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"A common purpose" he added,
Ought to make agreement easy"
Liability Low.
recommendations that the bureau
of mines be empowered and equipped
to render more effectual service and
that a fair and effective employers
liability act be provided, were the re-
naming subjects dealt with.
The conclusion of the address was
an expression of compliment to Con-
gress for having labored $50 unre-
servedly during the past seven
months of accomplishing concentra-
ton on the business of legislation. :"
"I hope" said the President, that
it may not be deemed an impairment
intrusion of myself into the picture
IL l say with how much and how
constant satisfaction 1 have availed
myself of the privilege of putting my
time and energy at their disposal
alike In counsel and in action"
The Message In Full.
The message in full follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
In pursuance of my constitutional
duty to give to the Congress infor-
nation of the state of the Union"
take the liberty of addressing you on
several matters which ought, as 1t
seems to me, particularly to engage
the attention of your honorable bodies,
as of all who study the welfare and
progress of the nation.
/ shall ask your indulgence If l ven
ture 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
ment in the future, because the list
is long, very long, and would suffer
in the abbreviation to which l 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 COM
mittees and of all members of the
Congress who may have the leisure
to study them. Their obvious import
ance, as constituting the very sub
stance of the business of the govern
ment, makes comment and emphasis
on my part Unnecessary.
Age of Peace Forecast.
The country, / am thankful to say,
is at peace with all the world, and
many happy manifestations multiply
about us of growing cordially and
sense of community of interest among
the nations, foreshadowing an age of
settled peace and good will More
and more readily each decade do the
nations manifest their Willingness to
bind themselves by solemn treaty to
the processes of peace, the processes
of frankness and fair concession. So
far the United States has stood at the
front of such negotiations. She Will,
/ earnestly and confidently believe,
give fresh proof Of her sincere adher-
ence to the cause of international
friendship by ratifyinB the several
treaties of arbitration awaiting re-
neWal by the Senate. In addition to
these, it has been the privilege of the
Department of State to gain the as
sent, in principle, of no less than
thirty-one nations, representing four
fifths Of the population of the world,
to the negotiation of treaties by which
it shall be agreed that whenever diff
ferences of interest or of policy arise
which can not be resolved by the or
binary processes of diplomacy they
shall be publicly analysed, discussed,
and reported upon by tribunal
chosen by the parties before either
nation determines its course of ac-
ton.
There is only one possible standard
ty which to determine controversies
between the United States and other
nations and that is compounded of
these two elements: Our own homer
and our obligations to the peace OF