The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-05
||EADs MESSAGE
To CONGRESS
,oraIa FOR INiMEDIATE AC-
rox FOR REGULATION OF.
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.
'NT[N An OVATION
a. President Was Wildly Cheeled
y, pemocratic Members As He
Entered Chamber - Bryan
Gets Big Reception.

wasHINGTON, DEC. 5.-Declaring
A., this country cannot and should
- consent to remain exposed to in
.s,ial disturbances President Will
"A today appeared before a joint
.sdou OF congress and appealed for
inmsdiate action on a program of
rulement and the regulation of diff
sulies between the railways and
adr trainmcn. Statements of the
md Of such legislation occupied
s bulk Of the presidents annual
ryuqo to congress-the shortest
!. be has ever delivered. The
wtters he urged passed included
scyisions recommended but not act
d upon In his last special message
congress last August. AT that time
d, threatened nation wide strike
russitated congressional action.
" lhtc duuAtiOn W Ills uiSa>o<aSO
be president urged passage by the
mse Of the vocational and indus
tM measure passed by the senate
ut session. =
The thrill and dramatic attention
| 3 soticeable In the presidents three
lryous visits to congress was lack
", Crowds thronged the capitol
hus before the senate was sched-
ld to convene, and the entrances to
u the galleries were besieged by
rn and women attempting to work
aslr way pas. the guards. Admis-
aa was by card only.
There were no staggering national
tlense recommendations such as
'atured the presidents message a
lar ago. There was no note of war
n'h as. threatened in the second
Message reporting the dispatch to
trmAny OF virtual ultimatum fol-
owing the sinking of the Sussex.
'a was there the need for speed and
luck decision that was reflected in
No request for congressional action
ATert nation wide strike last fall.
Inc message constituted chiefly
rsan up" program.
Although both branches of con-
pess were seething over the high
@st Of living problem, interest in
mich oyershadowed all other pro-
'Sod action, the president made
reference to it today. He is re-
sl'ing reports from the various ex-
'utve departments in an effort to
''Se the best possible means of
'siO'ng soaring prices, and it is be-
'Ou tne president will either de-
4u special message on this SUBJ
:" 'ater or take it personally to
S'c and senate leaders when a
'-u ne deems feasible has been
NaAa' so serious does the president
s1u tne high cost of living ques-
- m& he is determined to keep it
~f politics il possible. II is un-
"''0oo that he feels the republi-
- ana democrats are equally in.
-s'ed In the solution OF the diff
:" and he will make no effort to
ai0ush any party measures.
p'omatic Washington drifted
&" 70 the galleries today in con-
F" the hundreds who stolmed
rs' successfully and unsuc-
s''uily. The Chinese and Japanese
-''assadors were among the Il st
4li'e. Mrs. Lansing, wife Of the
1e'afy Of state; Counselor Polk,
A'e department; John Barrett.
A "r OF the Pan-American Union;
'panese ambassador, the Swed-
:" colombian ministers and the
uan charge d'affairs were
u'ose In the gallery when the
'~ldent arrived.
~n Jennings Bryan, former
OF state, entered the cham-
~ while the house was in recess
me Presidents arrival. He
~ sven an ovation on both sides
49, . seat with his democratic
hisd IN at 1882, TAX