The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-24
MESSAGE RECEIVED
BY MEMBERS WITH
CLOSE attention.
Cordial Reception to WilsoA
on His Second Visit to
Halls of Congress
~
HE MAKES STIRRING
APPEAL TOPATRIOTlSM
Chief Executive Points Out
Pressing Need of Imrnedi-
ate Reform and Urges
Action Now

WASHINGTON. June. 23.--PresA
dent Wilson paid his second visit t.
the halls of congress today, and read
his address on the pressing need oil
currency legislation to senators and
representatives gathered in tha house
of representatives.
The president was prompt, but IL
the matter OF promptness the senate
outdid itself. In order not to be loft
behind in the procession OF events. or
to incommode the president. the sea>
ate arrived at the doors of the housW
fun half hour In advance OF the coIns
ing of the chief executive. They Wero
shown to their seats and waited m
restless mi-silence while the eruAx
blue clock licked slowly through tlIir@
ty minutes.
Is Well Received.
The presidents address was WR13s
received. Senators and represents
ttves. alike, listened with respectfully
attention. 1t was more OF an anpA41
for cooperation than an executive
dictation of specific action. What fA4
president really counseied the legtn~
lator to do was to efface selfish con.
siderations. and personal comfort N
order 10 bring about Immediately the
needed reformation of the fiscal ntu~
tenn. He dwelt at length on the sge-
gestion that he has held out In prs
vious statements of less formal m
ture that currency and banking reM
form were necessary cororall4ry N
tariff reform. /
From spectacular point o. NO.
the second personal appearance ~ t.
president in the hall Of repreoenfn& i
tives lacked much of the festal III
OF his first trip to the capitol. WAsh~
ington soon becomes accustomed to ~
change in such triviality as = cen-
tury-old precedent. This was shown
in the lack OF public interest today. AL
the galleries except the executive and
the diplomatic spaces, were conn
fortably filed.
= Mrs Wilson, with Miss Margaret
and Miss Eleanor, occupied the front
row of seats. There were but four
other persons In the gallery. In the
diplomatic enclosure shone the round.
bald pate of John Barrett, director az
the Pan-American union. and throe
Spanish American diplomats. ana one
member of the Japanese embassy 1tnfS
Senate Arrives Early.
The senate had arrived at 12:4o
o'clock. They were announced by Jos
Sinnot, chief deorkeeper of the house..
and flied quietly to their seats two
by two. For the most part the sena-
tors were in hot weather attire. No
formal habiliments for them. They
struggled to their seats and began
looking over the house. They occu-
pied the first three rows OF house
seats. Back OF them were the mem.
bers of the lower body.
The president was received In the !
speakers ante-room by q joint 70.
Messrs. Underwood, Mann and Eitx-
gerald. on the part OF the house. and
Senators Kern, Gallinger and Reed
He was escorted to the house, entering
as before by the west lobby doorway.
and launching at once into the rAxII~
ing OF his address, after Joe 6tnh0s
had bawled in his most impressive
tones: THE president of the unitad
States"
Speaker Clark performed tho formal
Introduction, and at the ccncluetcn
OF the reading of the address. a..
clared the joint convention OF the two
houses adjourned.
The Presidents Message.
Mr.. Speaker, Mr.. President. GonfI1s
men of the Congress:
1t Is under the compulsion OF what
seems to me clear and Imperative
duty that have a second timA 4tAtn
session sought the privilege OF
dressing you in person. / knONue xs64Ss
course. that the heated season of M
year is upon us, that work IA ~ IA
chambers and in the commttteq IN
Is likely TO become .hurde1 ~ w
season lengthens, and that every G01x
sideration OF personal convenf<U "
and personal comfort, perhaps tn II
cases of some of us. considGr&15&
or personal health even, d1ctSe1
early conclusion of the delibeEati6
Of the session; but there are occasf1
of public duty when these II ~
which touch us privately seam q
small: when the work to be dCA4s Il 4