Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04
WANTS MONEY BILL PASSED
Urges Enactment Of Legislation
to Make Farming a More
Efficient Business.
LET SHERMAN LAW STAND
Primary Elections for Selection OF
Candidates for Presidency Urged
Ultimate Independence of Phil
Ippines an obIisatioh-Dou-
BILE Duty Toward Alaska
Employers Liability.

es -EmployeFS EiapiHey'
Washington, Dec. 2.-The following
is President Wilson'S complete mes
sage delivered to congress today:
In pursuance Of my constitutional
duty to "give to the congress informa-
ton of the state of the Union" take
the liberty Of addressing you on sew
eral matters which ought, as 1t seems
to me, particularly to engage the at
tention Of your honorable bodies, as
of all who study the welfare OF the
nation.
shall ask your Indulgence If 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 | should
have to subject 1t. | shall submit TO
you the reports Of the heads OF N
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
the business of the government, makes
comment and emphasis on my part I'M
necessary. A
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 n
n of community Of interest among
the nations, foreshadowing. an age Of
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, he processes
of frankness and fair concession. so
far the United States has stood at the
front of such negotiations. She will,
1 earnestly hope and confidently be-
1ieve, give fresh proof of her sincere
adherence to the u of interna-
tional friendship by ratifying the sew
eral treaties of arbitration awaiting
renewal 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 81
nations, representing four-ifths o.
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 BIZ
publicly analysed, discussed, and re
ported upon by a tribunal chosen b!
the parties before either nation deter
mines its course of action.
There Is only one possible STANDARD
by which to determine controversial
between the United States and othe
nations, and that is compounded 0
these two elements: Our own homo
and our obligations to the peace Q
the world. A test SO compounds
ought easily to be made to govern bot
the establishment of new treaty obi
cations and the Interpretation of thos
already assumed.
Huerta Must Let GO.
There is but one cloud upon our hi
M .-.- ntzaA 1oa 1Haxrrn tfaaJf tn fh
south of us, and hangs owe Mexico
There can be no certain prospect {
peace in America until General Huert
has surrendered his usurped authorit
in Mexico: until it is understood Q
all hands, indeed, that such pretende
governments will not be countenance
or dealt with by the government
the United States. We are tt
friends OF constitutional governmel
in America; we are more than !
friends, we are its champions; becaui
in no other way can our n~eighbors,
whom we would wish in every way
make proof OF u friendship, VOL
out their own development in pea
and liberty. Mexico has 10 COVER
ment. The attempt to maintain Oh
at the City Of Mexico has broke
down, and a mere military ~despotis
has been set up which has hardly mo
than the semblance Of national autht
ity. 1t originated In the ~usurpati'
1T v~ictoriano Huerta, who, after
prief attempt to play the part Of &C
stitutional president, has at last ca
aside ever the ~pretense Of legal rig
and declared himself dictator, AS
consequence. a condition OF affai
now exists in Mexico which has ma
IT doubtful whether even the ms