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r T"' '( ' r*t te... VOL. XI. HHiml He Devotes IVIuch At Problem, and Ui Remedy A AGAINST CHANGES IN AdYccat.es Reciprocity, Wants Duly an Liastic Currency System, a Pr Caiwesn Capital and Labar, t! Commerce and a Genor Washington, D. C.? President Roosevoh'.-, n.es.-age, whieli was lead before the {Senate and House of Representative.-., is, m part, as follows: To tin; Senate and House of Representst i ves: We -till eontiiiiK in a period ol unbounded prosperity. T ins ptosperily :? not the en a. lire of law, lint iii;dowbtC<li\ the laws under whieli we work have been in-tin menial in crcattnj! the conditions v.hull luaile it possible. anil by unwise legislation it would be easy enough to destroy it. There will undoubteiiiy t>e periods ot depression. The wave will recede, but the tide will advance. This nation is seated on a continent (Linked b\ two great oeeaiis. li is eoiupoM'd ol men the descendant* ot pioneers, or. in a sense, pioneers themselves: 01 men winnowed out irot.i nm?n? the iiatiniH oi the Old World by the en< 1 j.v holdni's- ami love ot advent tire tumid in i Let'.- n\\ i cagci hearts. Su ! a nation, sn p a. -d, will surely wrest siicee > Iront io: t !.... people, tin -on- ?<i tl?e men ot' the t'iii! \i iir. t iie sons o. the men ?|n> had ilo I ill then be ><d. rejoice in the pit ".I ml ia i he iuture huh ol hear and 1..-unite will, ti lls is not ll.t creed ot the '... iu and the o. i the L?>s ' o ho,ij and oi t run:' i..t ciu!ea\ ?>i. \\ i hi ot in ink irOM i - '< 1 fon is. I cue are many pi ddeics ; >r us to .i e a tin- out---; of the tw iltietli tei.tuii - s|;ne p-oirlem.s c'load and -ml jir.ii er at home, but we know thai we rati soli them ami solve them well, provided on'.v ill it we liriln; to the solution the <pm - of head ami heart win ii wa re sh i h\ the men who. m the i!;i\ < of \\ i- . a,:inn. iniiiided tins (Jovirnr lit, and. in the days of Lincoln, pteserved i . I*l'? -nit-lit lioo-a-volt then rails at Main to the ueat fortunes of the country, wliieh. le* says, have been won not by dolna -vi', but ;is ai ineideut to f.etioii wliieh lias benelited the community a-- a whole In duelling upon the evils which have iriscn in the course of our industrial ?!i i i-hnimciit lie -:ivs lint lie vi!* no i-.-.l nuil some ol" the a re menacing, but they are the outgrow ? not of uiiserv or decadence but ?>t otii * irosperity. 'J hi* industrial development, must u>?t bo checked, but side bv .-Kb' with it should go such jiropiys-ivc regulation will diminish the e\ il?. TRUSTS'. In my message to the present Congress nt it< iiisi session 1 discussed at length the finest ion of the regulation o? those big corporations eoniinonly doing an interstate business, often with some tendency to monopoly, which are popularly known as trusts The experience of the past uar h.i^ emphasized, in my opinion, the desirability of the steps 1 then proposed. A fundamental requisite of social ctlit icncy is a high standard of individual energy and xeelleneo. hut this is in no w:?e ineonsistent with power to aet in eombination for aims which can not so well he achieved hy the individual noting alone A fundamental base of civilization is the inviolability of property, but this is in no avis" inconsistent with the right of society to regulate the exercise ?v the artiticial powers which it confers upon the owners of properly, under the name of corporate franchises, in such a way as to prevent the misuse of these powers. Corpot ation*. and especially combinations o! corporations. should be iuanag? d under public regulation. Kxperiem-e litis shown that mid t our system nt government the necessary supervision rati not be obtained by State action. It mus,. therefore, he achieved by national action. Our aim is not to d awav with coruorationw <n< ?1. contrary these big aggregations arc an inevitable development of modern industrialism. ami the effort to destroy thein would lie futile unless accomplished in ways that, would work the utmost mischief to the entire liodv politic. We can do nothing of good in the way of regulating and supervising these corporations until wclix dearie in our minds that we are not attacking the corporations, hut endeavoring to do away with any evil in tiietn. We are not hostile to them: we are merely determined that they shall lie so handled ns to subserve the public good. We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth. The capitalist who. alone or in conjunction with the fellows, performs some great Industrial Teat by which lie wins money is a well-doer, not a wrong-doer, provided only he works ir. proper and legitimate line.- We wi-h to favor such a man when he does well. We wish to super**. e and control his actions only to prevent him from doing ill. Publicity ran do 110 harm to the honest corporation, and v.e need not he over-tender ahout -'paring l?he dishonest corporation. Vo more important, subject ran come before the Congress than this of the regulation of interstate business. This country can not afford to ?i: supine on the plea that undo our peculiar system of govern incut wo are helpless in ti"- ] nice of the 1 w conditions, and unable to grapple with thein or to cut out whatever of evil has arisen in connection *li thein. The power of the Congress to regulate interstate eomme.ee is an absolute and uii.psalified grant, and without limitations ntlin fit.111 those imperilled l>v t ho Const itn'. ion. The Congress lia-? constitutional authority to make all laws necessary and proper for executing this power, anil 1 am satisfied that this power has not heen exhausted by any legislation no\v on the statute hooks. It is evident, therefore, that evils restrictive of commercial freedom and entailing restraint upon national eommeree fall within the regulative power of the Congress. and that a wise and reasonable law would be a necessary and proper exercise of Congressional authority to the end that such evils should be eradicated. I believe thnt monopolies, unjust discriminations, which prevent or cripple com|>ctition. fraudulent over capitalization *nd other ev;v* in trust vgnnizatiopx and OR1 FOK NTS "MESSAGE! tcntion to the Trust ~gcs Congress to Lny Evils. .. Till: TARIFF POLICY! on Anthracite Cca' Removed, Ur^es mer immigration Law, Harmony I13 C:': .'/.on o! a Soorolary oi tl Stall for thn Army. i practices which injuriously affect intcr1 state trade can lie prevented under (lie j l power or tlie Congress to "regulate com* | j merte with 1'oreign nations and among the , I several States'' through regulations and I requirement-, operating direetlv upon sueh j coininoree. the instrumentalities thereof, | and those engaged therein, j I earnestly recommend this subject to : the ennsidei ntion of tin- Congress with a I view to the passage of a law reasonnlde in its provisions and effective in it-- operations. upon which the questions own he finally ailjudieatoil that now raise dotil>ts < as to tire neecssitv of ionstilutiorr.il amendmerit. If it proved impossible to accomplish the purposes above set forth by such a law, then, assuredly, we should not shrink from amending the Constitution so as to secure beyond peradventurc the po\r- | : ersought. The President then asks that Congress ; I make t special appropriation which will] enable tin- Department of Justice to secure j the better enforcement of the anti-trust | law a s it. now stands. THE TAKI1T. One proposition advocated has been tin: j reduction of tire tariff as a means of reach- ; ing the c\ lis of the trusts which fall with- ; in the category I have described. Not inereiv would ilns he waoiiy ineffective, but the diversion of our ?tforts in such a j j direction would mean the abandonineirl ot II intelligent attempt to do away with these evils. Many of the largest corpora-I tions, many of those which should certainly be included ill nnv lirnncr ot - ulalteu, would not ha affected in the slightest degree l.y n change in the tat iff, rave as such ? !* iii[' interfered wiili the general pr.i-.pci11\ <>> the country. The only rcla lion o? tin' tariff to big corporations as a j who! is iliai liio tnil1 makes iiianiilac- I tare-, )' ditable. aiul the tariff remedy propos would In1 in effect. .-inijily to ! ' make manufactures unprolilablc. I'o r< inovi tin- i.irill as a punitive measure' i!;-* I reeled against trusts wuulil inevitably re Mill 111 ruin to tlie weaker competitors I \\iu> are struggling against tlieni. Our aim ; should lie not liv unwise tariff changes to | giro foreign products tlie advantage over domestic products, but by proper rcgu latum to give doiuestie competition a fair elianee. and tlii- <n<4 can not be reached | liv ant tariff changes which would affect i j unfavorably all domestic competitors, good 1 and bad alike. The ciuestion ol regulation ! of the trusts stands apart from the <;ues! tion of tariff revision. President Roosevelt then states that one > way in which the readjustment sought iau be reached is by reciprocity treaties, lie | believes that such treaties can be used to ! widen our markets, and also to secure in | practical shape the lowering fit" duties when I t hey are no longer needed for protection j among our own people, or when the mini- J : mum ot damage done muv be disregarded , for the sake ot the nvaximutn of good ao- , complished. Wnerever the tariff conditions are such that a needed change can not with advantage he made hv the application of the reciprocity idea, then it can be made outright I by a lowering of duties on a given product. I If possible such change should be made 1 only after the fullest <'onsider.it ion !>y practical experts, who should atom;; h the subject from a business standpoint, ' having hi view both the particular interests affected and the commercial wellbeing of the people as a whole. The ina! rhincry for providing such careful investiI gation can readilv be supplied. The oxoeui live department has already at its disposal j methods of collecting facts and fiimin and if tho Congress desires additional consideration to that which will he given the subject by its own committees, tlien a J commission of business experts can be ap; pointed, whose duty it should be to recomi mend action by the Congress alter a delibi crate and scientific examination of the va: rioiis schedules as they arc affected by the I changed and changing conditions. The unhurried and unbiased report of this j commission tfould show what changes ' should be made in the various schedule.-, i and how far these changes could go withI out also changing the great prosperity I i which this country is now enjoying, or up- , setting its fixed economic policy. President Roosevelt declares tlint. in order to prevent the recurrence of financial stringencies which injurieusly affect legitimafe business, it is necessary that there should he an element of elasticity in our monetary svstein. He believes that < urrcncy circulation should be so regulated | j that a sufficient supply should he always j | available for the business interests of the | | country. Ife suggests that all future lo;:is! lation on the subject should he with the I view of encouraging the n?e of such instni| mentalities as will automatically supply i every legitimate demand of productive industries and of commerce, not only in the | amount, but in the eh.ira t<-r of eircu'ation. and of making all kinds of money interchangeable. and, nt the will <>f the holder, convertible into the established gold standard. He calls attention to the nerd of passing n proper immigration law, covering the paints outlined in his message which was I lead at the tirst session 01 the present Congress. i LA HO 11 AMD CAPITAL. The relation* of labor and capital is the next .subject dwelt upon l>> President Kooacveit. lie declares thai tliis is an em ot lcderatiou and combination. As nu.siin.ss laen work througti corporations so it I IS OlLCIi ,-1 - / ivi liiuuiiug men 10 uou in federations, and these have become important factors of modern nidus- I trial life. Opposition to each kind of or- I g tm/ution should take the lorm ol opposition to whatever is bad in l!io conduct, of any given corporation or union, bill each must refrain iroiu arbitrary or tyrannous interference with the rights ot others. Or' gamzed eapital and organized labor alike should remember that in the long run the interest of each must be brought into harmony with the iuteresl of the general public, and the conduct of each must conform to tlv* fundamental aulcs ri obedience To IT MILL, S. C WKDN1 the h?iv, of iiidivuia.il irccdoiu, ami oi jlieu and lair dealing toward all. L.icli should remember thai in addition to power it must strive alter the realization ot healthy, lolly and generous ideals. Few people deserve better of the eountry than those representative botli ot capita1 and labor?and there are many sueli- who work, continually to bring about a good understanding ot this kind, based upon wisdom and upon broad and kindly sympathy be.1 ween employers and employed. The 1'rcsident then earnestly hopes that a Secretary ot Coinmeree niaj be created, with a seat in the Cabinet. 11" asserts that the creation ot Mich a department would mi itself tie an advance toward dealing with and exercising supervision over the whole subject ot the great corporations doing an interstate bus inc.--. and with this end in view the < ungues sli nld endow the department with large powers, which could be increased as experience inikiii sUow tin' necu! The President slates that lie hope* soon to submit to 4lic Senate a n :j : ? ay treaty with Cuba. On Mu\ 'JO la>: .'no United Slates kept its promise lo the island by formally vacating Cuban soil anil turning Cuba over to those whom her own people bad chosen as the lii'sl otln iaU of .the new republic. He urges the adoption ol reciprocity with Cuba not only because il is eminently tor our own interests to control tbe Cuban market and by every mi'.ois to luster our supremacy in flie tropical lands and waters south of us. hut also beta use we, 01 the giant republic v>i tbe north, should make nil our sister nations of the American Continent iVcl that whenever they will permit it we desire to show our.-eives disinterestedly and effectively their li lend. The Congress has wisely pro-hied that we shall build a' once an i-tlu an < anal, it possible, at Panama. The Attorney (Icncral reports that we can undoubted!) aiipin'e good title trmn the I'Vemli Panama canal eompaiiy Negotiations are now pending with Colombia to secure her asrent to our building tlie canal. The work should be carried out a.? a continuing police without regard to change of administration. and it should be begun under circumstances which will make it a matter of pride for all administration* to continue iHiiiiii u> i.i t\. it n very sin.ui mr the >-i/.c of the nation, and most certainly should Ik* kept at tlie highest point of efficiency. A svstei i of maneuvering our A rim in bodies ol sonic little si;*c has been begun anil should be steadily continued. The President urge- that marksmanship should receive special attention, that the general staff hill should he passed, and that an efficient militia system should he adopted. I'or the first time in our history naval m.inoouvirs on a large sc.lie are being held under the immediate command of the Admiial of the N'.nv. Constantly increasing attention is bring paid to the gunnery of the Navy, but it is vet 1 ir from what it should he. I earnestly urge tiiit til*- inerea it? n-ked for by the Secretary 01 the Navy in the appropriation for improving the iiiarksman^ii i? he granted, in battle the only shots that count are the sleds that hit. Ill-re should be no halt in the wni k of briMing iiji the Navv. providing c. cry year additional ligiitingcr.ul. Agoodnav.v is not a provoitUive of war. II is the sure-t guaranty of pence, Each individual unit 01 our Navy sh mid he tie most cllicrnt of its kind as regards both material and person nel t h:\t is to he found in the world. I call your special attention to the need of providing tor the manning of the ships. Serious trouble threatens us ii we can not do better than we are now doing as regards securing the services ol n sufficient number of the highest type of sailor men, of sea mechanics. T1IK l'OSTAL DEPARTMENT. The striking increase in the revenues of the Postoffice Department shows clearly the prosperity of onr people and the increasing activity of the business of the country. The increase for last year was |10,21t>,a53.87. Rural free delivery is now a fixed policy. It is justified by results. It is n potential educational force, enhances the value of farm property and makes farm life plssssnUr and leas isolated. The LL ' ESDAY, DKCKM liEll 1 message urge* liber.U appropnat ions for its C\tC1|9IOIl. The President then iirp^ tin- necessity for nationally aided irrigation, the need of Keielititie forest protection and the desirability of protecting the wild creatures on forest reserves. So f,ir as they nie avail- i able for agriculture. and t<> whatever ex- I tent they may lie reelaitned under the na- | tional irrigation law. t)ie i villaining public , | lands should be held rignllv foi the home j builder, the settler who lives on his land. I and for no one else. In view o! the capital , I importance ot these matte:- I eoiinneiid i j tliviu to the earnest eonsiderat ion o? the? Congress, and if the ( ono tinds ditli! eiilty m denling with them liom link of tlimniiith knowledge in the siibje. t I ret j oniinend that provision he made toi a com- i I mission 01 rxpeils specially to investigate I and repoit. The President then doserilve* the rej markatue agricultural progress .vincti lias been made m all sections ot the eountry under the scientific aid that the Department 01 Auri'-ultme has extended ti the farming population, thereby showing tlnm liovv most eliicientlv to In i> tlieniseb e? The Pii'sident surest, the enactmeni of social and economic legislation for tiie |)i.s- j j t riet of Coiiimbia. and win-h will niak?? Washington the model ? 11 v ot the country. Thr.mgh a wise provision .<t the Con- | I nir? .11 n- ir??l ?? ?Mill I IK' White I I III ~ , I which hail become disfigured b> incnngrui ous aild'Tintis .iti*l I'lunm'v has now been restored In what it was |il:iniu'<l tu hi- l?y Washington. In luukiii? tin- restoral inn* | the Utino-t eare lias ln-? ii exercised to j eotne as near is possible to thi- early plans, j I ntnl to supplement thc-e plans lo a e.ircful I stiulv of silt h buildings as that of I lie I'ni- I \ersity of Vovinia, which was limit |?y I | Jefferson. The White House i- the property of the nation, ami so far as i- eontpatih'e with living therein it should )> ' Kept as it orientally was. ;ot the s.iiim reason that we keen Mount Vernon as it originalh was. The stately sjmplicit) of its arehileeture is an expression of the eharaete of the period in which it was lniilt. and is in aeeonl with the purposes ! it was designed to serve It is a good | thine to preserve such buildings as historic I monuments which keep alive our sense of [ . continuitv with the nation's past. TIIKODOKF. li(H>SKVKr.T. t'oi-.-icn Comment on tli*- tlessaae. l.omlon. t'oiiinionl mi tin* ITesi il? til's i"--sie:(i to t'ntitrress is almost ; wholly lavorahle. Tim message was also getter.ill\ favorable reeoivoil by i In* press of Paris. Merlin. Konit ami 1 otlmr Knropenn capitals. Ship l'.x|ilo*ion Kills Main, As the result of an explosion on an ?>m steamer. me rrogresso. :it San Kraneiseo. Cal.. twelve men were killed and a large number were injured. while a property loss of $'.100,i 000 was caused. Strike ('oiumi-iooii in ?;?>t I'av. The !lou-e Committee on Apprupria lioiis a; Washington lias direeled Chairman Caution to make a favor aide report on his hill appropriating . $nO.O(M to defray the expenses of tin > Anthracite foal Strike fommissioit. .1 iiiIei' tlotmm Confirmed. Oliver Wendell llolnu s lias been eon- ' ; firmed by the Tinted States Senate as a member of the Tinted States Su pretiie fotsri. There was no opposi tion and the uotuiiiatiou was uot dis Ctls.-e.t mill!. Treasurer Was Short. It was aiitiounecd that a detielene;, , of several thousand dollars had beet 1 found in the aeeounts of the late At J bion T. Weleli. who. at tin time of his death, tune weeks ago. wsts treasure! of the Savings P.ank at Hanvers .Mass. Mr. Wehli died alter tilt opera ti *i I i a - arbr.nele on his neck. Ni-atlt r?l tO.OOO.DOti^ <11 fen-Inn*. The IToi^,. Committee on Approptitt I nun .1 \\ M^lliliL.uli, I i. ( .. has agtvec I'M ill - P? :>;?.:i Appropriaiion hill. Ii "!I'!V "- 1 ' s '' .'i'Mi. which j( - * :" iii.ui lor tin current year Crown I'rliiri* 'I liniikn llir The following telegram front the Crown Prime oi Siain. ?!: ; -il Yatiimi; cor. It. <\. was received hy President i Knoscvclt at Washington: "Having 1 completed a most interesting tour through tlie Cnited Slates, I he:; now j to take leave of Your Kxcellency and ' to express tny highest jtpjirecialion and ; gratitude for the \ ery liospitahle at! tenlion accorded me hy you and hy the ollieials and citizens of this frit tally country. 1 assure you that 1 hear home with me the happiest memories of America and the Americans." Itor, T.:i nclieil at, Kill- tti- < iraiot f?i Jo-f. t'aiiy Collins, (if teen, sltot and I; I led his grandfather. ,1. C. Sparks, in the ' dining room of itis fa'.lter's honie near Kock 11 ill. S. ('. The family had hecn Intu'liMig at yotinii Collin*. The gram! father was paying the family a \i<it. There is some tlotiht as to whether yii.i':-; Collins intended t!ie Imllet for )i:s lather or gr.iudfa!her. lie sa.\ the pistol dropped mil of 1 i-> poekol. K.tltl ItanU Itolitii'i-.v in r*i on I ana. Tiinr masked men held up i ii. . :?-it lev of tilt! hank at Hl'hlgor, Maul., ami eaciipcd with Prominent IVopla. rremlor lialfour is not only a lino musician, but also it golfer and an niltomohilist. The Crown Prince of Cermatiy is n clever nutomohilist ntul understands how to repair till accidents to the machine. The Shah of Persia owns the largest diamond in the world, while the Sultan of Turkey is the possessor of the largest ruby. The Herman ICmporor has taken tin a new itohliy. lie is very much fascinated just now with the collecting of book plates. Statistics are at hand showing that in the tirst month of the last quarter iu France horses caused 1M?7 accidents, with S3 fatalities. The railways in the same length of time caused 143, of which eight were fatal. The automobile was the cause of 38. with two fatalities, and the bicycle was responsible for 110, with six deaths. t 1 III' I'OllfV IVii mg t K< fill of lfMl ri commune at ion v.i? . Mres-cd i<> tin- >rtiv ury of Stalo, asking whi'i lier peimi sion would lie '11 ? ?! In iln' I'resident t ? a < u pora t ioti in lav a cable from a point on the California I'oait to I'ic Philippine Islands liy way ot Hawaii. Inasmuch an the Congrnw was shortly .11 convene ami Pacific inhle legislation had bean the subject of consideration by tin- Congress tor never.il years. it seemed <n me wise to ilefcr action upon t li application until tlie Congress li.i I tir.-t an opportunity fo act. The Connies- adjmirncil without taking any action, leaving the matter in exactly the ?ame conilition in which it stood when the Connie-- convened The President then relates how, pending Congressional action, the Commercial Pacific Cable Corapan> proci.ded with preparations for laying its cable. As the compmv needed the soundings taken by the I'. S. S. Nero conditions incident to their Use were imposed, which prescribed among other things a maximum rate for coiiimeici.il ine--;igcs. and that the com p.anv should construct a line from the Philippine Islands to China, there hcins at present, as is well known, a llritish line from Manila to Hongkong. An nll-Ameri an line between our Paejiie coast and the Chinese eninire, liv way of llonolul'.t and the Philippine Islands, is lluis provided for. and is expected within a few months to be ready for business. Of Porto ltieo it is onlv necessary to say that the prosperity of the island and the wisdom with which it has been governed have been such as to make ii serve as an example of all that is best in insular adniinistr.it ion. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. On duly 4 last, on the 120th anniversary of the declaration of our independence peace and amnesty were promulgated in the Philippine Islands. Some trouble has mp from time to linie threatened with Ill" M UIl.l 111 IIMMI.IU |>1|| \\ 11 M I 11 late insurrectionary Filipinos the war lias entirely era soil. Civil government has now luen intrn'ln* i'i| Not onlv doe> each Iwiipino enjoy such lights to lite, liberty lunl t lie mirMiit of liii i>ias he lias never before known iluvins; lie' recorded history of the islands, but the people taken as a whole now cnjni a measure of selfgovernment greater than t lint granted to nn> other Orientals by any foreign power, and i iter than iliat enjoyed by any oliiei Orientals under tlieir own governments, save the danaev.se alone. The President maintains that no policy ever entered into hv the A merit on people has -o vindicated itself. The triumph of our arms, laws and principles has eoine sooner than we had anv ri.rhl to expect. II e praises the Army and the civil authorities for tloing better work in the Philippine Islands than has lleen neeon\p!ishcd elsewhere in modern limes. Large numbers of Filipinos are to he commended for cheerfully accepting the new conditions. Only 15,000 troops remain in the islands. IIIK AIIMY AND NAVY. The Army has been reduced to the tninj._ ii i i .. i i. . (L 1902. URGES CURBING OF TRUSTS Recommendations Contained in ths President's Message to Cone'ess. OPPOSES REVISION OF TARIFF -II WhkN :? IC#-??iiti:il?1r mill I T<ri'ti?r % l.iiwr l*-i??nl? K<-<i|>|-<uH > it in I s II Kgr-I - Nii-ili-d i'iliitiiriiil I . tjiiilit I imi ? 111. I *( liiti I.I71 ChidiI run! !* %?*?Ill* C.lbli*. W.MMninuiiiii 1 > Tin inu ? ' ilii- IVi"?nil iii > mi"in r'uii^ri'^N i*o!i<iniii'il liuur in tin- Urn.-! :iMil .-hi lifiiM- inn) liHivn iiiinuii-s i'i ilin Settnti In hotii instant < s llio iln-osi attention was )i:iul i<> llii> I 'resident's rpenmUU'lllktl i 'ti?, s( t oiully I< those port iniiv i < iuto ilti' regulation of 1 lie tariff anil tin- Isthmian eannl. lull there wore no ili'iuniist ra1 inns nf ;tppi?i\;i 1 tiniil tin iliLT was i ntteluded. when, in tin- House. tin- l!cptihlinan tunuihers indulged in .1 jrvuermis outburst nf applause. In tin- Seti:it?*. however. tlif Uepublioatis reeeived t he ntessatre in sllonoi . Tbo message opens with :i .statement nf the general prosperous eomlitiott of tlio eouiitry A eonsiilSuutioii of the subjoet of tlttsts follows. Tito I'fesiilottt s.iys 1 lutl tin* imlustrial i>vils tiro tlu> result of ottr prosperity, titul tbnt ill ;ttIt-til 1 >1 ing to remedy tlii'so evils wo must not elieek ?uif itultistrial development. t>f tlio evils of trusts ho inontious ttiotiopnly. unjust disi-rimitiutiotis anil fraudulent over-eapitnli/.a tion its being tlio pritieipal 0110s. tttni bi'liovos llttlt t'engross 0:1 ti tirt under the pnv.er to "regulate eotnmetve with foreign ntitions and among tlio <i'Vi'i:il Stales." llo ileoltiros. however. that til - iiivi'..;iry vutnM'Yisiini of corporalion*; and comliiunlioiis iun*-i be achieved li\- national action, ami urges ('engross to pa-*- an anti trust law. which "shall l>c reasonable in its provisions ami effective in iis operations.'* Tin* President declares that lie is' tlrinlv opposed to tarllt revision except through reciprocity treaties lie says that the country has actpiicsced in Unwisdom of the protective tariff principle. It is exceedingly nmlesirahle that tills system should lie destroved, or that there should he violent or radical changes therein, lie thinks that it is very desirable that reciprocity treaties should he adopted, as they can be used to widen our markets ami to secure the lowering of duties no longer needed for protection. He recommends the removal of the duty on anthracite coal. Touching upon liunticial conditions the President says that some additional legislating is desirable, with the view to making nil kinds of money Interchangeable a id. at the will of the liolde . convertible into the established gold taudard. Tie earnestly hopes that a Secretary of Commerce may he created, with a seat In the Cabinet, and that Congress will endow the department with large powers. He urges the adoption <>.' reciprocity with Cuba because h i< eminently ; for our own interests to control the Cuban markets Tlip President siaiis Hint the Con. grcs> lias wisely provided llial we shall build at oid e an .dan canal. | if possible, at Panama. The canal ' will he of great lienetii to Ameriea ami ; of importance to all the world. lie : also says that arrangements have heen made to lay a Pacific cable, which shall < msieet with t'hina by way of j Hawaii and the 1'hilippines. lie rifers to tin- prosperity which is i now enjoyed by Porto Kieo. to the peace which prevails in the Philippine | Islands, praises the conduct of the Army there, and declares that no pol, icy ever entered into by the American i people Ivsis vindicated itself in more signal manner than the policy of hold | lug the Philippines 11 o says that the Army has been rc! (lneed t<? the miniinuin ailowed by law. and reeoinmends the passage of a bill providing for a general staff. lie urges Congress to provide for the reorganization of the militia system and for securing the highest etlieieney in Hi" National Cuard. The President declares that there should be m> halt in the work id' building up the Navy, and calls attention to the Imperative need of Hutu additional officers. A good navy, he says, is the surest guarantee of peace. The President then says that e rue I on friendly terms with all nations; I shows the striking increase in the revj etiues of the Poslolli'ce I>ej?arlnient; | state* that the rural free delivery service has lieeonie a fixed policy; urges the need of irrigation for the arid regions of the eonntry. the protection of game on the forest resort es. the preservation of the remaining public lands for ;hc home builder and iiie settler, and the enactment of wise laws for Alaska; refers to the advancement of the Indians to an almost self-supporting stole, to the great success which has resulted from giving scientific aid to the farming population; recommends the considernlion of pirns for the improvement of the Smithsonian Institution and the adoption of lows for tlie social ami economic betterment of tlie District of Columbia: suggests the perfection of the saf< ty-appltancc law for tlie protection of railload em|iloyrs and tlie reduction of the public orbiting to only what is really needed: comments upon the progress which has been made in the extension of the merit system of making appointments in the Government service, ami closes with a brief reference to the improvements which have been made to the White House. ."S NO. 38. | PERISH IN A HOTEL FIRE The Lincoln in Chicago, an AlL-g-ecl Firo Trap, Destroyed. ftil* i n' f>H\ Ciir + t* Air Wiilornted or F w a >1 < ? I iiv .Vi!tt()illt^<?f'ilil<liilC ti>4?l Hrru < niiilniliH,tl. Chi -ntTo - t"ir<- Tir :in nvoivrnwilrsl death ti*:iir known as tli?* T.iticoln llo1,1 ,,?( ili lives- of loiniooti persons. Most of Hie viriiin< were sufTnrafoil as t!ic.' slept or i- iln'.t i aigglod through the narrow (inllw:i\? in sojuvh of an exit. Soiik- were kill, .f l>> iittnpintr front windows. Manx guests wore rarriod nut tunnnseious. for half an hour tl'tor flie (lroinon fotiinl their way into tin- hiiildituj they stmnhiel a<a*?t<s hoi lits upon the floors ma I slairwavs Mthoiigh seven ins tiiul nioatts front the upper floors told the resent r> that iin?it anil woon ii imprisoned there. (lie smoke was hnj penetrable. and (In- victim* stifled In ilea t li. I'lie lire start I'd in a rear bedroom on tlie I'nurth lline*. It is said a porter. ; known as "Mm k" accidentally ti|?po<l i lamp over and then (Ted. The lire marshal declines that the hnihlitm wen a koiieless tire tran. and that the tire eonhl not have been worse had it heen kindled with criminal Intent. Two months a (so lniihlini: Inspectors eon' detuned the pln? e as mtsa!>. Nearly all those who mot death In the fire were front out of town. Most of them were visitors to the Steele I Show and. tired front a day of siuhtseoinir. slept so soundly that Iho.v wf.-< not awaken* d in time hy the fumes which tilled the huihl'itu The dead are \ l*>. f'ooii lawyer, Matem-o. III.: I' I. Kwinu. railway I mail clerk. Marionette. Ohio: ('. 1*. ('o\\ ti married sn t ?.nW- .... on li?? Wabash Railroad: It ! *. Itnsi.'i ll <'liir.-iTo: T. Sin.nun atrrlenlt IIIMI it!l|l|? lltetll dealer WnUonlldn. HI fv11w ;11 Toner, proofreader. forlllel 1\ of \l?d W.'lltl;eo: II <!. Woods, Lebanon. Iud., fanner: r <Yoeuni, lhi*? npoil. In., lire .'iiiil 1:littimiir insurance :? ? .iI. father o, Samuel Yofuin. another victim. Another man. 'not phsiiivclv id ntilieit. supposed to lie ,i inniI eterk named P. -nick; ! '. \Y. t'orey railway mail clerk. ISueynm. Ohio: Sanutci Yoeuni. I>:ivenport. Hi.: Ward I.owe. railway cleric. Seehlers?vitle. Wis.: M M. Hard v. city nirciit for KircliniT A- NTr>iili:ii-l ii. rvliolcsnle" 1'npior dealers: tJeorire 1*. tlraves. Chieauo. newspaper man An investigation will tie made l?v the :iut lioril ies. A lire wo'I around the freight elevator and oilier preenutionary alterations had hern ordered some time aim. hut the chances had lieeit liejjlected. MINISTER TO JAPAN KILLED. Dt'purliiioiit 1 iiftHiiii'tl of Alfreil 1*!. KtirU'M llAutli Nfitr Toklo. Washington. I?. f\ Mr. Kojroro Ta km un a. tlie .1 :i|>.-ini'sr Minister, called mi the State Department with m cable- / gram troin his Hoverninent informing i liiin that while duck limiting near Tokin Alfred K. thick. Fulled Stales Minister to Japan, hccninc suddenly ill ami dicil. Mr. Tnkahtm conveyed the I eoniloleiiees of his < lovcrnniciit. Mr. Ituck. who had made a splendid record since his appointyicni from fSeorpia. in 1V7. was horn in Foxeroft -Me. in IS.","J. lie made his own way through school and served in the Civil War. after wldeli he settled in the South and hare a prominent pari in tlie reconstruct ion of 111 Southern Slates. i lie served in Congress a> ncproscu- 1 tative of an Alabama district, and liter removed to Oenrgia. where he was Clerk of the Federal Court and I'liiteil States Marshal of the State. He had great political influence hi I Georgia. . FOUNDER BRADLEY'S OUT. II Is lic?i giuttlen tot Mnyor of .\*hnry I'm k ^ Afcoplrtl by I lie City Council. Ashury I'ark, N. J. Founder James ; A. Bradley's resignation as Mayor of i this c ity was jiccef'cd hy the City : Council. There has in ter been a time ; before in the history of Asl.ury l'ark I when Mr. Bradley was not a public j officer. The Council niso voted to appoint a ; committee* of citizens to prepare a suitable testimonial to Mr. Bradley for I his services to the city. Now that Mr. ltradlcy is a plain citizen ihe city is In a position to iiegoi tiate for the purchase of his board n tun ?i a I?1 I III' niV WWI'I'S, ('(111111111- - ' tee \v(is appointed for litis purpose ! I'oiisislinij of I>r. Itrnee Kentor. IM\ 11. S. Kintnnuth, (icorxc \V. Treat ami S. \V. Klrkbride. CET TITlF. TO A (OWN. Indian Woman iind rlillilrnu \\ In an Ini|inrlniit Suit. Washington, 1 >. <V The (lovorninent lias grained Nellie Lydeck, an Iniliaii | "Woman, ami her two children l ull title ] to a laisri' portion of the town of (kiss Lake, Minn. The decision, rendered | 1 | V tll<? SlW'felM IT '-C ? 1' I - - out of allotincut complications (lilting back lo a tiujc before the settlement of tin; town. The Tiiited States Supreme Court has passed on the issue ami the townspeople have no nlternntiv. Mrs. J.y deck and her children will have title to all improvements made on the land. Itomli Thrower Arrested in Home. A former policeman named Finelll, having in his possession a loaded bomb, was arrested in the neighborhood of the Chamber of Deputies at Home, Italy. Finelll confessed upon being questioned that be meant to ? throw the bomb among the Deputies, i It is believed that the prisoner is j"*"* an Anarchist, but le insane.