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We Shall Do Nothing but WAIT for Peace, Wilson Says
a i j Li *„ L,« all rpsnert and moral sunnnrt
There can he no prosp<-< t of peace in America until (general Huerta
has surrendered Ins usurped authority in Mexico. . . . Mexico has no
government ... a mere military despotism has been set up. It orig
inated in the usurpation of Victoriano 1 luerta, who has at last cast aside
the pretense of legal right and declared himself dictator. As a conse
quence, a condition of affairs now exists in Mexico which has made it
doubtful whether even the most fundamental rights of her own people
or of the citizens of other countries can long be successfully safe
guarded. Huerta has forfeited all respect and moral support.
Yet---
We shall not, 1 believe, be obliged to alter our policy of watchful
waiting.—From President Wilson’s Message to Congress.
BUI CL1FY !T. URGED BY
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seated fit th#* Speakpr n lab •
right of the Speaker
The President made the
from the White House to the
In his automobile. He left th*
time Mansion at 1- 4.*» oVIoek.
panted by Secretary Tumult \
Just before the President
White House. Mrs. Wilson, the
Margaret and Kieanor Wil.-o
Helen Woodrow Rones .mo Hi
journey
(’apitol
Kxeeu-
Hagner left for t.h< President's sec
tion of the gallery of the House of
Kepi esenta I i V'
{Secretaries KcdflchJ and Houston
were the first Cabinet officers to ap
pear upon the floor of the House
They spent ten minutes shaking
hands with various members
President Wilson arrived at tne
Capitol at p. m and was es
corted to Speaker ('lark - office
President Waits on Senate.
Then a dilemma occuned which was
not on the program. The Senate,
which was supposed to have reached
the House by 1 o'clock, .ii that time
had not arrived, and tli« President
was compelled to wait in the Speak
er's office, while the Senator slqwi>
walked across from the Senate side
of tlie ('apitol. The Senators reached
the House charnbei at I "., o'clock,
and Immediately took their scats
Speaker Clark named Kepresenta-
fives I’nde■•wood. Fitzgerald and
Mann a committee mi the part of the
House to escort the President into the
chamber, and Vice President Marshall
named Senators Kern, Bacon and
(Jallinger a committee on the part
of the Senate to perform a similar
service
President Wilson readied the House
chamber at 1:07, turning first to
Speaker Clark and Vice President
Marshall and bowing cordiall)
them. He glanced in a self-satisfied
way at the Senators and Kcpresenta
lives and began his message In a clear
fashion.
The applause which greeted him
When he entered the chamber last
ed for nearly a minute. After tin ap
plause was over, speaker Clark made
the following simple announcement:
Reads in Firm Tone.
•‘Gentlemen of the Senate and of
the House of Representatives. | pre
sent to you the President of the
I'nited States.”
The President then In a firm tone
began the reading of Ids message,
and, except for the sound of his
voice, absolute stillness prevailed in
the chandler
Secretary Bryan did not follow the
example of his fellow Cabinet mem
Iters and take a seat on the floor, but
went instead to the diplomatic gal
lery, where he Joined heartily in the
handclapping
With especial deliberation and
emphasis the President read that por
tion of his message relating to Mexi
can affairs, wherein he predieted tin-
early fall of the Huerta Government
and reaffirmed the intention of the
United Slates to play a “watchful,
waiting” game
This sentiment was applauded by
the legislators the first applause
heard during the actual reading of
the message, and when he concluded
that part of his message relating to
Mexico, he again was greeted with
hearty applause
The President said
The President’s Message.
Gentlemen of the Congress
in pursuance of my constitutional
dutv to ’give to the Congress info! -
mat ion of the state of the Union." I
iak.- th. libertv of addressing you < c
several matters which ought as it
seems to me, particularly to engage
the attention of your honorahV
bodies, as of all who study the welfare
and progress* of the nation
1 shall ask your indulgence if I ven
ture to depart in some degree from
the usual custom of setting before vnu
in formal review the many matt • s
which have engaged the attention and
called for the action of the severe,
departments of the Government or
which look to them for early trec-
rnent in the future, because the list ih
long, very long, and would suffer in
the abbreviation to which I should
have to subject it J shall submit to
vnu the reports of the heads of the
several departments, Iri width these
sohjc< ts are set forth in careful de
tail. and beg that the may receive
the thoughtful attention of your com
mtttcc* and of all members of t t*?
Congress who may have* the leisure
to study them. Their obvious impor
tance an constituting the very sub
stance of the business of the Govern
ment, makes comment and emphans
on my part unnecessary.
Peace Treaties Increase.
The countrv 1 am thankful to say
Striking Points From
President’s Message
Komi- striking points from President W ilson s m< ssago :
U,. repeated his assertion that President Huerta must be
eliminated, hut made .dear that his policy was that of waiting
for Huerta s downfall, which must come soon.
The Sherman anti trust law should stand unaltered, but it
should la made more explicit tiv new legislation.
lie urged legislation to provide for the direct nomination
of presidential candidates, party conventions to be retained
soldv for the purpose of ratifying the choice of the people and
framing party platforms. He would have the conventions com
posed of the candidates for office, so they might he held directly
responsible for failure to carry into effect the platform pledges.
I'rgod Philippine independence.
Pleaded for the development of Alaska by means of Gov
ernment constructed and operated railroads, with Government
control of terminals and ports.
Crged a “fair and effective" employers' liability law.
an travel without anxiety. It ig as
important that they should be re
lieved of embarrassment aiui set free
to prosper as that private monopoly
should he destroyed. The ways of
action should be thrown wide open.
For Presidential Primaries.
I turn to a subject which 1 hope
can be handled promptly and with
out serious controversy of any kind.
I mean the method of selecting nomi
nees for the Presidency of the I'nited
States. I feel confident that I do not
misinterpret the wishes or the ex
pectations of the country when I urge
the prompt enactment of legislation
which will provide for primary elec
tions throughout the country at which
the voters of the several parties may
choose their nominees for the Presi
dency without the intervention of
nominating conventions. I venture
the suggestion that this legislation
should provide for the retention of
party conventions, but only for the
purpose of declaring and accepting
the verdict of the primaries and for
mulating the platforms of the par
ties; and 1 suggest that these conven
tions should consist not of delegates
chosen for this single purpose, hut of
the nominees for Congress, the nomi
nees for vacant seuts in the Senate
of the I'nited States, the Senators
whose terms have not yet closed, the
national committees, and the candi
dates for the Presidency themselves
in order that platforms ma> G
framed by those responsible to tlu,
people for carrying them into effect
country in a more deplorable condi
tion than ever. But he has not suc
ceeded He has forfeited the respect
is at peace with all the world, and j nn( j me moral support even of those
many happy manifestations multiply
about us of a growing cordiality and j
sens*- of community of interest among
who were at one time willing to foee
him succeed. Little by little he has
been completely isolated. By a little
the nations, foreshadowing an age of | every (] av |,is power and prestige, are
crumbling and the collapse is not far
believe, be
a wav. We shall not, I
obliged to alter our policy of watch
ful waiting. And then, when the end
comes, we shall hope to see constitu
tional order restored in distressed
Mexico by the concert and energy of
such of her leaders as prefer the lib
erty of their people to their own am-
scttled peace and good will. More
and more readily each decade do the
nations manifest their willingness to
bind themselves by solemn treaty to
the processes of peace, the processes
of frankness and fair concession. Ho
far the I'nited States has stood at the
front of such negotiations. She will,
I earnestly hope and confidently be- t t
lievc. give fresh proof of her sincere j ^ j j ['q r *,’
adherence to the cauae -f internation- ! _ ,
ul friendship by ratifying the several I Urges Currency Law.
treaties of arbitration a waiting renew- ; l turn to matters of domestic ren
al by the Henate. In addition to th'*se. J t ern. You already have under con
it has been the privilege of the De- I sideration a bill for the reform of
partment <>f State to gain the* assent, lour system of banking and currency.
In principle, of no less than 31 na - j for w hich the country waits w ith
tlons, representing f u fifths of the I impatience, as for something funtfa-
population of the world. t,o the nego- mental to Its whole business life and
tiation of treaties hv which It shall t necessary to set credit free from ar-
be agreed that whenever differences j bjtrary and artificial restraints. i
of interest or of policy arise which „eed not say how earnestly 1 hope
can not be resolved by the ordinary I f or early enactment into law I
processes of diplomacy they shall v*e take leave to beg that the whole
publicly analyzed, discussed and r*« energy and attention of the Senate be
ported upon by a tribunal chosen _by concentrated u|x it till the matter
BIG EATERS BE!
the parties before either nation de
termlnes its course of action.
There is only one possible standard
by which to determine controversies
between th* I’nited States and other
nations, and that is compounded of
these two elements Our own honor
and our obligations to the peace of
the world. A test so compounded
ought easily to be made to govern
both the establishment of new treaty
obligations and the interpretation of
those already assumed
Huerta Must Go.
is successfully disposed of. And yet
1 feel that the request is not needed
that the members of that great
House need no urging in this service
to the country.
I present to yon, in addition, the
urgent necessity that special provi
sion be made also for facilitating the
credits needed by the farmers of the
-ede . ,
country. Tne pending currency bill j Turn from the farm to the wofl'd
ital by whldh to support and expand
his business We lag behind many
other great countries of the modern
world in attempting to do this Sys
tems of xural credit have been stud
ied and developed on the other side
of the water while we left our far
mers to shift for themselves in the
ordinary money market. You have
but to look about you in any rural
district to see the result, the handi
cap and embarrassment which have
been put upon those who produce
our food.
Confident of Result.
Conscious of this backwardness and
neglect on our part, the Congress re
cently authorized the creation of a
special commission to study the va
rious systems of rural credit which
have been put into operation in
Europe, and this commission is al
ready prepared to report. Its report
ought to rhake it easier for us to de
termine what methods will he best
suited to our own farmers I hope
and believe that the committees of
the Henate and House will address
themselves to this matter with the
most fruitful results, and I believe
that the studies and recently formed
plans of the Department of Agricul
ture may he made to serve them very
greatly in their work of framing ap
propriate and adequate legislation. It
would be indiscreet and presump
tuous in anyone to dogmatize upon so
great and many-sided a question, but
I feel confident that common counsel
will produce the results we must all
desire.
Modify Sherman Law.
does the farmers a great service. It
puts them upon an equal footing with
other business men and masters of
nterprise, as it should; and upon Its
There is hut one cloud upon our i passage they will find themselves quit
horizon. That has shown itself to
the south of us and hangs over
Mexico There can he no certain
prospect of peace hi America until
General Huerta has surrendered his
of many of the difficulties which now
hamper them in the field of credit.
The farmers, of course, ask and
should be given no special privilege,
such as extending to them the credit
usurped authority In Mexico; until I of the Government itself What they
it Is understood on all hands, indeed, j need and should obtain is legislation
Hint such pretended governments will j which will make their own abundant
not he countenanced or dealt with
hv the government of the United
States We are the friends of consti
tutional government In America, we
and substantial credit resources
available as a foundation for joint,
concerted local action in their own
behalf In getting the capital they
are more than its friends, we are its t must use It is to this we should
champions: because In no other way now address ourselves.
•■an our neighbors to whom we .would Farm Credits Needed,
wish in every wav to make proof of . _ .
our friendship, work out their own 11 »>"kularly enough, come to
development In peace and liberty. P«* s ,hal " e hftve allowe(i “*«>. ? n -.
Mexico lias no goernment. The at
tempt to maintain one at the City
of Mexico has broken down, and a
mere military despotism has been set
up which has hardly more than the
semblance of national authority. It
originated In the usurpation of Vic
toriano Huerta, who. after a brief
attempt to play tne part of consti
tutional President, has at last cast
aside even the pretense of legal
right and declared himself dictator.
Policy of Waiting.
As a consequence, a condition of af
fairs now exists in Mexico which has
made it doubtful whether even the
most elementary and fundamental
rights either of her own people or
of the citizens of other countries res
Merit within her territory can long
be successfully safeguarded. and
which threatens, if long continued.
duatry of our farms to lag behind
the other activities of the country in
its development. I need not stop to
of business which centers in the city
and in the factory, and I think that
all thoughtful observers will agr$*e
that the immediate service we owe
the business communities of the
country is to prevent private monop
oly more effectually than it has yet
been prevented. 1 think it will be
easily agreed that we should let the
Sherman anti-trust law' stand, unal
tered. as it is, with its debatable
ground about it, hut that we should
as much sis possible reduce the area
of that debatable ground by further
and more explicit legislation; and
should also supplement that great act
by legislation which will not only
clarify it but also facilitate its ad
ministration and make it fairer to all
concerned. No doubt we shall all
wish, and the country will expect, this
to be the central subject of our de
liberations during the present, ses
sion: but it is a subject so many-
sided.and so deserving of careful and
discriminating discussion that I shall
, . | ,• Ulny 1 1I111I1QU IIK UldV. Uni'MMI I 11(4 \ J I i (4 I I
tHl you how fundamental to the l fe take the lihprty of ad(lresHlng you
of the nation is the.production of its
food. Out thoughts may ordinarily
be concentrated upon the cities and
the hives of industry, upon the cries
of the crowded market place and the
clangor of the factory, but it is from
the quiet interspaces of the open vil-
leys and the free hillsides that we
draw the sources of life and of pros
perity. from the farm and the ranch,
from the forest and the mine With
out these every street would be si
lent. every office deserted, even fac
tory fallen into disrepair. And yet |
the farmer does not stand upon the i
same footing with the forester and
the miner in the market of credit.
He is the servant of the seasons J
Nature determines how long he must
upon it in a special message at a
later date than this. It is of capital
Importance that the business men of
this country should be relieved of all
uncertainties of law with regard to
their enterprises and investments
and a clear path indicated which they
CHENEY’S
EXPECTORANT
Cures Whooping Cough, Croup
to imperil th*- interests of peace, or- j wait for his crops, and will not be
<1er and tolerable life In the lands hurried in her processes He may
immediately to the south of us Even
if the usurper had succeeded in his j
purposes, in despite of the constitu
tion of the republic and the rights
of its people, he would have set up )
nothing but a precarious and hate-
CoM*. running of th« none. sor<* throat. Cheney’s
(lightly laxative. Prevent* rhe a hoop
In whooping cough Children like Cheney’* and ha*
been on Liie market ft/U year* Take the old. tritj
i. «
ful power, which could have lasted I
give his note, but the season of its
maturity depends upon the season
when his crop matures, lies at the t
gates of the market where his prod- j
ucta are sold. And the security he |
gives is of a character not known In :
and true cough our*, iftc al drug storaa. — (A*ivt >
but a lltle while, and whose event
uni downfall would have left the
Take Salts at First Sign of'
Bladder Irritation or
Backache.
IS UR CHILD’S
the broker's office or as familiarly as |
It might be on the
banker
counter of the
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Handicapp Easily Seen.
The Agricultural Department of
the Government is seeking to assist
as never before to make farming an
efficient business, of wide co-opera
tive effort, in quick touch with the
markets for foodstuffs. The farmers
1 and the Government will henceforth
I work together as teal partners in this
w hf»re we now begin to see our
The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trou
ble. because w* rat to** much and all
our food is rich ' >ur blood is filled
with uric acid which the kidneys strive
to filter out they weaken from over
work, become sluggish, the ellmftiative
tissues clog and the result is kidney
trouble bladder weakness and a gen
eral decline In health
When your kidneys feel like lumps *>f
lead. your back hurts or the urine is
cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night, f you suffer with
si* k headache or dizzy, nervous spells,
acid stomach, or you have rheumatism
when the weather is bad. get from your
pharmacist about four ounces of .Tad
Salts: take a tahlespoonful In a glass
of water before breakfast f-r a few
da> s and your kidneys will then act
fin# Thic famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with iithia. and has t * on
used for generations to nush and stim
ulate clogged kideys; to neutralize the
a
source of irritation, thus ending Mad
der disorders
Jad Salts is inexpensive
lure, makes a delightful
llthla water beverag* an
every home, because n*>bo
mistake by having
If Cross, Feverish, Constipated,
Give ‘'California Syrup
of Figs.”
a
can not in-
effervescent
<1 belongs in
*ly can make
good kidney
Look at the tongue, mother! If coat
ed, it is a sure sign that your little one's
s'omu* h. liver and bowels need a gen
tie. thorough cleansing at once
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natur
al >. »>r is feverish, stomach sour, breath
had. has stomach-ache, sore throat.
• ! arrhoea full of co’d. give a teaspoon-
iul of ‘California Syrup of Figs.” and in
a few hours all the foul, constipated
waste, undigested food and sour bde
gently moves out of its little bowels
without griping an.i you have a well,
playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
taxo this harmless fruit laxative.” thev
»> ve it» delicious taste, and It always
makes them feel splendid.
Ask v our drugget for a 50-cent bot
tle *>t '*'aliforma Syrup of Figs.” which
has directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly on
Hie bottle Beware *>f counterfeits su'd
here To be sure you get the genuine.
to see that it is made l*> “Califnr-
!'■:* Fig Svrup Company " Refuse any
other-kind w ith contempt.- Advt.
field, where we now begin to see our
way very clearly and where many’
intelligent plans are already being
put into execution The Treasury of
the United States has. by a timely
and well-considered distribution of
its deposits, facilitated the moving of
the crops in the present season and
prevented the scarcity of available
funds too often experienced at such
times. But we must not allow our
selves to depend upon extraordinary
expedients We must add the means
by which the farmer may make his
credit constantly and easily available
and command when he will the cap-
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