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ii E g 3% Q A word of mutilation hope for a. m o! If there Wore ontrm Involved In this contest hint. to say anything pub- m then-m But I do, 'M such to the case. On the , X leg! that all good clam: no have tho welfare of America at 2.: 55 H "' if: 3 ‘ 1 Wt . Roosevelt practically owned the campaign for tho mobs obctlan with a Wiener at In. donemontotthcmtnembmot doom,wbomlnlnm-bboubo mama. 1 feel that all good citizen; wno have 12. welfare of America at heart nhmld opprednte the Immense is. and the urgent need of keeping this organization in power. With Kr. Can- non on who: the Manila «com. pushed a literally phenomenal amount that.“ would be a. real and action misfortune tor the country to fail to recognize. To change the leadership and organization of the house at this time means to bring contusion upon those who have been successfully on- gaged in the steady working out of a great and comprehensive schme for the betterment of our social industrial 1nd civic conditions. Such a change mid substitute a pnrpoioolene con- tnlion, a violent and hurtful onciiiaa tion between the positions of the ex- Creme radical .and the extreme reac- tionary. for the present orderly prog- tess along the line- of l‘ carefully thought-out policy. ’cgmpllmanu Conan-u. , The Interests of this nation are as marked as they are vast. Congres: must take account, not for one na- tions! need, but of many and widely damn-em national needs: and I speak ‘with hisbm'lcnccumcy when I say that not in our time has any other congress done so well In so many amount fleads of endeavor as the present congress has done. No connect; can do ovum flung. Still Inc can it. !n one session. meet every need. At its flrsfxseaslon mo present mm. in addition to the many tasks It n‘ctn-afly completed. unaettook seven: tasks which I firm- ty belelve It will bring to completion in its second session next winter. Among these 1 hope and believe that the bill- to prohibit political contri- butions by corporations. and to lower the duties on famous from the thlp- pine islands. each of which has been passed by one hono‘e, will be enacted into law. I hope, and I in“ reason to helleve, that favorable action will be taken on tho bill limiting the num- her of hours of mmnyment of rail- way employees. These and one o.- Opens the ‘Cn'mflnign measures. the enactment of Inch I bun mm» m Sop. » m mm W Mt hr Ina-o I'zmnmt are all mm which have small: hum-nod. and ”museum“!!- 1 wish to reiterate that an)! It: not Want In a newly partisan loan II In hum-at been” tau sub manualfmotmpoopiouu wade. ot our nation as an ouflnty. They an Important hoe-me tho-owl» mead than than" than» showed than-elm to he at wave. of III good Americans. mean-I. the water. through which the route of the canal leads: the constant extort. to delay. on one pretext and another. the ecual work on the canalâ€"ail prove how essential it is that if the Ameri- can people desire the Panama canal to be built in speedy and efficient fasnion they should uphold the hands 01 mole WHO, in the present congress. have so enectively championed this Work. are numerous and Mt No less praiseworthy has been the attitude of this congress in continuing m build and maintain. on: high plane or emclency, the United States navy. Baum Use or Wealth; Our external stairs are important, but our Internal affairs are even more important; and no other congress for many a long year has. as regwrds the betterment of our internal anon-s. #0 much and men excellent work 3,0 It: cretut. The tremendpus soclal and In- dustrlal changes in our mutton have rendered evident the need of a larger exercise by the notion»! government of Its power to deal wtfh the business use of wealth. and mnevmly of cor- porate mm. In Interstate Imam... It Is not too much to say that the course of mums vmhtn the hut few yearn. and the hm-rfz- nmmqnt be- tv‘Nm the awn-“9hr "H! "WW-““1. d". pamrentn M the no ‘rm m ukhg the needed an" » I'm-Y 'In nw'v 'gress Mve been even 101129: In the right «fraction. The enactment of the 1mm food bill and ,the pmmnge of the hm whim rendered elective the con- ujol of the government over the meat- ] packing industries are really along- the same general line as the passage of the Interstate. commerce law, and are second om; to it in Importance” me career. of proper Mam-nov- of duty In the» mutton. The huh I» Mindy Malt. beam it b one In much the {annual or radish ex- tremist. and the. action-r1. whether hunt a dishonest. pay Into one no em!!!"- haul: titan-y thereby Mr, it may hard to mare Nathan and executive canon whirl: all!) he WM: and elective. and yet which shall not mun-b Wu.- tn» business Wm I'hkl?‘ we all man even though dedonotul nun- nwflhu nucheqalfiyuwe Ire Itrlvtngtom. It I: u very easy thing to phy the denim in this matter. to confine one‘n self merely tu denouncing the evils of wealth. and m Ill'l'll‘Mc. often In vague luinxuate. menu!" so nwomulng 0M9. while tho-- volllll entirely full to coerce! the own. dined at they would nnthubtcdly mu- m h 1""!le down the m “hem-h. nu yup-north...» ‘ .gdocllneto _ ; m. In. mum“ In um um. rat ‘0 In: «no, definitely ewtofiu'nm hm any emu-t to deal with to“ fl fashionâ€"tilerehv W “I “noel: the hands of tho-e who _o‘dvoeote extreme and tool-h m But it in not easy to do u‘ the pro-loot moms: and its immediate predecessors have done; that is. stern- ly‘ to disregard alike the self-interest or those who hme profited by the proo- ent evils. and the? wild clamor of flame 7 who care less to do away with them! am- to make a mutation with the. unthinking of standing in extreme oz)- ' position to them. But this is precisely what the pram: congreoo ha- done. Inttead of meeting anti-trust lows whiz-h were oither no value or so swearing u mm to detect-lieu. own subjects. it has aim on an in- tel-state comma-«re law which will on. able no to execfloe in thorough fashion a supervision over the common-cor- ners of this «mm-y, so as. *whlie ocnumlomoly safeguarding their proper' interests, to prevent them from charit- ing excessive rates; to prevent then-I favoring one man at the expense or a! weak man: and require them to be, fully aocmminble to the public fat the: service which. to their own profit. they render the public. The previous con- gress, by the enactment of the linking law and by the creation of the departâ€" ment of commeroe and labor. including the bureau of comarMiom had en; shied no to make great stride- in ad» vance along the path 01' thus bringing the use of wealth in business under the supervision and regulation of the national government-40v.- in achm practice. it has proved a sham and pretense to any that the several states can thus supervise and mute It. The strides taken by the pm con. (mun-“thud mammalian. Perhaps the peculiar merit nt these lawt is best shown by the fact that while they have aroused the deepest than of the reactionaries. of the men who make a fetish of with. they have not satisfied the unwise extern- lsts‘: and the present congress, in achieving this merit. has acted in the exact spirit of Abraham Lincoln. who v-I nor!!- to M Manna: out clen- New labor [Av-I. In sodium to time dealing. with a» proper contml of capitalistic wealth. congress ha- alao taken important atapa ln man; to the wage-work- era certain great rights. At the lean alon that in just closed. an unplonra’ liability W was enacted which put: the national government in it: proper' mace na min such legislation. An eight-hour law was already on the statute books: but. an is aimed in. evltnble with each bin. there «- a: nut mint mama-lop Kite Whose d‘nty it was unong the dim-aunt public ot~ Inelaia to allot-cit. Thin «)an huncwhoenremediedahdthelalwia in peace.- ot thorough enforcement. if this enfomment demonstrates "in need of additional legislation to main- tain eigh-hour law effective. I shall uh for such legislation. 1 may add that next year I shall oak mum to ’put in the [maneut form of law the, provision l have made by executlvo order for wearing to the wage-work'- m under the government hailhhoil- days during the summer months, Jim: as regular holidays are now deemed by law for the salaried clerical Workâ€" m in the classified service. Bio eon- - mean has ever more clearly shown it: mar-flea! mum-inlet: at the [not that welfare of the wage-workers, and the welfare or the tiller: the hall, maim the real basin of th welfare of tlm nation as a whole. We will do every. thing that can be me to further iii: , interest of the farmer and the wage- worher: and this declaration is sub- ject only to one jeservutiouâ€"whlch is. “that for no man. and no body at" men. will we do anything that in tented m nor m to be him}; Into WM “VII" In tho‘ 0.- uiadl d“ the qude-thlnkhlx. thud: net-untamed «herb to dfiflnxuluh I»; “no. ”traumatic; and ’m-don. To m men vacuum In tithe!" can» mullwonnd-nybtobldth. muc- their soul- In pa... M have gamut! action: but we have taken action: and the no: that an. Ic'lun bu but sober und lemma In been In no mu {"“SC. ‘2“; Hum tonne: clan-«m tho Wrm who mm to tear tint to deal In m Mblou with the sham um u. somehow an stuck up. " '8 “null! ml] “to we'd. ' My vital In hem. vs the well-being of We masters. ‘ ' ° '98 our wealth we mm NMNM. ltourwealthooll- m u v. are poor man-d." "ml-"ml! .F'Tfiu un (““30 u- urt‘tuull W- 1'. it. - um Square M 1m- All. 011th aim kinda am» every man, and to treat each mm as by his own notions he shows that he deserves to be treated. We tayor tho minim of intact, as we tavor tho organisation of capital: but on condi- tion that manual labor and organized capital alike art in a spirit of justice Ind fair dealing. and with due regard to both the letter and the spirit of the flaw. We heartily favor trades nn- ions, and we win in them: as in oonmrationn. when properly conducted, indispensable instruments in the emo- mic 2"! 0; we "ream“. (hit: 37.: mlwho an in