Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
FilsOn Delivers Happy
,epch After Signing.

lsHINGTON, oct. 4.-The IN
sroos tariff bin Is now the law OF
land
was approved at 9 o'clock last
NJ nv President Wilson.
grour Of legislators, members Of
4 cabinet and friends surrounded
4 President as he smilingly sat
n slowly and affixed his signature
n two gold pens.
h. presented to Representative I'm
twood the pen that had written the
- woodrow" and the one which
completed his name TO Senator
e7mons both Of whom bowed their
Erecistiou-
impressive silence the President
l. and delivered an extemporaneous
kes7 The President declared that
j tourney Of legislative accomplish
IA. had only been partly completed:
great service had been done for
Il rank and file of the country, but
4, the second step in the enamel
tion IF business was currency re-
H. he earnestly called upon his
4 leagues to 20 the rest Of the jour
+ with fresh impulse.
Did Country Great Service.
he President said:
4 Gentlemen, ! feel a very peculiar
kleasurc in what | have just done
ky way Of taking part in the com
kietion of a great piece of bust
hess u is a pleasure which Is
kerv hard to express in words
Which are adequate to express the
Keeling. because the feeling that
4 have is that we have done the
hank and file of the people of this
tourtry a great service. 1t is hard
% speak Of these things without
keemlng to go off into campaign
SEQUENCE, but that is not my feel
ms. Ii is one very profound, a
feeling OF profound gratitude, that
sForkinE with the splendid men
fFho have carried this thing
Through with studious attention
And doing justice all round, 1
khould have had part in serving
HE people Of this country, as
Rs have been striving to serve
them ever since l can remember.
| have had the accomplishment
b something like this at heart
syer since | was a boy, and know
bnen standing around me who can
pay the same thing-whO have
been waiting to see the things
Zone which If was necessary to do
IN order that there might be jus
tice In the United States, and so
II IS a solemn moment that brings
bach a business to a conclusion.
knd I hope I will not be thought
b be demanding too much Of my
kef or Of my COllea CUES when I
bay that this, great as il is, is the
accomplishment of only half the
Tourney. We have set the bust
hess Of this country free from
Those conditions which have made
monopoly not only possible, but
r. ii sense easy and natural. But
e here is no use taking away the
conditions Of monopoly il we do
pot take away also the power to
rreate monopoly; and it is finan-
Cial rather than merely circum-
stantia! and economic power.
Currency Bill Comes Next.
The power to control and guide
fnd direct the credits Of the coun-
iry is the power to say who shall
|anG who shall not build up the
Industries Of the country, in
|Thich direction they shall be built
|anC in which direction they shall
Ino, he built We are now about
70 take the second step. which
wi. be the final step in setting
ne business Of this country free.
That s what we shall do in the
IrrenCy bill, which the House
pas already passed and which |
|1ave the utmost confidence the
Senate will pass much sooner
han some pessimistic individuals
|beleTe. Because the question now
thar this piece of work is done,
|Nll arise all over the country,
For what do we waltz" Why
should We wait to crown ourselves
|'i,h consummate honor? Are we
$50 S'.f-denying that we do nov
Wish 10 complete our success?
was quoting to some Of my
Colleagues in the Senate those
ines from Shakespeare that have
always appealed to me, ''If il be
SIN 10 covet honor, then am I
me most offending soul alive"
|an1 | am happy to say that ! do