311s“ illi
dist" 311113 Other llafluls.
31?- W1! ‘i‘i‘n-‘r
eilo‘w Citizens-Adr‘oli‘e who
33 feel a, he“! weight of responsibility.
, If not.’ he, has; 1115 conception of the
pattern and 111111111 0: the office upon
11111111111 1:11.151: 11.111111 111.1 11111
111?}, seller unseat tile‘ 11!! . ..
. 1'1 11111111111111.1111. 2 '
19,1'We3 ,f,apinauxuxai, address l‘s‘
' to,giv91,9 patrimony 0119111111, of fill} 1:111:11,
pollei95‘ of the n9w3. administration so
, 513' as they can, be anticipated. I here
h‘u‘d tlie3. “939V. to be one at the ad-
visera‘ot my distinguished predecessor
till all19llci11to hold up his hands in
f3 ‘1‘3. did not make the Inain3i10
3 I159 und' carol-content of thosp, ‘re
1111231313121 31‘} :11‘1‘1‘s'l important feature of my
~ administration They were directed to
1th}? 3911il‘jlrcssion of the lawlessness and
of power of the great gomblna-3
{1111113113111 111155151: :11 11111135111111,
,3 (indust‘ri‘l‘ll enterprises carryll‘ix
h relate commerce. The steps
my predecessor took and the
~-.-leg,lsl‘:,rtn'1n passed on his recommends ,
1tion; have accomplished much have-
v 1 caused 11 general halt in the ‘viclons
policies, which created popular alarm
‘nnd have brought about in the busi
. -. press a eLted a much higher regard for
,‘ 11111111111 1131111. ' 3 .
"‘ ‘ “Forth “r Action Na‘odocl. ,
render e reforms lasting. how-
1111111 secure at the some time
Mm alarm on‘ the part of
, hr.
with
1' thllh‘e p‘l‘lri‘il‘l'lné proper and plogressive
1 1 1.11 hilltlneqs» methods further lcgislatlic
_' add executive action are heeded. Itc-
' lief of the railroads from certain re-
stiictious of the null-trust law have
:, 111M111: my predecessor and will
x" up; we. “01‘: the other hand.
,. the. marinas-11111011 is pledged to legis-
11111111111111.1111; to a proper federal su-
,1 peryis _, ad restriction to prevent ex-
. cesulvc issue's of bonds and stocks by
‘ 3 . companies ownlllx- andoperatins later-
" slate c‘oihl‘l': ‘11: dad's. "'
Then. lilo. 1.1110111111311101: of. the de-
~ ,' partment ofljuatice. of the. bureau of
.- 2 corporation, in the department of com-
" 2 e and 1.1115011, and ,of the 1111111111111
me: on 2.1111111111111911 ioolrin‘g to affec-
tm-bperation of these agencies to
cure e 111111111 rapid and cer-.
1:1 111.111-
”'95.: 3351111 1:1,:‘1‘511111‘1‘3111111
, Ell 'ce law and the
xb’iwquired lnLthe- executive de-
‘ 1:: ll 001108de “in their enforce ~
‘éillived that with the changes
ré‘commendcll American busi-
3: l1 ,. g“51'
with) pro lbl‘l‘éd. .‘f
ntiai to the life and 1;:th 3f
‘ oilnsns“. Such a piah-dh'ust inches.
the: people to avail them-
methods11'of. combining
. 11111111111111111111111111 to
West Ndegrec of economic
t the same time differentl-
. chitin pilihipo . lied
, ' sc‘oli‘bfilig 1111111111111 ‘
“if“, 1111211111 thoj' lilt‘cil‘t hf crehfrl
11,11, 11111113111121 51316 tiriiliclally 111111111111
ihfi prices.
the 1561132 o‘i' formal-Inna into ,prac-
‘ ‘ bango‘s is creative
order and requires
,13the lu-
illlwfcf‘h‘ll 111111111111“; which
none 13110193101116!-
lb
11 of 11:1. tariff. , 1
"file pipeline of the
pea which 1 Lives els‘ct‘ed. 1
i of the country.
path 11 11an just taken must»
, smear 3131f the laws 1111311311.. '
-11
:2
M11 .93: 0D in“
111.15% thnt3-3. oops%ra 1111
1» act.
quote rev cane and adjust the 11111111 in‘
such a manner as to afford ‘Io labor
pad to all industries in this country,‘
whether of the far 111. mine or fattory.
protection by tIII'lil' equal to the differ-
" ence between the cost of production
;3 :ih‘oad and the cost of production here
have a prpvlslon which shall put
11111111, 131111111 executive determina-
tion of certain facts. a higher or maxi-
mum tariff against those countries
whose trade pollcv toward us equitably
,-,,,.111111111,e1 1159!: disc:l:nluation.,. it is
thought. 1
,“ 0h“‘3Wit‘ in poll
‘ 1111111: of the Ding'l‘éy‘ 11111. drafted‘ 0‘1: 11
1,911,119 has [10393
itlons sidcm to enact
similarly protective principle. that the
999335119: of the tariff, above stated will
s 111111 the reduction of rates in certain
vancemellt of. few..lf.any. 1
The proposal to ravine, the tariff
to lead the business community to
those branches of 1111111111111 directly
'afiie'cted. and as these are most im-
poplnnt it disturbs the whole business
It is imperatively nec-
111.5111, 1111111110111: 1111: a 11111:! 11:11 1111
dra3wa, in good, faith. in $909“!me
withI promises made before the elec-
tion by the party 'in‘ power and as
'pr‘ounptly passed as due consideration
1 fl“ will p313er lull.
Inheritance Tax Myron-lop.
111 the 1111111115 of, 1“: 111111: '91:: the
curing thereby of a revenue. Due
larg'e‘ly to the business depression
which followed the halluclal panic of
1907 the r'clenue 11:11:11 11111111111111.1111:
other 999§9¢§
‘ah‘ extent that ‘f‘llfi Si‘pefidit‘ul'Es for
the current fiscal year will exceed the
receipts by $100. 000.000. it is lmpcl'n
live that; such 9m deficit 3ahall not con
limits, {‘and th 3the tariff
blll' spigot £1,111: inn; ‘11::11311 11111
total‘ v pol: like 11915111111121.1111 by
11111111""‘111111111111133333"l11111§n 953390 1:11-
' cure tip, 0 m9. ho: it no
ibi‘ew O. 9.
1111111111 du‘l lcs
ads, of,‘ idf 1‘12 ghost be adopt
11110111311111} ; r‘ec'o‘t‘amend a
gradu‘lted inheritiglce‘ W, as 121111111111
11: dimples“, ‘ 15111211111111, dilly of
col ectloli. 3
new,
The obligation oil the pa‘r‘t of those
responsible for the expenditures made
to carry on the government to be as
economical as possible and to make
the, burden of taxation as light as poo-3
ethic is plain and should be ‘lnafllrmed
‘e'v‘e‘ry declaration of government pol-
lL-y.'1‘bis is especially two, when we
are face to face with 39. heav‘y‘ deficit.
But when the desire to win the pupa-1
lar approval 111111. to in cutting off of
expenditures really needed to 1111111
the government edecti‘ve and to an-
nble it to accomplish its proper objects
the result is as much to be condemned
as. the paste of government funds in
unnecessary, expenditure.
in the department of agriculture the
use of scientific experiments on a large
scale and the spread of information
derived from then: for the improve-1
mom. of xenerai agriculture must go
on.
The importance of supervisingr busi-
‘ness of great rniiwavs and industrial
combinations and the necessary inves-
business methods are nuolhel 111111111:
snry tux upon galernulcnt \vhhi: did
not e\lst half a century ago.
Proper Forms of Expenditure.
’.l‘l1¢.putlip,3,;-iuto force of, lows will: li
shall 1.1111111 the Ctillht‘l‘i‘ll‘itiil of our
rcsonr: as so 1111111.: they 11:11,:- be hill:-
iu the jurisdiction of the fodcr :II "or
eramcnt. including the most l:11p:11':l Int
work of saving and restoring our foi-
eats 1111's the 111111: improvement of 1:111
:tcrways are all pr'opcl government
functions whklh must inlolve large
expenditure if properly ‘p‘e'rformed.
While some of, them. like the reclama-
tion: of arid lands, are made, to pay
for themselves. others are ‘of such an
indirect 11111111111 that 11111151111111: be ‘ex-
fibers: 'A permanent im-
prove 3 ., 11".,11193‘1’111‘11111‘111 'canai
‘should' be. .tlea‘tcd as 'a distinct enter-
prise and, shduld, be paid for by, the
11111199111111 bonds. the issue. of which
will distribute its cost 3bctween, the
pro'bgnt and future generations in ac-
c013,:3mce,
m‘a
consideration of 11111111111111 w bother the
deepeningound c'tl'nti'oi, of the channel
of 53.5fm river. aygtem like that of the
111110.. """
1' ‘cf..‘ the
nits slid practic
prise.have been approved and deter-
1‘ minimum 3W 00h be provided for
in. thy-33mg wily...
Then. too. there 1111;,1’111111‘111111111111 of
-i“ govslulinbut absolutely necessary if our,
‘ country is to maintain its proper place
anoagthe nations 0:3 the world and is
to c‘x'e’rcis‘é as proper influence in de-
'fen‘so of it's 0511': trade interests in the
11111111911111» of," traditional. American
policy 1131111151 the colonization of En—
Irefer to the
q‘o'st 111111111111 ‘1 log a proper army.a
proper navy ‘and suitable fortifications
upon the 11111113111111: of the United
States and in its__ dependencies.
The Army and Navy.
e should 'have an army so organ-
ized and so offlc‘ered as to be' capable
in time 91' emergency in 00- 91111111111111
wilhi ihl'i. national 1111111111 and under
invaeil‘il‘l‘afrorn abroad and to furnish a
respecfnble expeditionary force. if nec-
csaange'ipjthe maintenance of our tra-
3ditit3ln'ai American policy which bears
the “11911111 of President Monroe.
0111 fortifications are yet in a state
man,
£13,: 31091111.in
, loa mg;
919309 given ,to a bill revising ‘131 Dip:- .‘
'1'11111 1111011111 sec-1111a, “Ila, lice,
.al‘lcil 11,
schedules and will require the ad'
' use 11111: 11111111111111.
nulde in such an authoritative Way as;
count upon it secondarily, halts all
prime motive is taxation and the sc- ‘
has. decreasgd to such
ligation. and prosecution of unlawful'
til the benefits derivad. it.
b submitted to the serious’
lsslsslppl when defi- .
111111111 for the enter-1 ‘
ropean ‘l‘no‘haluhles in this hemisphere ~
and. in the pro tion of peace and in-'
303. 1.1111111111111111;
the provisions ,of 'a‘ proper national,
volunteer-.1; 111w rapidly to expand l‘ntp;
a 29111,. augment-.3 to 1911111111: probable
number of than to 1111,11 them 11111111111
t‘cleut. la a few 111,111,.11119191, the,
usual annual 95519511111511 for our
coast defenses. both on ”19 mainland
and in the dependencich. will make
them sufficient to resist' all direct on
tack and by that time we may hope
that the 1111111 to man then: will be pro-
vided as a u9ce‘ssar‘y nii'iu'ct The
distance of ‘oii‘i' failures from i1"uI1'1pc
and Asia, or course, reduces the lic-
ccssliy for malntal‘n‘ln‘g under arms 11
great army. but if does not 1:1.1- 11:11:11
the requirement of..mero 11111111111111.
that we should have an army 511111
cieIIlly large and so constituted an to
form 11 nucleus 11111 of which a suitable
1111-1111 can quickly grow
What bah began said of the army
may be 1111111111: in' even a more cin-
phatlc way of the na‘vy. A 111111111111
navy cannot be 11.111111111111111 must
be built and in existence when the
emergency ‘arllea which calls for in:
My distinguished
predecessor bail in many speeches and
11111111111111 set out with great force 111111
1111111111: language the necessity for
Inliii‘ltalning a strong navy coniniensu
rate .‘with the coast 111111, the 1111111111”.
1111111111: resources and the foreign trade
of our nation. and i wish to reiterate
all the reasons which he has preachtqd
in favor of the policy of 11111111111111";
1: strong navy as the best conservator
of our peace with other nations and
the best means of securing respect for
the assertion of' our rights. the defense
of our interests and the exertise of
l our lnfindpce in international matters.
Must Arm as Other Nations Do.
Our international policy is always to
promote pcnbc.
any war with a full consciousness of
the awful coIIschIcnccs that it always,
entails whether succesntui 0111:1112. and
we. of (nurse. shall 1111111113 every effort
lonslulcnt will: 1111111111111 honor and flu-
highest 1: Itionul interest to avoid ll
Icsort to arms We 11110111111111 instrw
mentality. like that of, The Xingu:- lr-l
bunal and arbitration treaties 111.1111-
wlth :1 view toils use in all lnlcrnu—
llonul 1"11nlro\crslcs.lII 111'ch to plain-
lain llf‘iiu.‘ and to avoid :1 111' 11111 1111
should 1111 11111111 to cxlnllnv conditions
and should allow onrscilcs to become
foolish ideallsts‘ if we did ‘11:): 1111111111
that will: all the nations of the u 01 id
armed and prepared for “"111. 1:11 lllll9'l.
be ourselves in ‘a similar 101:1)itlun in
laklpg advantage of us and of our in
We shall enter into '
"1911111111111: 1."; 1111131111 11111 03 led out
by proper cefidlngs instituted by
tional government.
Monetary, lla‘wa Need ($th ‘0.
one of the reforms to be c‘arr ed out
during the incoming administration is
'1: 11111111111 of our monetary and banking
lnha no as to secure greater elasticity
in the forms of currency available for
11111111 and to prevent the limitations of
law from operating to increase the em
birrnssmonis of a financial panic. The
IIIoIIcI'IIry commission lately appointed
is air in" full consideration to citation
I'Lilltiiliuus 111111 to all proposed reme-
dies and will doubtless suggest one that
will 11:11:11 the requirements of business
:llll‘i 1.11 public interest. We may hope
that ii"! report will cinbodv 11111111111119
narrow v 11111 of these who believe that
till; I-Inlt- purpose of the new system
should 1111 to secure a large return on
banking capital nor of those who would
have, greater expansion of currency
with little regard to provisions for its
immediate redemption 1111 ultimate sc-
1 urlty. There is no subject. of econom-
ic discussion so intricate and so likely
to evoke differing v lows and dogmatic
statements as this one. The commis-
skin in studying the general influence
of currency on business and of busi-
polls on currency lihv'c wisely extend
out their investigations in Europenh'
trunking and monetary methods. The
information that they have dcrlicd
from such experts as they have found
abroad will undoubtedly be found
helpful in the solution of, the difficult
problem they have in hand.
Flvora Postal Savings Banks.
The incoming congress should
promptly fulfill the promise of the Re-
lulblii'uil platform and pass a proper
postal savings bank bill. it will not
be unwise ul' excessive paternalism.
"i‘bc prmnlsc iorcpuy by the govern-
llll‘iii
savings deposits which private cuter»
:11'1 '11 1 count supply and 11‘: such :1 low
rate of interest as not to withdraw
Muslin“ from existing banks it will
iruibslantialll inlrmsc 1:111 funds avail—
able. for luvcmncnl. all capital in use-
‘iul chimp-lees it will furnish the
absolute sot'mllv which makes the
proposed scheme of 1:111 cInIIIcIIl guur
' .1lIl,v of deposits at: alluring without
its [1:11 onions Insults.
Ship Subsidies Advocntsd.
order to Di't-\ei1i. other lilillullS from: 3 3333333_3333333 33333333 333333 333333 33333333333333
((liiill't‘sl'i will bc nilvc as it should I11.
1 1 e 1i s
ability to Ilcfl'n’d our i: love i and n 3 lo “33, ln,3,3,rmm.3, of 3,3” 9,991,”. 11.1011
3°“ our rights “n“ “ strong ““‘ "‘ ‘nnd of encouraging ii in 11v'1'1,vw:i,\
In the international conirov crsics that;
are likely to arise in the orient. ,uolv-
ling out of- the question of Illel
lopen door and other issues,1l111
|[United States can maintain her inter
a‘sta intact and can 11111111111 1111111111 1111'
lbs: just demands. She will no: 111.1
labia to do so however. if it is under—
stood that she never intends to ion].
up her assertion of right and llt‘l’ dc
'fenae of her interest; by anything but.
i mere‘ verbal protest and 1111221lomall1
note. For thes‘e reasons the expcnses
of the army and only and of coast dc,-
fensea should always be considered as'
something which the government must
pay for and they should not he cut off
through more consideration of econ
(our. (in: government is able to 111‘-
ford 1: suitable army and a suitable
nary. it may maintain them without
1 the slightest danger to the republic o:-
the cause of free institutions. and fear
of additional imatlon ought not to
change :1 proper policy in this regard.
Protection For Our Citi am Abroad.
The policy of the "I'IIi ed States in
[the Spanish war and since has 11111111
it a position of influence among the
311111111113 that it never had before and
should be constantly exerted to scour
ing to its bona fide citizen‘s, ‘vvhet'llci
native or naturalized, respect for them
2.11: such ill foreign countries. We
should make every effort to prevent
1‘ humiliating and degrading prohibition
ingeinst any of 11:11- cltll‘i'el‘l‘é' wishing
temporarily to ioyo'l‘lrh in foreign coun-
tries because o‘t- race or religion.
3 {the Japanese Question. 1
The admission or Asiatic immigrants
who cannot,
either of 111-911111115111911‘111‘161 in o
treaties 11121111111111.1511 or of strict ad;
:nlnlxtrative rpgu‘iation safured by dip.-
ti 3. 2 119132313'11h' hope
mine the
, 'such 11111111,-
i‘ ll
11311111 we may
11'11'111 11111113‘1 ‘
’ 3, willl odf‘ ,
“u" 3’! ...‘.13i’i~ ‘
P
here" and to be. protected against law
less, assault or, injury. ,
This leads me to point out a serious
defect in the present fedclal jurisdic-
tion which 11111111: to be remedied at
once. Having a‘ssured to other coliti-
trl‘e‘s bv treaty the protection of 21:11..
laws for 11111111111 their sublet-ts or bill-
111,111 as we‘, ‘1)
jurisdiction. 112121; 11111511111115 t"
or ll city not under the cont
federal. government the 111115.111; per-
111111115 of the federal executive
mean's‘ 9‘! outgoing; the 11111131111551:
morning. ,We cannot“ permit the possi-
whlrh might be avoided if federal
massacres-amt: 1111151111
111'
\
amalgamated with, our.
11011311111111, basheeii made" the 11111151112
{ii- United States and the Ill-stern coast
forming our international obligations
in this respect; By proper legislnfhm"
11.111111; t‘ii'ld 51111210151119.1333333999'1111
9'.
big fpllurc 91111111111111: to local prai-u '
tilde ‘in any “state or 1111111911111 govo'rh- ‘
1 meat to expose us to the risk of a war
ll’lcisiblc
‘this 11' AUG in tho or.i1'nt in the Philip-
pines: and in South .'\lllt'rl1n is known
.10 11:11:: 11111-11110 has ulvcu lhc Imllicr
‘ :Illcnliou. ’.i‘la.1,,dir111'l I-ili-I't of free
‘malc between this 1111111111} and the
ii’hlllpplncs will be IIInI'kcd upon our
Hale of lotions. agricultural II: ncblncr v
111111] other "Inann"fn1 inrcs. The neccsai
1,: of the establishmcnt of :llrcct lines
of steamers between North and South
.'\mcticn has been brought to the at
l icullnl: of congress by my predecessor
: and by \ir. Root before and after his
nolcuorlhi visit to that continent and
l sincerely hope that congress may be
induced to see the wisdom of :I icnttn
,iivc effort to'csiablish such lines by
the use of mail subsidies.
The importanc:1 which the dcpurt-
meal of 1.111111111111111. 11111: of commerce
and labor may play in ridding the
3 markets of Europe of prohibitions and
'dlscrimlnulions against the importa-
tion of our products is fully under-
stood; and it is hoped that the use of
the maximum and minimum feature
of our tariff law Xo‘bo soon passed will
be cfi‘cctivc.io remove many of thosc
‘ restrictions.
L‘ook Cnnai',‘ Plan 22011111111111.
111111 Panama canalwlil have. a most
important bearing' upon the trade be-
tween the cholera and the far west-
ern sections of our country and will
greatly increase the facilities for
transportation between the eastern
and the western seaboard and may
possibly revolutionize the 1111111119111:
21111111111 rates with respect to bulky mor-
cbandise. it will also have a most
beneficial effect to increase the trade
between the eastern seaboard of the
. 11. 1‘11.
of south Amciica and indeed with
some of the important ports of the
east coast of South America reached
by rail from the west coast. The
work on the canal is making most sat-
isfactmy progress. The type'of the
panel a9 a lock canal was, fixed by
1y congress after ‘1: full consideration of
»3 ‘ _ 3fhc conflicting reports of the majority
and minority of the consulting board
13111131 after the recommendation of the
“'11:”: departmmt and the' executive-
01111131 those reports. 3 Recent suggestion
111111”, somethlné he‘d occurred 'oh the
isthmus to make the look) type of the
3'1nnol less feasible than 3'it was sup- .
‘posod to be when the reports were
made and the policy determined on
1,1111 to a visit to the isthmus of 11
board of competent engines-rs to exam-
inc, the Gama dam and locks which
a are the key of the lock type The re-
.1111: of that board abpws’ that nothing
1111.11 occurred in the nature of newly
' , revealed evidence which should change
the views once formed in the original
discussion. The construction will go
on under It most eif90tlva organization
controlled by Coioilel Roethal‘s aud his
feilpw army 91111111911111 associated with
him 1111.1: will certainly be completed
such‘ 11111111111123 thy 1131111115 hip; “‘1‘ 13m early in the next administration. if. not
1.151111111115111: ,' 3 1: . 1311111111
‘ on ‘ 2. some type ‘o3f chual" 1111,: be con"-
,3 sti‘h’uted. The 1311's: W“. he“; been so»
. 111111 “‘11: 1119' 3311: gave: 111111111111:
form those: engagements by do expln. it‘ ‘11‘15 1: all promo its 1111121511111
nation that. the duty to neoplasm is in. nijlst not, ndw. 1t 11113313951119 keep up a dim,
sta or cities not withip our control. in, “19 liar 0 1,1, axen‘t‘s 111111.111 1701'
Ill, cpl promise. 1'11. blunt 132111 have authorised'fiwto do our work on
ou‘i’a’él as it: a position 'to. perform our' “16 isthmhsni' 'We- nlliist hold up their“
1111111111. and. ,s pe‘nklng‘ 1111», the incoming
proposo to devote, till the‘ energy possi-
his and users my 91111111: to 11:11 11111111-
id's of 11111: vitorlr on the 111111111 which
have been adopted and instead hehiad3
.11 .
will 'fui‘nlsh ‘11:: inducement to '
'i‘hc posslliililv of increasing .
administration. I wish‘ to‘iay 1111111 l'“
the 111,111 who are doing
, 31111391111111:
Work to bring about the early
cronie-
the executive“ in the courts of the 119- tion of this the greatest constructive lllelr progress.
enterprise of ‘Inbdern times.
Free Trade,’ With 1111111111111...
The governments of our dependen-
cies in Porto Rico and the Philippines
are progressing as favorably as could
be desired. The prosperity of Porto
Rico continues unabated. The bush
hess conditions in the Philippines are
not all that we could wish them to be,
but 111111 the passage of the new tariff
bill permitting free trade between the
United Stilton and the archipelago.
with such limitations in sugar and
tobacco as shall prevent injury to the
donlsslic interests on those products,
We can count on an improvement in
business conditions in the Philippines
and the development (Irina mutually
profitable trade between this country
and the islands. Meantime our gov-
ernment in each dependency is uphold-
lag the traditions of civil llbort 1 and
increasing popular control. whichlhlght
be "expected under American auspices.
The work which we are doing there
' redounds to ‘our credit as a nation.
Words 0G1 Friendship For the South.
i look forward will: hope to increas-
1ing the already good feeling between
the south and the other sections of the
iconntry. My chief purpose is not to
1 cdcct a change in the electoral vote of
the southern states. That is a second-
‘lnry consideration. What i look for-
ward io is an increase lnthc tolerance
of political views of all kinds and
their ad‘v‘ocaty throughout the south
and the existence of a respectable po-
,litlcal, opposition in every statcwcvcn
more“ than than this. to an increased
failing on the part of all the pcnple In
the s‘outii that. this government is lilcli
governIIIcnt and that its oiilccrs in
1l111lr states me tin-ll officers.
The Negro Question.
3111113111111 however. be complete and full
I\'.‘lllltllll. reference to the negro 1'11111
its progress and its picscni condition.
I111 llllrlccnlh unlcndincnt secured
Il111n: freedom. the fourteenth mncnd-
11:11IIt due process of law. protection
of properly and the pursuit of happi-
ness, and tho iificcnll: uIncIIdIIIcnt ai-
tclupicd to secure the Ili'gro against
any deprivation of the privilege to
l'ult' because in: was 11 III-gm. 'i‘lIc
”driven”: and fourteenth 1111101111-
111111115 lilii’tl incl-II pencrnlly cIIforci-d
111:1llmvc secured the objects for which
”my hero i1:lcudod.\\l1ilc thc lif-
ll'l'lllll amendment has not been gonor-
nlly 11l1~:"111\cil in iill‘ past. it ought to
1'l11.~ own-rod. and the tendency of
southern legislation today is toward
11:11 enactment of electoral qualified
lions which shall square will: that
:lmcndnlcul.
No Repeal of Fifteenth Amendment.
Hf course the more adoption of :1
constitutional bu: is only 1111c 5111:: In
the right. iiire‘a'llon. it must be fairly
and justly enforced as well. in time
both will come. Hence it is clear to
all illlli the domination of an ignorant.
irresponsible ciclnciit 13111121111. prcvcni-
oil by constitutional laws which shall
exclude from \ollui; both ‘Iiegrocs and
pinion not having education or other
qualifications thought to be necessary
for ll proper cicctoruic. Tho danger
of the control of an ignorant electorate
has therefore passed. With this change
the interest which many of the south-
ern lvhilo'ciilzcns take in the welfare
orcd men must base their hope on the
11111111111. thrift and business success as
wcll as upon the aid and comfort and
sympathy which they may receive
from their white neighbors of the
south. There was a time when north-
erners who sympathized will: tin.- ne-
1,:1'11 in, his necessary struggle for bet.
:01: conditions sought to give to him
the sIIi'l'Iilge as ll protection and to on-
lap' sentiment of the south. Themove
mcut proved to be a failure. What re-
mains in the fifteenth amendment to
the constitution and the right to have
statutes of states specifying qualifica
lions for electors subjected to the test
of compliance will: that amendment.
This is a great protection to the negro.
11111111: to be repealed. if it. had not
been passed it‘ might. be dlfllcult now
mental lawillc policy of southern leg-
islation must and will tend to obey it.
and so long as the statutes of the
states meet' the test of this unlead-
ment and are not otherwise in con-
flict with the constitution and laws of
the United States it is not the disposi»
tion or within the province of the fed«‘
eral government to interfere with the
regulation by southern drains“ of then
domestic affairs.
3 "Negro is Now Americana."
There is in the south a stronger feel-
ing than ever’ among the intelligent.
well to do and influential element in
favor of the industrial education of
the negro and the encouragement of
the race to make themselves useful
members of the. community. The
progress which the negro has made in“
the last fifty years from slavcrv. when
its statistics are reviewed. is marvel
011's. and it furnishes every reason to
hope that in the next tw enty- live veal-s.
a still greater improvement in his con
ditlon as a productive I‘n‘émbpr of so
in other occupations. may come. The
neg‘ro'es are now Americans. Their
their 9111:1111: this is 91111111511111 éo'nn-
trv‘3 had their] only; fiag‘ They have'
‘s‘ivés anxious to live for
race feeling 11111111111111.9111. subjected
11: times to cruel 1111111111121 3111111111; out
of it.‘ they may well hays our profound
sympd‘tby and aid 11: the snuggle they
it re 1111111111211: We are charged with the
11.131111 dutv of mailing their path 1,11,!
111111111111 111111 éas‘y as We 11111. 1111211
recoxiiltion of their distinguished men,
ails. 11111111115111.1111 one: from 111.111:
'l‘llc 11:1'I‘lsl1lciatlon of this question,
of thc Ilcgroes has increased. The col- 2
results of their own industry. self I'c- -
force its exercise against the1 prevail- 1
It never will be rcpcaied. and it never ,
to adopt it.‘but with it in our funda- i
answer-11391111111 here years ago against..‘
it‘,‘ and to ,d ,for it, Encountering. 11111, ‘1
their number, is properly taken as an '1
encouragement and an appreciation of
and this 3ji3ist3 policy
shall bo pursued
‘ l The Appointment of Negro».
But it may we" admit (it doubt
whether in case of 'any race an ap-
pointment of one of their number to
11 local silica in a community in which
the race feeling is so widespread and
acute .11; to interfere with the ease and
facility with which the local gdvcru
most business ‘ct’Iu‘ 1111 11111111 by the up
poinlce is of sufficient benefit by way
of encouragement to the race to out-
WL‘iizll the recurrence and increase of
race feeling which such an appoint-
ment is likely iocngcnder.’1‘ilercforc
the 111.11 111110 in recognizing the negro
race by appointments must exercise a
cnIcful discretion not thereby to do it '
Inorc harm‘ than good. Oh the other
hand I: 11 [Will be careful not to on
courage the more pretense of race feel-
ing i‘ilanul'ncturcd in the“ interest of' in-
div ldunl political ‘.ambition
No Race Fueling in Whileflouss.
Personally i have not tile, slightest
1'111111 propulh-c or feeling. and recogni-
tion of its existence only awakens in
my heart a deeper sympathy for those
who have to bear it 01' editor from it.
and 1 question the wisdom of a policy
which is llkcly to increase it. Menn-
time. if nothing; is doneio prevent. ll
bctlcv fooling between the Degrees and
the whites in the south will continue
to grow. and more and more of the
while 12111111111 will come to realize that
the future of the south is to be ‘ulnch
benefited by the industrial and Web
lcctunl [digress offlie negro: The ex-
moles of political franchises by those
of his rate who are intelligent 111:1:
soil 111 do will be acnuicsced in. and
the right to vote will be withheld only
from the ignorant and irIv'sponslbie of
both 1.1095.
The Labor Question.
There is one other I‘natlcr‘ to which I
shall l' mu it was made the subject
of 111-11111 1."11nlIoie1'sy during 1111 elec-
lion and calls to: at least a passing
rcfereuccnnw. Mydistinguished-plank
11.1'0311111' has ulvc‘n much attention to
the cause of labor, with whom strug-
ple for better things ho‘lnis 11111111111111: ‘
sincerest sympathy. At his ins\ancc
concicss has passed the bill fixing: the
liability of. lulcrslnlc carriers to their
11111ployccs for injury 11111111111111 in the
women of employment. abolishing the
Isle of follow servant and the common
law rule as; to contriiultory negligence
and substituting 11111111111112- l‘lle so, called
rule of comparative negligence. it has
also passed a law fixing the compen-
sation of government employees for
injuries sustained in the employ of the
government through the negligence of
the superior. it also passed a‘nlodel
child labilr law‘foi' the District of Co-
lumbia." in previous administrations
an arbitration law for interstate com-
Incl‘cc railroads and" liicir‘cmpim'ccs
and laws for the hppilcull‘l‘m of 'snfcty
devices to saw the lives and limbs of
employees of interstate railroads had
llf‘C'll passed Additional legislation of
this kind u as panned bv the outgoing 3
00111;: one
By Lydia E Plukham 5
Vegetable 333i3.3‘.onipoinid
11111111111511; --."I suffered from
all: oration and 0t srfelnalo troublesfor
Pin hams e eta.
; ble Compoun was
2 recommended. and
I decided to try it.
It cured my trouble
and made me well
and S‘r‘mf' so that
1. ital: do a lm-yown
wor.k " Mrs Jos~
El‘ll Hana. Bards-
'- . town Ky.
Another Wernan Cured.
Christiana. Tenn. -——" l suffered from
thc1woi‘st form of female tioilble so
that at times I th‘ougbt I could not
live. and my nerves were in a dIcndful
condi ti3on. Lydia E Pinkinun' s Vege-
table Compou up cured inc. and made
me feel like a d. fferent woman. Lydia
E. Plnkham’ 5 Vegetable Compound is
worth its weight in gold to suffering
women. "-Mns. M'Al'ii “'000. ll 1111.3.
If you belong to that countless army
of women who suffer from some form
of female ~’,ills. don’t hesitate to try
Lydia it Pluiti‘iam' 5 Vegetable Com-
pound. made from roots and herbs.
For thirty years this famous remedy
has been the standard for all forms of
female ills: and has cured thousands of
woman who 119.119.11.111: troubled with
Such ailments as displacements. fibroid
tumors, ulceration, inflammation. ir-
regularities. backache. and nervous
prostration.
If you want special advice or rite
forittolllrs.Plnklloul,LyIIn.1llass.
It is free and always helpful.
NEW CORPORATIONS.
A certificate ,of organizaiim: was
11ch in the 'ofiic‘cbf the secretary of
11:0 stoic yesterday by the Yeager
Piano Company. of Waterbury.
The industrial. instrument Company
of Waterbury has filed a notice of tht1
issue of additional shares of stock
to the value 01‘ $107.20".
The Social League, incorporated. of
Bridgeport, has filed its articles of us-
socialion.
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR LA GRIPPE.
La gI'lppc coughs cl:- (ithl‘OIIS as
they 11111111111111; develop into pneumo-
nia. Folev 15- Honey and. TM not uni:
stops 111:1 cough hilt heals and slrcngtlr
ens tiiciuiigs So that no serious results
need be feared. 'i‘bc genuine Foley's
1101on and TM contains no harmful
drugs and is 'in'a yellow package. llc~
lust: substitutes. Bridge Pharmacy
and i" ll iiaxtcr. ' W
1 l \‘l M: to say ll:11t1,ln so far as i can ‘COME IN ‘AND EXAMINE OUR
NEW LINE OF
' i hope to promote the enactment of
further legislation of this cllaractcr.‘
i am strongly convinced that the gov» .
crumcnt should make itself as respow 12
siblc to employees injured in its c‘ni-
' play as an lntcrstatcrailway corpora-
law to its employees, and I shall be
glad.ul1cnc\hr any nddlli'Onal Icas‘onu-
lilo safety dcvlt-c 1111: he invented to
reduce the loss of life and limb among‘
railway employees, to urge congress
to require its adoption by interstate
‘ railways. » ,1
U53 of Injunctions Necessary.
Another labor“
discussion. That is in rcsp‘e'm to the
power of the federal courts, to issue
injunctions in industrial disputes. As
to that my convictions are fixed Take
away from courts. if it could be taken
'11: a: the power to issue injunctions
in labor disputes. and it would create
-il privileged class 11111111111 the 11111911111111
:lnd ear is the lawless among their num-
be: from a most llccdful 1511:1111 diall-
able in all men for tlié 1110111111111 of
their business 111111111211 111111111111: invasion. ,
The proposition that business is" not a
proper ty ‘or‘ 1111111111111 right w‘h‘ich' can
be p: elected by equitable 11111111111151} ls,‘
utterly without foundation in place-
dent or rcnso‘n. The proposition is
‘ usually linked with one :t0'1mak5, theI
Secondary boycott .iawful.- ‘
proposition is at variance With the
American instinct and will find no
support. in my judgment wiles 11111111111. ’
edto’the' American peoplc' 2111s 'ae‘c-'
11111211111111 boycott is ~1"an instnim‘ent of .
11111212111111 hull ought 1131112111, be made
11111111111111."
The issuing of a temporary restrain-
mg order without notice has in acreral
instances "2’bcen 2' abused 'by its" incon-
siderateexercise, 11111: to remedy this 1
thé‘plntforni uponn’viucl: i was elect-
l
i
question has arisen 3
which has awakened the most excited_ ‘
-Such‘ a
cd recommends the formulation 1112's"
statute, of the conditions. under which.
such‘ 11139111111111.1111 restraining order
111111111 1112111111111. ' - statute can and
‘ouglll: to be 11111111: to embody the 1115: ,
1 modern practice and can bring the sub-
,lcct so closely to the attention of the .
11~0urt as to make abuses of the process
pie. if I understand them. insist that
iuulikely in the future. American 0-
ciety. 0n the farm and in, the shop and l pe ‘
tion is made responsible by federal.‘ ‘
the finest ever shown in the
Twin Cities and at‘ prices
‘ that defy competition.
of a man's home enjoyment depends
the. authority, 91,1111: courts shall be upon his surroundings—his conven-
sustained and are opposed to any
powers of a court may be weakened
and th. fearless and adoptive admitr
lslrntlou of justice be infurfered with.
, likely to reclir‘ 111111an m‘v administra-
tion and 1111111111: 1111111111311: 111' a sum-
lulu-y way the position which i expect
to take in” recommendations to con-
dress and in my coiidi‘ir't as ‘an-exocu-
live. I invoifli“ 111311 colihidératc 1.1an
2111111111 landscapes of 1111 111111111 9111
zens and 11139111 bf 1111111111111 God in.
tile. Mellie; mil. 11111111113111 listless
Having thus, reviewed the ,questlons 1., 5.3338 sense of lnvttln
lehccs A cosy armchair will make
change in the procedure by. which the his pleasure all the more certain. We
have them in all kinds—11101- 1113.11001- or
veranda use. Fine wicker rockers and
iarm~chairs that positively look invlt1
lag. They resemble vigilant policemen
a. rest. but. a
rest in them is pulse a. 1
The A J. Angevme
8180a Co.
1341136 WAS‘H‘iN‘G‘i‘ON ‘STREE‘T.
Norwalk Chronicler