The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-12-06
BRYAN LED II
AS EXECUTIVE
AROSE TC SPEAK
All Political Factions United in
q Great Demonstration as
President Appeared,
HE READ HIS MESSAGE
Urged Legislation Which Would
Make Nationwide strikes
an Impossibility Especially on
The Railroad Lines and Pub
lie Carriers Generally.
HE READ HIS MESSAGE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. = When
President Wilson appeared before
congress at o'clock this afternoon to
deliver his annual address the Demo
Gratis and many Republicans united in
a great demonstration to felicitate the
President upon his reelection.
Bryan Leads Demon stration.
William Jennings Bryan and most
of the cabinet occupying reserved
places on the floor led in the demon
stration, which was prolonged and
noisy. In the galleries Mrs. Wilson
and women of the cabinet Joined in
the handclapping In the diplomatic
galleries representatives of many Of
the embassies and legations were in
terested spectators.
Galleries were packed when the
President, escorted by the usual com
mittee, walked briskly into the cham
Der and took his place at the clerks
desk, manuscript in hand. He was
forced to wait while the demonstra
tion went on. Everybody rose while
the Democrats and some of the Re
publicans joined in cheers and ap
plause.
President Wilson's address was
wholly devoted to domestic subjects,
principally the problem of railway
legislation.
In the Hail of the House with
assembled in joint session, President
Wilson, in accordance with the Gus
tom he began at the opening of his
term. read his address from the
clerks desk.
The President not only renewed
his recommendation for legislation
to prevent a nationwide railway
strike or lockout before there has
been opportunity for investigation
but defended it against the attack
of organized labor as nothing arbi-
trary or unjust and the "justifiable
safeguarding by society of the
necessary processes Of its very life"
Aside from recommendations for
the passage Of the Porto Rico gov
ernment bill. the corrupt practice bill
and the Webb bill to legalize Ameri-
can collective selling agencies abroad
the Presidents address was devoted
wholly to the railroad situation. The
only feature which had not been fore
casted was the elimination of the
proposal that Congress give explicit
approval to consideration by the In
terstate Commerce Commission of ar
increase in freight rates to meet al
diticnal expenditures bv the railroads
caused bv the operation of tho
Adamson law
COMMERCE Ccmmis sion Has Power
The President took the position
merce Commission to grant an in
crease of rates on the ground re-
ferred to is indisputably clear and a
recommendation by the Congress
with regard TO such a matter might
seem to draw in question the scope
of the commissions authority or its
inclination to do Justice when there is
no reason to doubt either
The other recomm endations on
the railroad situation made in a
special message during the last ses
sion, which were not put into law
were renewed today. They include:
Immediate provision for the en-
largement and administrative reor-
ganization of the Interstate Com
merce Commission along the lines
embodied in the bill recently passed
bv the House of Representative and
now awaiting action by the Senate
in order that the commission NAV
be enabled to deal with the MANY
great and various duties now de-
volving upon it with promptness
and thoroughness which are. with ite
present constitution and means Of
action. practically imnossible.
IAN amendment of the existing
federal statute which provides for