'$.
MESSAGE IS READ
Senile iiml House Recolvo Docu
ment In Usual Form,
RAfE SUPERVISION THE THEME
UrK Economy In Public Expand!-
turtle "Monro". Doctrlno Ho-
duco Philippine TurllT,
The itimi Important -lnl brought out in
tli pfvelileiit'aiiiciiatf lollowi
To lli Httiat mil llouta f llt(tilBllva:
Tli people uf till country continue to en
joy anal pioe.eilly Undoubtedly there will
tie elm unit How III sueh plteepsrlly, and Ihls
lib mi! flow will be I'll mote r leeaa by all
IlielllhllS t.f Ilia coiiiinunlly, both by Ilia de.
serving ami Ilia undeaaivliig. Agalnal the
wialh i( Ilia lild Ilia wlajum at man csnnut
avail, III IlitiM ul niM iir lioulil human In
enully mn 111 lutillallr lepalr Ilia dleaua
lar, A general falluie nl crwpe woum nun
all of ui Again, II lha fully uf wan mars
lha general wall being, than lhoa wlw ale
iHKOivnl of lha fully will have tit pay plt ul
lha lly Intuited by Ihioa who l gullly
tf tha lullr A nl brought on by lha
perulatlva fully of I -ail of lha buelnees vmn
Inunlly would Imit lha whole buttlntee canei
Inunlly llut su.li stoppage uf welfare, though
II Htlaht ha a-ei. would Hut ha taalllif In
ha lung I uh lha wie vllal faitor In lha -l-lllal.elil
ilospellty f th wrUliliy hi lha hl(h
IndlvMual ikamlii f lha avcra(( American
MtM, lha ump Ameiieari rlllien, we mat
tar whether hla wuik ha metal al or manual,
whether Ik ha fainter tr wetewu.kr, bual
lltaa man kf peuleaalintal man.
In our Industrial a hi eotlail eta lam lha In
iMMla at all (wan ala eat oleely Intertwined
thai In lha Humeri a majority of raaee a
artlallhl dealing man whu by hla efttley.
by hla Ikaanuily ami Indwell r, bnM him
a. If towel also beeM ..th.rt Noimally lha
nan uf -al plu.w. lit .apatlly whu baoeme
itch by guMing Iho lebttr uf many ether man
dwaa ao by enabling Ihom In petaduia men
than lhay twild produce without hla gul4
twwo, and both ha and lhay tataia IK tha
1,-wnt, which renetea aleo In lha iiwblht al
lam. lha aupalfV. 11 farl thai lha sharing
Mr ba Miiial tetwel Nater blind U I" 11a
Iteutewltleta' fail that liter la thl ahailny. ami
thai lha banal!! cuttiaa In aetata 4a(ta It. arh
lu cujrtwr4 Kiilttaally lha aa.Hkt-f,
tha HMH of JMll Htaataw, an.t lha a.la. eon
, aa wall aa lha atataga .! uraf, aa
all allka hilta4 by watlai ruat4lllMta wrh
thai llaai man uf aicatl'l btkalnaaa ability
tacalara an aa ailtunal rnr4 l"f hla ability
thxawlhlaa ran ba 4.av by laatabatlun tu halti
lha aanaawl yatrlly, but Mu H'h halt of a
twtmanaaitly taMtrUI rbatatlar can ba li
Iba lama abla a4 lawa .luatla. Hit aa lb
taauila uf a (tiller whlrh aha 1 1 Invta la tha
n4ntaaa uf all IMiMirbat a4 arilrlaait yaw
14a bo arl oranli ak4 I hla ba lanly auhr
way af aaylna Ifcal any ! wblah r.itaaaa to
lha laaa abla a Ml laaa fttfluiula Htual uf h
aaaly tattaia ttaai HMa tu Ilia HWtfa abl 4
antra futtuMta If, lbtf.t lha laa lot
liaaala anan la ntua4 by f f hla lawaa
faalMtaala bfulhar l allllta al Iba cun4llla
uawbrr wbtrb lhay ha bmh Ibttwah tonally.
taajata4. Iba raaitll will aaara4ly ba Ibal
whlla lUtataia anay xiaata la Iba alltaak al,
II will Wait with an rtan hatlf a4 lb mm
what alrlkM Iba bluat lakta aa a wfcaat,
vta (aiwat all ) mi ur 4am n Uaathar.
twlMiallutia,
Yal. whlla H aataialy a4tflltlla. bill tltatat
lk( WCaaH thla, It t alau lllaa Ibal wbala thai
la nu iiafvarwananui riraiat or a !( tiai.m,
a.itaa f Iba irataaM Htafl una tbalr Hf
laa iwh n waa lhal aia fur lha roMHauai
aaat. bail In waya whlrh tall aaalnat Ihla
natntnuai iat4 Tha filmtaa iimiH tbtuuah
Manaala awawnlMII tata aia nuw aa Ulaa, aa.l
iM aaarh latwaf In Ibuaa that wiahi Ibaan, aa
Itt malt H anallar laf navataalty lu (Ha la
tha amaitliH that la, ta tha (laiatnmrnt.
which laHakla Iba l-l'la at a whole Mfha
altaa-tlta Har of aOafllla aar Ibalr Caar
aalta uaa In M4ar la) Iftawta a l.aallhy aa
tital alal at4uatrul Ufa. aaaiy bla tixyvta
Itan aboubt ba hfhl (rayaxaalbla by aN4 ba r
taManlabla la, tamta atolalin elioaa aaautiah la
aaMltrvl Ha an4tr I am In tm aattaa boa
Ilia lit aoffitatlmta Thla la an aaa of rum
hiatal to, ami any aft.nl tat yiatattt all ram
Unll will ba but only taaalaaa, but In lha
H.I tlrbvaja. ha alia of Iba roailaaHfl fur taw
wbtaw lha falluia I onforiw law nallably
H1a4iaraa Ha aHuajt4. Maotaaaaar, raacblla In
aaMaltal ami amola fatbluti Iba Immana goo!
oRaxtaal by auatta aganrttat In rawnlty
aa aalia, ami Iba waalth of b)tlll1. n
atgy an4 Mallly atatxttaal ta tbalr aalal. a.
b4 Ibaaafawr naa anally tu Iba aattrlaa f Iba
ijbltr by lhalr o.a an4 4lrrof Tba
owvoaalbm baa aawaa In atay. Joat aa Iba tr4
unlaw ha rami la atay Mark ran 4e nn4
liaa 4vnc gaai (aaat Karb abuabl ba favol4
a-j bang aa If aVoa au4 llnl aarh ahoaibl ba
abatfaly rbarkaal wkala II aria aralnal law
a4 Jtaatar
ThVa la only In fnfm an Innovation. In
aabatanro II ba maraly a raatntailoat, for from
tba aarlbxl lint b laguUII'ta uf In4ua
ttlal artlalllaa ha barn lr nlt4 In tba t
than f Iba mwmahlng bu4la. an4 nil that
I ytaaima la la Htat tba rbanga4 rumlllluna
In rta.h mannar aa will 4tont lha i.anm.at
wealth abdlrallnr tba awaar It la alaaya
Irau4. mat only In thla eaualty, but ala
In Kglan4, brfitfa ah4 alnra thla country b
Hma a aayatal Natlna
Tha ! Klbla (rgulallan af rolaa wow hi.
nf our, bo that trgtalallon ormrrtl by an
Mna aarrrmant among tha ralliaaita lham-
aim to rairy owl thr law. Murh a grnaral
aaramnl wouhl, far Imlanca, a or aul a
atop u lha afToila af any una hla ahliar ar
big lallrnatl la ttlarilmlnala agalnal or a
oura ailvanlagra ovar aoma rltral , and aurh
agtrrmrnla wouhl mako ilia rallloaua ihrtii
aalvra agattla fur rnfardng lb law Tha
jatwrr taalnt In lha Oatrrnmanl In put a
tap agtarmrnta la Ilia dalrlmani of tha
VuMIr aliuulil. In my Juitgmrnl, nrrntn
anll hy war In lllnll. u hilar airinaal
Mnittlln and raiaful auprrvlalon. agroa
mania ilarly In lh Inlrrral of thr publlr
llul. In my Ju4gtnrnl. lha nefrtatty far giv
ing ihla furlhrr l'tir la by no mraiia aa
Clral aa III naraaally for Rltlnc tha I'um
IHlaaliin or ailHllntalrallv batty lh olliar
Inawat I li rnumrratrt) abovr. ami II
nay wall l lliailtlaabl la atlalupl In vral
thla irllrular rr In Ilia I'onimlaalan sr
ajlhar ailmlnlalrallt laxly until II alrraOy
Iiaaaraaaa anil la rtrirlalng what I trgaril aa
liy far Hi t"t iHiiaurlant iHiwr of nil tha
IMiwrr I rrraintnrml aa liirtraxl tha vitally
titatiati jiuwar- thai ta fit a glvrn maal
t ll Mill ll. whlrh ralr, aflrr lha laaa uf n
aaainabla lima, go.a Inla full tITarl, auh
jrrt tu erlw hy Hi rourl
11 m muat raittrally aay that Ihraaa rtam
inrniUllona at H"l iiiaJa in any aplill of
lioatlllly tu Iba ralllnada (m rthlntl grounja,
un KitHimla uf llatil, antrh huallllly wuulj ba
Inlulrrahla. and on gruuiija of mrr National
aalf-liilrrrat wr muat lomomlirr Ibal auoh luar
t lilt y wouhl I'll agalrnt tha walfarr not nifia
)y uf aottvr faw il h man, but of u multllu4a
uf amall Invralura, a mulllluja uf railway
alihtyra, wugawurkcra, and muat aaraly
agalnal lha Inltraat nf tha puhllo aa u wliula.
I liallrw that mi lha whole uur rullroailo Imva
Ion wall aii.l not III, hut tha railroad man
who wlah la its woll tthould mil ba ripoanl Is
vomiwlltlon with thuao whu hat no audi tie.
lie. and the mily wity In eaiiite thla rnd la
tu Kit lu Ninie tliivrrnmetil tribunal III
Hiwrr to that JuatUa la dona by lha un
vtlllliig ranelly aa II la gladly done by tha
willing Moreover. If aunt (lotvrnnietil body
la glvrll llicleaaad wwer Ihr. rffrot will .lie to
furiileh auihiitllallv nuawrr un helmlf nf th
tallruad whenever Irrullunal rlamor ugaliiat II
la rultrd or whenever rhargea nmda ngnlitat
II nit' dlauruted I nak Ihla leglalallun nul
unly In Hie Inlrrral nf Hi imbllt'. but In Hi
Intrrtal of Ilia Imneet rullruud limn mid tha
tiuneat ahar nllkr. fur It ba they who nr
chlrlly Jvuiwrdrd by Ihr picutl.ea nf 111 fir ilia
liuneai itiiiiilur. Tilt Iriiletatlon atiotlld ba
anuuletl In n aplilt na reniula aa iwaalblit friiin
liialarla and ranrur If wa of Iho Ainerli'uii
body imlltin ure tiur to Hi tradition w
tiav InherllM tta itlmll kI m-oin any rf
full tu nmko ua hut Miiy man bvruuan ha la
loll, lual aa imii'li na wn tuiuld acorn utt
vfuit In maka ua look down iiikiii or lrat
intniiituoualy nny man hrruiia he la iMr.
Tha iiuaatluii of Iraiiaportntlon Uaa nt th
t)ot nf nil Itidualrlal auorvaa, niul llm rrvu
tillon In trainiurlallon which lina litlirii
ylaeo during llm Inat half century lina bom
the moat liuiKirlunt faalor In Ilia urnwlli of
tha new liidualrlitl condltlona, Moat rin
liliatlrttlly we do not wlalt to aaa th man of
craat titlrnta rrfuard tha rewurd for hi
talflila, HUH leaa do wa wlah lo at dim
jionullirdi hut wo do dtalra to aaa tliu aya
tain nf rullroad tranaporlntlon o handled
thai lha alroiig man aliall ba given no ad
vunuga over lha weak man, Wa wlah lo
Inauro aa fair treatment for tha amall town
na for tha hi cltyj for the amall ahlppar na
(or tha big ahlpper. In Hi old day th
highway of couimtrs. wbathir by walar or
hy a rnad nn land, wa opan to all) It da
loiigrd In Hi puhllo nnd lh trafflo along It
wa frae. At preaent tha railway la Ihla
highway, nnd wa muat d (Mir beat In a
lhal It la kept nprn lit nil on Unl larma,
I Unlike lh nld highway It la a, vary (llffluult
land nninplaa tiling In manage, and It I
far halter lhn( It ahiitlld lia iiiaiiagtd hy pll
viil Individual than hy lh (iovarnmaiit.
Irfihor.
Tha ffitllmial (lovernmrnl lina aa a nil
liul lllll orraalim to deal with tha for
tiililnhl group of priihlema cniilinfllad mnra
or laaa rilrrrtly with what I known aa tha
Inh'ir iiuaalliin, fur In lha great majority of
rnaaa lliete ptohlama mutt ha final with by
Ilia alnle and municipal niilliorlllra and not
hy lha National lliivrrnmenl. Th National
llnvarnmtnt haa eonlrul of tha Dlatrlct nf
I'm iinhla, finwavar, and It ahnuld aa In It
that Ilia (.'My of Waahlnglnn la mad a
modal rlly In all rrapafla, hold aa rrgarrfa
parka, pulilla playground, prnptr regulation
if the eyatem nf hiiuilng ao aa to do away
Willi th avlla nf allay taiiameiila, a pruper
ayal'm (if adurallon, a pruper eyatem of
dealing wild truancy and Juvenile offender,
a proper handling of Hi rharllahla work
nf lha lilalrlcl. Moreover, Hirra ahnuld b
proper factory lawa In prevent all ahitaea In
tha employment of women and children In
lh Dlalrlil. Theta will ha uaaful rhlefly aa
iihjact laamna, l.ul avan Ihla limited amount
nf uaefulneea would ba uf leal National
value,
Inauranr.
The great Ineuianre rumpanlaa afford alrU
lug aaamplea nf rrpratliir whiaa bualnta
baa ealended ai far lieynnd lh jurledletlun ol
lha atalat whlrh treated lham aa tu preclude
etllcl anfoitainanl of ailparvlaloil and reaula
tluu hy lha patent alalea, In my laat an
nual meaaaga I rerommt tided "that lha Oil
gieaa raiefully entialdar whelliar lha (xwer of
lha biitaau of aorooiallitaoa rannut rottatllU'
llonally ba ealended to cover Interatale irabaa
atlhina III Uituiance " llarent evenla have
arlar uf Ineuianre, for In Ilia abna of
emphaalied lh lm.rlania of an early and ea
hauatlva rnal4ealhm uf Ihla ijuaallirti, to
aa whelliar It la not poeelbla In furnlah bel
ter eafaguarda than lha aavrral ft a li twev
Irren able to furnlah aaalnat rurrutdlon of
lha nagrant kind whlrh haa been rapoaed II
haa been naily I'M rlaaily ahown that laitalli
of the men al the haad uf Ihaaa lata ent
liratlnna take but email note f the athlral
dltllnrtlon hetwaen loaneely ami dlabuneety,
they 4faw tha line only Ihla rod of what may
ba railed law honeaaty, lha kind of lioatvaiy
nereeaary In order la avoid falling Into lha
alulrhee nf lh law Of owta lha only mm
rilela remedy for Ihla condition muat be found
n an ar-iad bubllr ronaalenra. a higher enaa
of athhal rondurt In lha enmunlly at large,
and eapeelalty among hoalntaa men and In lha
great prf4n f lha law, and In the giowlh
t.f a aplill whkh rondamna all dbhnaiaty,
whether In tlrh man or In ir man. whether
II lakra th ahapa of Wlbary or uf blaikmall
Hut murh ran b dime by laglelalhm whbh I
i not only drattlr but ptarilral Tbr It nd
af a far atrlrtar and more uniform regulation
of lb vaet Ineuaani tnlaieata itf Ihla aouMry.
Tha 1'nlte.l Mlaloa athould In thla leaflet folbm
tha pulley uf other nalbmet by pfrvidlnir ade
mt national auprrvlet'm of r4nmrlal In.
lereata whlrh are rleaily NatlotMl In bar
tar. My Hed-aa.ta have repeatedly rerog
, nleat Ibat the foreign buelneaa nf thete rn
I taeniae la an Important part of our foreign r om
nia r rial relation fMirfng tba a dm Inlet rat hot a
. af I'laaddenla flreeland. Marrtanfi and Mr
! K Inter lha ftlala lari-artmenl tier Ha. I Ita In
1 noenre, ihmugh dlpl'imalh- rbannela. lo pre
vent wntaat allet-rlnilaatlnn by foreign ex-un-I
flee ayalnel A marl' an Inauranr rompanlea
The negotiation lllualrata-l lb praftrloly
' of lb f'ongteee larognlaing lh Natlorial rhai
, I'aateral tegMallon the (Mate h-iitm.nt rould
I nailr glva ripttaaadon lo lh with af tba au
Ibtarlllea of Iba eeveral etatae. wbava yutfay
waa Ineffertlv throtagb want of uolfofmlly.
Hi Ite-vrnur,
There mar neett of alablllly than af th
lallempta to attain an Ideal prfrton In
th me l hod a of railing revenue, and th
hork ami alraln la lb buelueea world ear
lain la attend any eeH.rtle change In thete
I met hade render aurh change laadvlaable un.
I leea for grave leaaon It I not poeelble ta
I pay dawn any general rule by whlrh la
determine the rnomtni when the reaeane far
w aulwrlgh the reaea.na agalnal aurh a
rhang Much muat depend, not merely an
lb need a. but an lha deelree of lha peaple
aa a whole, far need a and deelrea ar net
nereeaarlly Idenilral Of .ourea raa rhanga
ran ba made on line lienafi'lal to, ar daalre-1
by. on aecllon ar on etot only Thar
muat b aomelhlng like a general agreement
among tha rltltene af lha aeveral el a lea. aa
repieaenled In the t'angraaa, that tha change
la needed and deeltrd IM tba tnlereal of tha
people aa a whale, (ml Iherr ahattfd then b
a alnrare. Inleillgent. and dlalnlerealed after!
to make It In aurh ahap aa will combine, ao
far aa paattbte. th mailmum of gaol to lh
pet, pie at large with th mlmnum of naraa
aary dlaregard for the aperlal Intareala af
1 liarallllea ar rlaeeea llut In lima of (war
I lha revenue muat an tha average, taking
a aerie of yeara lgther. equal the eapendl
turaa ar rite lh revenue muat he Inrreated
l.aal year there waa a deflrll t'nleaa our
eipandlturea ran he kepi wilhln lh rev
ettwe then our revenue law mutt be read
Jutted ll I at yet iou early la attempt ta
outline what hpe uh a rMdJuetment
ahould tab, for II I a yet loa early la aay
whether there wilt be heed for II
It ebouhl b caiialdared whether It la
bat dealrbal that lh larlft lawa
ahould pratW far applying aa agalnal
or In favor af any other nation mailmum
and minimum tariff ratee eatabllabed by th
I'ongree. au aa la eerur a certain reel
prarllr af Irealment balwaen other nallont
and oureelvea Having In view even larger
runaldarallaaa af poll, y than Ihoer at n
purely roe nam I nature, II would. In my
judgment, be well o endeavor to bring
about fleeter rom mar rial connertlona with
lb other 10 plea af Ihla continent I am
happy ta We able to announce ta yau that
lluaala now treala ua an th meet-favored-nation
baale.
lUunomy In lltteii.llturra.
I I earneetly rerommand ta th t'angrrta
lh nae.1 of eranamy and la Ihla end af a
rigid etrullny uf appropriation Aa turn
'pi merely, I rail your aitrnllan la on ar
two apeelna matlera All unnereieary ufflrea
ahould b aballahed Tha t'emmleiluner af
Ihr (laneral Land Offlr recommanda th
abullthment nf the office af receiver of pub
lic money far I'nlled Hlatet land ufnre
(Tht will offert a raving of about a quar
1 tar af a million dollara n year Aa th butt
nee uf th Nation grow It la Inevitable
thnt thera ahould b from time ta llm a
I legitimate tnrreat In lh number af offi
cial, and thla fact render It all th mar
lmirtant lhal when office lcam unnerea
tary Ihry ahould b ahollthrd In tha pub
lic prlnllng a leu a large raving of public
money tan bo mad. There I a ronaiantly
growing ttndenry la putilltli in of un.
, ImiHirtaiit Information It la probably nut
(unfair to aay that many Irna uf lliuuanda
.of volume! ar publUhed al which no human
being ever look and fur which lliera la no
real demand whatever
lYdrral lllrrllona.
In my laat annual meeeage I raid'
"Th iower of h ttov eminent to protect
thr Integrity of Hie rlecllona of Ita own uftl
rlala la Inherent and haa bean retugnlaed
land af nulled by rrlwaletl drrlaratlona uf Hi
I Huprrm Court. There I no enemy of free
government mure daiigerou and nona au
Ineldloua na Hi corruption uf Hi elet'turuta.
I No nn defenda or ricuxa corruption, ami
III would em lu follow that nun would
appoa vlgoioua meaaurea lo eradicate It I
rerommend Hi rnartmrnt uf a law dlrrrlrtl
aaalnat bribery and corruption In 1'rdrral
electluni. Th detail af audi a law may
b Mfcly left la tha wla discretion of Hi
Con greet, but It ahould go na far aa under
III I'onatltullon II la poealbl lo go, and
ahould Include aevare vnultlea agalnal lilm
who give or recelvoa a be lha liiUtidrd 14
Innuenre Ida act or opinion na un elector)
and pro v I tin nt for th publication not only
of tliu ogpiidllurr for noinlniitlone and
elecllona of all iiinillijiilct, but ulao of nil
ronlrlhullona rrcelveil nnd capendlluica iniula
by IHilltlcal roinmllteea "
1 detlro to repent thla recommendation, In
political cunipaluna In a, country ut lurg
mid iHipuloiia na oura It la Inevitable Hint
tiur ahould l murli rxiwna of nn entirely
Itll'ltmntr hind. Thla, of courac, mraiia thnt
many colli r Unit lout, and rum of them of
law alio, muat h mad, nnd, ua n iimllrr
of fad, In any bin political conical audi
ooiilrlttitloiia are alwaya made to both aldra,
It la entirely proper both to give and re
pelvo them, unlet thtr I an Improper mo
th o connected Willi either Rift or reception.
If Ihry nr extorted by any kind of prraeure
or promlar, oiprrea or Implied, direct or In
direct, In th way of favor or Immunity,
then the Bit lug or receiving becomra not
only Improper Itit criminal. It will un
doubtedly ba dlfllrtilt aa a matter of prac
tical detail o ahapa an art which ahnll
guard with rcaaonablo certainly asalntt audi
lillaronduclj but If It la potalblo to aacuro
by law tin full and vtrlrtcd publication In
tlrlall of all Hi auma contributed lo and
i ended by Iho candidate or commlttera of
nny political partita th rttult onnnot but
ha vtholcaom. All contribution by corpor
atlnna to any political commlttea or for any
political purpoa ahould b forbidden by
law, ttlraclora ahould not ba parmlltad to
ua tockliotder' money for auch purpoaea;
and, moraovar, a prohibition of thla kind
would ba, ai (ar aa ll want, m affactlva
tnathod of alopplng th aril aimed at In
corrupt prarilree, noi, No only ahould boln .
lha Nation ii I and Hi tvrl fltal t.agla.
laluma forbid any officer of a corpoi.llon
from inlng Hi money of th corporation In
or about any election, but thy ahould ala
forbid aurh uaa of money In connection with
any Initiation aav by tha employment of
cntinael In publlo maniiar for dlatlnctly legal
tarvlcet,
Tim lingua Confrrrnra,
Tha flral rnnferenc of nallona held at The
Hague In IHuU, bring unabl to dltpoa of all
lha bualneaa bafur II, racommandad lh
contldtrallofi and aaltlemant of a number of
Imporlanl ijuratlona by anothtr cunferance
to ba called eubeeriuahlly and at an early
dale 'J hate riutellone war Hi following.
(I) Th right and dull of neulraltj (2) tha
llinl txtlori of Hi armed forca on land and
aaa, and of military budgettj (3) th ua
of new typaa and celibate of military and
naval gunai (4) th Inviolability of private
properly at aaa In llmre of wart IB) the
bombardment of porta, rlllea and vlllagaa by
naval forrtt. In October, IKOt, at Hi In
atanra of tha Interparllamantary Union,
whlrh, at a conference held In .the United
Hlate and attended by lh lawmaker of IS
illfftrttit nallona, had reiterated the demand
for a aerond confarane nf nallona, f latued
In v ll a tic ia lo all tha powmt algnatory to
The Hague convention to aand dalegatta to
a'ich a conferenr and auggealed that It ba
again held at Tha Hague In Ha note of
December i), U04. lh t.'nlltd Hiatal (Jov
ernment rommunlraled to Hi repreianla
Uvea of foreign governrnanla Ita belief that
th conference rould be beat arranged un
dir lh provlilvn of th preaml Hague
Iraaly,
Krorn all tha power acceplanc waa rr
relved, roupled In t'rn roewa with the con
dition that w ahould wait until tha end of
Hi war I lien waging between Itutel and
Japan. Th Hmwrar of llueela. ImmodlaUly
after Hie treaty of pear which ao happily
1 terminated Ihla war, In a Hot prmnted la
I the I'i'rtdant on Meplember in, through Am
I baiaador lloeen, took the Initiative In recom
mending that th eonfarenca b now called.
I Tha Trilled Watt (lovernrnent. In raaponao,
eipreaaed lla rartdlal ar.geacanra and atatod
that It would, aa a mailer of rouree, tak
pari In the new rAiifcfene and endeavor to
further II aim. e aum that all rlvlllted
governmenla will ewpport I he movement, and
I lhal th conference la new an aaiurad fact,
Thla Hovernment will do everything In Ita
' power lo eura Iba ewceta of lha aonfer
enca lo lh e4 that aubatanttal progreaa may
i l-e mad In the rauee of Intarnatloaal peate.
Jutltee am ruo4 will.
Tun Mouroat llorlrlue.
la develop along Hi own llnre. If we ha1
would not meet any of the needa of th jtrraa.
ent day, and Indeed would probably by thla
refuted lo apply the doetrln to changing oun
4ltlne It would now b KMnpletaly outworn,
One of lh moil erfertlve Inetrumente for
peace la the Mori no lwtrloe a It ht- been
and I tlri( gralually develet4 by Ihla Na
Ibtti and apiad by other natlorat. No other
policy rould have been ae efficient In pro
moting pere In the Weattrn llemltphefe and
In giving to each nation thereon the chanre
time have unk Into romplet oblivion. It I
uteful al hatnr, and la maetlng with rerocnl
Hon abroad leauta wa have adapted mir
application of .It to mt tk growing and
rhanglnc neawta of th hemlaphere Whan w
nnoune a (-.Ury. tueh the MonrtM or
trln. wo thereby commit ourtelve ta the con
eeauenre of the pedlcy and lhte eowoeo, ueneea
from llm lo lime alter. It b out of the
tuetbin In rlalm a right and yet awlrk In
rMnablllly for Ita eaerrlte Not only we,
but all Amerlren republic who ar boneAted
by the lletetr of lh doctrine, muet rail
nil Iho obligation! each nation la under aa
rrrarde foreign people no lee than Ha duly
lo laeut upon it own rlahta
Thai our rlghte and Inlerette ar dleply
renrerned In th maintenance af the dec
Mine la aa clear aa hardly to nee argument
Thla la reperlally true In view of the con
atructlen of the Panama Canal. Aa a
mere mailer of relf-defente we muat tier
lee a riot watch aver th appraaehee t
hla canal, and Ihla meant that wa muat b
thoroughly alive Is our Intertate In th
Caribbean Ha
Hanlo Itomlngo.
Banto Damlnge, In her turn, haa naw made
an appeal ta ua la help her, and net only
every principle of wltdem but every generoue
Initlnct wilhln ua lid a ua retpone la the ap.
(teal It le not of th tllghlett centjutne
whether we grant lh aid needed by Mento
laonilngo aa an Incident to tha wlae develop,
menl of lh Monro Doctrine, or berauae we
regard the ran af finto Domingo aa aland
Ing wholly by llielf, and to b treated aa
aurh, and net en general prlnelplee or with
any referenc ta th Monro laoctrln Th
Important point le lo gh lh needed aid,
and th rate I certainly lUfnrlentljr peculiar
la deterve ta be Judged purely on Hi awn
rnerlti Th rendition In Hanto Domingo
hv for a number of yeara grown tram bad
I wan until a year aga all redely waa on
th verge of dlatolulhan fortunately. Juil
at thla llm a rulrr aprang up In Hanto
Itomlnga, who, with hla colleaguei, aaw th
dnger threatening Ihtlr country and ap
pealed to lh frlrndthlp af th only great
and powerful neighbor who poaeeteed th
power, and at they hoped alee the will to
help Ihem There wa Imminent danger et
foreign Intervention. The prevloua ruler at
Nanlo Iromlngo had rrrkletely Incurretl
debit, and owing lo her Internal dlterdera
aha had reared ta be aid to ptovld moan
of paying the debta. The patience of her
foreign creditor had become eihauited, and
at leaat tea foreign nallona war on th
point of Intervention, and were only pre
vented from Intervening by Ik unofficial a
auranc of thla llovernment thai II would
llaelf elrlv tu help lienlo Domingo lu her
hour of need In th caae of on af theet
nation, only the actual opening af negotia
tion tn thla end by our Government pre
vented lh aeliur af territory In Hanto I)
mlngo by a Kuroian power Uf th debit
Incurred earn war Juat. while eome wer
not of a character which really rendera It
obligatory en, er proper far, Hanto Darnings
A pay them In full Hut ehe could not
pay any of them unlet Him liability waa
aaeured her government and peopl.
Accordingly th Kierullv Department of
our Government negotiated a treaty under
whlrh w ar to try to help the Dominican
peopl la alralghlen out their finance. Thla
treaty la pending before th Henale In tha
meantime a temporary arrangement haa
been mad which will laat until th Henale
haa had time ta take action upon lh
treaty Vnder t hi arrangement thr Domini
can (lovernrnent hat appointed Americana t
all lha Important peeltlona In the cuatomi
aervlce. and Ihry ar arrlng to) Ilia lionett
collection of lh rvenura, turning over 4J
per rent to lh government far running ea
pen and putting th other M par rent Inla
a ife drpoellary far equitable dlvlalon In
cat th treaty ehall be ratified. huihi the
varloua creditor, whither Kuropean er
American.
Th cuilom-heuira offer well nigh th only
aourcea of revanue In Hanto Domingo, and
the different revolutlona ueually have aa
their real aim the obtaining polon of
thee euatom-houiei, Th mer fact that
th rolleclora of cuilomt ar Americana,
lhal they are performing their dutlea with
efmlem-y and hiineaty. ami that lh treaty
la pending In the Senate, glvea a certain
moral power to the government of SanN
Iromlngo which It haa not had before. Thli
haa completely dltcouraged all revolution
ary movement, while It haa already produced
auch an Incre-aa In tha revenuea that tht
government ta actually grtllng more from
tha 15 per rent that tha American collector!
turn over to ll than It got formerly when
It took the entire revenue It It enabling
lh poor haraaeeil people of Panto Domingo
onco mare to turn their attention to Industry
and to Ix free from thr cur of Inter
mliiable revolutionary dltturbanr It offer
ta all bona ride creditor. Amerloan and
Kuropean, tha only really goad chance ll
obtain that to which they are Juatly entllled,
whu It In return glvea ta Hanto Domingo
th only opportunity of defenio airalnal
clalma which It ought not to pay, far naw
If It nice I a the vlcwa of Iho Henale vv
hall oureelvea thoroughly examine all I he
rlalma, whether American or foreign, and
are that none that arc Improper nre paid.
Thera la, of court, opposition to the treaty
from dlthonett credltoia, foreign und Amer
ican, and from the profvaalonnl revolution
lata nf tha laland llaelf. We have already
rrneon to believe that tomo of tha creditor
who da not dare eipoto their clalma to
lionrat acrutlny ure cndeavorlue to rtlr up
aedltlon In lha laland and oppoaltlon lo the
treaty. In the meantime I have rxerrlard
thr authority veiled In ma by Hi Joint reta
lulton of tha Congrria to prevent Iho Intro
ducllon of anna Into the laland for revo
lutionary purpoaea.
Army nml Navy.
Wo cannot coiudder tha quettlan of our for
eign policy without at the tame Hma treating
of tha Army and th Navy Wo now hav a
very amall Army Indeed, on well-nigh In
nnliralmal when compared with tha army of
any other large nation. Of couree, tha Army
we do havo ahould ba aa nearly prrfret of Ita
kind atid for Ua all aa ta poanlblo. I do not
bellev that any army In tha world haa a
better average of anllitrd man or better
type of Junior offlcrri but tha Army ahould b
trained to act effectively In a mat, i'rovht
lort ahouV", ba made by aufflclent appropria
tion for maniuvera of a practical kind ao
tha-t tha troop nay Itarn how to tak cara of
l.ttmatlVM under actual atrvlce conditional
errerjr march, for Inatanc, bain mad with
th aoldltr leaded eiactly at h would b In
an aellv camfalgn, Th fleneral and Colo
nel! would thereby hav opportunity of hand
ling reglmenla, brigadier and dlvlelnna and
the oommliiery and medical department
would be tealed In the field, I'rovlalon ahould
bo made for th eirrrla at lat of brl
gad and by preferanc of a dlvbal'.n In march
ing and embarking at mm point on our
oriaat and dlimbaiklng at a4ma other point
and continuing Ita march, Tha number of
pite In whlrh tha Arrny la kept In time of
pac nhouM b materially diminished and
th poata that ara left mad ootreapondlngly
larger. No lo" Intaraata ahould be allowed
to aland In the way nf aaaa-mbllng lh greater
part of the troor, wbtrb would al nae.1 form
our flail arrrilr In atallona of aurh all aa j
will permit lha beat training to be glvtn to I
in irannei or all gra.l.ai, including th high
cfllrera and etaff ofllrera, To acrornpllih Ihla
end wo muat bav not company or regimental
gurrbnna, but brigade and dlvlibm grrlin.
Our Nary muat, relatively to the navlaa of
other nation, alwaya be of greater all than
ur Army. Wa hay moit wltely continued
for a rirnbr of yearn to build up our Nary,
and It haa now reached a fairly high atandard
of efflrlanry. Thla (laniard of efficiency muat
not only he maintained, but Inrreaaed. It
doea not m to rn neceaaary, however, that
lh Navy ahould-at treat In th Immediate
future be Increased beyond the preaent num
tr of unllat What ba now clearly neceteary
In to aubttltul efficient for Inefficient tinitl
aa th taller tx-ome worn out or a It b
r'.rnei apparent that they at uteleaa. rroti
ably th reault would be attained by adding a
alngle laaltle ahlp to our Navy each year, th
aiipraded or outworn venla being laid up
or broken up aa they ar thua replaced. The
four alngle-turren nvmitora built Immediately
after th elon of th Hpanlth war, for In
alane. are veae whlrli would be of but
little uie In lh event of war Th menrra
epent upon litem rould hav btn more we
fully epnt In other beaye Thua II would have
been far better never lo have built a a! net
rm of theao monltora and to have put ft
money Into an ample aupply of reaerv gn
Moat of th aenaller rrultera and (unboaba,
though they arve a uteful purpoett eo far ae
Ihey are needed for International poll work,
would not add In the atrencth of our Navy
In a eonnirt with a trlu foe There la
urgent need of provldlnr a large Incrrata In
llm number of officer, and eapeclally In th
number ef nllted mn.
Naturalisation lava,
During the pail year evidence haa accu
mulated to confirm the eiprnttont eon
talr.t.t n my laat two annual meteagea aa
la the Importance of rerlalng by appro
priate legitlallon our tyrtem of naturallrlng
allena I ilntd laat March a commla
Ion to make a careful eiamlnatlon of our
naturalisation lawa, and lo auggeat apru
prlate meaaurea 10 avoid lh notorloua
abua-et reeulllng from the Improvident or
unlawful granting ef rltlnahlp, Thl cam
rnlielnn, campaied of an officer of the De
partment af Hlate. lh Department of lue
tic, and af th Department of Commerce
and Labor, haa dlecharged lha duty Impeied
upon It, arid haa submitted a report, which
will be tianimltted to the Congreea for It
rentlderallon, and, I hope, for Ita favorable
action.
Ilrrarhr of Truat In Public IVrvlre.
There aeema to be no alatute af th United
Htalea whlrh pravldra for lh punUhment of
a United Ntate Attorney or other officer of
th (rovernmrnt who corruptly agree ta
wrongfully do or wrongfully refrain from
doing any act when the consideration ret
sseh corrupt agreement la other than on
poeteeelng money value. Thla ought to be
remedied by appropriate Dglelallon t.la
latlon ahould alee be enacted to carer, ex
plicitly, unequivocally and beyond queetlon.
breach of truei In lh snap ef prematurely
divulging official secret by an officer or
employ of th L'nlted mate, and ta pro
vide a suitable penally therefor Hueh offi
cer or employ owes the duty la the L'nlted
Hlate o guard carefully and not to dlvulgr
or In any manner ua prematurely Infor
mation which la areeaetble to the officer or
employe by reason of his official position.
Mast brearhes of public trutt are already
eevtrto by the law, and thl an mould be.
rubtlr-!.and Iw.
One again I call your attention ta th
condition of th public-land lawa. Decent
deveUpmenti hav given new urgency ta th
netd for auch changea a will fit theae lawa
to actual preaent condltlona. The heneat
disposal and right uie of tha remaining
public landa la of fundamental Importance.
Th tntqultau methode by which Ibe mo
nepellilng of the public landa la being
brought about under the pretent law ar
becoming more generally known, but the
eilallng lowt do not furnlah affective rime
diet. The recommendation ef th Tubllc
Land Commliilon upon thli eubject ar wlae
and ahould be given effect.
The creation ef amall Irrigated farme un
der th reclamation act la a powerful effect
ta th tendency af certain other law to fsa.
ter or permit monopoly ef the land. Under
that act th construction of great Irrigation
works ha been proceeding rapidly and tuc
ceiifully, th land reclaimed ar eagerly
taken up. and the prospect that th Policy
of National Irrigation will nccompllth all
that waa eipected of It la bright The act
ahould be ealended to Include th State of
Traaa.
Tha ferret policy of the Administration ap
pear ta enjoy Ik unbroken support of th
peopl. Th great uerre of timber are them
lv forwarding lb movement for tercet
preservation. All organised opfKetjtlon ta Ik
forelt rreervr In the Welt nea disappeared.
Mine the coruatlldatlon of all Government for
eat work tn the Xallunal turt Service there
ba ba-en a rapid aad notable gain In the use
fulness of the forest reserves to lh people
and In public appreciation of their value. The
National parks within or adjacent to forcaei
reserves ahould be transferred to tha (barge
t tha rreat Service also.
Merchant Marine,
To the epread of our trade to peace and
th detent ef our flag In war a great and rtroe-
perous merchant marina la Indlapcneable. We
ahould hav ship of our own and seamen of
our own lo convey our good to neutral mar
keta. and In caae or need to reinforce our
battle line. It can not but be a suurc of re
gret and uneasiness! lo u that th line of
communication with our slater republic of
Houth America should be chiefly under for
elgn control. It Is not a good thine that
American merchants and manufacturer chould
have to send their good and letter to South
America via Hurttpe If they wish security and
dispatch, liven on the l'acinr, where our
ehtpa have held their own belter than on the
Atlantic, our merchant flag ba now threatened
through the liberal aid bestowed by other
government! on their own ateam line. I aak
your rarneat oonahlcratlon of th report with
whlcfl lh Merchant Marina Commbaslen haa
followed Ita long and careful Inquiry,
l'melum.
It la a matter af unmlird mtlefactlon once
mot t call attention lo tha excellent work of
the I'enttlon llureau; for the veteran of the
Civil War have a greater claim upon u than
any ether data of our elllient. To tbem,
tint of all among our people, honor I du.
Heven year ago my lamented predecessor.
1'resldmt McKInU-, dated that the time had
come for the Nation to care for tha aravea
of the Confederate dead. I recommend that
the Congress take action toward thla end. The
first need Is la take charge ef th grave of
th Confederal dd who died In Northern
orisons. ,
i Immigration.
' Tha question of Immigration la of vital In
terrwt ta thla country. In the year ending
June SO. luuo, there came ta th United Stale
l,uM.la.td alien tmmlgrunta. In other wordet,
In th alngle year that haa Juat elapsed there
came to thla country a greater number of
people than came here during th lull yeara of
our Colonial life which Intervened between the
tlret landlnr at Jamestown and the Declara
tion of Independence. It I clearly shown In
the report of the Commlaaloner-ileneral of
Immigration that while murh of thla em-rmous
Immigration Is undoubtedly healthy and natur
al, a conolderabl propoitton la undcriirubla
front one reason or another, moreover, a con
siderable proportion of It, probably a very
large proportion. Including most of the untie
atruble claae, doe not coin here of Ita own
Initiative, but because of the activity of th
acenlu of the great u importation eompanlea.
These agenta are distributed throuahou Ku
rope, and by the offer of all klnda of Induce
mantn they wheedle and rajolt many tmmt
sranta, often agalrutt their beat Interest, to
come here. The moat aerloua obalaele wo hav
ta encounter In th effort to eeeure a proper
regulation of the Immigration to theae ahorr
artara from the determined oppoaltlon of tha
foreign ateamahlp Itnea who have no Intcrcvt
whatever In the matter cava to Incrcmo tho
return on their capital by carry Ing masaea of
Immlgranta hither In tho atrcrage quarlera of
i their shll'S.
I Tha question arising; In connection with
Crtlneeta Immigration aland by thcmulvca. The
condition In China ar auch that tha entire
Chlneae coollo class, that la, the chiaa of
Chinese laborers, skilled and unskilled, le
gitimately com under tha head of undesir
able Immlgranta to thla country, because ot
their number, tha low wagra for which they
work and their low attandard of living. Not
only la It to tha Interest of thus country la
kesp them out, but the Chinese authorltle do
not desire that they ahould be admitted. At
preaent their entrance la prohibited by law
amply adequate to accomplish thla purpose.
These law hav bren, ara being and will ba,
thoroughly enforced. Th violation ot them
are so few In number aa to b Inflnllctdmal
. and caa be entirely dlarcgardad. Thar la ao
rerlou propoaa! to alter th Immigration law
a regaraa in cninra, laoorar, axiiieo or
unaklllad, and there I no us for any
man feellnc or affecting to fed lh ailfhlaat
alarm on tha eubject.
Hut In the effort to carry out lha noller of
esrltldlne f'hlnraw tahnreca. Chinee COollca.
grav Injuallc and wrong have bean dim by I
tin rtitii'.i. .o in peopin oi v.niit. . m".---for
ultimately to thla Na'lon llaelf. Chlneae,
ludsfila, bualnea and profatlonal men of all i
kind not only marchanla, but banker, aoo-
tore, manufacturers, profearetrte, traveler and I
in iib- anrtttii i enerrtiratea in rnrn u-r-j
and treated on preelaely the earn footing that
w treat aliment, bualneaa man, travelers ami
lh Ilk of Mhar nallona. Our laws and
Ireatlrt ahould ba framed, not ao on to out
lhei peopl In th eiceoled claaa, but to
Hat that w will admit all Chlneae, accent
Chlneae of th cool I a claaa, Chlneae (killed
or unskilled laborrra. Titer would not be
th leaat danger that any auch provloion would
reauit in any relaxation or th law aomir
laborrra. Thee will, under all conditions, be
kept out absolutely, llut It will bo mor esny
to ae that both Juitlc and courteay ar
ahown. aa ther r-urht ta ba ehown. to other
Chinee, f ih law or treaty I framed a
aoor mggeeted fjiamlnatlona anoubi ir
completed at th tort of deoartur from
Chin, for thl purpoo lhr shouM b pro
vided a more adequate Coturjlar rvle In
China than w now have. Th appropriation.
rn ror the orricee of th ConauK and ror
the office fortea In tha Conautates, should be
Inireaaed,
Thla rrovernment haa th frlandlleel flln
tnr China and desires China's well-blns. We
cordially aympatblf with th announced pur
poa ot Japan to Mind ror the Intxrlly of
China. Much an atlllud tend a to th pane
of th weald,
T1i Civil Hervlrc,
Th clrll aervle law haa bti en th italut
book a ror 33 years, livery l'realdent and a
vatt majority or head of departmenta who
have ben In office during that pr14 hav fa
vrrrd a gradual extension at the merit en-stem
Tha more thoroughly Ha prlnelplee hav
been understood th greater ha been the fa
vor with which tk taw ha been regarded by
admlnlatratlv orf-eers. Any attempt to carry
on Hm great axea-utlv department af the
Oevernmtnt without thla law woubl Inevitably
result n ckaot The Ctvll Henrico Com ants,
slonma are doing excellent work, and their
compensations In Inadequate considering th
servtc Ihey perform.
Adulteration of foods.
I recommend that a law b enacted Is
regulate Interatale commerce In mlebranded
and adulterated foods, drinks and drug,
ivh law would protect legitimate manufac
ture and commerce, and would tend to it
cur th health and, welfare or th consum
ing public. Traffic In foodstuffs which have
been debased or adulterated so at to injure
health ar to decelr purchaser ahould b
forbidden.
National I'arka.
I call your attention to the generous act
of th Htat of California In conferring
upon the L'nlted Htatee Government the own
ership of the Yeecmlte Valley and the Mari
posa Dig Tree (Hove. There should be no
delay In accepting lh gift, and appropria
tion should be made for th Including
thereof tn th Tosemlt National Park, and
for th car and pollcelng of th park. Cali
fornia haa acted most wisely a well a
with great magnanimity In th matter
Ther ar certain mighty natural feature
of our land which should be preserved In
perpetuity tor our chlldien and our chil
dren's children. In my Judgment th Grand
Canyon of the Colorado should be made Inla
a National park. It Is greatly to be wished
that the Htat of Naw York ahould copy aa
rarde Niagara what the Hlate of California
haa don a regard th Yoeemltc. Noth
ing should be allowed to Interfere with the
preservation of Niagara Kalle In all their
beauty and ntajetty If the atate cannot aee
ta thli then It ta earneatly la be wlihed that
aha ahould be willing ta turn It over ta th
National (lovernrnent. which ahould In auch
caae (If ponlbl. la conjunction with th
Canadian government) assume the burden
and responsibility or pretervlnc unbar meal
Niagara Kalli. Juat aa ll ahould gladly as
sume a similar burden and responsibility
for the Yoscmlto National Park, and aa It
haa already assumed them for the Yellow
stone National I'ark. Adequate provision
ahould be mad by the Contrese far the
proper care and aupervlelon af all these
National parks. Th boundaries et the Tel
lowatene National I'ark should be extended
to the south and east fa take In such por
tions af Ih abutting forest reservation aa
will enable th tjovernment to protect th
Ik on their Winter range
Ufr-Havlnc Hervlc.
I call your especial attention to th de
sirability of giving to th members of th
Life-Saving Hervlc pensions such as ar
given to firemen and policemen In all our
great cities. Th men In tha Life-Saving
Hervlc continually and In th moat matter
of fact way do deed auch aa make Amer
icana proud of their country They hav no
political Influence; and they live In auch re
mote place that th really heroic services
they continually render recelv th scantiest
recognition from th public It I unjust fur
a great nation Ilk thl to permit thete
men to become totally disabled or to meet
death In th performance ef their haiardous
duty and yet to glv them no sort of re
ward. If one of them serves 0 years of hla
lite In auch a position he ahould aurcly be
entitled to retire en halt pay. ae a fireman
or policeman deea. and It he becomea totally
Incapacitated through accident or aicknes
or loses his health In the discharge at his
duty he or hi family should receive a pen
sion Juat aa any soldier should I call your
attention with eepeclal earneetacsa ta thla
matter became It appeals not only ta aur
Judgment but ta aur sympathy; for the
people on whose behalf I ask It are compara
tively few In number, render Incalculable
service of a particularly dangerous kind, and
hav no on to tpeak for them,
Indiana.
During the year Juit paat, the phaie ot the
Indian qucetlon which haa been moat aharply
brought to public attention la tha larger
legal algnlflcance ef the lndlan'a Introduction
Into clllseiiahlp. Thla haa mad Itself mani
fest not only In a great access of litigation
In which the cltlien Indian figures aa a party
defendant and In a more widespread dispo
sition to levy local taxation upon hla per
tonally, but In a decltlon ot the United
Htatee Supreme Court which elruek away
the main prop on whlrh haa hitherto reeled
the Oov ernment' benevolent effort to pro
tect him agalnat the evils ot Intemperance
The court holds. In effect, that when an
Indian becomes, by virtue of an allotment ot
land to him, a cltlien ef the stai In which
hla land la altuated, he paatea from under
Federal control In auch matters as thla, and
th acta ot the Concrete prohibiting th ao.1
or gift to htm of Intoxicants become sub
stantlally Inoperative. It la gratlfytnc to
note that the atatea and munlclpalltlea of
the West which hav most at stake In the
welfare of th Indians ar taking up thl
subject and are trying to supply. In a meas
ure at least, the abdication ef Its trusteeship
forced upon the Federal Government Never
theless, I would urgently press upon tha at
tention ot the Concrete lh question whether
some amendment of the Internal revenue
laws might not be ot aid In proiecutlng
thoa malefactors, known In tha Indian coun
try a bootleggers." who arc engaged at
once In defraudtac tha United States Treas
ury of taxes and, what Is far more Impor
tant, In debauching the Indiana by carry Ing
llquora Illicitly Into territory still completely
under Federal Jurisdiction.
Tlie I'htllpploes.
During the lit year the 1'hlllpplno Island
have been elowly recovering from the eeriea
ot dleuetcra which, since American occupa
tion, have greatly reduced the amount of ag
ricultural product below what waa produced
In Spanish time. The war, the rinderpest, the
locunte, th drought and tha cholera have ben
united aa caueea to prevent a return of th
prosperity much needed In th laland. Tn
most serious. li the destruction by the rlnder
pnet ot more than 7a per cent of the draft
cattle, because It will take several jear ot
breeding to restore the neceteary number of
theeu Indispensable aids to agrUultur. The
Commission attempted to aupply by purchase
from adjoining countries the needed cattle,
but the experiments made were unauceeratful.
Must of the oattl Imported were unable ta
withstand the change ot climate and the rig
or of tha voyage and died from other dis
ease than rlnderorsi,
Itr-Iurtlou of Tariff Needed.
Tha agricultural condltlona ot tb Islands
enforce more strongly than ever the argument
in favor ot reducing tha tariff on the prod
ucts ot the Philippine Island entering the
United Slate. 1 earnestly recommend that
upon th product of the Philippine Islands be
entirely removed, except the tariff on sugar
and tobacco, ami that that tariff ba reduced
to 23 per cent of the present rate under the
Dlngley act, that after July 1. 11W0, the
tariff upon tobacco and trugar produced In th
Phlllppln Islands be entirely removed and
that free trade between the Islands and the
United States In the product of each country
then be provided for by law.
Hawaii.
In my Judgment Immediate stern should be
taken for tha fortification ot Hawaii. This
la tha moat Important point In the Pacific to
fortify In order to conserve the Interests of
thla country. It would be hard ta overstate
tha Importance ot thla nacd. Hawaii la too
havlly taxed. Lawa ahould ba enacted set
ting aside for period of, say, 20 yttrs To
per cent ot th Internal riventi and vMcmm
reedpt from Hawaii as a (pedal fund to b
expended In th laland tor educational and
publlo building, and for harbor Improve
ments and military and naval deftnaea. It
cannot b too often repealed that our aim
muit bo ta davtlop th Territory of Hawaii
on traditional American line. That territory
has aerlou commercial and Industrial prob
lems to reckon wltht but no measure ot relist
can b cone-Mered which look lo leelatalloa
admitting Chinas and restricting them by
statute to field labor and domratl service.
The rtntua of servility can nsvsr again ba
tolerated on Amerlran sill w cannot eon
red that th proper anlutlsn of It problem
la asocial Initiation admitting to Hawaii
class of laborer denied admlmlon to h other
atatea and territories, Thar ar cMtacles,
and great obaiaelen. In th way of hulldlnej
th tariff now lmpod by tha Dlnglay bill
up a reprantatlvr) American community In
Ih Hawaiian elands; but It I not In tha
American character tn rlve no In tho face of
difficulty. Many an American commonwealth
haa been built up against odd equal to thoe
that now ccnrronl Hawaii.
Porto nlro,
t earneatly advocate th adoption of tag
Illation which will explicitly confer Amerl
an dtlienahlp on all eltliena of Porto Illea.
Ther la. In mr Judgment, no excuae for
rauura to an inn. The narrror or nan juan
should bo dredged and Improved. The ex
pena of th Federal Court of Porto Illcts
ahould b met from th Federal Treaiury,
and not from th Porto mean treasury Tha
elections In Perio Illco shouM tak place
every four years, and tha Legislature should
mail In session every two year. Th pres
ent form of government In Porto Illco, which
provide for th appointment by lh Presi
dent of th mombera ot tha cxarutlve coun
cil or upper I lout nf th Leglalatur, haa
proved satisfactory and haa Inepired confi
dence In property-owner and Inveatora, I
do not deem tt advisable at th preaent tlm
to change thla form In any material feature.
Th problema and needa of th laland ara
Induitrlal and eornmarelal rather than po
litical. Alaelca
I earnestly aik that Alaska be given an
aleetlv delegate. Horn person should ba
eheieen who can spak with authority of tha
nedi of th territory, Th Government
ehautd aid In th cenatructlon ef a railroad
from th Oulf of Alaaka to th Yukon Illver,
In American territory. In my laat two
meeeage I advocated certain additional ac
tion en behalf of Alaaka. ehall not no
repeat thoa recommendations, but I shall
lay all my stress upon the on recommen
dation of giving to Alaska some one au
thorized io speak for It I should prater that
the delegate wa mad elective, but If thus
la not deemed wis then maka him ap
pointive. At any rat, glv Alaaka soma
pricn who bus) nets It shall b to (peak
with authority on her behalf to th Con
greet. Th natural resources of Alaska ara
great, Horn ot the chief needa of th pecul
iarly energetic, aelf-rellant, and typically
American whit population ot Alaska were
set forth In my lost message. I also ear
neatly aak your attention (o the needa of the
Alaskan Indiana. Alt Indiana who are com
petent ahould receive the full rights ot
American cltlienihlp. It la, for Instance, a
groaa and Indefcnalble wrong to deny to auch
..aru-working, decent-living Indiana aa the
Metlakahtlaa the right to obtain llceneea aa
captains, pilots and engineers, the right to
enter mining claims, and to profit by the
homestead law These particular Indian
are civilised, and are competent and en
titled la be put on the same basis with tha
whit man round about them.
Admission to HtatrhootJ.
I recommend that Indian Territory and
Oklahoma be admitted a one state and that
Naw Mexico and Arlsona be admitted a on
state. There 1 no obligation upon ua to
treat territorial subdivisions, which ar mat
ters of convenience only, aa binding ua on.
the queitlon ot .admission to statehood.
Nothing has taken up more time lo the
foazree during th Mst tew veers than th
question as ta the etatuhood ta be granted
ta tba tour tcrrltortea above mentioned, and
after careful eoaalderatlen of all that ha
-tr developed In th discussion of tha
question I recommend that they be Imme
diately admitted as two atatea. There I no
Juatlficatlen for further delay; and the ad
visability et making tha four terrltorlea late
two atatea haa been clearly (atabllsbsd.
The I'anrma Canal.
Th treaty between the "United State and
th rtepublle of Panama, under which tha
conitructlcn ef th Panama Canal wa mad
po-albl. went Into effect with It ratification
by th United State Benat on February S3.
1001. Th canal propertlra ot th French
Canal Company wer tranaferred to the
United Statea on April 3. 1(01. on payment
of 110.000,000 to that company On April I.
IPOS, the Commission wa reorganised, and
ll now comlila of Theodore I Slant,
chairman; Charlea E. Magoon. Dcajamln M.
Harrod, Itear-Admlral Morderal T Endlcott,
Drlgadlcr-Oentral Peter C- Halns. and Colo,
nel Oswald II. BrruL John F Stevens waa
appointed chief engineer on July 1 laat.
Active work In canal construction, mainly
preparatory, haa been In progrces for leaa
than a year and a half. Durlnr that period
two point about the canal have ceased ta
be open to debate. First, tho question ot
route; the canal wilt be built on the Isthmua
of Panama. Second, th que. Hen ot feasi
bility, there ar aa physical obeiarles on thla
route that American engineering aklll will
net be able ta orercame without eerlnua dif
ficulty, or that will prvnt th complttlon
ot th canal within a reasonable time and
at a reasonable cost. This la virtually the
uaaalmoua testimony of the engineers who
hav Investigated th matter for the Oov
rnment. N'eceeilljr of Dispatch,
Th point which remain unsettled Is tha
question ot type, whether th canal sha b
on of several locks abov sea-ievel. or at
sea-level with a single tld lock. On thla
point I hop to lay before the Congress at
an early day the findings ot the advisory
beerd of American and European engineers,
thai at my Invitation hav been consldarlnsj
the subject, together with th report of th
Commission thereon; and such commenta
thereon or recommendations in rsfartnc
thereto aa may seem neceasary.
Tha American people Is pledged to th
speediest possible construction of a canal
adequate lo melt th demands which tho
commerce ot the world will make upon It.
and I appeal most earnestly to th Congress
to eld In th fulfillment ot lh pledge Oral.
Ifylng progress has bean mad during tha
past year and especially during the past four
months. The greatsr part ot the necessary
preliminary work haa been done. Actual
work of exeav.u'rp could be begun only on
a limited aril- till th Canal Zon waa
mad a healthful plac to llv In and ta
work In. Tho Isthmus had to be sanitated
first. This task haa bean ao thoroughly
accomplished that yellow fever ha been
virtually extirpated from th lathmua and
general health condltlona vastly Improved.
Th tamo meiroda which converted th
laland ot v'uba from a peat hole, which men
aced th health if the world. Into a health
ful plac of "Lode, have bean applied on the
lathmua with satisfactory rsiults. Thtr la
no reason to doubt that whan the plana tor
water supply, paving, and aewerag of Pan
ama ,td Colon and th large labor campa
hav beer, tu'l) tarried out, th lathmua will
be, for the Tropica, an unuaually healthy
place ot abode. Tb work la ao far ad
vanced now that the health of all thoa em.
pleved In canal work ta aa well guarded aa
It I en almllar work In thla country and
claewherc.
What la needed now and without delay la
an appropriation by th Concrete to meat
the current and accruing expeniea ot tha
Cerpuiltelen. The Am appropriation of 110,
000,000, out et the 1133.000.000 authorised
by the Hpooner act, waa made three yeara
ago. It a nearly exhausted. There la bare
ly enough of It remaining to carry tha
Camrulealon to th end of the year. Unless
the Congreea shall appropriate before that
tint all work must cease. To arrest prog
ress for any lennth ot time now, whan mat
ter are aa. undue aa satisfactorily, would
be deplorable. There will be no money with
which to inset pay-roll obligations and nona
with whleh to meat bills coming duo for
matrrlula and auppltea, and there will b
demoralisation ot the forces, hare nnd on
the lathmua, now working- so harmoniously
and effectively, tt there Is delay In granting
an emergency appropriation. Eitlmatea ot
tha amount neceasary will be found In th
accompan) Inc reporta ot the Bcrtary ot
War and the Commission,
Tlio Department ot State.
I recommend mere adequate provision than
has been made heretofore for tha work ot the
Department of State. Within a few year
there haa been a very great Increase In tb
amount and Importance ot th work to be
done by that department, both In Washing.
ton and abroad. This ha been caused by
the great Incrca-te of our foreign trade, Ihe In
crease ot wealth among our people, which en.
ablea them to travel more generally than
herctofote, tha IncrJa ot American capital
which la accklng Investment In foreign ooua
tries, and the growth ot our power and
weight In the councils of the civilised world.
There has been noscorreetpondlng Increase ot
facilities for doing tha work afforded to the
department having charge ef our foreign re
la tlona,
T1IEOD011E HOOSHVBLT.
Th White House. Dsc S, '80S.
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