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12 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL!, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING.' MARCH 4. 1003. Speech of 1 Nation's Executive Outlines rians ror governing 01 reopie pi uni-1 ted States Aloilg Lines Drawn by the Retiring President 4 -X - vor army and naTyufflclntly strong to malnl Legislation " to Prevent Expansion of ! ?xrri t . v - . . . X Country musl oberr - trtoaty HirhU of forolmers. Greed m Lorporauons Larger Army I ; and Navy Necessary to Preserve Peace. '.' -Fair Play For Foreigners.7 " vr TAFT'S POLICIES OUTLINED Will support Roosevelt's reforms, and admits that ha haa bn act far In an advisory, capacity In many of the Roosevelt pallolf.. . Pledge regulation of th corporation in th natter of issuance of xeeaalv bonds' and mortgages. , 8Ubll!tr of Amarioan business to be assured. ; ' 1 Tariff question calls for extra session of congress and question on of most Important that country must solve, - Taxation should be mad as light as posslbl and - government ex penditures curtailed, avoid i or all unneceaaary expanse. , Public money should be wisely protected but not boarded. . Intatn peace and pre- . n o lorcn nucieua Invaders. ... Antl-forslarn aei. 2 ration, oiacouraaau. vtvrniiivii .iiuuiu t mnwim mit iuca questions - DJ proper legislation. Inoffensive to other countries. . , 4 , , . Congress should pass a postal savings bank bill. ' , A , Panama canal pollcle of Roovlt trill b continued. ' , Him nreludlee mav he eliminated by a fifteenth amendment . tn th. constitution of , th CAtted State, maklrut- educational .ejtailflaMZ-j necessary to obtain the electoral franchise. . ,, ,, . ,. XI ., Washington. D. C, March 4. Tb9 .speech of President Taft, following tha "Inauguration was .impressive, straight forward talk on onditiona " In the United State. The president outlined policies similar to those of lila predecessor :; and declared that he would follow in me, loowmps oi - Mr. Roosevelt. The speech In .full follows: " ' : My Fellow Cltlsena: Any one who takes the, oat ir I hav just, taaen mu.i , feel a heavy wWght of responaipiuiy. ' If not, be baa no - conception of the ' powers and duties of, the office upon which be is about to enter or h Is larking In a proper eens of the obllga- ; , tlon which the oath imposes, ; - v . The office of an Inaugural address Is ' to giv a summary outline of the . main policies or tne new aanuiii"". far as" they can be anticipate"- i nw 1 had the honor to be on of the advisers ' of my dlstmgujsnea - preaece.nwr, as Such, to hold up his hands in th re forms he has initiated. I should be un true to myself, to my promise and to . the declarationa pi- me pariy jjimy"" upon which I was elected to office, if I did not make the maintenance and n forcement Of those reforms a moat Im portant feature of -my admlnlatratlon. They were directed to the suppreselon of the lawlessness and abuses or power of the great combinations of capital In vested in railroads and in industrial enterprises carrying- on-interstat com merce. The steps which my. predecesor took and the legislation passed on his recommendation have accomplished much, have caused a general halt in the vicloas policies which created popular alarm, and have brought. about In the . business affected, a much higher Tegard for existing law, ' Relative to th BeirtUatlott of th , Corporations. To render the reforms, lasting, how- j ever, and' to secure at the same time freedom from alarm on the part of those pursuing proper and progressive . business methods, further legislativ and executive action is needed. Relief of the railroads from certain restrlo- tions of the anti-trust law have been urged by me. On the other hand, the administration is pledged to legislation looking to a proper federal supervision - n resirictkitf to - prevent - excessive issue of bonds and stocks by companies owning and operating interstate con mree railroads. ' - Then,' too, a reorganisation of the ae " partment of Justloe,' of the bureau of .AiiAMn In th rfflnnrtmflTif nf oom- 'tneree and labor,, and of the interstate I government absolutely necessary if our commerce commission, looking to effect- J f0UI"try s to maintain its proper place . , fve cooperation or tnese agencies, isi"v, in. oiuinnni ms woria, and is v needed to secure a more rapid and cer-i to: exercise Its proper Influence in de tain enforcement of, the laws affectlnpl fence of its own trade Interests, in the Interstate railroads ana maustriat com i "..ojibhuw ot iraaiuonai American " blnations. - iimroy ine colonization or Euro. I hope to be abla to submit, at th Pen, inonarohles in this hemisphere, first regular session of the Incoming and In the promotion of peace and in congress, in December next, definite sug- ternatlonal .morality. 1 refer to the rest ions in respect to the needed ct of maintaining a proper army, . a amendments to the anu-trusi ana tne i vwr nuvy ana "suiiame rortincattons Interstate commerce ,law, end tho l upon the mainland of the United States ' changes required In th executive oe " lis aenenaencies. ripartments concerned In their enforce- We ehouM have an army so organised ' ment . ' - - o officered, as to be capable in It la believed that with the change time of emergency. In cooperation with to b recommended. American business the national militia, and under the. pro- f can be assured of that measure of sta- visions of a proper national volunteer Mllty and certainty in respect to those ww, rapidly to expand into a force suf- ' things tnat mny o aon ana inom-uiiiv v nmni an uroMDig invasion sre pronioiieu, wnicn is BBsaniiai io me im ro lurnisn a respect life and growth of all business.. Such a able expeditionary force, lf.necessary. in plan 'must Include the right of the the maintenance of our traditional people to avail themselves of those American policy which bear the nam methods of combining capital and ef- of President' Monroe. fort deemed necessary to reach th Our fortifications are yet In a state ' highest degree of economic efficiency, of only partial completeness, and th at tn same uma aiiirenuiuis I . w u,o.u iwni w insuxji tween combinations based upon legitl-1 olent In a few years, however, th mat economic reasons and those formed I usual annual appropriation ; for our with the intent of creating monopolies ooasi aeiences, both on the mainland and artificially controlling prices. and In. the dependencies, will make them Th work of formulating Into prae- sufficient to resist all direct attack, ' tlcal shape such change is creative and by .that time w may hope thet work of the highest order, and requires th men to man them will be provided 11 th deliberation posslbl in therin- as a necessary adjunct Th dlstane tervaL I believe that the amendments of our shores -"from Europe and Asia to be proposed are just as necessary In of course reduces the necessity for i th protection or legitimate ousmssa nm nwnnmim unaer arms a rreat army. In tne clinching of th reforms which but it does not take away the require properly bear th nam Of my prdce- ment of mer prudence, that we should Bor. . .i hive an army sufficiently large and so Serlsloa - of h Tariff Xatter of eonstituted as to form a nucleus out of Xmsoctase. w" """on xoree can quiciciy nation and th best means of securing correct In principle and 'as certain and I respect for the assertion of our right. uj coueciion. , , ; I the aerenoe oi our inwnii my Taxatloa Should Be Kaa Light J rclse of our Influonc w intern uonai . . .. i j. . . . vniiinia. iiini ivi .. Thhii..ii, ,v Irntarnatlonal Folioy ' X to rromot responsible for the expenditures mad i , . , - - , . .. to carey on the government to be Our international policy Is always to economical a possible, knd to make th promote peace. We shall enter into burden of taxation as light as possible, any war with a full consciousness of la Dlaln and ahniiM va .rrirmaui In ik. annauiuMu that it always un.ni.uuu oi jqrtramii policy, xnm I entails wnetner successiuj or nui, mnu Is especially true when w ar face t I 3- of course, shall mak every effort fac with a heavy deficit. Rut when I (), natlnnul honor and th the desire i to win the- popular approval I highest national Interest to avoid a leads to the cutting off of expenditures I r..ort to urmt We favor every In- iom? iiocuru lis iiihh ilia gnvflrnminii i AMsiiv 1 1 lta t nnr nr i n i-ikkub effective, and to enabl It to accomplish tribunal ! and 'arbitration treaties made vujruin, uio iinuu u muci I llh a. view to Its US in ail luiornae to be condemned as the waste of aovern-1 in order to main' ment fund In unnecessary xpendttur. 1 Deict an1 to avoid wan But w Thtcope of a modem government. in ,hOUld b blind to existing condltldns. what :lt can and ought to accomplish iT .Bn-r,?.!ii,ls to become ror its people lias been widened - far 1 71T.. "h Mi.ii.t if we did not realise J?flJ?i?.W ?,w br tht fS.lt1'iithe; "Vhe nation, of th world wtu winnQ4 laua lunuui n i nniuinni vnr. . . a . ma era and this widening hi.' m. ,YV lrma ana preparea ir arbrovaL -. b ourselves in a similar conimm,.i vyil I . natlnna from In the department of agriculture, the I taking advantage of us and of our In use f sclenttfie experiments on a farg itmtJ ia def.rVd our Interests and as- soaiew aria tn spread of information I mrrt mtr riahta with a strong hand. In derived from (htm. for th. Imnrn,.....! l"erl.r , -" !Lr.;.ii k. ... Of general arlcultur', must Tgo on" hkely to iVue In thV orient growing ine importance of supervising busl- I out of the question "of the 0(n aoor ness of great railways end Industrial (and other Issues, the United States can combinations, and th. nHMim lnTn.ln.ii.u.ii., int.re.t. intact and can isnuun una prosecution or uniawrui l secure, respeot for ner- just aemana.. lusiess methods, ar. another neoessarv I ah. ,m nt h. .hi. to do so. however. tax Pon government which did not if it Is understood that she never In- "mw """I.. cFn'ury sgo. 1 tends to back up her assertion oi ngni Th DUttlnar into ore. r,I. lnw I I 'i. .-r!7. k.. i.i.r.it hT nv. shall, secure the conservation of our thins- but mer verbal proteat and dt- fnlSiirtX-'iif ti13r.nly ,br w"hta ploniatlo note. For these reasons the J u"d, ?i22 "Li"9 ,,M'or1 e-oyern- ;ipenses of the army and navy and of w fS6iSIlm.r'i,nport-ant coist defenses should always be con- Work Ox aavtnr And rmmtnrinm .nn fnfa. j m .ibi.. BthiaK tKa s-warn. !Llfl 'at improvement of mpnt muni - cay for. and they should r teJy"i Ap? Proper government not b cut off through mere conslder- funct dns vhich must involve large ex- Sfion of VoonomV. fir government is toytti'K"a-MWh"S Sblnto affo?d ay 'lultaoi: army 'and a aome or them, like the reclamation of m,i,.hi. nsw i-t may maintain them SI.U"!'!:.!. mad L Pr 'or them- Sil"? thV.lia-htesT'danr to the benefit that this cannot rS" kSSSS 7 r tha cu ot fr Institutions 7 th.m (ta..fwc,e? m er of additional taxation ought WeVni'mrr.hTO PWr ollcy In this as a distinct enterprise, and should b I "s"0: - , , paid for bv th. nrm.H,r k The nnllcv of the United States in issuef which will distribute-Its' cost I th 8panish war, and since, has given between, the present and future genera-I it . a position of Influence among the i1"" 44,n;,vwrianee witn tne benefits l nations .tnat i nnr n.5ioi derived. It may well be submitted to! should b constantly exerted to secur- the serious cnnslderntlnn nf I Inr n tta hnni fid. elttxens. whether whether the deepening and control of the I native or naturalised, respectfor them X PF-nr? system, like as such in loreign countries, we nouia by Mr. -Root befo .id.r-. m.'LZ:" inv vi irio ynio or ox ins Mississippi, I maKe every errort to prevsnt numiimi-4.worthy visit to h.r .-j when definite and teraetleal nianin. tki I in .nd d.sradina- nrohlfiltlon- aaalnstT2""ii J1!1!' to that continent and I -vrirriB -nave neerr approved and determined upon, should not be pro vided for In the same way. - army taA navy "to TTphold Monro Sootrln. . Then, too, there are expenditures of A matter ef most pressing importano! what ha. aM a - Is th M".v,if.-thi11,,!" b rjrmd In ven a more emphatio rnrdanea with tne Dromlae of the plat-lara nf th. aw a . K. form upon which I was lctd, I shall not b Improvised. It must b built nfne t0r Lf?L"S?. ergenc; order that ZllAltlw0 tlon. My distinguished predecessor has riven Jo a bill revising the Ding-ley act. ln man ,pw.h, afl(. m...aa;es set out This houi secure an ajuate revenue wtth great fore and .trlklng languag and. adjust the duUes In such a man- the necessity for maintaining a strong per as to .afford to labor and to all nary commensurate with the coast line! "UUV ' ;.2,m I ,ne aovemmentai resources and the th farm, rata or ' 'Mto,- protecHon foreign trade of our nation: and I wish tv tariff eaual to th difference be-1 , .n .. .. vt.v - iirmn thi cost of Droductlon abroad anl f..'...'."...' "2 uc "ir""-':--:, -v. jvi 1T. I n,amMlln,n" sitohb navy as tn best a provision which ahell put Into 'orce. conserator of our peace -with other anv nr mi, nlMwii wl.nlrra" temnor- ily to sojourn In foreign countries be cause or race or religion. Unit Observe Our Treaty Arrangement witn nations. Th admission of Asiatic Immigrant who cannot be amalgamated with our population nas been maae in suDjeci either of ; prohibitory clauses In our treaties and statues, or'-of strict admin lstratlv regulation secured by diplo matic negotiation! I sincerely hop that w may continue to minimis the evils likely to arlae rrom sucn immigration without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self-re specting governments. Meantime, we must take every Drecautlon to prevent or, failing that to punish outbursts of race feeling among our people against foreigners or wnatever nationality, wno have by our grant a treaty right to pur sue lawful business here and to be pro tected against lawless assault or in- Jury. - This leads me to' point out a serious defect, in the present federal jurisdic tion which ought to be remedied at once. Having assured to otner coun tries by treaty the protection of our laws for such of their subjects or cit Isens as we permit to come within! our jurisdiction. We now leave to a state or a city, not under the control of the fed eral government the duty of -performing our International obligation ln this resDect By proper legislation w may. and ought to, place ln the hands of the reoarai executive tn means or enrorc lns the treaty rlsrhts of such alien in the courts of the federal government It puts our government In a pusillani mous position to maks definite engage ments tn.srotect aliens and then to ex cuse th failure to perform those en gagement by an explanation that th duty to keep them Is in state or cities. not within our control. If we would nromisa. we must put ourselves in a po sition to perform our promise. We can not permit the possible failure of Jus tice due to local prejudice In any state or municipal government to, expose us to the, risk of a war which might be avoided If federal Jurisdiction was as serted by suitable legislation by cbn aress and carried out by proper pro ceedings Instituted by the executive In tne court or tn national government One of the reform' to be carried out durlnar the Incomlna administration Is a changa of our monetary and banking taws, so as to secure greater eiaettcity In the form of currency available for trade and to prevent th limitation of law from eoeratlna to Increasa th. am. barraaaments of financial panto. The monetary commission lately appointed is giving full consideration to existing conditions and tt all proposed remedies, and will doubtless suggest one that will meet the requirements of business and of publlo Interest. W may hop that th report will embody neither th nar row view of those who believe that th sol purpose of the new system should be to secure a. large return on banking capital, or of those who would have f reater expansion of currency with Ut 1 regard to provisions for Its" Imme diate .redemption or ultimata security. There. IS no auMect nf annnnml, 41.. cusston so Intricate and o likely to! attAb-A AI4AB.M .l a . . u.uwu, n,wi ana aogmatla Statements as this on. . Th. slon In studying the general Influence of currency on business and of hnain... on currency, hav wisely extended their investigations In European banking and monetary methoda The Information that they hav derived from .n ... KS!?..'K."'ihe5L ha-v ,oun1 abroad will undoubtedly h. rmmt i,.in,i haven1 hand?' dlmul 'oblem th,. Congress aould Vasa Potal Baying . Th incoming congress should nmm'ni. Salfoiii.1 Inl Droml ot Republican piatrorm and pas. a nmu. nn,., . Ing bank bllL It win V. T.V " , in rWnaZ, v... t; promise in TndLiX.ii'? fovernment will burnish thich nfTJ2?nt o "avlngs. deposit and at uctt lo.r,.;i r V. t'SVl Lk. w,thtf,7 f.!?P.r.om fxi'tlng ilSttSI" 'oVlnveitment";: capital in useful enteirlses. It rlll SyiTiiht -but curltr whlch makes the- proposed seliem of govern ment smsrantv tit dann.it. Jr,,..Z:l withoul 1U pernlcliurresulti. "". nl?-X whop?. tnat th Scorning t fi,fmnV be J hould be, tO tne ImifOrtflnnA a a-n. Me.Ai.K 1 ??A.t.f ncouraging It - lh-vW wav n?.H,?rIde ZgalW .2' ft"2Sf'J- Plnes and in South -America are knowV .,.nn "mi;"0 J!' xiven tn matter PhLt7Mn1M 't1 country and th S1ii.U?5ll,.!" wlU b. marked upon.vour Sale Of cotton.. n,rlult.i,.i Iu-.- and other manufactures. The necessity .f..n tamisnmeni of direct lines of II:?mV" tw" North and South Am fii1 J10 ben brought to the atten- 'STS'm07 my.Preaaoessor, and ' tain facts, a higher Or maximum tariff against taos countries wnos rraae poi Icv toward na enultablr reoulrea such discrimination. It Is thought that ther , has been soon a cnangn. in con anion, sine th enactment of the Dlngley act drafted on a similarly protective prin ciple. . that the measure of the tariff shove stated will permit th reduction or ratee in certain cnauies ani win reouire the advancement of few, if any. The proposal to revim the tariff mad. -"In such aa authoritative way aa to lead ' the buslnee. community to count upon It necesearily halt all those Drenches of business directly affected, end a these are most Important It disturbs the whole hairiness of th country. It Is Imperative! v necessary, therefore, ' that a tariff bill be drawn In good faith m accordance wlta promises maae be fore th election by th party In power. and as promptly pa"d as due consld- t.ritr Is more Important in tne long run than - the- perfecting tt the reform In re. neet to anti-trut ie-iitioo ana in terefate ccaimeTee regulatloa, but the reed for action wfeen t he revision of the tariff ha. bee d.tei rulaed apea, I mere Immediate tn avoid eTibarra.e- ment of kustaeaa. To recti r. the neei tn tbe paense ef the tarirr MIL It wmiid scetn wtee to e tempt no other leaHaiatinn at (he extra aeaaion. I - -venture this .as sua real to ealr. for tVe e;re ti)Ktini t.r ex8gres. up"" th. ran ef th. narutlv. fk Wfceliy l'hln It 1aTatlnn. j in th. mail-, f a tariff bill, te r".,i-mt 1 luions, un the e rurlttlhwl.f oftHrenttr. XMe tanre. ,t U bu.tn (trrrMva, wtttrh tM- :"."-""" aea eiber svurree induced t see the wisdom of a tenta- neTlt.l.ml,,?tlnc 7h,ch th apartment ?.fi,.".,tric.ultu,r lnA ofveommerc and labor may play in ridding the markets ?L$"P? f Prohibition and dl.crlm lnaUona against the Importation of our productsi fully understood, and It Is hopd that the use of the maximum and minimum feature of our tariff law to be soon passed will be effective to remove many of those restrictions. Important Searing of th Panama Oaaval wwrtraetioa. .. The PflJiama. rannl will V.. . .-. - - - M , w ucwfc vaum- oannj upon tne trad be tween the eastern and tar , auai.n, ... tlon of our countr, and. will greatly ...... otmq. .uo louuiuea xor transportav tlon between the .astern and tv,. ern seaboard, and may possibly revolu tionlie th transcontinental rate with respect tO bulkv merohaodtaa T wl ri uoo oxve s most oenericlal errect to increase th . trade between th eastern seaboard1 of the United States and the western coast of South America, and. Indeed. With Soma of the lmnnrl.nl pvria vi mo wai coast or BOUtn Amert- c roacnea oy rau irom tne west coast The work on the canal I. miVln mn. satisfactory progress. The type of the canal as a lock canal wss fixed by congress after a full consideration of the conflicting reports of the majority and minority of the consulting hnar.f uu nucr ut Twrororaenaauon or tne war department and the" executive upon those reports. Recent inrnatlnii that something had occurred on the 'isthmus to make the lock type of- th canal less feasible than it- was annn.ed tn k. wnen . tne reports were mad and th poucy-aeterminea on, lea to visit to the Isthmus of a board of competent enKiiioera 10 examin. tn. ria.rnn. am and locks which are th key of the lock type, i no report or tnat board show tnat nouiing nas. occurred ln the na ture of newly revealed evidence which should change the view one formed in. me oninnai aiscussion. . . The con- sxrucuon win go on under a most ef fective organisation controlled by Col onel Goethals and-his fellow, army engineer associated with him,, and wl'l certainly be completed early in th next administration. If not before. Some type of canal must b con structed. Th lock typ has been se lected. We are all In faVor of having It built as promptly as possible. ..-W( must .not now,-; therefor, keep up a fir in th rear of th agent whom we hav authorised to do our work on the isthmus. We must bold up their hands, and, speaking for the Incoming , - . II,M A - . - v r: n r ' J t ' ' f' .. ' .' '.' " '' ' '''''"' ,'' '- 1 CWtntarTt W.tDERWOOt: IASIDEKLW0OD, administration, I wish to say that 1 propose to aevote an - the energy pos sible and under my control, to tha push ing of this work on the plana which have been adopted, and to stand behind the men Who are dnlne- falttWiil harJ work to bring about the early 1 com pletion of th!, the greatest construct ive, enterprise of modern times.. , The governments- of our dependencies n Porto Rico and the Philippines are not all that we could wish, them to be, but with the passage of th new. tariff bill permitting free trade between the United State and th archipelago, with such limitations In .sugar and tobacco as ahall prevent inlurv to th. domestic 'Interest on 'those pVoducts, w can count on an improvement ln business conditions fn the Philippines and the teenth amendment hav been generally emorcea ana nave . aeourea tn . oo jeots for which thev were intended. While the fifteenth amendment baa not been generally observed id the past tt ought to be observed, and tbe tendency of southern legislation todav la toward l, me enactment or electoral qualifica tions wnicn anan square, with that amendment. Of course the adoption of a constitutional law Is only on step In the right direction. It must b fairly and Justly enforced a well. In time both will come. Hence It la clear to all that th domination of an Ignorant irresponsible element can be prevented bv constitutional laws Which shall ex clude from voting both negroes and whites not having education or other qualification thought to be necessary development of a mutually profitable igi .J?Ji?Ie - fil-TiinPof trade between thia country and tha IP control of an ignorant electorate haa islands. Meantime our aovernment In tnereror passed. With thia 1 change, the . . . r a iniapaar ..w men a m b. a,H..i.a eacn aspenaency is upnoiding the tra- l ITCu.Viti.,. iT ij."T!i" ditiona of oIvU liberty and Increasing w.h",Ui?n 1.'" wSLfr ,f 5 popular control wnicn migh under American auspices. which w ar doing there redound to Straint thri ft hni-!-!?" our credit a. a nation. ' . " "Itf' ."'l" a5 1 won rorwarg with nop to mcreas-l .r7trr,viv: w " w,"f" Inr the already aood feellna- between 5vm?"'Jr,.wnIoh. may recelv from the south and th othar section of th t"h';i ZlZ t.Bik.,-n,fctl, ouln' country. My chief purpose is not to ji1'. lmS wiTn-52Iinf "'i!'" wh0 effect a ehang ln the electoral vote of I !I2?J'?? 7&hah "L".?0- tn aoutnern states. Tnat is a second- f " Vi .V.. " ary conslderaUon. What I look forward S u?ilL.,0nf .ti. fuffrag aa to' is an increase In the tolerance of P.f .L."" JVJ?tS,JLt!?xSr:Z political view- of ail kinds and. .their 5-t "ll1. south. Th movement nrovtul tn ha a the exlstenc oft respectable political i.unrtm.nt"l ti.;?n.r,rtSe?K nnnn.ninn in .nrv .Tat.. I amendment to the constitution and th dvocacy throughout th south, ' and ";"J."SlVf."n.?urr right to hav statute, of stiies Wolf vl part of thVpwpl in tbVwSth that J ML"?! this -ovrnment is their aovernment eif compnanc with that !.J'f thlr .tate. itnlZJZ fffLp2S?,2? an.. e-iHtltln. ' ..-" aiu. . I il iT V . . ""' V? wwv w ii naa not neen ruim I , mi.h k. oairy, I flenlt now to sdont it: but with It In Tha consideration nf. thl. fltie.tlnn I our ' fundamental law. -th. nniinw nf cannot however, be eomplet and full I soutnera legislation must and will tend without reference to tha negro race, its ( to obey Jt, and so long as th statutes progress and It present condition. . The I of the states meet the test of this tmneentn amenament securea tnera I .menament ana are not otherwise in freedom: tha -fourteenth amendment dna I conflict with the ron.titutlnn and process of law, protection of property of the United States, It is not the dls- and th pursuit of happiness; and the position or within the province of the fifteenth amendment attempted to se- federal government to Interfere with cur th negro against any deprivation the regulation by southern state of of th privilege to vote, because, be was a negro, in tnirtaenrn and four- OUTGOING. PRESIDENT AND CABINET; . - ' f cb ntert tb.t th. ?,'.' t,, fc7,r;Ve?a x V S l X their domestlo afaflrs. Ther isdn th OUth a Strons-er f.eltna- than n.r amons- th Intelligent well t do and in- xiutriiviH.1 eiemenc in nvnr nr tha in. 1 dustrlsl education of th negro and the encouragement of th. mm t tnaw. inemaeiven useiui members of th com munity. Th progress which th negro nss made in the last 69 years from sla. very, when Its at.tl.tlna . ar.. viewed. Is -marvelous, ana furnishes f"""0 .1.0 "pe mat in in next Zi years a still rrMt,, I m nmw.m.. , his condition s a productive member or sociei y, on -the farm, and In, th hop and In other occupation. " mav coma. The negroe are now Americana I Their anceetore earn. bar. ve.ra .a. fegalnst their will, and thia 1 thlr only country and their only flag. They have own inimniTaj anxiOU tO IIV tor It nd to die for It Encountering the race agamst inera. .unjected t time to cruel Inln.tlea .rn.in ... .e . i . they may well have enr profound sym pathy and aid" In the struggle they are making. We are charred with tha aacim nviiT or maaing tneir path as nwnrn aaa easy a we can.. Any reo- ..ii,i.i.n .0. lonr o .tiiui inai Man any appointment to efrie f mm among their number. I properly taken aa an encouragement and an appreciation f their prog re.s and this Just policy should be pursued. M WmlA B w-V . - - -' . . . ,n -v- - . . -w in,,, tx a. ' ' ' " 1Mf(,U'n " ' -ana l-a-e-i mn-M tn.. ! i J Pre! . s j. . Phot coprriffht by L'nderwod Underwood. Kew Tork, New pbr-torraph of Preeident RootU aad fcia cabiiet kiad at tb refular ml-weekly ia-UBg. February if, nOL-From left to ritaf aroaB tabl: Prrsldetst Roosrelt, IfoaorabU Gotf BCortelyo. aecreUry f tb treaaury; Honorable Charle 3. Bonapart-, attorney g-ural; . Hooorab'. T. 1!. Nwbprry,reUrf W tn Brj-f Honorsbl Jamea Wilson, ecretry of ajVlrnUur; Honorabl 0cr Straua, aecreUry of T .rrrrerc- snd labor; HonorabJa Jam Garfield, aecfetarj of the Interior! Honorable George Von L. Merer, pottmaiter-general; Honorab Lu E. Wrtjit, aecrelarr ef war; Honorable Robert Bacon, eecreUrr of atate, 1 te , " . ... - y 1 . . e - - - - , . But It mar well adnlt af annkl whether In ca. of any race aa appoint ment of on of their number to a local j nfrire a a rnremqnlt In whleh the race feeling I. ae wldeapreed and ar-ste ea to Interfere with the mm and gc Ity With Which th. lAral avmrnnwal km. in ess ren be dna h th. tnailiiai la of eufftrlent benerif by wwy ef eouraremmt to "the rae to outweigh the reenrreane nd lnrrae ef rare fi- ing wnicn trn aa erti"et I like, ly t engendrr. Therafora. tha aian. titlva la renoa-r 1 tr, the nerra ran. fcv errwtetfneeta tnuat eatrris. a eareful eiaeretioa net thereby te da It mora ha na than goad. , . -, . . , Perane.rv t h.M t,n ikn .11,1- rfcrw -rrejtf.re- rr fnellrg. snd rwgn- IMMI nf i. a , k . . t tn heart aa.ref eywip.! fne thett k !va. tn ter It T safer fr?n It. iaod 1 aaestloa th wisdom ef a poUtr which la likely to Increase it Mean time, If nothing 1 don to prevent, a better feeling between th negroes and the whites in t he south will continue to grow, and more and more ot th white people will .come to realise that the futur of th south is to be much bene fited by th Industrial and Intellectual progress of the negro. Tha exercise of political franchise by those of his rare who ar Intelligent and well-to-do will be acquiesced ln, and the right to vote will be. withheld only from the Ignorant and irresponsible of both race. There 1 one other matter to which I shall refer. It was made the subject of great controversy during the election, and call for at least a passing refer ence now. My distinguished predecessor has given much attention to tha causa of labor, with whose struggle for better things he haa shown th sincerest sym- painy. At " nis instance, congress hue paased th bill fixing the liability- ot interstate carriers 40 their employee for injury sustained ln the course of employment abolishing the rule of fel low servant and the corffmon law rule ; aa to contributory tnegligence, and sub-' stitutlng therefor the so-called rule of comparative negligence. It haa also passed a law fixing th compensation of government employees for injuries sustained in the employ of the' aovern- ment through the negligence of the su perior. - It also passed a model child labor law for the District of Columbia. In previous administrations an arbltra. tlon law for Interstate commerce rail roads and their emnloves. and law. for th application of safety device to save the live and limb of employes of Inter state railroads naa Deen passed. Addi tional legislation of this kind was paased by th outgoing congress. ' I wish to say that ln so far a I can. . I hop to promote th enactment of fur ther legislation of this character. I am strongly convinced that th government , should make Itself as resposlble to em ployes injured In Its employ as an In- terstate railwav corporation 1. mad. m. sponsible by federal law to Its employes; na x anan utf gisa. whenever any addi tional reasonable safety device' can twt Invented to reduce the losa of lif. unit iimo among railway employes, to- urg. congress to require it adoption by.! terstate railway. Another ' labor oueatlon haa nrln which .ha awakened th most excited discussion. That I .in respecf to the power of th federal courts to issue in junctions in industrial disputes. A to that my convictions are fixed. Talr. away from th courts; If it could be taken away, th power to issue injunc tion In labor disputes, snd it would create a privileged class smong the la borers end save the lawless among their number from a most needful remedy available to all men for the protection of their business against lawless inva sion. The proposition that business 1 not a property or pecuniary right which can b protected by equitable injunction is utterly without foundation ln prece dent or reason. The proposition 1 usu ally linked' with one tn make th. annnn. ary boycott lawful. Such a proposition U at variance With tha American lnnllnnt and will find no support in my judgment wn.a liiumiuw o tne American people. The secondary boycott is sn Instrument ef tyranny, and outht not tn k. n,.. legitimate. The laeuinr ef a temnnrarw -.... 1- lng order without notice has In eeveraJ Instances been abused bv its incnnaid. erate exerctee, and to remedy this, the blatform unm aphlh 1 . .yiuuiTny. i orm u i.ion in a etatca. i in. ronaiiiona nnoer which such cvimirr raairminina era.r mi.hi t.. naa. A Statute can and fin eri a. tv framed to mbodyth bent modern prac vxv. SHU , ir 1 1) K I 11 SB BlliniaWt cloaely to the attention ef the court as to make abuses of th. hrocaaa.nniik.i In th future American people, if I -understand them, inal.t that th authority Of th Court Shall be au.talnen' i are opposed to any change In tha pr eednre by which the powers of a court tnav be weakened and tha fearlena and . effaatiea administration ct; iiaUe Interfered with. - Having thus reviewed th uetinna ITkaiy to recur daring -my ftdmlni.tra. tten. and "having expressed . in a. .am. mery way the poeiimn w M-Vi I expect t take In re-nmnendtJnTa to cnaTeef aea In fpy ron.).:'t aa an executue, f " Invnk. the cnneMera t vmrthy and !PPMi cf T-- f. Jew c'tnena, .nd th H ef Alm!g-y tlnd in the discbarge c rr j reapoctio.e dOes. I