New Britain herald., 1915-12-07
CON OUTLINES DEFENSE PLAN
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 tets of admission were permit
 so to the upper galleries, and
 i've rumor of some, sort of a
 suffragist demonstration
 out extra guards, which
 Prinkled among the spectators
 the corridors through which
 sident had to pass. A num-
 men were placed at command
 1ttons in the galleries.
 als were silent about the pre-
 as. but it was said at the cap
 word of a plan of some of
 ore militant suffragists to i demonstration had come to
 1t was said that lawyers rep- ng the women had made an ex-
 on of the precedents govern
 rernpt in the house, and from
 tion officials suspected that 4hg was being planned.
 Mrs. Gait Present.
 Fthe galleries had been filled ne usual visitors, the official
 came in. Mrs. Gait, the #nt's fancee and her party took Pcutive gallery. Other reserv- |ces' were occupied by govern khcials and their wives. The atic gallery was unusually well |the Latin n-American members sargply represented.
 before 12:90 o'clock the mem E the senate. marching two by lent over to the house chamber #ok seats reserved for them in knt rows of the benches. Com B had been appointed to meet EASident on his entrance to the kg and take him to the speakers fwhere he awaited the moment |tering the house chamber. President Gets Ovation.
 after 12:30 o'clock the presi- poI his place at the clerks desk bta manuscript in hand ready to
 Everybody in house, floors and les alike, rose up and cheered. n a tense silence settled down he hall as the president began g in a low, even voice which be heard everywhere. His ref to all parts of the American ent standing, ESQ far as we are med, on a footing of genuine ty," aroused the first applause. the allusion to United States ut not corercion" of Mexico, q more enthusiasm.
 iancee Watches President. " members followed the ad- from the printed copy. Mrs. watched the president closely, glanced over the pub 'ther burst of applause followed eference to Setting America as a whole for the uses of in dent nations and political free ry recommendation embodied in ,cument had to do with compre- 7e plans for strengthening the lal defenses. * The program in l the army and navy plans all made public by Secretaries son and Daniels; legislation for nment owned merchant ships; a credit law; the Philippine and Rico bills which failed of final ge at the last session; conserva- law giving federal industrial and vocationaly edu- l; and the creation of a com ,n to inquire into the transpor-
 problem. .,.
 Plotters Denounced.
 ,uralized and native born Amer who, sympathizing with bellig- , abroad, have plotted and con- to violate their own country's ality were scathingly denounced e president, and congress was to provide adequate federal to deal with such offenders. ernal taxation was proposed as leans of providing the money sary to add to the naval and try establishments. Sources of ion suggested were incomes, gas-
 naptha,S automobiles and inter xplosion engines, fabricated iron ,teel, and 9 stamp tax on bank IS. Extension of the war reven. Il and continuance of the present
 on sugar were recommended he sale of bonds opposed
 Longest Message.
 is message was the longest MT on has ever delivered to congress egan with a statement that since lst addressed congress:
 he European war has extended and sinister scope un
 has swept into it's flame som on of every quarter of the globe accepting our own hemisphere, ha ed the whole face of internationa rs, and now presents a, prospec reorganization and reconstructiol
 as statesmen and peoples hay r been called upon to attempt be
 No Interest in Causes. le United States has remaine raI, he said, because it had no in t in the causes and because the duty Of the nations of tn ern hemisphere to prevent col ve economic ruin.
 le president pointed to the att! of the United States toward GO as proving that this countr so selfish motives in its interes ountries in Central and Sout