Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-13

WQOl6 IOIC6 anu eu6ESy.
It will be necessary to extend In
certain particulars the legislation OF
the last session with regard to alien
enemies, and also necessary, believe.
TO create very definite and particu'
lar control over the entrance and de-
parture Of all persons into and from
the United States.
Legislation should be enacted defin-
ing as criminal offense every willful
violation of the presidential proclama-
tions relating to alien enemies promul'
gated under section 4067 of the Re
vised Statutes and providing appropri-
ate punishments, and women as well
as men should be included under the
terms of the acts placing restraints
upon alien enemies. 1t is likely that
as time goes on many alien enemies
will be willing to be fed and housed
at the expense of the government In
the detention camps, and it would be
the purpose of the legislation have
suggested to confine offenders among
them in penitentiaries and other sim
liar institutions where they could be
made to work as other criminals do.
Calls for Curb on Profiteerins.
Recent experience has convinced me
that the Congress must go further in
authorizing the government to set linn.
its to prices. The law of supply and
demand, am sorry to say, has been
replaced by the law of unrestrained
selfishness. While we have elimin-
ated profiteering- in several branches
of industry it still runs impudently
rampant in others. The farmers, for
example, complain with great deal
of justice that, while the regulation OF
lood prices restricts their incomes, no
restraints are placed upon the prices
of most of the things they must them
selves purchase; and similar iniquities
obtain on all Sides
1t is inperatively necessary that the
of the full use of the
watef power of the country and also
the consideration of the systematic
and yet economical development Of
such of the natural resources of the
as are still under the control
of the federal government should be
resumed and affirmative
ly and constructively dealt with at the
earliest possible moment. The press
ing need of such legislation is daily
more obvious.
The legislation proposed at the last
session with regard to regulated com.
binations among our exporters. in or
der to provide for our foreign trade
a more effective organization and
of cooperation, ought by all
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 1t will
be impossible to deal in any but q
rery wasteful and extravagant fashion
with the enormous appropriations OF
the public moneys which must con-
tinue to be made II the war is to be
properly sustained, unless the House
will consent to return to its former
practice 6f Initiating and preparing all
appropriation bills through a single
committee, in order.that responsibility
may be centered, expenditures stand.
ardized and made uniform and waste
and duplication as much as possible
Additional legislation may also be-
come necessary before the present
Congress again adjourns in order 70
effect the most efficient coordination
md operation of the railway and other
transportation systems of the country:
but to- that 1 shall, If circumstances
should demand, ,jeall the attention Of
the Congress -unon another occasion.
'fsm 'fihave. oEerlooked anything that
eluHkh Sy to he, done for the more effec-
ttye, conduct of the war, your own
c6thsals will supply the omission.
What I. am perfectly clear about is
that in the present session of the
Congress- our whole attention and
energy should be concentrated on the
Vigorous, rapid and successful prose
eutfoh'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 high prin.
cfple, debased by no selfish ambition
of conquest or spoliation; because We
know, and all the world knows, that
we have been forced into it to save the
very, institutions we live under from
corrupt1on and destruction
=. The purposes of the Central Pow
ers strike straight at the very heart
OF everything we believe in: their
methods Of ,warfare outrage every
principle of humanity, and of mighty
honor; their intrigue has corrupted
the very thought and spirit Of many
Of our people; their sinister and So
cret diplomacy has sought to take cur
very territory away from US, and dis
rupt the union of the states. Our
safety would be at an end, our honor
forever suliied and brought into con
tempt were we to permit their trf
umph. They are striking at the very
existence Of democracy and liberty.
1t Is because it Is for US war of
high, disinterested purpose, In which
all the free peoples of the world are
banded together for the vindication
Of right, a war for the preservation of
our nation and of all that it held dear
of principle and Of purpose, that we
felt ourselves doubly constrained to
propose for its outcome only that
which is righteous and of irreproach-
able intention, for our foes as well as
for our friends. The cause being Just