The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-20
Capitol Was Crowded With
People at Noon Today
When the President
Appeared.
APPLAUSE FREQUENT
Audience Liked Suggestion That In
dlvlduais Should be Pun
Ished In the Trust
Violations.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-Presid ent
Wilson held out an olive branch to
big business today. He outlined a
constitution ~ peace" for the indus.
trial welfare OF the country. Address
ing joint session Of the senate ana
house he appealed for Gear and DIS
tdnct antitrust legislation which will
restore competition In every line OF
industry and trade.
It was the fifth time the chief
executive has taken his position as
leader of the majority In congress.
And today he asked that majority to
add to the two paramount laws now
on the statute books-the tariff and
currency acts-another which will
specifically designate just what
criminal combination in restraint OF
trade" actually Is and provide specific
criminal penalties for specific indi-
vidual acts.
The burden OF the entire message
was that guilt is personal and the
man higher UP" and not the instru-
ment should be punished.
The presid snt was accompanied to
the capital by members Of his cabi-
net who took seats reserved for them
on the floor. AS usual the front rows
sof seats ! in the siso,lse chasnber W ere
occupied by members Of the senate who
trailed in two by two headed by Vice
President Marshall and Sergeant at
Arms Higgins.
| While waiting In the office OF
Speaker Clark for the senators to
take their seats, the president chatted
with the committee from the senate
and he use who had been named to
escort him to the speakers stand
Every seat in the quadrangle of the
! galleries was filled five minutes after
the doors were thrown open at IL
! o'clock with the exception of those
in the executive and diplomatic res
ervation. The members of the imme-
Giate family of the president, Mrs.
Wilson, Miss Margaret Wilson, Miss
] Eleanor Wilson, and Miss Helen
1 Woodrow Bon IS, escorted by DIR. Cary
4 u.
1920. MISS Margaret Wilson took her
1 accustomed seat in the Very front
row where she sat leaning we'll for
! ward, her head resting on her hands
i and her elbows on the gallery rail,
4 following closely her fathers every
1 utterance.
Secretary Of State W ]. Bryan es-
certed half dozen members OF the
/ diplomatic corps from South Amerl-
can countries to places within the
diplomatic enclosure a few minutes
before the members of the senate
! flsd into the house chamber. Bryan
4 fairly exuded happiness, reaching
across the railing to shake hands
warmly with the members Of the
presidents family. For the first time
since the president began delivering
his messages in person, there were
fully as many men as women among
4 the spectators The Importance Of the
utterances to the business world was
Indicated by the fact that among
those who listened intently were
many prominent eastern financiers.
1t was exactly 1890 when Speaker
/ Clarhs gavel fell and the president
/ entered escorted by Senators Kern,
! Bacon and Gallinger and Represents
tives Underwood, Fitzgerald and
Mann. AS the famil ar form, correct
ly garbsd in black frock ccat and
vest, with striped trousers and carry
.ng his manuscript closely clutched
/ In his hand stepped on the platform
he was received with round Of ap.
plause which starting on the floor
! quickly spread to the galleries and
was far and away the warmest that
has yet marked the Wilson appear.
ance at the capitol.
The presidents voice seem ed far
stronger than 1t was on December 2
last, when he read his first annual
/ message. Every word seemed to
penetrate to every corner OF the
crowded gallery and was followed
with the utmost attention by every
senator and representative from theii
! seats in the front gallery.
When the president stated that tn
"antagonism between business and
government was at an end" severa
democratic leaders no1dsd in approva
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