fws Ml
p Delivered by The N
I The Occasion of H
Outline of His P
and Forcibly
I \ ;
My Fellow Citizens: Jc
Any one who takes the oath 1 '
have just taken must feel a heavy "
weight of responsibility. If not, he P
has no conception of the powers and
duties of the office upon which ho is c
about to enter, or he is lacking in a 5
proper sense of the obligation which ti
the oath imposes.
I should be untrue to myself, b
to my premises and to the declara- a
tions of the party platform upon ti
which I was elected to office, and
to may distinguished predecessor n
whose reforms are conspicuous if I 11
did not make the maintennnee anil en- b
forcement of those reforms a most b
important feature of my administra- a
tioa. They were directed to the sup- a
pression of the lawlessness and e
abuses of power of the great com- 1'
binations of capital invested in rail- h
roads and in industrial enterprises t<
carrying on interstate commerce. The t!
steps which my predecessor took and n
the legislation passed on his recom- n
mendation have accomplished much, a
have caused a general halt in the *
vicious policies which created pop- tl
ular alarm, and have brought about n
in the business affected, a much high- | a
er regatd for existing law. ?
To render the reforms lasting. F
however and to secure at the same c
time freedom from alarm on the part f
of those pursuing proper and pro- t
gressive business methods, further o
legislative and executive action are
needed. Relief of the railroads from t
certain restrictions of the anti-trust | c
law have been urged bv my predeces- i
aor and will be urged by me. On t
the other hand, the administration is '
pledged to legislation looking to a
proper federal supervision and re- 1
Klriction to prevent excessive issues 5
of bonds and stocks by companies i
owning and operating interstate com- '
merce railroads. <
Then, too. a reorganization of the 1
Department of Justice, of the Bu- J
reau of Corporations in the Department
of Commerce and Labor and
of the Interstate Commerce Commis- ,
aion looking to effective co-operation {
/ of these agencies, is needed to secure j
a more rapid and certain enforce- j
ment of the laws affecting interstate f
? railroads and industrial eombina- j
tions.
I hope to be able to submit, at the '
first regular session of the incoming r
Congress, in December next, definite ~
suggestions in respect to the needed t
amendments to the anti-trust and the j
interstate commerce law. and the s
ehcrges required in the executive de- ^
partments concerned in tbeir enforce- c
ment. c
Such plans must be formulated as ^
rill include the right of the people to
avail themselves of those method", of c
combining capital and effort deemed w
necessary to r*.ach the highest de- _
gree of economic efficiency, at the p
same time differentiating between j
combinations based upon legitimate C(
economic reasons and those formed ' u
with the intent of creating monopo- i .1
ues and artificially controlling prices. J j|
The work of formulating into prac- i j
tical sbnpe such changes in creative
work of the highest order, re- aj
quires nil the deliberation possible sj
in the interval. I believe that the
amendments to be proposed are just
as necessary in the protection of
legitimate business as in the clinching
of the reforms which properly
bear the name of my predecessor. 'f
Revision of the Tariff. J*'
A matter of most pressing importance
is the revision of the tariff. In |r
aecordanco with the promise of the o)
platform upon which I was elected.
I shall call Congress into extra ses- ^
sion, to meet on the 15th day of
March, in order that consideration n
may be at once given to a bill re- Q'
vising the Dinglev Act. This should J
aeeure an adequate revenue and adjuat
the duties iu such a manner as ^
to afford to labor and to all industries
in this country, whether of the
farm, mine or factory, protection bv K
/ g
tariff equal to the difference between
the eost of production abroad and 1
the cost of production here, and have |
provision which shall put in force
upon executive determination of ccrtain
facts, a higher or maximum j'
tariff against those countries whose \ jj
trade policy toward us equitably re- j
quires such discrimination. It is j
thought that the tariff above stated p
will permit the reduction of rates in
certain schedules and will require the o.
advancement of few, if any. J
It is iraparatively necessary that a M
tariff bill be drawn in good faith in
accordance with promises made be- C(
' fore the election by party in power, n]
and as promptly passed as due consid ration
will permit. It is not that the (
tariff is more important in the long j,
run than the perfecting of the re- ^
forms in respect to anti-trust legisBt
Wtion nod interstate commerce regu- n
lation. bot the need for action when
the revision of the tariff lias been n
\ iriarmincd upon is more immediate ^
Is avoid embarrassment of business. #
Urn<taj,
IWRBS
ew President Upon
lis Inauguration
'olicies Clearly
Set Forth.
ontinue, snd the framers of the
ariff bill must of course have in
lind the total revenues likely to be
iroduced by it, and so arrange the
utics as to secure an adequate inome.
Should it be impossible to do
o by import duties, new kinds of
fixation must be adopted, and among
liese I recommend a graduated ineritancc
tax. as correct in principle
nd as certain and easy of collecion.
The obligation on the part of those
esponsible for the expenditures
lade to cany on the government, to
e as economical as possible, and to
?!,. JL. L -
biyc me Diiraen of taxation as light
s possible, is plain nn?l should be
ftirmed in every declaration of govrnraent
policy. This is especially
rue when we are face to face with a
eavy deficit. But when the desire
a win the popular approval leads to
he cutting off of expenditures
pally needed to make the governlent
effective, and to enable it to
ccomplish its proper objects, the reult
is as much to be condemned as
he waste of government funds in unecessarv
expenditure. The scope of
modern government in what it can
nd ought to accomplish for its peoile
has widened far beyond the priniples
laid down bv the old laissez
aire school of political writers, and
his widening has met popular
tpproval.
In the Department of Agriculture.
ItC I'SO of rntprp'Un ^" 4 ~
in a large scale, and the spread of
nformation derived lioui tiieui lot
he improvement of general agriculure.
must go on.
The importance of supervising
justness of great railwavs and indusri.nl
combinations, and the necessary
investigation and prosecution of
tnlawful business methods, are antther
necessary tax upon government
vhich did not exist half a century
tgo.
Conservation of Our Resources.
The putting into force of laws
vhich shall secure the conservation
if onr resources, so far as they may
>e within the jurisdiction of the j
rederal Government, including the
cost important work of saving and
estcring cur forests, and the great
mprovement of waterwavs. are all i
iroper government function* whteL
cust involve large eiT>*n?itnres if
iroperiv performed. While some of
hem. .'ike the reclamation of and
ands. are made to pay for liemelves.
others ar?- of suce sr. indirect
enetit that this cannot be expect d
of them. A permanent improvement.
like the Panama Canal. *boaid \
e treated a* a distinet enterprise,
nd should be paid for by the pro- i
eeds of bonds, the issue of which '
rill distribute its eosi between the
regent and future generation* in J
ecordance with the benefits derived,
t may well he submitted to t*e
?rious consideration of ConeTess
hether the deepening and control of
je channel of a trreat river system,
ke that of the Ohio or of the Mis- .
ssippi. when definite and practical I
lans for the enterprise have been
pproved and determined upon,
lould not be provided for in the
ime way.
The Army and the Navy.
Then, too. there are expenditures
P government absolutely necessary
' our country is to maintain its
roper place among the nations of
ic woild. and is to exercise its procr
influence in defense of its own
ade interests, in the maintenance
f traditional American policy
gainst the colonization of Europe*.,!
lonareliies in this hemisphere, and
i the promotion of peace and interational
morality. T refer to the cost
f maintaining a proper Army, a
roper Navy and suitable fortificaons
upon the mainland of the XTnit[1
States and in its dependencies.
We should have an Army so oranized.
and so officered as to be capble
in time of emergency, in coperation
with the National Militia,
nd under the provisions of a proper
ntional volunteer law. rapidly to exHtl/1
inlrt ? ^ 00
...... n iuree siiincieni to resist
I] probable invasion from abroad
nd to furnish a respectable expedionarv
force, if necessary, in the
inintenance of our traditional Ameran
policy which bears the name of
resident Monroe.
Our fortifications are yet in a state
f only partial completeness, and the
umber of men to man them is inifficient.
In a few years, however,
le usual appropriations for our
?ast defenses both on the mainland
nd in the dependencies, will make
lem sufficient to resist all direct
ttaek. and by that time we may
ope that the men to man them will
e provided as a necessary adjunct.
What has been said of the Army
lav be affirmed in even a more
mphatic way of the Navy. A modern
aw cannot be improvised. It roust
e built and in existence when the
menteney arises which calls for its
so and operation. My distinguished
iredeeesaor has in many speeches
nd aeeuageo set ont with grant force I
--
and stnkiag langWf tbm uiuwitj
for adblaiii?f a strong nary oom
mtnnrtU witk the eoaat line, the
governmental resources and the for
eign trade of our nation; and I wiai
to reiterate all the reasons which h<
has presented in favor of the policy
of maintaining a strong navy as th<
best conservator of our peace with
other nations and the best means o 1
securing respect for the assertion oi
our rights, the defense of our interests
and the exercise of our influence
in international matters.
Tho Maintenance of Peace.
Our international policy is alwayi
to promote peace. We shall enter
into any war with a full consciousness
of the awful consequences that
it always entails, whether successful
or not, and we, of course, shall make
j every effort, consistent with national
I honor and the highest national interest,
to avoid a resort to arms. We
favor every instrumentality, like
that of The Hague Tribunal and arbitration
treaties made with a view
to its use in all international controversies,
in order to maintain peace
and to avoid war. But we should be
blind to existing conditions, and
should allow ourselves to become foolish
idealists, if we did not realize
that with all the nations of the world
armed and prepared for war, w?
must be nnrvolvoK ir> o ?
dition in order to prevent other nations
from taking advantape of us
and of our inability to defend our
interests and assert our riphts with
a stronp hand. In the international
controversies that are likely to arise
in the Orient, growing out of the
question of the open door and other
issues, the United States can maintain
her interests intact and can secure
respect for h^r just demands.
She will not be able to do so. however,
if it is understood that she
never intends to back up her assertion
of right and her defense of her
interest bv anything but mere verbal
Protest unit T?
f utpivuiuuv nui t', r ur
these reasons, the expenses of the
nrmv and navy and of coast defonses
should always be considered as something
which the government must
pay for. and they should not be cut
off through mere consideration of
economy. Our Government is able
to afford a suitable nimv and a suitable
navy. It may maintain them
without the slightest danger to the
Republic or the cause of free institutions.
and fear of additional taxation
ought not to change a proper
policy in this regard.
Protection of Americana in Foreign
Lands
The policy of the United State in
the Spanish War and since, has given
it a position of influence among the
j nations that it never had before, and
i should be constantly exerted to securing
to its bona fide citizens,
whether native or naturalized, respect
for them as such in foreign
countries. We should make every
effort to prevent humiliating and degrading
prohibition against any of
our citizens wishing temporarily to
sojourn in fore in. countries because
! of race or religion.
The admission of Asiatic immigrants
who can not be amalgamated
with our population has been made
the subject either of prohibitory
clauses in our treaties and statutes,
or of strict administrative regulation
secured by diplomatic negotiation.
I sincerely hope that we may
continue to minimize the evils likely
to arise from such immigration without
unnecessary friction and by mu
.m.i ?iik??ivu( ueiween seil-respeeting
governments. Meantime, we must
take every precaution to prevent, or.
failing that, to punish outbursts of
race feeling among our people
against foreigners of whatever nationality
who may have bv our grant
a treaty right to pursue lawful business
here and to be protected
against lawless assault or injury.
Protection, of Foreigners.
This leads me to point out a serious
defect in the present Federal
jurisdiction which ought to be remedied
at onco. Having assured to
other countries by treaty the protection
of our laws for such of thoir
subjects or citizens as we permit to
come within our jurisdiction, we now
leave to a State or a city, not under
the control of the Federal Government.
the duty of performing our
international obligations in this respect.
By proper legislation we may,
and ought to. place in the hands of
the Federal Executive the means of
enforcing the treaty rights of such
aliens in the courts of the Foderal
Government. It puts our government
in a pusillanimous position to
make definite engagements to protect
aliens and then to excuse the
failure to perform those engagements
by an explanation that the duty to
keep them is in States or cities, not
within our control. If we would
promise, we must put ourselves in a
position to perform our promise. We
cannot permit the possible failure of
justice due to local prejudice in any
State or rauniciDal im?i>rmn#nt
. - ?? <=*"
pone us to the risk of a war which
might be avoided if Federal jurisdiction
was asserted by suitable legislation
by Congress and carried out
by proper proceedings instituted by
the Executive, in the courts of the
National Government.
Monetary and Banking.
One of the reforms to be carried
out during the incoming Administration
is a change of our monetary and
banking laws, so as to secure greater
elasticity in forms of currency
available for trade and to prevent
I the limitations of law from operate
ing to increase the embarrassments
I of a financial panic. The Monetary
'
r ComniinoB Utaly tpfoioU4 is fi
- ing full eowidtntion to ttUtinf w
i ditions and to all propoood remedii
- and will doubtless suggest <w th
t will moot tbo requirements of bn
i nets and of public interest. We mi
' hope that the report will emboc
i neither the narrow view of those w!
i believe that tho sole purpose of tl
' new system should be to secure
large return on banking capital <
of those who would have greater e
pansion of currency with little 1
gard to provisions for its immedia
redemption or ultimate securit
i There is no subject of economic di
cussion so intricate and so likely
evoke differing views and dogmal
statements as this one. The Coi
I mission in studying the general i
? fluence of Plirrpnnv nn hnulnouu m
I of business on currency, hove wise
extended their investigations in E
i ropean banking and monetary met
I ods. The information that they ha
derived from such experts as thi
have fpund abroad will undoubted
be found helpful in the solution
! the difficult problem they have :
band .
Postal Savings Bank.
The incoming Congress shou
promptly fulfill the promise of ti
Republican platform and pass
proper Postal Savings Bank bill.,
will not be unwise or excessive pate
nalism. The promise to repay by tl
Government will furnish an indue
ment to savings deposits which pi
vate enterprise cannot supply, and
such a low rate of interest as not i
withdraw custom from existii
banks. It will substantially increa
the funds available for investment
capital in useful enterprises. It w
furnish the absolute security whit
makes the proposed scheme of ge
ernment guaranty of deposit so allu
ing without its pernicious results.
viur xoreign "irace.
I sincerely hope that the ineomii
Congress will be alive, as it shou
be, to the importance of our forcij
i trade and of eucouraging it in eve
; way feasible. The possibility of i
creasing this trade in the Orient
the Pliillipines and in South Ameri
are known to everyone who hi
' given the matter attention. The c
> rect effect of free trade between tli
country and the Phillipines will 1
marked upon our sale of cotton, a
ricultural machinery and other ma
ufactures. The necessity of the e
tablishment of direct lines of steal
ers between North and South At
erica has been brought to the a
11 tention of Congress by my predece
sor. and by Mr. Root before and aft
his noteworthy visit to that eoatine
and I sineerelv hope that C-mgre
may be induced to see the wisdom <
a tentative effort to establish su<
lines by the use of mail subsidies.
The importance which the Depai
menf of Agriculture and of Cos
. meree and Labor may play in riddii
the markets of Europe of prohih
tions and discriminations against tl
J importation of our products
| fully understood, and it is hoped th
the use of the maximum and min
mum feature of our tariff law to I
soon passed will be effective to r
move many of those restrictions.
The Panama. Canal
The Panama Canal will have
most important bearing upon tl
trade bet wee rj the eastern and tl
far western sections of our countr
and will {rreatlv increase the faci
ties for transportation between tl
i eastern and the western seaboat
and may possibly revolutionize tl
j transcontinental rates with reapei
! to bulky merchanidse. It will al
have a most beneficial effect to ii
! crease the trade between the caste
seaboard of the United States ai
the western coast of South Amcric
and, indeed, with some of the ic
portant ports on the east const
South America reached by rail fro
the west coast. The work on tl
canal is making most satisfacto
progress. The type of the canal
n lock canal was fixed by Congre
after a full consideration of the co
flicting reports of the majority ai
minority of the consulting hoard, m
efter the recommendation of tl
*Var Department and the Executi'
upon those reports. Recent suggc
tion that something had occurred <
the Isthmus to make the lock typ
of the canal less feasible tlian it w;
supposed to be when the reports we
made and the policy determined o
led to a visit to the Isthmus of
board of competent engineers to e
amine the Gatun dam and loci
which are the key of the lock typ
The report of that board shows th;
nothing has occurred in the natui
of newly revealed evidence whi<
should change the views once from<
in the original discussion. The co
struction will go on under a mo
effective organization controlled I
Colonel Goethols and his fellow arn
engineers associated with him, ar
will certainly be completed early
the next Administration, if not b
fore.
Some type of canal must be coi
structed. The lock type has bet
selected. We are all in favor of ha
ing it built as promptly as possibl
We must not now, therefore, kee
up a fire in the rear of the agent
whom we have authorized to do 01
work on the Isthmus. We mui
hold up their hands, and sneakm
for the incoming: Administration,
wish to say that I propose to devo
all the energy possible and undt
my control, to the pushing of tht
work on the plans which have be?
adopted, and to stand behind the m<
who sve doing faithful hard woi
to bring about the early completic
of this, tha greatest constructive e;
I terprise of modern times.
aBBMM111,1 ^11
t-T v Char Duaidwdw
o- Tha ftUMiiiaiMit of oar dapendacm,
ei? in Poito Bieo and the Philipat
piaaa are procnuiag as favorably
ri- as oonld be desired. The prosperity
ty of Porto Rieo continues unabated,
ly The business conditions in the Philbo
ippines are not all that we conld
be wish them to be, but with the p?sa
sage of the new tariff bill permitting
of f*ee trade between the United States
x- and the Archipelago, with such limi e
tations in sugar and tobacco as shall
,te prevent injury to the domestic iny.
terests on those products, we cab
is- count on an improvement in business
to conditions in tbe Philippines and the
;ic development of a mutually profitable
n- trade between this country and the
n- Islands.
id Position Towards the South.
ly I look forward with hope to inu
creasing the already good feeling bell
tween the South and the other secve
(ions of the country. My chief pur?y
pose is not to effect a change in the
ly electoral vote of the Southern States,
of Thnt is a secondary consideration,
in What I look forward to is an increase
in the tolerance of political
views of all kinds and their advoId
cacv throughout the South, and the
he existence of a respectable political
a opposition in every State; even more
It than this, to an increased feeling on
ir- the part of nil the people in the
lie South thnt this Government is their
ie- Government, and that its officers in
ri- their States art their officers.
I mv ? * ?
at tue tjoutn ana tno negro.
to The consideration of this question
ig cannot, however, be complete and
se full without reference to the negro
as race, its progress and its present
ill condition. The 13th Amendment serh
cured them freedom; the 14th
v- Amendment due process of law, proir
tection of property and the pursuit
of happiness; and the 15th Amendment
attempted to secure the negro
ig against any deprivation of the privld
ilege to vote, because he was a negro.
The 13th and 14th Amendments
rv have been generally enforced and
n- have secured the objects for which
in they were intended. While the 15th
ca Amendment has not been generally
as observed in the past, it ought to be
li- observed and the tendency of Southlis
em legislation today is toward the
be enactment of electoral qualifications
g- which shall square with that araendn
ment. Of course the mere adoption
>s- of a constitutional law is only one
n- i step in the right direction. It must
n- : he l'airlv and justly enforced as well,
t- i In time both will come. Hence it is
s- [ clear to all that the domination of
er ; an ignorant, irresponsible element
nt ; can be prevented by constitutional
ss 1 laws which shall exclude from voting
of both negroes and whites not having
di education or other qualifications
I thought to be necessarv for n nrnm>r
t- 1 electorate. The danger of the conn
' trol of an ignorant electorate has
ig therefore passed. With thiR change,
i- s the interest which manv of the Sonbe
thern white citizens take in the welis
' fare of the negroes has increased,
at The colored men mast base their
li- hope on the results of their own inbe
dustry. self-restraint, thrift and bnse
iness success, as well as upon the
aid and comfort and sympathy which
they may receive from their white
a neighbors of the South. There was
be a time when Northerners who symie
rathized with the negro in his neces y,
r.ary struggle for better conditions
li- i sought to give him the sufFrage as a
he protection, and to enforce its exer d,
I rise against the prevailing sentiment
he of the South. The movement proved
ct to bo a failure. What remains is
so the 15th Amendment to the Constin
tution and the right to have statutes
r? of States specifying qualifications for
id electors subjected to the test of com:a,
plianee with that amendment. This
n- is a grpnt protection to the negro,
of It never will be repealed, and it
>m never ought to be repealed. If it had
be not been passed, it might be difficult
ry now to adopt it; but with it in our
as fundamental law, the policy of Soutliss
ern legislation must and will tend to
n- obey it, and so long as the statutes
id of the States meet the test of this
id amendment and are not otherwise
be in conflict with the constitution and
ve laws 01 me united States, it is not
s- the disposition or within the prom
vince of the Federal Government to
es interfere with the regulation by Souns
thern States of their domestic affairs,
re There is in the South a stronger feeln,
ing than ever among the intelligent,
a well-to-do and influential element in
x- favor of the industrial education of
cs the negro and the encouragement of
e. the race to make themselves useful
at members of the community. The pro-e
gress which the negro has made in
;h the last fifty years from slavery,
id when its statistics are reviewed, is
n- marvelous, and it furnishes every
st reason to hope that in the next
>y twenty-five years a still greater imiy
provement in his condition as a proid
ductive member of society, on the
in farm, and in the shop and in other
e- occupations, may come. The negroes
are now Americans. Their ancestors
n- came here years ago against their
m will, and this is their only country
v- and their only flag. They have shown
e. themselves anxious to live for it and
p to die for it. Encountering the race
ts feeling against them, subjected at
ir times to cruel injustice growing out
it of it, they may well have our protr
fniliul flvmna?l?w J 11 *
r ... .v.......iiij auu uiu in me svrugI
gle they are making. We are chargte
ed with the sacred duty of making
?r their path as smooth and easy as we
is can. Any recognition of their dis;n
tinguished men, any appointment to
>n office from among their number, is
rk properly taken as an encouragement
tn and an appreciation of their progress
a- and this just policy shall be pursued.
But it may well admit of doubt t
IPPIWJPf Ill.
r
mMber, In ?mi of any race, an af>
pointaaaat of on* of their number to
a local office in a community which
the raee feeling ia so wide-spread
and acnte as to interfere with the
ease and facility with which the local
government business can be done by
the appointee, is of sufficient benefit
by way of encouragement to tho race
to outweigh the recurrence and increase
of race feeling which such
an appointment is likely to engender.
Therefore, the Executive, in
recognizing tho negro race by appointments
must exercise a careful '
discretion not thereby to do it more
harm than good. On the other hand
we must be careful not to encourage
the mere pretense of race feeling
manufactured in the interest of individual
political anV>*
Personally I have slii:l <
est race prejudice < - .iv. >
recognition of its . .!
awakens in my hear;
pathy for those who !i i
or suffer from it, an. i t r ' i>
wisdom of a policy which is likely <
to increase it. Meantime, if nothing
is done to prevent, a better feeling
between the negroes and the
whites in the South will continue to
grow, and more and more of the
u:? i- in a. ??_ i? A
wimp peupiu win come 10 realize inai
the future of the South is to be much
benefited by the industrial and intellectual
progress of the negro. The
exercise of political franchises by
those of his race who are intelligent
and well-to-do will be acquiesced in,
and the right to vote will be withheld
only from the ignorant and irresponsible
of both races.
Labor, and Protection of Employees.
There is one other matter to which
I shall refer. It was made the subject
of great controversy during the
election, and calls for at least a passing
reforeuee now. My distinguished
predecessor has given much attention
to the cause of labor, with whose
struggle for better things he has
shown the sincerest sympathy. At
his instance. Congress has passed the
bill fixing the liability of interstate
carriers to their employes for injury
sustained in tho course of employment.
abolishing the rule of fellowservant
and the common lew rule as
to contributory negligence, and substituting
therefor the so-called rule
of comparative negligence. It has
also passed a law fixing the compensation
of government employes for
injuries sustained in the employ of
the government through the negligence
of the superior. It also passed
a model-child labor law for the District
of Columbia. In previous administrations
an arbitration law for
interstate commerce railroads and
their employes, and laws for the ap
plication of safety devices to save
the lives and limbs of employes of ,
interstate railroads had been passed.
I wish to say that in so far as I
can. I hope to promote the enactment
of further legislation of this character.
I am strongly convinced that
the Gorernment should make itself
as responsible to employes injured
in its employ as an interstate railway
corporation is made responsible
by federal law of its employes; and
I shall be glad whenever any additional
reasonable safetv device can
be invonted to reduce the loss of life
and limb among railway employes,
to nrere Congress to require its adoption
by interstate railways.
Tbo Injunction.
Another labor question has arisen
which has awakened the most excited
discussion. That is in respect to the
power of the Federal courts to
issue injunctions in industrial disputes.
As to that, my convictions
are fixed. Take away, from courts,
if it co\ild be taken awnv, the power
to issue injunctions in labor disputes
and it would create a privileged class
among the laborers and save the lawless
among their number from a most
needful remedy available to all men
for the protection of their business
against lawless invasion. The proposition
that business is not n property
or pecuniary right which can*
be proteoted by equitable injunction
is utterly without foundation in precedent
or reason. The proposition is
usuajlv linked with one to make the
secondary boycott lawful. Such a
proposition is at variance with the 1
American instinct and will find no
support in my judgment when submitted
to the American people. The
secondary boycott is an instrument
of tyranny, and ought not to be made
legitimate.
The issuing of a temporary restraining
order without notice has in
several instances been abused by its
inconsiderate exercise, and to remedy
this, the platform upon which I waa
elected recommends the forn"n'r???on
in a statute of the conditioi \ ier
which such a temporary re. )
n-rvlnr nnrrlif ioona A ?*?
rind ought to bo framed to
the bfst modem practice. " -
bring the subject so closely
attention of the court as t n.'i -flj
abuses of the process unlike! ;!>
future. American people, if
I stand them, insist, that the <r
of the courts shall be susta .
are opposed to any change m f .
procedure by which the powers of a
court may weakened and the fearless
and effective administration of
justice be interfered with.
Having thus reviewed the questions
likely to recur during my Administration.
apd having expressed in
a summary way the position which .
I expect to take in rerommedntions fa
to Congress and in my conduct as an 8
Executive, I invoke the considerate 1
sympathy and support of mv fellow * ]
citizens, and the aid of Almighty * St"
Ood in the discharge of my respon- wfc
sible duties ^
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