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MESSAGE IS READ MITCHELL IS DEAD Senate and House Receive Docu meut I d Usual Form. ’s Aged Senator Passee Away Suddenly. hysteria and rancor. I f ws o f tho American not respond as it should to the va ry in g 1 haa com pletely discouraged a ll revolu tion our Colonial life which Intervened between the the tariff now lmpoood by the Dlngtey *I| body politic ars trus to tha traditions we needs o f com m unities and o f seasons. In fla ary movem ent, w h ile It has already produced first landing at Jamestown and the Declara upon the products o f the Philippine Islands be neve Inherited we «hall always acorn any e f tion must be avoided; but eome provision such an Increase In the revenues that ths tion of Independence, lt Is clearly shown In entirely removed, except the tariff on sugar fort to make us hate any man because he la should be made that w ill Insure a larger governm en t is actually g e ttin g more from the report o f the Commissioner-General •€ end -ebacco. and that that ta riff be reduced rich. Just as much as we should scorn any volum e o f money d u rln f the F a ll and W in the 4S per cent that the A m erican collectors Im migration that while much of this enormotl' to 2» per cent o f the preeent rates under the effort to make us look down upon or treat ter months than in the less a ctive seasons turn o vsr to It than it go t fo rm srly when Immigration Is undoubtedly healthy and natur Dlngley act; that a fter July 1, 1909, the contemptuously any man because he la poor. o f the year; so that the currency w ill con it took tho ontlre revenue. It Is enabling al, a considerable proportion is undesirable tariff upon tobacco and «ugar produced In the Philippine Islands be entirely removed and The question o f transportation lies a t the tract against speculation, and w ill expand the poor harassed people o f Santo Dom ingo from one reason or another; moreover, a con that free trade between the Islands and the A t once m ore to turn their attention to industry siderable proportion of it, probably a very United States In tbe products o f each country root o f a ll industrial success, and the revo fo r the needs o f leg itim a te business. large proportion, including moat of the unde lution in transportation which has taken present the Treasu ry D epartm ent Is at and to be free from the curse o f Inter then be provided for by law. place during the last h a lf century has been Irregu larly recurring In tervals obliged. In the m inable revolu tionary disturbance. It offers •irable clans, doe» not come here o f Its own initiative, but because o f the activity o f the H a w aii. the most Im portant fa cto r In the grow th o f interest o f the business w orld—that is, in to a ll bona fide creditors, Am erloan and agents o f the great transportation companies. In m y Judgment immediate step« should be the new industrial conditions. lfo s t em the Interests o f the A m erican public—to try European, the only really good chance ts These agents are distributed throughou Eu taken for tho fortification of Hawaii. This p h atically we do not wish to see the man o f to avert financial crises by p rovid ing a rem obtain that to which they are Justly entltlsd, rope, and by the offer o f all kinds of Induce is ths most Important point in the P a d fle to grea t talents refused the rew ard fo r his edy __ which ______ should be provided by Congres- w h lls lt in return gives to Santo D om ingo meats they wheedle and cajole many lmmi tho only opportunity o f defenso against grants, often against their best interest, to fo rtify in order to conserve the Interests of talents. S till lees do w e wish to see him «tonal action, claim s which It ought not to pay, fo r now come here. The most serious obstacle we have this country. It would be hard to overstate penalised; but we do desire to see the sys I f it moots ths vlsw s o f the Senate we to encounter in the effort to secure a proper the importance of thle need. H aw aii Is too tem o f railroad transportation so handled heavily taxed. Law s should be enacted set In m y last annual massage I said: shall oursslves thoroughly exam ine a ll these that the strong man shall be given no ad “ Th a power o f ths G overnm ent to protect claims, w hsthsr Am erican or forsign, and regulation o f the immigration to these shores ting aside for a period of, say. 20 yearn 75 v a n t a g e o ver the w eak man. W e wish to arises from the determined opposition o f the per cent o f the Internal revenue and customs the in tegrity o f the elections o f its own o ffi see that none that are im proper are paid. foreign steamship lines who havs no inter« Unsure as fa ir treatm ent fo r the sm all town as fo r the big c ity ; fo r the sm all shipper as cials is inherent and has been recognised Th ere is, o f course, opposition to tho trea ty whatever in the matter save to Increase the receipts from Haw aii as a special fund te be in the Islands for educational and fo r the big shipper. In the old days the and affirm ed by repeated declarations o f ths from dishonest creditors, foreign and A m e r returns on their capital by carrying masses of expended 8uprem# Court. Th era Is no enemy o f free ican, and from the professional revolu tion Immigrants hither In the steerage quarters of public buildings, and for harbor Improve h igh w ay o f commerce, w hether by w ater or ments and military and naval defense#. It Urges Economy In Public Expendi by a road on land, was open to a ll; it be- governm ent more dangerous and none so ists o f ths island Itself. W e have already their ships. cannot be too often repeated that our aim longed to tho public and tho tra id c alon g It Insidious as tha corruption o f tho electorate, reason to believe that some o f the creditors The questions arising in connection with must be to develop the Territory o f Hawaii tures— Monroe Doctrine— Re w ar free. A t preaent the ra ilw a y la thle N o one detenda or e lc u e e i corruption, and who do not dare expose their claim s to Chinese immigration stand by themselves. The highway, and w e muet do our beet to eee It would eeem to io llo w that non# would honest scrutiny are endeavoring to stir up conditions in China are such that the entire on traditional American linen That territory serious commercial and industrial prob duce Philippine Tariff, that It la kept op-n to a ll on equal term ., j oppose vigorous measures to -ra dicate It. I sedition in the island and opposition to the Chinese coolie class, that is, the class of has lems to reckon w ith; but no measure of relief U nlike the old h igh w ay It la a very difficu lt recommend the enactm ent o f a law directed treaty. In the meantime I have exercised Chinese laborers, skilled and unskilled, le can be con«idered which looks to leglslatloa - •- | S again at bribery and corruption in Federal the au th ority vested in me by the Joint reso gitim ately come under the head o f undesir and com plex thing to manage, and it Th e details o f such a law may lution o f the Congress to prevent the in tro able Im migrants to this country, because of admitting Chinese and restricting them by fa r better that it should be managed by prl ! elections. statute to field labor and domestic service. Vha most im p orta n t points b rou gh t o u t in va ts in dividuals than by the Government. ! *>• safely le ft to the wise discretion o f tha duction o f arm s into the island fo r re vo their numbers, the low wages for which they The status of servility can never again be ! Congress, but It should go as fa r as under lu tionary purposes. work and their low standard of living. Not tolerated on American soil. W e cannot con fhe president's message fo llo w : L* bor< I the Constitution It is possible to go, and only is It to the Interest o f this country to cede that the proper solution o f Its problems A rm y and Navy. T o the Senate and House o f Representatives: The National G overnm ent has as a rule should Include severe penalties against him keep them out, but the Chinese authorities do The people of this country continue to en but little occasion to deal w ith the fo r- | Who gives or receives a bribe intended to W e cannot consider the question o f our fo r not desire that they should be admitted. At Is special legislation admitting to Haw aii a jo y great prosperity. Undoubtedly there will m idable group o f problems connected m ore | influence his act or opinion as an »lecto r; eign policy without at the same time treating present their entrance is prohibited by laws ■•lass o f laborers dented admission to the other There are obstacles, be ebb and flow in such prosperity, and this or less directly w ith w h at 1» known as ths i aIXd. provisions fo r the publication not only of the Arm y and the Navy. W e now have a amply, adequate to accomplish this purpose. states and territories. ebb and flow w ill be felt more or less by all labor question, fo r In ths grea t m a jo rity o f o f the expenditures fo r nom inations and very small Arm y—Indeed, one well-nigh in These laws have been, are being and w ill be, and great obstacle«. In the way o f building finitesimal when compared with the army of thoroughly enforced. The violations of them up a representative American community In members of the community, both by the de cases these problems must be deal w ith by serving and the undeserving. Against the : the state and municipal authorities and not elections o f a ll candidates, but also o f all any other large nation. Of course, the Arm y are so few in number as to be infinitesimal the Hawaiian Islands; but it Is not in the wrath of the Lord the wisdom of man cannot ! by the N ational Governm ent. Th e National contributions received and expenditures made we do have should be. as nearly perfect o f Its and can be entirely disregarded. There !• no American character to give up in the face of difficulty. Many an American commonwealth kind and for Its slxe as is possible. 1 do not a va il; in times o f flood or drought human in j Governm ent haa control o f the D latrict of by political com m ittees.“ . I desire to repeat this recom mendation. In believe that any army in the world has a serious proposal to alter the immigration laws has been built up against odds equal to those genuity can but partially repair the disas __________ as regards the Chinese laborer, skilled or ter. A general failure of crops would hurt Columbia, however, and it should see to It political cam p aign» in a country as large better average o f enllsteJ man or a better unskilled, and there Is no excuse for any that now confront Hawaii. that the City o f W ashington 1» made and populous as ours it is inevitable that type o f Junior officer; but the Arm y should be all o f us. Again, if the folly of man roars ! model P o rto Rico. city in all respects, both as regards there should be much expense o f an entirely trained to act effectively In a mass. Provis man feeling or affecting to feel the slightest the general well-being, then those who are I earnestly advocate the adoption o f leg ; parks, public playgrounds, proper regulation leg'G m ate kind. This, o f course, means that ion should be made by sufficient appropria alarm on the subject. Innocent of the folly w ill have to pay part But in the effort to carry out the policy of islation which w ill ex p licitly confer A m eri the penalty Incurred by those who are guilty ! o f the system o f housing so as to do aw ay many contributions, and some o f them of tion» for maneuvers of a practical kind so excluding Chinese laborers. Chlneae coolies, can citizenship on a il citizens o f P o rto Rico. • f the folly. A panic brought on by the 1 w ith the evils o f a lley tenem ent», a proper large size, must be made, and, as a m atter that the troops may learn how to take care of grave injustice and wrong have been done by Th ere is, in m y Judgment, no excuse fo r speculative folly o f part of the business com I system o f education, a proper system o f o f fact, in any big po litica l contest such themselves under actual service conditions; this Nation to the people of China, and there failu re to do this. Th e harbor o f San Juan munity would hurt the whole business com I d ea lin g w ith truancy and Juvenile offenders, contributions are alw ays m ade to both sides. every march, for Instance, being made with fore ultimately to this Nation itself. Chinese should be dredged and Improved. Th e ex munity. But such stoppage o f welfare, though a proper handling o f the charitable work It is en tirely proper both to giv e and re the soldier loaded exactly as he would be in students, business and professional men o f all penses o f the Federal Court o f P o rto Rico Moreover, there should be ceive them, unless there is an Im proper m o an active campaign. The Generals and Colo It might be severe, would not be lasting, in o f the D istrict. the long run the one vital factor in the per proper fa c to ry laws to prevent a ll abuses in tive connected w ith eith er g if t or reception. nels would thereby h^ve opportunity of hand kinds—not only merchants, but bankers, doc should be* met from the Fed era l Treasury, manent prosperity o f the country is the high the em ploym ent o f women and chUdren in l t lhl>y are extorted by any kind o f pressure ling regiments, brigades and divisions aim tors, manufacturers, professors, travelers and and not from the P o rto Rican treasury. The D istrict. These w * ill be useful chiefly “ as Individual character o f the average American the "*’* and medical departments the like—should be encouraged to come here elections in Porto Rico should take place " *■ “ o r promise, express or Im plied, d irect or in the commissary worker, the average Amerloan cltlsen, no mat object lessons, but even this lim ited amount direct, in the w ay o f fa v o r or im m unity, would be tested In the field. Provision should and treated on precisely the same footing that every four years, and the Legislatu re should we treat students, business men, travelers and meet in session every two y e a ra Th e pres o f usefulness would be o f real National ter whether hie work be mental or manual, then the g iv in g o r receivin g becomes not be made for the exercise at least of a bri the like o f other nations. Our laws and ent form o f governm ent in P o rto Rico, which whether he be farm er or wageworker, busi value. only improper but crim inal. I t w ill un gade and by preference of a division in march should be framed, not so as to out provides fo r the appointm ent by the P resi I renew the recom m endation I made In doubtedly be difficu lt as a m atter o f prac ing and embarking at some point on our treaties ness man or professional man. these people in the excepted classes, but to dent o f the members o f the executive coun In our industrial and social system the In my last annual m essage fo r an In vestiga tica l d eta il to shape an act which shall coast and disembarking at some other point state that we w ill admit all Chinese, except cil or upper House o f the Legislatu re, has terests of all men are so closely Intertwined tion by the D epartm ent o f Comm erce and guard w ith reasonable certain ty against such and continuing its march. The number of that in the immense m ajority o f cases a Labor o f general labor conditions, especial misconduct; but i f it Is possible to secure posts In which the Army is kept in time of Chinese o f the coolie class, Chinese skilled proved satisfactory and has Inspired confi There would not be dence in property-ow ners and Investors. I straight-dealing man who by his efficiency, attention to be paid to the conditions of by law the fu ll and verified publication in peace should be materially diminished and or unskilled laborers. by his Ingenuity and Industry, benefits him child labor and ch ild-labor legislation in the detail o f all the sums contributed to and the poets that are left made correspondingly the least danger that any such provision would do not deem it advisable at the present tim e result in any relaxation o f the law about self must also benefit others. Normally the several states. Such an Investigation should expended by the candidates or com m ittees o f larger. No local interests should be allowed laborers. These will, under all conditions, be to change this form in any m aterial feature. The problems and needs o f the island are man of great productive capacity who becomes take in to account the various problems any p o litica l parties the result cannot but to stand In the way of assembling the greater out absolutely. But it w ill be more easy rich by guiding the labor of many other men w ith which the question o f ch ild labor is , be wholesome. A ll contributions by corpor- part o f the troops which would at need form kept to see that both Justice and courtesy are Industrial and com m ercial rath er than po does so by enabling them to produce more connected. It is true that these problems a tj0ns to any political com m ittee or fo r any our field armies In stations o f such size as shown, as they ought to be shown, to other litical. than they could produce without hie guid- can be actu ally met in most cases only by political purpose should be forbidden by w ill permit the best training to be given to A lask.a eeice; and both he and they «Imre In the the states themselves, but it would be w ell [ ja w , directors should not be perm itted to the personnel o f all grades, Including the high Chinese, if the law or treaty is framed as suggested. Examinations should be I earnestly ask that A laska be given an benefit, which comes also to the public at fo r the Nation to endeavor to secure and ■ uw stockholders’ money fo r such purposes; officers and staff officers. To accomplish this above completed at the port of departure from elective delegate. Some person should be large. The superficial fact that the sharing publish com prehensive Inform ation as to the j amj moreover, a prohibition o f this kind end we must have not company or regimental For this purpose there should be pro chosen who can speak w ith authority o f the may be unequal must never blind us to the garrisons, but brigade and division garrisons. China. vided a more adequate Consular service in needs o f the territory. Th e Governm ent underlying fact that there Is this sharing, and conditions o f the labor o f children in the | wouia be, as fa r as it went, an effective Our N avy must, relatively to the navies of China than we now have. The appropriations, should aid In the construction o f a railroad that the benefit comes in some degree to each different states, so as to spur up those that m ethod o f stopping the evils aimed at in other nations, always be of greater size than both for the offices o f the Consuls and for from the G u lf o f A la sk a to the Yukon R iver, man concerned. Normally the wageworker, are behindhand, and to secure approxim ate- j COrrupt practices acts. No only should both our Arm y. W’ e have most wisely continued In my last two the man of small means, and the average con ly uniform legislation o f a high character the National and the several State L e g is for a number o f years to build up our Navy, the office forces In the Consulates, «hould be In Am erican territory. messages I advocated certain additional ac sumer. as well as the average producer, are am ong the several states. In such a republic latures forbid any officer o f a corporation and it has now reached a fairly high standard increased. This Government has the friendliest feeling tion on beh alf o f Alaska. I shall not now all alike helped by making conditions such as ours the one thin g that we cannot afford from using the money o f the corporation in o f efficiency. This standard of efficiency must that the man o f exceptional business ability to n eglect is the problem o f turning out de or about any election, but they should also not only be maintained, but Increased. It for China and desires China’ s well-being. We repeat those recom mendations, but I shall receives an exceptional reward for his ability. cent cltlxens. The fu tu re o f the Nation de forbid such use o f money In connection with does not eeem to me necessary, however, that cordially sympathize with the announced pur lay all my stress upon the one recom m en Something can be done by legislation to help pends upon the citizenship o f the genera any legislation save by the em ploym ent of the N avy should—at least in the Immediate pose of Japan to stand for the integrity of dation o f g iv in g to A laska some one au the general prosperity; but no such help o f a tions to com e; the children o f today are counsel in public manner fo r distinctly legal future—be increased beyond thè present num China. Such an attitude tends to the peace thorized to speak fo r It. I should prefer that the delegate was m ade elective, but I f thle permanently beneficial character can be given those who tom orrow w ill shape the destiny services. ber o f units. W hat 1« now clearly necessary of th« world. Th e C iv il Service. to the les« able and less fortunate, save as the o f our land, and we cannot afford to neglect is not deemed w ise then make him ap is to substitute efficient for Inefficient units Th e H agu e Conference. them. Th e Legislatu re o f Colorado has rec results o f a policy which shall inure to the A t any rate, give A laska some as the latter become worn out or as It be The civil service law has been on the statute pointive. The first conference o f nations held at The comes apparent that they are useless. Prob books for 22 years. advantage of all industrious and efficient peo ommended that the N ational Government Every President and a person whose business lt shall be to speak ple who act decently; and this 1« only another provide some general measure fo r the pro Hague in 18110, being unable to dispose o f all ably the result would be attained by adding a vast majority of heads o f departments who with authority on her beh alf to tbe Con the business before it, recom mended the way of saying that any benefit which comes to tection from abuse o f children and dumb single battle ship to our Navy each year, the have been in office during that period have fa gress. The natural resources o f A la ska are the less abls and less fortunate must of ne anim als throughout the United States. I consideration and settlem ent o f a number o f superseded or outworn vessels being laid up vored a gradual extension of the merit sys great. Some o f the ch ief needs o f the pecul cessity come even more to the more able and lay the m atter before you fo r what I trust Im portant questions by another conference or broken up as they are thus replaced. The tem. The more thoroughly its principles have iarly energetic, self-relian t, and typically to be called subsequently and at an early four slngle-turren monitors built immediately been understood the greater has been the fa Am erican w hite population o f A laska were more fortunate. If, therefore, the less for w ill be your favo ra b le consideration. date. These questions w ere the fo llow in g: after the close o f the Spanish war, for in vor with which the law has been regaraed.. by »et forth In m y last message. tunate man Is movsd by envy of his more Insurance. I also ea r (1 ) The rights and duties o f neutrals; (2 ) the fortunate brother to strike at the conditions The great Insurance companies afford strik lim itation o f the arm ed forces on land and stance, are vessels which would be of but administrative officers. A n y attempt to carry nestly ask your attention to the needs o f ths under which they have both, though equally, ing examples of corporations whose business little use in the event of war. The moneys on the great executive departments o f the A laskan Indians. A ll Indians who are com proapered. the result w ill assuredly be that has extended so far beyond the Jurisdiction of sea, and o f m ilita ry budgets; (3 ) the use spent upon them could have been more use Government without this law would Inevitably petent should receive the fu ll rights o f while damage may come to the one struck at, the states which created them as to preclude o f new types and calibers o f m ilita ry and fu lly spent In other ways. Thus it would have result In chaos. The C ivil Service Commis Am erican citizenship. I t is, fo r instance, a It will visit with an even heavier load the one strict enforcement of supervision and regula naval guns; (4 ) the In viola bility o f private been far better never to have built a single sioners are doing excellent work, and their gross and indefensible w rong to deny to such who strikes the blow. Taken as a whole, tion by the parent states. In my last an property at sea In times o f w ar; (5 ) the one o f these monitors and to have put t*»e compensations Is inadequate considering the hard-w orking, d ecen t-livin g Indians as the we must all go up or go down together. M etlakahtlas the rig h t to obtain licenses as nual message I recommended "th a t the Con bombardment o f ports, cities and villa ges by money into an ample supply of reserve guns. service they perform. In October, 1904, at the In Most o f the sm aller cruisers and gunboats, Corporations. gress carefully consider whether the power of naval forces. A du lteration o f Foods. captains, • pilots and engineers, the rig h t to Tet, while not merely admitting, but insist the bureau o f corporations cannot constitu stance o f the interparliam entary Union, though they serve a useful purpose so far as enter m ining claims, and to profit by the I recom m end that a law be enacted to Ing upon this. It Is also true that where there tionally be extended to cover interstate trans which, at a conference held In the United they are needed for International police work, These particular Indians regulate interstate com m erce in misbranded h om estead' law. is no Governmental restraint or supervision, actions In Insurance.” Recent events have States and attended by the law m akers o f 13 would not add to the strength of our Navy and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs. are civilized , and are com petent and en There is some o f the exceptional men u«e their ener acter of Insurance, for In the absence of rent nations, had reiterated the demand in a conflict with a serious foe. titled to be put on the same basis w ith the Such law would protect leg itim a te m anufac gies not In ways that ars for the common emphasized the Importance of an early and ex fo r a second conference o f nations, I Issued urgent need o f providing a large increase In good, but in ways which tell against this haustive consideration of this question, to in vitations to all the powers signatory to the number of officers, and especially In the ture and commerce, and would tend to se w hite men round about them. cure the health and w elfa re o f the consum common good. The fortunes amassed through see whether It Is not possible to furnish bet Th e H agu e convention to send delegates to number of enlisted men. Adm ission to Statehood. ing public. Traffic in foodstuffs which have oorporate organisations are now so large, and ter safeguards than the several state« have SMch a conference and suggested that lt be N a tu ralization Laws. I recommend that Indian T errito ry and been debased or adulterated so as to injure vest such power In those that wield them, as been able to furnish against corruption of again held at The Hague. In Its note of Oklahom a be adm itted as one state and that During the past year evidence has accu to make It a matter of neceacilty to give to the flagrant kind which has been exposed. It Decembei 10, 1004, the United States G ov mulated to confirm the expressions con health or to deceive purchasers should be New Mexico and A rizona be adm itted as one forbidden. the sovereign—that Is, to the Government, haa been only too clearly shown that certain ernm ent comm unicated to the representa sta te.' There is no obligation upon us to which represents the people as a whole—some of the men at the head of these large cor tives o f fo reign governm ents its b elief that tained in my last two annual messages as N ational Park s. treat territorial subdivisions, which are m at effective power o f supervision over their cor porations take but small note o f the ethical the conference could be best arranged un- to the im portance o f revising by appro I call your attention to the generous act ters of convenience only, as binding us on priate legislation our system o f naturalizing porate use. In order to .Insure a healthy so distinction between honesty and dishonesty; d-'p the provisions o f the present Hague aliens. I appointed last March a com m is o f the S tate o f C aliforn ia In conferring the question o f admission to statehood. cial and Industrial life ,' every big corpora they draw the line only this side o f what may treaty. sion to m ake a careful examination o f our upon the United States Governm ent the ow n Nothing has taken up m ore tim e In the tion should be held refponslble by and b¿* ac be called law honesty, the kind o f honesty From all the power» acceptance was re countable to, «orne sovereign strong enough to necessary in order to avoid fallin g into the ceived, coupled in some cases with the con naturalization laws, and to suggest appro ership o f the Y 08em ite V a lley and the M a ri Congress during the past tew years than the control Its conduct. I am In no sense hos clutches o f the law. O f course the only com dition that we should watt until the end of priate measures to avoid the notorious posa B ig Tree Grove. Th ere should be no question as to the statehood to be granted tile to corporations. This Is an age of com plete remedy for this condition must be found the war then waging between Russia and abuses resulting from the im provident or d elay in accepting the g ift, and appropria to the fou r territories above mentioned, and bination, and any effort to prevent all com in an aroused public conscience, a higher sense Japan. The Eknperor o f Russia, immediately unlaw ful grantin g o f citizenship. T h is com tions should be made fo r the including a fte r careful consideration o f a ll that has bination w ill be not only useless, but in the o f ethical conduct In the community at large, after the treaty o f peace which so happily mission, composed o f an officer o f the D e thereof in the Yosem ite National Park, and oecr. developed In the discussions o f the end vicious, because of the contempt for law and especially among business men and In the terminated this war, in a note presented to partm ent o f State, the Departm ent o f Jus for the care and policelng o f the park. C ali question I recom mend that they be Im m e which the failure to enforce law Inevitably great profes«lon of the law. and In the growth the President on September 13, through A m tice, end o f the Departm ent o f Commerce forn ia has acted most wisely as w ell as diately adm itted as tw o states. There Is no produces. We should, moreover, recognise In o f a spirit which condemns all dishonesty, bassador Rosen, took the initiative in recom and Labor, has discharged the duty imposed w ith grea t m agnanim ity In the matter. justification fo r fu rth er dela y; and the a d cordial and ample fashion ths Immense good whether in rich man or in poor man. whether mending that the conference be now called. upon it, and has submitted a report, which There are certain m igh ty natural features visability o f m aking the four territories Into affected by corporate agencie« In a country It takes the shape o f bribery or of blackmail. The United States Government, in response, w ill be transm itted to the Congress fo r Its o f our land which should be preserved In two states has been clearly established. In some o f the territories the legislative such as ours, and the wealth of Intellect, en But much can be done by legislation which is expressed its cordial acquiescence and stated consideration, and, I hope, fo r its favorable perpetuity fo r our children and our ch il ergy and fidelity devoted to their service, not only drastic but practical. There is need that lt would, as a m atter o f course, take action. dren’s children. In m y ju dgm en t the Grand assemblies Issue licenses fo r gam bling. The and therefore normally to the service of the of a far stricter and more uniform regulation part In the new conference and endeavor to Canyon o f the Colorado should be made Into Congress should by law forbid this practice, Breaches o f Trust In Pu blic Service. public, by their officers and directors. The of the vast Insurance Interests of this country. a N ational park. It Is g rea tly to be wished the harm ful results o f which are obvious Its alms. W e assume that a ll civilized Th ere seems to be no statute o f the United corporation has come to stay, Just as the trade The United States «hould in this respect follow further w ill support the movement, and States which provides fo r the punishment o f that the State o f N ew Y o rk should copy as at a glance. union has come to stay. Each can do and the policy o f other nations by providing ade governments regards N ia g ara w hat the State o f California that the conference Is now an assured fact. T h e Panam a Canal. has done great good. Each should be favored quate national supervision of commercial In This Government w ill do everything In Its a U nited States A tto rn ey or other officer o f has done as regards the Yosem ite. N o th Th e treaty betw een the U nited States and so long a « It does good. But each should be terests which are clearly National in char power to secure the success o f the confer the Governm ent who corruptly agrees to ing should be allow ed to in terfere w ith the sharply checked where It acts against law acter. My predecessors have repeatedly recog ence to the end that substantial progress may w ron gfu lly do or w rongfu lly refrain from preservation o f N ia gara F a lls in a ll their the Republic o f Panam a, under which the doing any act when the consideration foi and Justice. nized that the foreign business of these com he made In the cause o f international peace, such corrupt agreem ent is oth er than one beauty and majesty. I f the state cannot see construction o f the Panam a Canal was made tío long as the finances o f the Nation are panies Is an Important part of our foreign com to this then it Is earnestly to be wished that possible, went Into effect w ith its ratification possessing money value. This ought to be kept upon an honest basis no other question mercial relations. During the administrations Justice and good will. she should be w illin g to turn it over to the by the U nited States Senate on February 23, rem edied by appropriate legislation. L e g is National Government, which should In such 1904. Th e canal properties o f the French o f Internal economy with which the Congress of Presidents Cleveland, Harrison and Mc T h e Monroe «D octrin e, has the power to deal begins to approach In Kinley the State Department exercised Its In to develop along Its own lines. I f we had lation should also be enacted to cover, ex case ( I f possible, In conjunction w ith the Canal Company were transferred to the Importance the matter of endeavoring to se fluence, through diplomatic channels, to pre would not meet any of the nSeds of the pres plicitly, unequivocally and beyond question, Canadian governm en t) assume the burden United States on A p ril 23, f904, on payment cura proper Indiustrlal conditions under which vent unjust discrimination by foreign «cun ent day, and Indeed would probably by this breach o f trust In the shape o f prem aturely and responsibility o f preserving unharmed o f $40,000,000 to that company. On A p ril 1, the individuals—and especially the great cor tries against American Insurance companies. refused to apply the doctrine to changing con d ivu lg in g official secrets by an officer or 1905, the Commission was reorganized, and porations—doing an Interstate business are to These negotiations illustrated the propriety ditions it would now be completely outworn, em ploye o f the United States, and to pro N ia gara F a lls; Just as it should gla d ly as it now consists o f Theodore P. Shonts, sume a sim ilar burden and responsibility aot. The makers of our National Constitu o f the Congress recognizing the National char- One of the most effective instruments for vid e a suitable penalty therefor. Such o ffi for the Yosem ite N ational Park, and as lt chairm an; Charles E. Magoon, Benjam in M. tion provided especially that the regulation Federal legislation the State Department could peace Is the Monroe Doctrine, as it has been cer or em ploye owes the duty to the United Harrod, R ea r-A d m ira l Mordecal T. Endlcott, o f Interstate commerce should come within only give expression to the wishes o f the au and Is being gradually developed by this N a States to guard carefu lly and not to divulge has already assumed them for the Y e llo w Brigadier-G en eral P e te r C. Hains, and Colo Adequate provision the sphere o f the General Government. The thorities o f the several states, whose policy tion and accepted by other nations. No other or In any manner use prem aturely In for stone National Park. nel Oswald H. Ernst. John F. Stevens was should be made by the Congress fo r the arguments In favor of their taking thin stand was Ineffective through want o f uniformity. policy could have been as efficient in pro mation which I» accessible to the officer or proper care and supervision o f all these appointed ch ief engineer on July 1 last. were even then overwhelming. But they are moting peace in the Western Hemisphere and em ploye by reason o f his officia l position. National parks. The boundaries o f the Y e l A ctive work In canal construction, mainly Th e Revenues. fa r stronger today, in view o f the enormous In to each nation thereon the chance Most breaches o f public trust are already lowstone N ational Park should be extended preparatory, has been In progress fo r less Th ere is more need o f stability than of the time giving development of great business agencies, usu have sunk Into complete oblivion. It Is covered by the law, and this one should be. to the south and east to take in such por than a year and a half. During that period ally corporate In form. Experience has shown attem pts to attain an Ideal perfection in useful at home, and is meeting with recogni Pu blic-Lan d Laws. tions o f the abutting forest reservation as two points about the canal have ceased to the m ethods o f raising revenue; and the conclusively that It Is useless to try to set tion abroad because we have adapted our First, the question of Once again I call your attention to the w ill enable the Governm ent to protect the be open to debate. any adequate regulation and supervision of shock and strain to the business world cer application of It to meet the grow ing and route; the canal w ill be built on the Isthmus Recent elk on their W in ter range. these great corporations by state action. Such tain to attend any serious change in these changing needs of the hemisphere. When we condition o f the public-land laws. o f Panama. Second, the question o f fea si regulation and supervision can only be effect methods render such change inadvisable un announce a policy, such as the Monroe Doc developm ents have given new urgency to the L ife-R avin g Service. b ility; there are no physical obstacles on this ively exercised by a sovereign whose Jurisdic less fo r g r a v « reason. It Is not possible to trine. we thereby commit ourselves to the con need fo r such changes as w ill fit these laws I call your especial attention to the de tion Is coextensive with the field of work o f the lay down any general rule by which to sequences o f the policy, and those consequences to actual present conditions. The honest sirab ility o f g iv in g to the members o f the route that A m erican engineering skill w ill not be able to overcom e without serious d if corporations—that Is, by the National Gov determ ine the moment when the reasons for from tims to time alter. It is out of the disposal and right use o f the rem aining ernment I believe that this regulation and w ill outw eigh the reasons against such a question to claim a right and yet shirk the public lands Is o f fundam ental importance. L ife-S a vin g Service pensions such as are ficulty, or that w ill prevent the completion given to firemen and policem en in all our o f the canal w ithin a reasonable time and supervision can be obtained by the enact change. Much must depend, not m erely on responsibility for Its exercise. Not only we, T h e Iniquitous methods by which the m o The men in the L ife-S a vin g at a reasonatile cost. This is virtu a lly the ment o f law by the Congress. I f this proves the needs, but on the desires o f the people but all American republics who are benefited n opolizing o f the public lands is being great cities. Impossible, It will certainly be necessary ul as a w hole; for needs and desires are not by the existence o f the doctrine, must recog brought about under the present la w « are Service continually and In the most m atter unanimous testim ony o f the engineers who o f fact w ay do deeds such as m ake A m e r have Investigated the m atter fo r the G ov tim ately to confer In fullest form such power necessarily Identical. O f course no change nize the obligations each nation Is under as becom ing more generally known, but the upon the National Government by a proper can be m ade on lines beneficial to, or desired regards foreign peoples no less than its duty existing laws do not furnish effective rem e icans proud o f their country. They have no ernment. political Influence; and they live In such re amendment o f the Constitution. It would ob by, one section or one state only. There to Insist upon Its own rights. dies. The recom mendations o f the Public mote places that the re a lly heroic services Necessity o f Dispatch. viously be unwise to endeavor to secure such must be som ething like a general agreem ent Th at our rights and Interests are deeply Lands Commission upon this subject are wise they continually render receive the scantiest The point which remains unsettled Is the an amendment until it is csrtaln that the am ong the cltlsens o f the several states, as concerned in the m aintenance o f the doc and should be given effect. recognition from the public. It Is unjust for question o f type, w hether the canal shall be result cannot be obtained under the Conatltu represented In the Congress, that the change trine Is so clear as hardly to need argument. Th e creation o f sm all Irrigated farm s un a great nation like this to perm it these one o f several locks above sea-level, or at tlon as It now Is. The laws of the Congreen is needed and desired In the Interest o f the der tb e reclam ation act is a pow erful offset On this and o f the several states hitherto, as passed people as a w hole; and there should then be This Is especially true In view o f the con to the tendency o f certain other law s to fos men to becom e tota lly disabled or to meet sea-level w ith a single tide lock. struction o f the Panam a Canal. As a death in the perform ance o f their hazardous point I hope to lay before the Congress at upon by the courts, have resulted more often sincere, in telligen t, and disinterested effort mere m atter o f self-defense we must ex er ter o r perm it monopoly o f the land. Under duty and yet to giv e them no sort o f re an early day the findings o f the advisory In showing that the states have no power In the matter than that the National Govern to m ake It In such shape as w ill combine, so cise a close w atch over the approaches to that act the construction o f great irrigation ward. I f one o f them serves 30 years o f his b etrd o f Am erican and European engineers, ment haa power; so that there at preeent ex fa r as possible, the maxim um o f good to the ♦his can al; and this means that we must be w orks has been proceeding rapidly and suc life in such a position he should surely be that at my Invitation have been considering ists a very unfortunate condition o f things, people a t large w ith the mlnmum o f neces thoroughly a live to our Interests In the cessfully, the lands reclaim ed are eagerly entitled to retire on h a lf pay. as a fireman the subject, together w ith the report o f the taken up, and the prospect that the policy or policem an does, and If he becomes tota lly Commission, thereon; and such comments under which theas great corporations doing sary disregard fo r the special interests of Caribbean Rea. o f N ational irrigation w ill accomplish all incapacitated through accident or sickness thereon or recom mendations in reference an Interstate business occupy the position of lo calities or classes. Bu t In tim e o f peace Santo D om ingo. the revenue must on the average, taking that was expected o f It Is bright. The act o r loses his health In the discharge o f his thereto as may seem necessary. subjects without a sovereign, neither any Ranto Domingo, In her turn, has now made should be extended to Include the State o f duty he or his fa m ily should receive a pen state government nor the National Govern a series o f years together, equal the expendi The A m erican people Is pledged to the ment having effective control over them. Our tures or else the revenues must be increased. an appeal to us to help her, and not only Texas. speediest possible construction o f a canal Unless our every principle o f wisdom but every generous The reclamation act derives much o f Its sion Just as any soldier should. I call your adequate to meet the demands which the steady atm should be by legislation, cautious Last year there w as a deficit. attention wish especial earnestness to this ly and carefully undertaken, but resolutely expenditures can be kept w ithin the re v Instinct w ithin us bids us respond to the ap value from the fact that it tends to secure the m atter because It appeals not only to our com m erce o f the w orld w ill m ake upon it, persevered in, to assert the sovereignty of the enue« then our revenue laws must be read peal. It is not o f the slightest consequence greatest possible number of homes on the Judgment but to our sym pathy; fo r the and 1 appeal most earnestly to the Congress justed. I t Is as yet too ea rly to attem pt to w hether we grant the aid needed by Santo land, and to create communities o f freehold National Government by affirm ative action. people on whose beh alf I ask It are com para to aid In the fu lfillm en t o f the pledge. G ra t This Is only In form an innovation. In outline w hat shape such a readjustm ent Domingo as an incident to the wise develop ers. Ih part by settlement on public land, in ify in g progress has been m ade during the substance it is merely a restoration; for from should take, fo r It Is as yet too early to say ment o f the Monroe Doctrine, or because we part by forcing the subdivision of large pri tively few In number, render Incalculable past year and especially during the past four service o f a particularly dangerous kind, and vate holdings before they can get water from there w ill be need fo r lt. regard the case o f Santo D om ingo as stand ths earliest time such regulation of Indus w hether months. Th e grea ter part o f the necessary have no one to speak fo r them. The law re trial activities has been recognised In the ac It should be considered w hether It la ing w holly by Itself, and to be treated as Government irrigation works. prelim in ary work has been done. Actual Indians. tion of the lawmaking bodies; and all that not desirbale that the ta riff laws such, and not on general principles or w ith | quires that no right to the use of water for w ork o f excav.tt'cp could be begun only on land in private ownership shall be sold for a I propose 1s to meet the changed conditions should provide fo r applying as against any reference to the Monroe Doctrine. Th s I D uring the year Just past, the phase o f the a lim ited seal** till the Canal Zone was In such manner as will prevent the common or in fa v o r o f any oth er nation maximum Im portant point is to g iv e the needed aid, | tract exceeding UK) acres to any one land- Indian question which has been most sharply wealth abdicating ths power It has always and m inim um ta riff rates established by the and the case Is certain ly sufficiently peculiar owner. This provision has excRed active and brought to public attention is the larger made a healthful place to live In and to possessed, not only in this country, but also I Congress, so as to secure a certain recl- to deserve to be Judged purely on Its own powerful hostility, but the success o f the law legal significance o f the Indian’ s introduction w ork In. Tho Isthmus had to be sanitated first.' T h u task has been so thoroughly In England, before and since this country be procity o f treatm ent between oth er nations merits. Th e conditions in Santo Domingo Itself depends on the wise and firm enforce into citizenship. This has made itself m ani accomplished that yellow fev er has been came a separate Nation. and ourselvea H a vin g In view even larger have fo r a number o f years grow n from bad ment o f it. W e cannot afford to substitute fest not only In a grea t access o f litigation virtu a lly extirpated from the Isthmus and The beat possible regulation o f rates would. considerations o f policy than those o f a to worse until a year ago a ll eoclety was on | tenants for freeholders on the public domain. in which the cltlsen Indian figures as a party general h?s»th conditions va stly improved. The forest policy of the Administration ap # f course, be that regulation secured by an j purely econom ic nature. It would, in my the verge o f dissolution. Fortunately, Just defendant and in a more widespread dispo honest agreem ent among the railroads them- Judgment, be well to endeavor to bring at this tim e a ruler sprang up In Santo pears to enjoy the unbroken support o f the sition to levy local taxation upon his per The same methods which converted the selves to carry out the law. Ruch a general about closer com m ercial connections with Domingo, who, with his colleagues, saw ths j people. The great users of timber are them sonalty, but In a decision o f the United island o f «'uba from a pest hole, which men agreem ent would, for Instance, at once put a I tha oth er peoples o f this continent. I am dangers threatening their country and ap selves forwarding the movement for forest States Supreme Court which struck aw ay aced the health o f the world. Into a h ealth , stop to ths efforts o f any one big shipper or happy to be able to announce to you that pealed to the friendship o f the only grea t I preservation. A ll organized opposition to the the main prop on which has h itherto rested ful place o f abode, have been applied on the big railroad to discrim inate against or se- Russia now treats us on tha m ost-favored* and pow erful neighbor who possessed the ! forest reserves In the W est has disappeared. the Governm ent’ s benevolent effort to pro Isthm us w ith satisfactory results. There Is no reason to doubt that when the plans for Since the consolidation o f all Government for curs advantages over some riv a l; and such nation basis. power, and as they hoped also the w ill to est work In the National Forest Service there tect him against the evils o f Intemperance. w ater supply, paving, and sew erage o f Pan agreem ents would make the railroads them- help them. There was im m inent danger o f ' has been a rapid and notable gain In the use Th e court holds, in effect, that when an am a And Colon and the large labor camps Econom y In Expenditures. selves agents fo r en forcin g ths law. The I earnestly recommend to the Congress foreign intervention. The previous rulers o f 1 fulness of the forest reserves to the people Indian becomes, by virtu e o f an allotm ent of have beer. fuUy carried out, the Isthmus w ill pow er vested In the Governm ent to put a land to him, a cltlsen o f the state in which Santo Domingo had recklessly Incurred ’ stop to agreem ents to the detrim en t o f the the need o f economy and to this end o f a debts, and ow in g to her internal disorders and In public appreciation o f their value. The his land is situated, he passes from under be, fo r the Tropics, an unusually healthy National parks within or adjacent to forre* place o f abode. Th e w ork Is so fa r ad As exam public should. In my Judgment, be accom rigid scrutiny o f appropriations. she had ceased to be able to provide means reserves should be transferred to the charge Federal control In such m atters as this, and vanced now that the health o f a ll those em ples merely, I call your attention to one or panied by power to permit, under specified o f paying the debts. Th e patience o f her the acts o f the Congress prohibiting the sale ployed in canal w ork Is as w ell guarded as conditions and careful supervision, a gree tw o specific matters. A ll unnecessary offices foreign creditors had becoms exhausted, and o f the Forest 8ervlce also. or g ift to him o f intoxicants become sub It is on sim ilar w ork in this country and T h e Commissioner o f ments clearly In the interest o f the public. should be abolished. Merchant Marins. st least two fo reign nations w ere on ths stantially Inoperative. I t is g ra tify in g to elsewhere. But, in my judgm ent, the necessity fo r g iv the General Land O ffice recommends the point o f intervention, and w ere only pre T o the spread o f our trade in peace and note that the states and m unicipalities o f W hat Is needed now and w ithout delay Is in g this fu rth er power Is by no means as abolishm ent o f the office o f receiver o f pub vented from intervening by the unofficial as the defense of our flag In war a great and pros the W est which have most at stake in the an appropriation by the Congress to meet lic moneys fo r United 8tates land offices. grea t as ths necessity fo r g iv in g ths Com surance o f this G overnm ent that lt would perous merchant marine Is Indispensable. W e w elfa re o f the Indians are taking up this mission or adm in istrative body ths other This w ill effect a savin g o f about a q u ar Itself strive to help Rento D om ingo In her ! should have ships of our own and seamen of subject and a re try in g to supply, In a m eas the current and accruing expenses o f ths powers I have enumerated above; and It ter o f a m illion dollars a year. Aa the busi hour o f need. In the case o f one o f theso ! our own to convey our goods to neutral m ar ure at leaat. the abdication o f its trusteeship Commission. Th e first appropriation o f $10 - m ay w ell be Inadvisable to attem pt to vest ness o f tha Nation grow s It Is Inevltabls nations, only tho actual opening o f n egotla- ! kets. and In case o f need to reinforce our forced upon the Federal Government. N e ver 000,000, out o f the $135.000.000 authorised this particular power In ths Commission or that thare should be from tim e to tim e a tlons to thle end by our G overnm ent pre- ! battle line. It can not but be a source o f re theless, I would u rgently pre«s upon the a t by the Spooner act, was made three years ago. It Is nearly exhausted. Th ere Is bare eth er adm in istrative body until it already legitim a te Increase In the number o f o ffi vented the oelsure o f territo ry In Santo Do gret and uneasiness to us that the lines o f poeaessee and is exercising what I regard as cials, and this fa ct renders It all the more m ingo by a European pfewer. O f the debts I communication with our sister republics o f tention o f the Congress the question w hether ly enough o f It rem aining to carry ths by fa r ths most Im portant power o f all ths Im portant that when offices becom e unneces Incurred some were Just, w h ile some were South America should be chiefly under for some am endm ent o f the Internal revenue Commission to the end o f the year. Unless laws m ig h t not be o f aid In prosecuting powers I recommend as Indeed the vita lly sary they should be abolished. In the pub not o f a ch aracter which really renders It j eign control. It Is not a good thing that those m alefactors, known In the Indian coun the Congress shnll appropriate before that tim e a ll work must cease. T o arrest prog- Im portant power—that to flx a given m a x i lic printin g also a large saving o f public o bligatory on, or proper for, Santo Domingo American merchants and manufacturers should try as "bootleggers,” who are engaged at fo r any length o f tim e now, when m a t mum rate, which rate, a fter the lapse o f a money can be made. Th ere la a constantly to pay them In full. have to send their goods and letters to South But she could not , America via IXirope if they wish security and once in defrau ding the U nited States T rea s ters ars advan cing so satisfactorily, would reasonable time, goes Into fu ll effect, sub- i grow in g tendency to publish masses o f un- ury o f taxes and. w hat Is fa r more im p or be deplorable. Th ere w ill be no money with Im I portant Inform ation. It t. * p r o b . a t», not m * • . a * t t r a i h a r > ,h n *'m unU“ dispatch. Even on tha Pacific, a here our Ject to review by the courts. . » v a r n m a n t a r t » n a n a a assured her governm ent and people. •hips have held their own better than on the tant. In debauching the Indians by carryin g which to m eet pny-roll obligations and non# Let me most earnestly say that these recom u nfair to say that many tens o f thousands Accordin gly the E xecu tive Departm ent o f Atlantic, our merchant flag Is now threatened liquors illic itly Into territo ry still com pletely w ith which to meet bills com ing due fo r mendations are not made in any spirit af j o f volum ee are published at which no human m aterials and supplies; and there w ill ha hostility to ths railroads On ethical grounds, | being ever looks and fo r which thero Is no our Governm ent negotiated a treaty under through the liberal aid bestowed by other under Federal Jurisdiction. which w e are to try to help the Dominican governments on their own steam linea. I ask dem oralisation o f the forces, hers and on T h e Philippine«. an grounds o f right, such hostility would he real dem and whatever. people to straighten out their finances. This your earnest consideration o f the report with the Isthmus, now w orkin g so harmoniously Intolerable; and on grounds of mere National During the last year the Philippine Islands Currency. treaty Is pending before the Renats. In the which the Merchant Marine Commission haa have been slowly recovering from the series t and effectively. I f th ere is delay In grantin g self-interest we must remember that such how | In m y message o f Decem ber X 1902. to ths m eantim e a tem porary arrangem ent has followed Ita long and careful Inquiry. E stim ate« o f tlllty would tell against ths w elfare not mere o f disasters which, since American occupa- i an em ergency appropriation. C s a g t t t 1 »aid been made which w ill last u ntil ths 8enate ly o f some few rich men. but of a multitude tlon. have greatly reduced the amount o f a g the amount necessary w ill be found In ths Interest rates ars a potent fa cto r In bust, has had tim e to ta k e action upon the ' accom panying reports o f ths Secretary o f of small investors, a multitude o f railway ricultural products below what was produced It Is n matter of unmlxed satisfaction once In Spanish times. The war. the rinderpest, ths W ar and the Commission. employes, wageworkers; and moat severely ness activity, and In order that thebe rates treaty. Under this arrangem ent the D om in i against ths Interest e f the public as a whole. may be equalised to meet the va ry in g needs can G overnm ent has appointed Am ericans ts more, to call attention to the excellent work of locusts, the drought and the cholera have been Th e D epartm ent o f State. I believe that on ths whole our railroads have o f tho seasons and o f w ldsly separated com a ll ths Im portant positions In ths customs the PenMon Bureau, for the veterans o f the united as causes to prevent a return o f the I recommend more adequate prortaloa than dons well and not III; but ths railroad men I munities, and to prevent the recurrence o f service, and they are seeing to the honest Civil W ar have a greater claim upon us than prosperity much needed In the Islands The T o them, most serious Is the destruction by the rlnder- ! has been made heretofore for tho work o f tbe stringencies which Injuriously collection o f the revenues, turning o ver 4b any other clam of our cttlsena who wish to do well should not be exposed to financial W ithin a few yearn competition with those who have no such de affect leg itim a te business. It Is necessary per cant to ths governm ent fo r running ex- •ret o f all among our people, honor Is due. pest of more than 75 per cent of the draft | Department o f State. Seven years ago my lamented predecessor. cattle, because it w ill take several years o f I there has been n very great increase la the sire, and ths only way to secure this end Is that there should be an elem ent o f elae- pensee and putting the oth er 33 per cent Inis Banks nre a safe depositary fo r equitable division In President M cKinie*, mated that the time had breeding to restore the neceeeary number o f I amount and Importance o f the work to he to give to some Government tribunal the t ld t y In our m onetary system. done by that department, both la Washing power to sea that Just lea la dona by the un the nnturai servants o f commerce, and upoc I case the trea ty ehall he ratified, am ong the come for the Nation to care for the sravee these indispensable aids to agriculture. Tbe This has beoa caused by I recommend that Commlesior attempted to supply by purchase ! ton and abroad. w illing exactly aa It la gladly dons by the them should be placed, as fa r as practice- various creditors, w hether ITarupsan or of the Confederate dead. the Congreee take set Inn toward thle end The from adjoining countries the needed cattle, j the great ln-rea«s of our foreign trade, tbe la- w illing. Moreover, If some Government body hie, the burden o f rurnlehlng and m aintain- American. la given Increased power tha sffact w ill be to Ing a circulation adequate to supply the Th e custom-houses offer w ell-n igh the only first need ts te take charge of tho graves of but the experiments made were unsuccessful I crease o f wealth among our people, which en furnish authoritative answer on behalf of ths needs o f our diversified industries and o f our sources o f revenue In Ranto Domingo, and the Confederate dead who died In Northern Most o f the cattle imported were unable te ables them to travel more generally than heretofore, the increase o f American capita? railroad whenever Irrational clamor against It domestic and foreign com m erce; and the the differen t revolutions usually h ave as withstand the change of clim ate apd the rig which Is seeking Investment la foreign coun •a raised, or whenever charges mads agalnet Issue o f this should be so regulated that a their real aim the obtain in g possession o f ors o f the voyage and died from other dle- tries. and the growth o f our power and Im m igration . It are disproved I ask this legislation not sufficient supply should he a lw ays available i these custom-house«. ■ft. Th e m ere fact that weight In the councils of tho civilised world. T^e question of immigration la o f vital la only la ths Interest o f the public, but in the fo r the business Interests o f the country." the collectors o f customs are Americans. teres« to this country. e f T a riff N eeded. In tho year ending There has been no corre^ondlng Increase ef Inter eat o f tha honest railroad man and tha Every consideration o f prudence demands that thsy are perform in g th eir duties with The agricultural conditions of the Islands facilities for doing the work afforded to the fletes» shipper alike, for It la they who are the addition o f the elem ent o f elasticity to | efficiency and honesty, and that the treaty June SO, 1900. there casse to the United Rtatee 1.09ft,000 allen Immigrants In other w ord * , enforce more strongly than ever the argument department having charge e f our foreign ro- shlefly Jeoparded b f tho practico# o f their die our currency system T h e evil does aot con- !e pending In the Reaate, g iv es a certain In the single year that has Just eispoed there | in favor o f reducing the tariff on tho prod an Inadequate volu m e o f money, but m oral powor to the governm ent o f fiaate came to thle country a greater number of ucts o f tho Philippine Islands entering the TH EO D O R B R O O U f M A rlfild llg s f this re tu rn * which does , Domingo which t l fla t s a t A M before. Title paapla than same here «u ria # the m years s f | United Staten X earnestly oua», Don fc 1M *. RAFE SUPERVISION THE THEME I DEATH DUE T8 HEMORRHAGE For More Than 4 0 Yaara a Leading Figure in Both Oregon and National Politica. Portland, Dec. 8. — United State# Senator John H. Mitchell died in Good Samaritan hospital early this morning, following a furious hemorrhage of tha Kama which began yeste day and which the doctor# were unable to check. Excessive loea of blood resulting from the loia of four teeth yesterday morn ing made it necessary that Senator Mitchell be removed to Good Samaritan hospital. He eank rapidly. Tbe flow of blood was not continuously heavy, bnt came at intervals The senator grew weaker after each hemorrhage. Finallv it was decided to n#e trans fusion, the injection of ■ ealine solu tion into the vein# in order to fnrnilh more fluid for the system and to stimu late circulation. Temporary relief was obtained in that way and the patient was apparently improved in condition for a brief time. For some time Senator Mitchell ha# been a sufferer In m diabetic trouble, and this, together with the sever# mental strain which has been npon him for months past, have weakened his vitality and rendered hie system exceedingly susceptible to any tax which is put upon it. His blood, too, has become thin and impoverished, so that it does not coagulate as that of a person in normal condition. To these facts is due the persistency of the hemorrhage and the inability of the physicians to stop the loee of blood by the u b u b I means. John H. Mitchell was born June 22, 1835, at Bntler, Pennsylvania. A t the time of his death he was 70 years, 8 months and 6 days. For more than 45 years he has been a resident of Port land. For more than 40 years be ha* been a leading figure in Oregon and national politic#. Oregon has known no other political character that occupied a prominent position in state affairs so long, nor who has been identified with the state’s levelopment in such a measure. No public enterprise since tbe year 1880 in behalf of the state has been without hi# aid. P R O V ID E S FO R C A N A L. House Appropriates SI 1,000,000 fo r Immediate Use. Washington, Dec. 8.— An appropria tion of $11.000.000 was voted to the Panama canal by the boose yesterday. The amount was a compromise between the $16,500,000 carried in the bill under consideration and an estimate of some thing over $6,000,000 recommended by Williams. This was the only hnsiness transacted by the house, and at 3:35 adjournment was taken until Monday. Washington, Dec 8 — The subject of campaign contributions by insurance companies occupied tbe major portion of the time of the senate yesterday. I t came up in connection with Tillm an’ # resolution railing for an investigation of national hanks’ aid in politics, and was exploited by tbe Sonth Carolina senator in a speech ol some length, The address dealt with the president’ « recommendations fur tbe punishment of bribery in elections; with Senator P latt’s testimony before the New York inveetigating committee and variona pertinent matters. It was couched in characteristic language, and attracted much attention The resolution direct ing the s cretary of the treasury to re port whether the reports of the national hank examiners show that the banka have made campaign contributions in recent years was adopted at the close of Tillm an’ s remarks. At 2:18 (he senate adjourned until Monday. Try to Check Emigration. Dublin. Dec. 8 — The Catholic Bish ops of Ireland are making another at tempt to stem the tide of Irish emigra tion. A circular signed by Cardinal Logue and Bishop Sheehan, of the dio cese of Waterford, haB been ordered read in the chnrchee throughout Ire land, warning the younger generation of the evils of emigration, apoealing to tbe people not to be lnred by the enticements held forth in letters from the United Statee and especially dan gers that beset the path of girls emi grating to that conntry. I A fter Kansas Grabbers. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 8. — Henry 8. Boice, of Kansas City, president of the H. S. Boice Cattle company, and all the officers of (hat comnany, as well as the company itself, were indicted today for illegally fencing in government lands in Morton county, Kansas. Thera were four indictments against Boice and his associates, each being a joint bill against all of the officials of tha company. An indictment was returned against A. B Lynch and Robert Met- ton, cattlemen, of Stevens county, also for illegal fencing. Estimates fo r 1907, »622,723,181. Washington, Dec. 8. -— The annual hook of estimates of app-opriationa re quired for the government service for the fiscal year ending Jane 30. 1907, was transmitted to congreee yesterday by tbe secretary of tbe treasury. The total for #11 departments, including deficiencies, miscellaneon# and p#in#a nent annual appropriations, for tha current fiscal year were $829,739 097, and the estimates were plaeed at $691.- 869,862. Turkish Trouble it Ended. Paris, Dec. 8. - The foreign office here considers that tbe controversy be tween tbe powers is practically closed, and that ooly details remain to be set tled previous to teenring a satisfactory adjustment. The international Seat is naniiag inactive pending the coa- elnsiona of these details.