THE BKE : OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1916.
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PRESIDENT CHEERED
AS APPEARS 111 HOUSE
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Executive Beads His Annual
x Message to the Joint Ses
i don of Congress.
BAIL LEGISLATION mST
(ConthnKd Tram P One.)
the rdvr of the mllery by some suf
frage invaders. A page quickly
jumped up and polled down the
banner.
Rail Legislation First.
The president referred at the outset
to his program of railroad legislation.
Senators and representatives listened
attentively but without demonstration
as he referred to compulsory armira
tion and enlargement of the Inter,
state Commerce commission.
Persons in the far galleries com
manding a view of the president say
he looked tip and smiled as the suf
frage banner tell to the noor. tie
conttm-ea nis reading wiiooui nesi
tation.
About simultaneous with the un
furling of the banner, a long state
ment reeardintr the incident was given
out by the Congressional union. It
said that officials of the union de
cided upon that method of calling the
president's attention to suffrage be
cause they understood he had omitted
reference to the issue in his address.
The banner was smuggled into the
gallery in i, handbag. Mrs. Abby
Scott Baker of the Congressional
; union explained' the incident as "ex
pressive of the indignation that wom
en feel at the stupid and senseless op
position to granting the right of self
government to one-half the people of
the United States."
The suffragists represented the Con
gressional Union for Woman Suf
rage and were headed by Miss Alice
Paul, the chairman. Members said
the flag had been put up by Mrs. John
Rogers of New York, Mrs. Florence
Bayard Hilles of Wilmington, Del;
Mrs. William Colt of New York and
Mrs. Anna . Lowraberg of Philadel
phia. ' , I '.V ', (
Mrs. Hilles is, the daughter of for
mer United States Ambassador Bay
ard to Great Britain. , '
: Members Listen' Closely.
As the president proceeded with
recommendations for other legislation,
the listening congress remained silent.
When the president concluded, how
ever, applause was renewed. The suf
fragists who had dropped the banner
joined in.
, The president finished speaking at
1:18 and left the house chamber to
confer with Speaker Clark, Senators
Stone and Reed and Representative
Igoe of Missouri over the probable
appointment . of Judge ' Kimbrough
Stone, a son . of Senator Stone, as
; United States judge for the eighth
circuit court of appeals. " ,
Iowa Breeders V
Win Three Firsts '
At-Big Stock Show
Chicago, Dec. 5. Twelve-year-old
Ralph teak of Winchester, 111., won
the first annual interstate boys' and
girls' feeding contest at the Interna
tional Live Stock show today from
twenty-eight other contestants.
Leon Mitchell, from Marcus, la, was
second. - . ,
Alfred De Bree EycUy owned , 6y
Charles Irvine of Ankeny, Ik., was
gold winner among Belgian stallions,
all ages competing.
Merry Dale, owned by the Kansas
State Agricultural college of Manhat
tan, Kan., took first place in the fat
Shorthorn cattle division. The cham
pionship for the Aberdeen Angus en
tries was awarded the University of
California with University of Cali
fornia Jock.
Other'cattle awards included: Here
ford senior yearling tteev Hazrord
Lad, Cyrus A. Tow, Norway, la.;
junior yearling . steer, Bondsman's
Boy, Cyrus A. Tow, Norway, la.
Listav entered by Charles atron
over of Hudson, la., was nominated
grand champion Belgian mare, V
Whisky Shipped Into
Arizona in Oil Cans
; Tucson, Aria, Dec. 5. "Personal
W whisky is being received in Ari
aona in five-gallon oil cans, the sup
nlv of barrels and Veou in CUtnni
having teen exhausted, according to
uie snippers, ins new law prohibit
ing the importation of liquor for per
sonal use will become effective when
Governor Hunt proclaims the passage
of the law.
To Can a CeM Cat hi Om Dot.
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President Wilson's Address to Congress;
Recommendation Made for Six New Laws;
Members Urged to Complete His Program
Washington, Dec. 5. At noon to
day President Wilson addressed the
joint session of congress, presenting
his annual message. He said:
'Gentlemen of the Congress: In
fulfilling at this time the duty laid
upon-me by the constitution of com
municating to you from time to time
information of the state of the union
and recommending to your consider
ation such legislative measures as
may be judged necessary and expedi
ent I shall continue the practice,
which I hope has been acceptable to
you, of leaving to the reports of the
several heads of the executive depart
ments the -elaboration of the detailed
needs of 'the public service and con
fine myself to those matters of more
genera! policy with which it seems
necessary and feasible to deal at the
present session of the congress.
l realize me nmiiaiious oi tunc
under which you will necessarily act
at this session and shall make my
suggestions as few as posible; but
there were some things left undone
at the last session which there will
now be time to complete and which it
seems necessary in the interest of the
public to do at once.
. Program to Be Completed.
In the first place, it seems to the
imperatively necessary that the earli
est possible consideration and action
should be accorded the remaining
measures of the program of settle
ment and regulation which I had oc
casion to recommend to you at the
close of your last session in view of
the public dangers disclosed by the
unaccommodated difficulties which
then existed, and which still un
happily continue to exist, between the
railroads of the country and their
locomotive engineers, conductors and
trainmen.
"I then recommended:
"First immediate provision for the
enlargement and administrative reor
ganization of the Interstate Com
merce commission along the lines
embodied in the bill recently passed
by the house of representatives and
now awaiting action by the senate; in
order that the commission may be en
abled to deal with th- manj great and
various duties now devolving upon it
witn a promptness and thoroughness
which are, with its present constitu
tion and meant of action, practically
impossible. r
Eight-Hour Law Amendment.
'Second, the establishment of an
eight-hour day as the legal basis alike
of work and of wages in the employ
ment of all railway employes who are
actually engaged in the work of op
erating trains in interstate asporta
tion.
"Third, the authorization of the ap
pointment by the president of a small
DOdy ot men to observe the actual re
sults in experience of the adoption
of the eight-hour day in railway
transportation alike tor the men and
for 'the railroads. ,v ;, ,
.Fourth, explicit aonrovil bv the
congress of the consideration by the
Interstate Commerce commission of
an .increase of freight rates to meet
such additional expenditures , by the
railroads as may have been rendered
necessary by the adoption of the
eight-hour day and which have not
been offset by administrative read
justments and economies, should the
acts disclosed justify the increase.
For Settlement of Strikes.. '
Fifth, an amendment of the exist
ing federal statute which provides for
the mediation, conciliation, and
arbitration of such controversies as
the present by adding to it a provi
sion that, in case the methods of ar.
commodation now provided for should
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fail, a full public invesigation of the
merits of every such dispute shall be
i .stttuted and complcteu betore a
strike or lockout ma lawfully be at
tempted. Suggestions Renewed.
"And, sixth, the lodgement in the
hands of the executive of the power,
in case of military necessity, to take
control of such portions and such
rolling stock of the railways of the
country as may be required for mili
tary use and to operate them for
military purposes, with authority to
draft into the military service of the
United States such train crews and
administrative officials as the circum
stances require for their safe and ef
ficient use.
"The second and third of these rec
ommendations the congress imme
diately acted on: it established the
eight-hour day as the legal basis of
work and wages in train service and
it authorized the appointment of a
commission to observe and report
upon the practical results, deeming
these measures most immediately
needed; but it postponed action upon
the other suggestions until an oppor
tunity should be offered for a more
deliberate consideration of them.
The fourth recommendation I do not
deem it necessary to rer(ew. The
power of the Interstate Commerce
commission to grant an increase of
rates on the ground referred to is
indisputably clear and a recommenda
tion by the congress with regard to
such a matter might seem to draw
in question the scope of the commis
sion's authority or its inclination to
do justice when there is no reason to
doubt either.
"The other suggestions the in
crease in the Interstate Commerce
commission's membership and jn its
facilities for performing its manifold
duties, the provision for full public
investigation and assessment of in
dustrial disputes, and the grant to the
executive of the power to control and
operate the railways when necessary
in time of war or other like public
necessity I now very earnestly re
new. I
"The necessity for such legislation
is manifest and pressing. Those who
have entrusted us with the responsi
bility and duty of serving and safe
guarding them in such matters would
fiind it hard, I believe, to excuse a
failure to act upon these grave mat
ters or any unnecessary postpone
ment of action upon them.
"Not only does the Interstate Com
merce commission now find it prac
tically ' impossible, with its present
membership and organization, to per
form its great functions promptly and
thoroughly, but it is not unlikely that
it may presently be found advisable
to add to its duties still others
equally heavy and exacting. It must
first be perfected as an administra
tive instrument.
Must Have Industrial Peace.
"The country cannot and should
not consent to remain any longer ex
posed to profound industrial disturb
ances tor lack of additional' means
of arbitration and conciliation which
the congress can easily and promptly
supply. And all will agree that there
must be no doubt as to the power of
the executive to make immediate and
uninterrupted use of the railroads for
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the concentration of the military
forces of the nation wherever they are
needed and whenever they are needed.
"This is a program of regulation,
prevention, and administrative ef
ficiency of the Interstate Commerce
commission, the house of representa
tives has already acted; its action
needs only the concurrence of the
senate. j
Prevention of Strikes Imperative.
"I would hesitate to recommend,
and I dare say the congress would
hesitate to act upon the suggestion
should I make it, that any man in
any occupation should-be obliged by
law to continue in an employment
which he desired to leave. To pass
a law which forbade or prevented the
individual workman to leave his work
before receiving the approval of so
ciety in doing so would be to adopt
a new principle into our jurisprudence
which I take it for granted we are
not prepared to introduce. But the
proposal that the operation of the
railways of the country shall not be
stopped, or interrupted by the con
certed action of organized bodies of
men until a public investigation shall
have been instituted which shall make
the whole question at issue plain for
the judgment of the opinion of the
nation is not to propose any such
principle. It is based upon the very
different principle that the concerted
action of powerful bodies of men shall
not be permitted to stop the indus
trial processes of the nation, at any
rate before the nation shall have had
an opportunity to acquaint itself with
the merits of the case as between em
ploye and employer, time to form
its opinion upon an impartial state
ment of the merits, and ao oppor
tunity to consider all practicable
means ot conciliation or arbitration.
I can see nothing in that proposition
but the justifiable safeguarding by so
ciety of the necessary processes of
its very life. There is nothing arbi
trary or unjust in it unless it be arbi
trarily and unjustly done. It can and
should be done with a full and, scru
pulous regard for the interests and
liberties of all concerned as well as
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Three Further Points.
"Three matters of capital import
ance await the action of the senate,
which have already been acted upon
by the house of representatives: the
bill which seeks to extend greater
freedom of combination to those en
gaged in promoting the foreign com
merce of the country than is now
thought by some to be- legal under
the terms nf the la
olv: the hill amnHinor th nr,tnl nr-
gdnig iaw oi rono kico; ana tne Dill
proposing a more thorough and sys-
tpmatir rrinilatinn f K vnA;f..r-
of money in elections, commonly
cauea tne corrupt Practices act. I
iicco not laoor my aavice tnat these
measnrr hp pnzrieA infn Th.;,
urgency lies in the manifest circum
stances which render their adoption
at this time not only opportune but
necessarv: Fvpn t!av nnnM e-P;
ously jeopard the interests of the
country ana oi tne government.
"Immediate passage of the bill to
rPCtllat the MVnnl..-a nf
; -o ... wvpt-iiunui ; ji muiicjr
in elections may seem to be less nec
essary than the immediate enactment
of the other measures to which I re
fer; because at least two years will
elapse before another election in
which federal offices are to be filled;
but it would greatly relieve the pub
lic mind if this important matter were
dealt with while the circumstances
and the dangers of the public morals
of the present method of obtaining
and spending campaign funds stand
clear under recent observation and
the methods of expenditure can be
frankly studied in the light of pres
ent experience; and a delay would
have the further very serious disad
vantage of postponing action until
another election was at hand, and
some special object connected with it
mi?ht hp thntiorrif rn k In the
of those who urged it Action can
oe inougnt to oe in tne mind of those
who urged it Action can be taken
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i snail not argue at length the de
sirability of giving freer hand in the
matter of combined and concerted ef
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Hudson Seal Scarfs,
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The telephone provided and maintained by this
result of careful, scientific study. It will give the
of service if used just as it stands.
fort to those who shall undertake the
essential enterprise of building up our
export trade. That enterprise will
presently, will immediately assume,
has indeed already assumed, a mag
nitude unprecedented in our experi
ence. We have not the necessary in
strumentalities for its prosecution; it
is deemed to be doubtful whether
they could be created upon an ade
quate scale under our present laws.
We should clear away all legal ob
stacles and create a basis of undoubt
ed law for it which will give free
dom without permitting unregulated
license. The thing must be done
now, because the opportunity is here
and may escape us if we hesitate or
delay.
"The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law of
Porto Rico is brief and conclusive.
The present laws governing the is
land and regulating the rights and
privileges of its people are just. We
have created expectations of extend
ed privilege which we have not sat
isfied. , There is uneasiness among
the people of the island and even a
suspicious doubt with regard to our
intentions concerning them which the
adoption of the pending measure
would happily remove. We do not
doubt what we wish to do in any es
sential particular. We ought to do
it at once.
Industrial Preparedness.
"At the last session of the congress
a bill was passed" by the scnate"which
provides for the promotion of voca
tional and industrial education which
is of vital importance to the whole
country because it concerns a matter
too long neglected, upon which thor
ough industrial preparation of the
country for the critical years of eco
nomic development immediately
ahead of us in very large measure de
pends. May I not urge its early and
favorable consideration by the house
of representatives and its early en
actment into law? It contains plans
wnicn artect all interests and all
parts of the country, and I am sure
that there is no legislation now pend
ing before the congress whose pass
age the country awaits with more
thoughtful approval or greater impa
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tience to see a great and admirable
thing set in the way of being done.
"There are other matters already
advanced. to the stage of conference
between the two houses of which it is
not necessary that I should speak.
Some practicable basis of agreement
concerning them will no doubt be
found and action taken upon them.
' "Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen,
probably the last occasion I shall
have to address the Sixty-fourth con
gress, I hope that you will permit me
to say with what genuine pleasure
and satisfaction I have co-operated
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constructive policy with which you
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on the completion of a record of rare
serviceableness and distinction."
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THE SENATE.
Met at noon.
Bun ators-Elect Watson, Indiana; Feraald,
Maine, and Klrby, Arkanaaa, were rworn In
after unsuccessful effort of Senator Reed
to hav their credentials referred to elec
tions committee.
Senator Shu froth Introduced ft resolution
for a constitutional amendment providing
abolishment of electoral college and llmlt
lug presidents to one six-year term.
Proceeded In body to house for Joint ses
sion at 1 p. m.
TUB HOUSE,
Met at noon.
A irreed to senate bill to In vest I rate cost
of living of wage earners In District of
Columbia and sent bill to president
Recessed from 12:30 to 12:45 and met
irith senate in joint session at 1 p. m.
President Wilson delivered his annual
address before joint session.
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