The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-09

Warrington res. s.--Dcparting irna,
II ere ii fased Taxa os ssis annual address
TO-DAY presider: Wilson gave notice TO
Congress saltd TO The country that the
administrator, legislative program in
50 far az X related TO business resufa-
tion was practically completed. aud
that IL had rssul,ed ia a clear road for
business to travel 20 uaclouded sue
cess, The President said.
our program OF legislation with re
gard to the regulation OF business 10
now virtually complete. II has been
nut forth as we intended. as whole.
aud leaves no conjecture as 10 what is
To follow. The road at last lies clear
and arm before business II is n road
which IL can travel without fear or
embarrassment. IT is the road to I'M
grudged. unelouded success. In 1t every
honest man. every man who believes
that the public interest Is part of his
a interest. may walk with perfect
afidence."
Greeted with Applause.
The President entered the Chsnber
Of the House at 1850 O'Clock, the gal
iories being packed. Members Of the
Senate, House and OF the Cabinet
thronged the floor OF the House. Pro-
1onEed applause greeted the executives
arrival and continued as he gave Vice.
hearty hand shakes
He read his address in good voice
his message touching upon the ad-
lninistrative program for tho session.
the question Of national defense and
deplorinT the evident tendency in soms
circles toward militarlsfn.
When he declared that 1--WE shall not
change our attitude toward the national
defense because some among us are
nervous and excited" an outburst OF
applause and laughter interrupted him
for nearly z minute.
The president concluded at 40 r. NJ.
The Presidents Address.
Gentlemen OF the Congress:
The session upon which you arc
now entering will be the closing seq
nfon of the Sixty-third Congress. Il
congress. j venture TO say, which Will
long he remembered for the great
body of thouxhtfui and constructive
work which it has done, In loyal re-
Spouse to the thought ana needs OF
the country. / should like in this
address to review the notable record
and try to make adequate assessment
Of It: but no doubt we stand too near
the work that has been done and are
ourselves too much part OF It to play
the part OF historians toward it,
Moreover, our thoughts are now
more of the future than of the past
Willie we have worked at our tasks
OF ncace the circumstances of the
whole age have been altered by war.
What we have done for our land
and our own people we did with tho
best that was in us. whether OF char
acter or Of intelligence. with sober
enthusiasm and a confidence in the
principles upon which We were act
inr which, sustained us at every step
az the difficult undertaking; but tt is
done II has passed from our hands.
II il now an Established part OF the
legislation OF the country. Its useful
ness jts effects will disclose them
selves in experience. what chiefly
strikes us now, as we look about lis
during these closing days OF year
which will be forever mernora BILE in
the history OF the world, is that we
face new tasks have been facing them
these six Ynonths, must face them in
the months to coine--face them with
nut partisan feeling like men who
have forgotten everything but corn
mon duty and the fact that ne are
representatives OF a great people
whose thought is not OF US. but OF
what America owes to herself and To
III mankind in such circumstances as
these upon which we look AMAZED and
anxious.
war has interrupted the means OF
trade not only, but also the processes
81 production. In Europe it Ii de-
,Stroyinr mem and resources whole
VI aalA ana upon scale Unprecedented
d an6 Appalling. There IL reason til
Ioos thek the time II near, II X ~ not