Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-13
cooperation. ought by all means to be

cooperation, ought by all means to be
| completed at this session.
And l beg that the members Of the
House Of Representatives will permit
me to express the opinion that it will
be impossible to deal in any way but
a very wasteful n -extravagant fash
ion with the enormous appropriations
of the public moneys which must CON
properly sustained. unless the House
will consent to its former practice of
initiating and preparing all apprppria-
ton bills through a single cOmnsittee
in order that responsibility may be cen
tered, expenditures standar1.-ed and
be avoided as much as possible {.
Additional legislation may also be-
come necessary before the present con-
gress adjourns in order to affect the
most efficient coordination and opera
ton of the railway and other transpor-
tation systems Of the country. But to
that l shall, II circumstances demand
call the attention OF congress UPON an
other occasion.
Devote Session to War.
"If l have overlooked anything tina
ought to be done for the more effective
conduct of the war, your W counsels
will supply the omission. What 1 am
perfectly clear about is tia in the
present session of the congress our
"AAOAS aAA0 iAoo w
concentrated on the vigorous and Fapid
and successful prosecution OF the great
task of winning the war.
we can do this with all the greater
zeal and enthusiasm because we know
that for us this is a war of nigh prin-
ciple. debased by no selfish ambition
of conquest or spoliation; because WE
know. n al the world knows. that we
have been forced into it to save the
very institutions we live Urdcs from
corruption and destruction. Tne pun
poses Of the central powers Strike
straight at the very heart of everything
we believe in; their methods Of WY
manity and of knightly honor: fi,eir
intrigue has corrupted the vc~y c,,baght
and spirit Of many Of our people; tllcir
sinister n secret diplomacy mas
sought to take our very territory AWAY
from us and disrupt the III: ~ Of the
our honor forever sullicd end brought
into contempt were we TO permit their
triumph. They are striking ~ Inc Very
existence Of democracy and liberty.
Declares Purposes holy.
1T is because it Is for us a war of
high, disinterested purpose, ia which
all the free peoples Of the weri6 are
banded together for the vindication of
right, a war for the preservation OF our
iidlAol dilu VI dIl tlaL II mas hetO GEAR
OF principle and of purpose, that we
feel ourselves doubly constrained to
propose for it's outcome only tina which
is righteous n OF irreproachatle in
t%ention, for our foes as well vs. far our
friends. The cause being just and noly.
the settlement must be. of Ike motive
and quality. For this we ca light, but
for nothing less noble or Is; worthy
of our traditions. For this cause we
entered he war and for this cause will
we battle until the las gun = fred.
II have spoken plainly l. ~Aasa this.
seems to me the time when = is most
necessary to speak plainly IN order
that all the world may know that even
in the ardor of the struggle ma when
our whole Thought is of carrying the
war through to it's end we have not for
gotten any ideal or principle for which
the name of America has ben held in
honor among the nations an or which
it has been our glory to cor v9d III the
great generations that Wen. before as.
n supreme m of history has
come. The eyes of the peopl, have been
opened and they see. The hand of Goa
is laid upon the nations. He will show
them favor, l d%evoutly belic.e. only if
they rise to the clear heights of His
w justice and mercy