The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-02
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recently formed plans Of the department
of agriculture may be made to serve
them very greatly in their work OF franz
| ing appropriate and adequate legislation.
| 1t would be indiscreet and presumptuous
in anyone to dogmatize upon so great
| and many-sided question, but ! feel
confident that common counsel VIII pro-
duce the results we must all desire.
Strengthen Sherman Law.
"Turn from the farm to the world of
business which centers in the city and
in the factory, and / think that all
thoughtful observers will agree that the
immediate service we owe the business
communities of the country IS to pre-
vent private monopoly more effectually
than it has yet been prevented. think
it will be easily agreed that we should
let the Sherman antitrust law stand,
nnaltered, as it is, with its debatable
ground about it, but that we should as
much as possible reduce the area OF that
debatable ground by further and more
explicit legislation; and should also sup
plement that great act by legislation
which will not only clarity it but also
facilitate its administration and make
it fairer to all concerned. No doubt we
shall all wish, and the country will ex-
peet, this to be the central subject of
our deliberations during the present ses-
sion; but it is a subject SO many-sided
and so deserving of careful and diserim
mating discussion that / shall take the
liberty OF addressing you upon 1t in
special message at later date than this.
II 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 invest
ments and clear path indicated which
they can travel without anxiety. 1t is
as important that they should be re-
leved of embarrassment and set free to
prosper as that private monopoly should
be destroyed. The ways Of action should
be thrown wide open.
Favors Presidential Primary.
Il turn to subject which ] hope can
be handled promptly and without seri-
Gus controversy of any kind | mean
the method of selecting nominees for the
presidency of the United States. ! feel
confident that | do not misinterpret the
wishes or the expectations of the coun-
l.
of legislation which will provide for pri-
mary elections throughout the country
at which the voters of the several par
ties may choose their nominees for the
presidency without the intervention of
nominating conventions. ! venture che
suggestion that this legislation should
provide for the retention of party con
ventions, but only for the purpose of
declaring and accepting the verdict of
the primaries and formulating the plat
forms Of the parties; and | suggest that
these conventions should consist not of
delegates chosen for this single purpose,
but Of the nominees for Congress, the
nominees for vacant seats in the Senate
of the United States, the senators whose
terms have not vet closed, the national
committees, and the candidates for the
presidency themselves, in order that
platforms may be framed by those re-
sponsible to the people for carrying them
into effect.
Duties To Dependencies.
'These are all matters of vital do-
nestle concern, and besides them, out
side the charmed circle of our own ma
tional life in which our affections com
mand us, as well as our cohsciences, |
there stand out our obligations toward |
our territories over the sea. Here we
are trustees. Porto Rico. Hawaii, the |
are ours, indeed. but mot |
ours to do what we please with Such /
territories, once regarded as mere pos
sessions, are no longer to be selfishly |
exploited; they are part of the domain |
of public conscience and of serviceable |
and enlightened craftsmanship. We |
must administer them for the people /
who live in them and with the same |
sense of responsibility to them as to- |
ward our own people in our domestic |
affairs. No doubt we shall successfully |
enough bind Porto Rico and the Hawai- |
ian Islands to ourselves by ties of JUS
tiee and interest and affection. but the
performance Of our duty toward the
is more difficult and de-
batable matter. We can satisfy the OBJ
igations of generous justice toward the
people of Porto Rico by giving them the
ample and familiar rights and privileges
accorded our own citizens in our own
territories and onr obligations toward
,he people of Hawaii by perfecting the
provisions for self-government already
granted them. but in the Philippines we
must go further. We must. hold stead
" in view their ultimate independence,
md we must move toward the time of
hat independence as steadily as the way
an be cleared and the foundations
and permanently laid
Steps Toward Philippine Self-GcYern-
rent
Acting uaGer the authority conferred
lpor the president by Congress, ] have
.lready accorded the people of the is
ands O. majority in both houses Of their
legislative body by appointing five in
tead of four native citizens to the mem
,ership o. the commission. ] believe Il
hat in this way we shall make proof
# their capacity in counsel and their
ense of responsibility in the exercise
# political power, apd that the success
# this step will be sure to clear our
lew for the steps which are to follow.
'tep by step we should extend and per-
eot the system of self-government in
ne islands, making test OF them and /
modifying them as experience discloses {
heir successes and their failures; that /:
We should more and more put under the
ontrol of the native citizens Of the arch {
pelago the essential instruments OF their {:
fe, their local instrumentallties of gov
their schools, all the common