Mountain advocate., 1913-12-05
Urges Enactment Of Legislation
to Make Farming a More
Efficient Business.
rLET SHERMAN LAW STAND
= Primary Elections for Selection OF
Candidates for Presidency Urged
Ultimate Independence Of Phil
Ippines an obIIsatIon-oou-
BILE Duty Toward Alaska
-EmpIoyers' Liability.

Washington. Dec. 2--The following
as President Wilson's complete mes
sage delivered to congress today:
In pursuance of my constitutional
duty to give to the congress informa-
zion of the state Of the Union" | take
the liberty Of addressing you on sew
,eral matters which ought, as 1t seems
10 me. particularly to engage the at
-tention of your honorable bodies, as
of all who study the welfare of the
Suation.
shall ask your indulgence II ven
oture 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
nlent in the future, because the list
Is long. very long, and would suffer
in the abbreviation to which should
have to subject It. | shall submit to
you the 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
gress who may have the leisure to
study them Their obvious importance,
as constituting the very substance OF
che business of the government, makes
comment and emphasis on my part I'M
g 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
p the nations. foreshadowing an age of
g settled peace and good will More and
more readily each decade do the ma
lions manifest, their willingness to
bind themselves by solemn treaty to
the processes of peace. the processes
o OF frankness and fair concession. So
Tar the United States has stood at the
. front of such negotiations. She will,
I earnestly hope and confidently be
tieve. give fresh proof of her sincere
AlAtISuNt 10 lut NduHt VI luAtlue-
tional friendship by ratifying the sew
eral treaties of arbitration awaiting
renewal by the senate. In addition to
these, II has been the privilege of the
q department Of state to gain the as
e sent in principle, of no less than 81
Z nations, representing four-ffths OF
the population of the world. to the ne
gotiation of treaties by which 1t shall
be agreed that whenever differences
{ OF interest or OF policy arise which
. cannot be resolved by the ordinary
processes of diplomacy they shall be
publicly analysed, discussed. and re-
ported upon by a tribunal chosen by
the parties before either nation deter
mines its course of action.
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 elements: Our own honor
and our obligations to the peace OF
the world. A test so compounded
ought easily TO be made TO govern both
che establishment OF new treaty obli-
cations and the Interpretation OF those
already assumed.
Huerta Must Let Go.
There is but one cloud upon our ho-
"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
m Mexico; until 1t is understood on
aft hands. indeed that such pretended
governments will not be countenanced
or dealt with by the government Of
tue United States. We are the
friends OF constitutional government
Ia America; We are more than its
friends. We are its champions: because
q Ia no other way can our neighbors, TO
whom we would wish In every way to
make proof OF our friendship. work
oot their own development in peace
and liberty. Mexico has no govern
Dent The attempt 10 maintain one
NJ the City OF Mexico has broken
down. and a mere military despotism
I mas been set up which has hardly more
'4ban the semblance Of national author
NY II originated in the usurpation
.of victoriano Huerta. who. after a
brief attempt 10 play the part OF con
sfttutiOnal president. has at last cast
aside sven the pretense OF legal right
nsnd declared himself dictator As a
f. crnseQuence. a condition OF AFFAIRS
low exists IN Mexico which has made
ca doubtful whether even the most