Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-03-05
WILSON'S WHITE
 HOUSE BIRTHDAY President Went Into Na- tional Mansion One
 Year Ago. SETS PRECEDENTS. Has Made Few Speeches and Message to Be Read Today Will Be
 Shortest of Any.
SETS PRECEDENTS.

Washington, March 1.-The Demo- cratic administration was year old today. Just twelve months ago at noon Woodrow Wilson stood on the east front of the Capitol and took the oath of office, ushering Dem- ocracy into control of all branches of the national government for the frs. time ill twenty years. At the White House, in executiye generally and in congressional circio the day served to recall the work of the fleeting year. Members of Congress realized that except for a short breathing spell at the Christmas holidays they had been in practically continuous session.
 From the time the President broke century-old precedent and stood before an assembled Congress to urge the enactment of low tariff, close cooperation had reigned between the chief executive and the leaders of the dominant party in Congress. The enactment of a tariff law on October 3, 1913, making vital changes in the duties on imports was followed by the signing of banking and cur rency act on December 23, 1913. ton of the arbitration treaties are the things which the Presidents friends point to as the direct result of the intimate contract established between the executive and legislative departments of the government.
 Wresties With Mtico.
 Mu:h of the Presidents time and energy have been spent in wrestling with troublesome Mexican situa- tion, as yet unsolved, and the diplo- matic tangle with Japan growing out of the passage by California of a new anti-alien land law. Lately he has been devoting himself to a re- mobilization of the foreign relations of the United States, the drafting with Secretary Bryan of new peace treaties the settlement of the Panama Canal tolls controversy with Great Britian, difficulties with Columbia growing out of the partition of Panama, and many other subjects of foreign policy.
 Five times the President has ap- peared before Congress delivering messages on the tariff, the currency, Mexican affairs, the annual report on the "state of the Union and trust legislation" The recommendations of his annual message for the build- ing of an Alaskan railway, rural credits and antitrust reform are still in the hands of Congress, with the assurance of the leaders that they will be made law before the ex- pectcd adjournment in June.
 Very Short Message
 Interest in the Presidents sixth message was apparent when it be- came known that he would address | the repeal of the clause exempting American coastwise shipping from the payment of Panama Canal tolls. The chief executive for the first time ascs Congress, particularly his own party, to reverse itself, but his argu- ment is that when Congress last passed on the question international circumstances. such as now sur-s rounded the question. did not then exist. The President believes a gen- eral distrust of the intentions of the United States in construing treaties for it's own selfish benefit has arisen and because of the doubt existing on the interpretation of the Hay-Paunce- fote treaty heurges the repeal of the much debated provision.
 The message tomorrow will be the shortest of all. It is said to be less than 300 words long. All of MT. Will sons addresses have been brief. as compared with those of his predeces- sors.