The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-04-07
WILSON'S DECISION
-1OREADMESSACE
ST|RS CONGRESS
Sixty-third Session Opens With
Presidents Radical Departure
the Leading Theme.
HE ANSWERS COMMENT.
sOnly Dignifed Way of Meet
Ing Senate and House." Says
The Executive"
HE ANSWERS COMMENT.

WASHINGTO April 7.-Presidcnt
Wilson's determination to read his own
message TO Congress tomorrow has
completely displaced the tariff and the
income tax ar subjects OF chief popular
interest. No President since John
Adams has avalicd himself OF the right
Congress- was amazed when II heard
NJ the Presidents plan.
Arrangements for the extraordinary
event got under way to-day. II was
planned that the President should nrst
30 10 his room on the Senate side Of
the Capitol and later 20 to the hall Of
the House Of Representatives where
both branches Of Congress will be
assembled. The legislative preiimin-
ariss to get the House and Senate to-
gsthsr were being laid out to-day.
Undsr ordinary circumstances the two
bodice meet in joint session only once
every four years. and then for the
perfUnctory ceremony Of canvassing tho
sesctorai vote.
MAY READ ALL HIS PRINCIPAL
MEssAoEs TO CoNGREss.
President Wilson intends to slip
quietly away from tho White IIouss
with his message In his pocket and. at
tended by probably only ono secret SER
vics man. ride to his once almost I'm
inediately. Some OF the Presidents
friends say he may DO expected TO de-
liver all his principal messages TO Con-
grass In the Same way AZ his term goes
on, though no would not do 20 with
every communication he sends.
Precedent Wilson was asked to-day
what motive impellcd him to renew
the custom OF q century ago.
"The reasons are very simple he
SAID. II think that that Is the only
dignihed way for the President to nd
drcm the houses At the opening OF tbs
scssion. instead OF sending the address
up by messenger ana letting tho clerk
read II perfunctoriiy In the familiar
casrks tone Of voice. ! thought tina
the dignined and natural thing wal
to read It. II Is n precedent. which Il
u true has been discontinued a lons
time. but which 10 = very respectable
precedent"
oRGAT rHRoNo sEEs OPENING
CEREMONIES.
Tue largest crowds In years bsslcged
che Capitol to-day for tho opening oil
thu sixty-third Congress. Galleries
corridors and even the Capitol steps
were thronsed hours before noon, the
hour sct for the falling Of tho gavsli
declaring the dawn OF the new Demo
cratic reign.
For the first time In eighteen year,
Congress assembled with both IL
branches under control OF the Demo
. cooperate In shaping Its policies
and TO approve its acts. The tarlR Law
- be passed by the special session tina
opened to-day will be the FIRST genera
Democratic revision OF the revcnu,
lawb since the act OF Aug. "a. 1874
known TO history ~ the Wilson Cor
man law" and which President Glove
lasd allowed 10 become . law withou
his signature.
Tho House this afternoon re-electc,
speaker Clark. die received 27i votes
James II. Mann N Illinois. Republican
received III votes. and Victor Murdoc
0f Kansas. Progressive. received l
votes.
Just a. Speaker Clark was droppin
his gsvel opening the House sessio
Majority Leader Underwood dropped tn
Tarin Revision Dill into the hopper an
thereby officially started a business tina
promises to keep Congress Mt wor
through the Washington dog days
and well into August.