide for primary elections through
out the country at which the voters o
the several parties may choose thel
nominees for the presidency withou
the Intervention OF nominating con
ventions. | venture the suggestion
that this legislation should provld
for the retention of party conventions
but only for the purpose of declarlni
and accepting the verdict of the pr
maries and formulating the platform
of the PARTIES: and | suggest tina
these conventions should consist no
of delegates chosen for this single pun
nose. but of the nominees for cor
gress. the nominees for vacant seat
in the senate Of the United States, tn
, senators whose terms have not We
| closed. the national committees
- and the candidates for the presidenc
, themselves, in order that platform
= may be framed by those responsible t
, the people for carrying them into e
= feet.
independence for Philippines.
: These are all matters of vital d.
, nestle concern, and besides them, GU
, side the charmed circle of our ow
: national life in which our affection
D command us, as well as our col
p sciences, there stand out our obligi
, tions toward our territories over set
Here we are trustees. Porto hlc'
: Hawaii the Philippines. are ours. ono
T. regarded as mere possessions, are
+ longer to be selfishly exploited; the
o are part of the domain OF public CO..
T science and Of serviceable and enllgh
!. ened craftsmanship. We must admit
r lister them for the people who live
them and with the same sense or T
sponsibility to them as toward OF
own people in our domestic affairs.
doubt we shall successfully enoug
. hind Porto Rico and the Hawaiian
8 lands to ourselves by ties or 1ust'
and affection, but the performance
. orr duty toward the Philippines is
more difficult and debatable matte
I, We can satisfy the obligations of &c
= erous Justice toward the people
+? Porto Rico by giving them the amp
and familiar rights and privileges
b. corded our own citizens in our oV
= territory and our obligations iowa
: the people of Hawaii by pertectlng Z
provisions of self-government alrea
a granted them, but in the Phlllppin
- we must go further. We must he
:. steadily in view their ultimate inc
- pendence and we must move iowa
the time of that independence
% steadily as the way can be cleal ed a
- the foundations thoughtfully and p'
"a manently laid.
to Test of Responsibility.
Re Acting under the authority &C
es ferred upon the president by congre
to 7 have already accorded the people
We the islands a majority in both hous