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Presi
l^esideiit Taft'* inaugural address,
which was delivered in the Senat?
chamber yesterday, is given in full
below: * j
XV Felk'W Citizens:
Any one wh. takes theoath I have
Just taken must feel n heavy weigiit
of responsibility. If not, be has no
conception of the powers and duties
if the office upon which he is about
to enter, or he is lacking In a pnt oer
sense cf the obligation which the
oath implies.
The office of an inaugural address
is to give a summary outline of the
main policies cf the new administra?
tion, so far ag they can be antici?
pated. I have bad the couor t~. be
one of the advisers of my distinguish-'
ed predecessor, and as such, t;> bold
up his hands In the re:orms be ua;
initiated. I sb.uiii be untrue to my?
self, to my |>omlses and the declara?
tions of the party platform up'in
which 1 was elected t'J office, if I aid
not make the maintenance and en?
forcement of these reforms a mo3t
important feature f my administra?
tion. They were directed to the sup.
I : ess: ?-, of i'*c lawlessness and
r.'-Mt-cs of i>ower of the grea- combina?
tions i l capital invested >n rallt ads
and i'i industrial enterprises carrying
on interstate commerce. The ste-. s
whict! my predecessor took and the
legislation passed c:i his rec-cnunen
tlaation have accomplished much,
have- <?: tised a general halt in the vi
ciouu itollcles which crested popular
alt' in. and have brought about in the
bnrinesa affected, a much hi.gher re?
gard for existing law.
To render the reforms lasting, how.
??Y?-r. and to secure at the same time
freedom .r t;i alarm on the part of
those pursuing proper and progres?
sive business meth :ds. further legis?
lative aid executive action are
needed. Relief of the railroads from
certain restrictions of the ami trmt
law have been urgeti by my prede?
cessor and will be utged by me. On
iheeOther hand, the administration is
; !f dged t > legislativ n looking to a
pro7er federal nuitervlsfcti and res?
triction <f prevent evoersive issues
of bonds ami stocks by companies
owning and operating 'nterstatc com.
merce railroads.
Then, tt..\ a reorganisation of ;ne
department of justice, of the bureau
of corporations in the department of
comerce and labor, and t f the inter?
state commerce commission, lot-king
to effective co-operation of these
agencies, is needed to secure a more!
rapid and certain enfrrcemfut of the
laws affecting interstate railroads
and industrial combinations,
I hepe- t i be able to< submit, at the.
first regular session of the incoin:n%
Congress, in Decsanbor next, definite
segge.-tions in respect to the oeetijed
snu-nduieuts to tne anti-trust and the(
interstate commerce law, and thei
changes required in the executive de
part men's i acerned in their enforce.
ment.
It is bsliered that with the changes I
to be recommended, American busi?
ness can lie assured cf that measure ?
:f stability and certainty in respect, j
t.: those things tha* may be dortoj
ate" those that are prohibited, which j
is essential to the life and growth |
of all business. Such a plan must |
inclu le the right of the .?eople to j
avail themselves cf those metiiods cf j
combining capital and effort dee-med
neces?ary to reach the highest de?
gree of economic efficiency, at the
Stute time differentir.ti.pg between
combinations based upcu legitimate
economic reasTjsts and these formed j
?with the intent of creating ntcnopo-j
lies and artificially controlling |.iieos-.
The work ; f formulating into prac?
tical snap: such changes is creative
w::k ?: f the highest order. a"d re?
quires al the deliberation possible In
the interval. I brlieve that the
amendments to he proprwd are just |
a* necessary in the protection of
legitimate business as In the cUneb
. ing of the ref:r*iM wl-.ich properly
boar the name of my predecess r. |
Tariff Important. (
A matter of most pressing tiuitor
tsnce is ih-- revision of the tariff. In
accordance with the promises of the
platform upon which I rvas elected. I
shall coll Congress into extra session,
to meet en the isth day of March, in
order 'hat consideration msv bo at
once civ<n to a bill r?vising the Dins:,
ley Act. Thi< should secure an ade?
quate revenue snd adjust the duties
In ?"?ch a manm r as to afford to
labor and fo all industries in this
country, whether of the farm, mine or
factory protection tv -ariff equal to
the dtff' renc" between the cost of pro
dtartiou sbr: a.l and the cost of pro
?iucti?.n here, rnd have a provision
which shall t.ut info force, upon exec",
tie.- ri'-t.-rm.nation of certain 'arts, a
feigner <>r maximum :ariff again*! t i-.o -<
countries whose trade policy toward
us eqii'ahty retjuir-s *-teh dls< *\mi
t-at "'! I' is thoMgh' that there has
h.--rt - :jrh r change in conditions,
?dnec t-?e ? t actmcnt ?:f the Dingdev
Act. drafted on s similarly prtvoriiv??
priucipii Ibat ?he ne-a-urc of the fa*-?
Iff at-ove -i?l. i will pr-rmit the re?
duction ??f rates in certain echtatales
nnd win require the advancement of
few. if arty.
Tl:? pri.poeai to revise t|?e tariff
n-ade m <-eh an anthorilstt'e xiv a.? ?
to lead '*>? '.-sine . community to
count upon it eer-essnrilv halts all.
?!io?e brrrche? of t i-inc. directly sf
fe, tr-d. ?nd a* tue?- arc nirmf Itapnl
t: i ' dtstuitn. 'he -ahole i-sice?. <c
h eoentrv. It I? twipcrstit' lv noes
san. then-fore that a tariff Hill be
.draan 'ngev-d faith in srrornance with
prr inik'-s mxrle .- '?? . the eleetort b- |
tli - partr in power, and as prosnptlv!
dent T
passed us da? consideration will per?
mit. It is nut that the tariff, is mere
important in the long run than the
perfection of th?- reforms in respect
to anti trust legislation und Inter?
state commerce regulation, hut the
mod for ai t ion when the revision
of* the tariff has been determine.1 up?
on, is more immediately 10 avoid em?
barrassment of business. To secure
the needed speed in the passage of the
tariff bill, it. would seem wise to at?
tempt no other legislation at the ex?
tra s-'s'on. 1 venture this as a s:ikk?'*
tion only, as the course to be taken
by Congress, upon the call of the
executive. Is wholly within its dis?
cretion.
Taxation the Motive.
In the making of a tariff bill, the
prime motive Is taxation, ami the
securing thereby cf a revenue. Due
largely to the business depression
which foliowe.i the financial panic of
1HUT. the revenue from customs and
other sotiret s has decreased to such
an extent that the expenditures for
the current fiscal year will exceed the
receipts bv $1 U0.000.M4i0. It is impera?
tive that such :> deficit shall not con
tlnue. and the framcra of the tariff !>ili
must cf course have in mind the total
revenue.; likely to I" produced by it.
and so arrange the duties as to secure
an adequate income. Should it lie
impossible to do so by Import duties,
new kinds of taxation must be adopt?
ed, and among these I recommend a
graduated Inheritance tax. us correct
In principle and as certain and easy
of collection.
The obligation on the part of 'hose
responsible for the expenditures made
to carry on Ihe government, to be as
economical as possible and to make
the burdens nf taxation as light as
possible, is plain and should be af?
firmed in every declaration of govern?
ment policy. This is especially true
when we are face to face with a heavy
deficit, nut erben the desire to win
l>he potiular approval leads to tli ? cut?
ting off cf expenditures really needed
to make the government effective, and
to enable I' to accomplish its- proper
objects, the re6'.'lt Is as much to be
condemned as the waste of govern?
ment funds In unnecessary expendi?
ture. The score of a modern govern?
ment in what it can an | 'nicht to ac?
complish for its people has hem w'd
ened far beyond the principles laid
tlown by 'he old laissez faire school
of political' writers, and this widen?
ing has met populer approval.
In the Department of Agriculture,
the use of scientific experiments on
a large scale, anj the snread of in?
formation derived from them for the
imurovement of general agriculture,
must go on.
Supervie'on i~ Costly.
The importance of supervising l't.-i
ness of great railways and industrial
rxmbinat.ons, and the necesary inves?
tigation ;rnd prosecution of unlawful
business methoJs. are another neces?
sary tat tfnon government which dil
not exist half a century a~o
The pit ting into force of laws which
shall secure the conservation of our
resources, so far as they may be with?
in the jurisdiction of the Federal
Government, including the most im?
portant work of saving and restoring
our forests and the great improve?
ment of 'waterways, are all proper
government function wh.ch must in?
volve iarge expenditure if properlj
performed. While some of them, like
the reclamation of arid lauds, are
made to pav for themselves, others
are of such an indirect benefit that
this cannot be expected of tbem. A
permanent improvement, like the Pan?
ama Canal, should be 'rented as a
distant enterprise, and should be paid
for by the proceeds of bonds, the is?
sue of which will distribute its cos'
bet wee,, the preseut and future gen?
eration in accordance with the benefits
derived. It may well be submitted
to the serious consideration of Con?
gress whether the deepening and con?
trol of the channel of a sreat river
system, like that of the Ohio or of the
Mississippi, when definite ?nd |iraeti-|
eai plans lor the enterprise have been'
approved and determined up'^t. should
not he provided for in the same wsy.
Then. too. there are expenditures of
Army and Nav -.
government absolutely n--cosary if our
country' 's to maintain Its proper place
among the n'tiens of the world, and
is to exercise its proper influence
in defense of its own fra.ie Interests,
in the maintenance of traditional
American policy against the coloutxa
rion ?f Kuroneai! monarchies in this
hemisphere. an,j in the promotion of
peace and interna ionat morality. I
refer to th> cost of maintaining a
nmper Army, a proper Navy and svit
able fortifications nnon the mainland
rt* the Cnite.l St!?t"H rnd in its de?
pendence
We should have an Army so organ?
ized. an<t an officered, as to !?? cape Me
in ?lme at* t ?crajeacy. in on-one rat tor
Tith :he National Mttttfa ard under
the erovis'ons -of a proper national
volunteer law. rapilly to expend into
a force s"fllcien: ?o resist all probable
ir.ra-toi from abroa I anil to fnrnisii
a resiM-ctable osped.itionary fore - K
r.-re^ery. m the main'* nane?- of oor
traditional American nol'cv which
l-o5?r* the n^m. of Pn rtdent Monroe.
Our for'ification.s are vet In a "?t?te
of onlv partial ro*Rplelen?^<-s and the
number of nun ?n man them is insnf
Brfertt. In 3 fee- ir?-< b?serer, the
i ?.ua! annn i; .inrii"'?T,~Mtinns for o-ir
c< art defense loili on Ibe tr.sitilat.1
and in ?h- Jo. nden? te ?:l mike
ILem snaVI<nt To iwhW all direct al?
ack, and hi 'ha? time we n-v hope
?h.'t the men to man Ibosa will no oro
vtded as a n'ee-sai- adtunot T><
dl? lance of o r slio-. .; f-orr Koronr
.md *i?*a of conreo ro(ine?-s 'he n'?res
sity for BastataenSna "inter prm** a
gr> si irgn. bei tt dot-s r.ot tale ?wa
the roqulrrnU ni ' f jr.- T" pre l*uco.
Iha- we ?henkt have an army snffl
rdeajtlj larre and so ron?titu?cd ??> to
fi rm a n icleus ?ti* "f which a ? :?t
force oan nutritiv grer
Navy Cannot he !~nr-ved
' Whs( has K-en ss>d of ihr Army
ait's Ii
may Im' affirmed in even a more em?
phatic way of the Navy. A modern
navy cannot bo Improvised. It must
be built and In existence when the
emergency atises which calls for its
use and operation. My distinguished
predecessor has in many spec-cites
Hti,l message.: sei out with great
force and Striking language the neces?
sity lor maintaining a strong navy
commensurate with the coast line, the
governmental resources and I he for?
eign trade of our nation; and I wish
to reiterate all the reasons which
he has presented in lavor ol th 1
policy of maintaining a strong navy
t's the lust conservator of'our peace
w ith other nations and the best means
of securing rc.-pect for the assertion
of our rights, the defense of our in?
terests and the exercise of our ijl
fluenee in International matters.
Our international polity is always
to promote peace. We shall enter
into any war with a full consciousness
of th"- awful consequences that it al?
ways eutaiis. whether successful or
not. and we, of coins;-, shall" make
? very effort, consistent with national
honor snd I ho highest national in?
terest, to avoid a resort to arms. We
lavor every instrumentality, like that
of The Hague Tribunal and at Miration
tu tics made with a view to its use
in at; iuternatlonl controverics, in or?
der to maintain pi-ace and to avoid
war. Mm we sho'ild be blind to exist
ing conditions, and should ai?nw our
selvi s to become foolish idealists, if
we did not realize that with nil the
nations of the world armed and pre?
pared for war. we must be ourselves
in a similar condition, in order to inc.
vent other nations from taking ad?
vantage of i-s and of our inability to
defend our interests and assert oir
rights with a strong hand. In the
international controverics that are
likely 'o arise in the Orient, growing
out of the questicn of the open door
and other issues, the United States
can maintain her interests intact and'
can secure respect for her Just de?
mands. She will no; be aid 1 to do so,
however, if it its understood that she
tp ver intends to bark up her assertion
of right and her defender of her in?
terest by anything but mere verbal
prcte.-t and diplomatic note. For
th' so reasons, th" r-x|ienses of
the army and navy ami of coast de?
fenses sho ild always be considered
as something which the government
must pay for. and they should not be
cat off thnr.tgh mere consideration
of eennomv. Our government is alii"
to afford a suitable army and a suit?
able navy. It may maintain them
Without the slightest danger to the
Republic or the cause of free institu?
tions, and fear ot aditional taxation
ought not to change a proper policy
in this regard. t
Pos tion Amonp Nations.
The policy of the United States in
the Spanish War. and since, has given
it a position of infltn nee among tno
nations that it never had before, and
should be eonstautly exerted to secur?
ing to its l-jca fide citizens, whether
native* or nationalized, respect for
them as sveh in foreign countries.
We should make every effort to pre?
vent huinilfniing and degrading pro?
hibition against any of our citizens
wishing temporarily to sojourn in
loreign countries because ot race or
religion. ;
The aJmis. ion cf Astatic immigrants
who can not t>e amalgamated with our
population has been made the subject
either of prohibitory clauses in our
treaties and statutes, or of strict ad
ministrstive regulation -secured by
diplomatic negotiation. 1 sincerely
hope that we may continue to mini?
mize the evils likely to arise from
steh immigration without unni-cesary
friction and by mutual concession be?
tween er: IT-respecting governments.
Meantime, we :n:i.-., take every pre?
caution to prevent_ or. failing that, to
punish outbursts cf race fe< iing among
our people against treaty right to pur?
sue lawful business here and to be
protectc-a" against lawless asanlt or in
jury. j
Wouid Enforce Treaty R ghts I
This leads me to point out s seriotfs
defect in the present Federal juris?
diction which ought to be remedied st
once. Hiding assured to other coun?
tries by treaty the protection of our
laws for such of their subjects or
citizens as wo permit to come wit htm
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 ob?
ligation in this respect. By proper leg.
? i..T. n w<- ma- , and ought to. place
In the h.-rtls of the Federr.l Kxecutive
I the means of enforcing the treaty
rights cf such aliens in the cones of
? hr Pen*? ral Oovernascnt. It puts our
government in a pusillanimous po.-d
ticn to mak" definite engagement*
'o protect al-'-ns and then to excuse
the- failure to pe; form those engage-1
tr.rtits by an explanation that the dutv
ti; k'-ep theni i< in State* or c:t<es. not |
within our control. If we would prom, j
?So We cannot permit the possible |
failure ot justice due to local preju-j
eile?- in any Stat- or mur.icipa! gov?
ernment to expr.se os to the risk of
a war which might If .-voided if Fed?
eral jurisdi?'ion ? a:- assorted by sult
|aMe legislation by Cnnnres* and car?
ried oil bv prop-r prrw-cedlngs InsU
'ttted by tin- ?x-f iuivc in tue courts
of tlic Nations! Government
I One of the reform? to be -arrhd out
t'ailng th" looming Administration
I? a ehrng? of mir monetary and hank?
ing ro ** 1? secure srea"cr
. . .?tri ? ri ihr form* <-f currency
avsilable for 'rade. ard to prevent
the 1'mlta'ior. of l?w frr?ai o|??ratio?i
to .ncrea?e the embarrassments of a
NnanHal p-inlc Th-- monetary Com
tni'sinn ive'v appointed i* giving fadJJ
rort'id1 r;tt.?.u to exi?tmz condition*
an?! to .ill prn|iored ream 'I"*, and will
rto'iltl- - -.rgc--' tha? will met
tt-? ii-ini'i n???nt* of hnsine** and of
II i>!i< in?' r< l We m>t hope that
?h- n i "?' -;l enilwwly neither the
rarrow view <??< tit*- who believe that
???'?? ?'*?>? ?' of til' new s ?fein'
.o M ha to eir a large return on
t-ass-1 ag ' -pita o; .if tbo-.*- who would
laugu]
have greater expansion of currency
w! )i little regard to provisions lor Ita
Immediate redemption, or ultimate so?
ot.rit\. There Ih no subject of
? u)ic discussion so intricate und
m> likely to evoke differing views
am! iovniailo Statements us tili* one.
The commission m studying Ihe
g-ueral Inlluence ol .-liireucj on busl
neaa and of buslnes.i on currency,
lave wisely eaten.ltd their invest!
!? ;< i K": in Europe en hanking and
monetary methods. Thi> Information
thai :hey have derived from such ox
pu's it- they have le nd abroad will
H?dt uh: *dly he found In Intiil in the so.
lulicn pi the difficult problem 'bey
have in hand.
Postal Savings Bill.
The n coming Cougress shouli
promptly fulfill the promise of the
Rcpn.il'i in iilatforin tut I pass a proper
Posta; ssvings ItanK ..ill It will not
l>e et.wise or excessive paternalism.
Tin promise to repay h> the Govern
men: will furnish an Inducement to
.-.iv.iiis it.posits wli'eli private enter?
prise i-an>ipt supply, and at such a
low rule of Interest as um tn withdraw
customers from exist.ng banks It will
substantially Increase ihe funds avail
able for investment hs capital in us
i u| enterprises. I: will furnish the ab?
solute security which makes the pro?
posed scheue of government guaran?
ty of deposits so allnrltiv without its
pernicious results.
I rlncerelv hope that the incoming
Congress will be alive as it should
be. to the Importance of our foreign
trade and of encouraging it In every
was feasible. The possibility of in?
creasing this Irade in the Orient. In
the Philippines and in South Ameri?
ca, are known to everyone who has
given the matter atention. The dlreo;
effect of free trade bi tween this coun?
try and Ihe Philippines will Ik- mark?
ed upon our sure of cottons, agricul?
tural inarlimory and other manufac?
tures. The necessiu of ihe establish?
ment of direct lines <>r steamers be?
tween North and South America has
been brought to the att-Atlon of Con?
gress by my predecessor, and by Mr.
Roc I before aud nft'-r his noteworthy
visi: to thut continent, and I sincerely
"nope that Congress may be Induced
to see the wisdom ol a tentative ef?
fort to estap'.ish such lin>s by the
use of mail subsidies.
The impoitance which the Depart?
ment of Agriculture and of Commerce
and Labor inny phv In ridding the
marl i ts of Europe of prohibitions and
discriminations attains the Imports
tion of our products is fully tinder
st oil and il is hoped that the use of
tn ? maximum and minimum feature
of on-- tariff law lo be soon passed
will be effective to remove many of
these restrictions.
Panama Canal.
The Panama Canal will have a most
important bearing upon the trade bo
twe it the eastern und the fr.r western
sections of our count r\. and will great?
ly increase the facili'its for transiior
latic.n between the eastern and the
western seaboard, and may possibly
revolutionize t'.ie ? transcontinental
rates with respect tc bulky mer?
chandise. It will also huve a most
beneficial eifert to Increase Ihe trade
between the eastern seaboard of the
United States and the western coast
of South America, and, indeed, with
seme of ihe Important ports on tin
east roa.st of South America reached
by rail from the west coast. The
work on the canal is making inosi
satisfactory progress. The type of the
canal as a loi k canal was fixed by
Congress after a full consideration of
ihe coiiflictin": report of the majority
and minorit oi the consulting board,
and aft^r the recommendation of the
War Depar'moni and the executive
upon Ilms > reports. Recent sugges?
tion thrt something; had occurred on
the isthmus 10 make the lock type
of the canal i. ss feasible than it was
supposed to I ? when the reports were
made an.i the |>olicy determined on.
led to a visit to ;he Isthmus of n
board of competent enginr-ers to ex?
amine the Gatitn dam and locks
which are the key of the lock type.
The report of thai lioard shows that
nothing has occurred In Ihe nature of
newly reveale,] evidence which should
change the views once formed in 'he
o-lginal discussion. Tee cons: ruction
w.ll go on under a most effective or?
ganization coiit roiled by Colonel
Goethals and bis fellow army en?
gineers associ:>i"d with him. an.i will
certainly be completed early in the
next Admiu'stration, if not lwfore.
Some type ' t canal must he con?
s' rutted. The lock type has been se?
lected.' We ar ? a'l in favor of having
it brill as promptly as possible. We
must not niw thereforr keep up a
fire in the r? ; r of 'be agents wiiom
we have a Mhorizes] tn do our work
on the Ntbroas We must hold ut>
rjbeir hands '.'! ?pcaklne 'or the
incoming Administration. I wish to
say 'hat I pn pose to devote nl! the
energy pnssil !? and r?nd? r nv control,
to the pti.-hn. - "f Hits work on fh<?
pians which have lw??n adopted, and
to stind l" i ?be men who are d'r
Ing failln'ul bard work !o brins about
the early romnletlssj cf this. the
rrea ent eoiij motive enterprise of
modern lim? >
Government* -?f Depcrtccncies.
The aovemmenis of our d'pendra
ciee In Porte u < ; and the Philippine*
arc neuer ?????> .i* favorably as con Id
lie' d' j-tr d rh? prorprr.ty of Pom
SUen eon* iin unabated. The lies!
ness con?!ut'-i n the Philippines ar?"
not all tha: ?? oo-M wish tlo-m t? i
hr.j with Ibe , ?t**u* of the net* tarilt
H'l permit lio.- free irrdo bet no a the
I'nltod S'- o'd ibo A*rhtp?-l.'*ro
with i"ucfi <? ''iot- in "tear an.i
toha?en es ?hall proviat Iniurv in
Ihr dorn? '" ntirrs*? on lh?>-< r>ro
duct *. w< ran < "tint on an Im' rm e
merit In '?-'? '?? <- oontlitlon? l.i I He
Philiprue? ? ?<' ' !nr drve!o-?ment o'
a mutnai-. Stable trade betwm
thi" ooiini- the itlvnd? Mo?in
lime o?ir -'? ? 'fnti !a e??-!i dnpen
cy la apboWine 'he tradttlons "f oivl
' Sln?r*y ar l rt -?ning -r onlsr control
which might nc e-si?.-oti-cl paaev
Awticat i Picea, To* w^rk which
raj Ad
we nr<> doing Iber* redound* to our
credit as it nation.
I IihiK forward with hope to In?
creasing th - alr< ady good reeling be?
tween tip- South and th" other sec?
tions oi th.' country. My chief pur?
pose is out to effect a change in the
electoral vote of thu Southern Stute?
That le a secondary consideration.
Wha i look forward t<? Is an In
crease in tie- tolerance of political
vlewit ol ;i!l kinds and their sdvo
cnc;. Ihro'.ighout lite South, und the
existence r?f a r -spcctuble pollt'"?! op?
position ||( eVerj State; even more
ihan this, to an increased leellng
en tip' part of till the |? ople III the
South thai 'his government Is their
government, and thst its officers in
then Stales are Iheir officers.
T|ie Negro Question.
The consideration of this question
i-unnot. howover. he complete und full
without reference to the negus race.
Its progress and its present condition.
The l.tth Amendment secured them
freedom; t!;.- i-lth Aineudment din
pro ei s of law, pr tuet un of propertv
and the pursuit of happiness; ant
the i.'.'h Amendment attempted to
secure tin- negro against mi) de
privation of the privilege to vote hi*
cause he was nojtro. The 13th an I
14th Amendment have been general?
ly enforced ami have secured the oh
Joels tor which luv weie intended.
While Hie |5th Aineudment has not
been generally observed in the past,
it ought to he btMcrvcd and the ten?
dency of Sontnern legislation to lay Is
toward the enactment of electoral
qualifications which shall square with
that amendment Ol course, tie
mere ndoption of a const It uttotsgl law
ts only one st p in th'1 rl?ht d lection.
It uvist In- fairly and Justlv enforced
as well In time both will come.
Hence it Is clear to all that the domi
rial op of an ignorant irresponsible
element can be prevented by consti?
tutional laws which shall exclude
from voting both negr i s and whites
not having education or other qualtfj
cations thought to be neeesary for a
proper electorate The danger of the
rontro] of an ignorant electorate hat*
therefore passed. With this change,
the Interest which ninny of the
Sot'lhern white citizens take in the
welfare of rbe m crocs hsis Increased.
The colored men must base their hope
en the results o." their own industry,
self-restraint, thrift and business sur
cc-s. as well as upon the aid and
comfort and sympathy which they
?aay receive freu Iheir white neigh?
bors of the South. There wits u time
when Northerners who sympathised
with the negro in his necessary atrug
gle for better conditions sought to I
give to him the suffrage as a pro-]
i tectlon, and to enforce Its exercise
against the prevailing sentiment of
the South. The movement proved to
be a failure. What ri mains Is the
15th Amendment to the Constitution
and the rignt to have statutes of
States specifying qualifications for
electors subjected to the test of com?
pliance with that amendment. This Is
a grell protection to the negro. It
never will be repealed, and it. never
ought to bo repealed. If it had not
bten passed, it might be difficult now
to a .'opt It; !"i with it in our funda?
mental law th.- policy of Southern
legislation must and will tend to obey
It. fnd so long as the statutes of the
States meet the teet of this amend?
ment and nr.- tiot otherwise In con?
flict with the constitution and laws
of the United st it. h. it Is not the
disposition ir within the province of
the Federal Government to Interfere
with the regulation by Southern states
of their domestic affairs. Tnere Is In
j the South a stronger feeling than
iev?r .?inning 'he intelligent, well to-do
j and influential element in favor of the
] industrial education of the negro and
|ihc encouragement of the race to
1 make themselves nseful members of
the community The progress which
j the negro has made In the last flftv
i years from slavery, when Its statistics
are reviewed, is. marvelous, and tt fur?
nishes every reason to In pe that in
I the next twenty-five- years a still
! greater Improvement In his condition
: as a productive member of society.on
I the farm, and in the shop and in ether
j occupations, mry come. The negroes
; are new Ann ricans Their ancestors
; carre here years ago against th?*ir
I will, and this is their onlv country
and their onlv flig Thev have
shown themselves an.xtous to live Tor
! it and to die for it. icnnuntering the
I r-ee feeling against th? m. subjected
ja; time? to cruel intustlie growing
?out of It. they may well have o'tr pro?
found sympathy and aid in the strug
1 cle th?v are making. We are cbarg
; ed with the sacre l duly of making
ibe> path as smooth and easy as we
; can Anv ,ecogni :on of iheir dis'in
gnlsshed men. an- appointment to of?
fice from anjonif their number, is
properly liken a* an eneourarenienf.
and an appreeiatlou of tneir pro?
gress, ar.d this just policy shall be
pursued
Roc-r, ?cr Coufct.
Br.| it rr-" w-H admit of dr,;b?
whether In the ra'c of anv rare. ;.n
appointment of one of their nnml" r
i to a Itx .?1 office in p commnnitv in
I which the race feeling is so wide
' spread and acute as t<? interfere with
the ease srd fa.-iiitv with which the
local govemnient bcslncss eat: |v
done hv th-- snpo.ntee. Is Of suffi
1 ch nt tH-Tieitt bv way of i asronswge
men! to the race lo nil ?r-!xii 'he
' rt-riirrurtf e and h?' reaec of r?ice feel
? ins ?h'eh sm h .m ?i.-o'iiiiwsl i;
' llkelv to eng'nd r TTHTefore. the
' exTfuttve. in r?t?^,'t/tag the ni-tn
rare I v arp-^ntsse-nt/i must rx-Tcra?
I a ?-srefnl discrrtton not therei. to d"
? it n.ore harm "i n rood. ? Hi the
? oilier , .. : t We in'; '' ??- care|nl not lo
? encourage the m? re tvt. nse of race
1 feeling ntar.' lie nr?-<f In the ir.fcrest
r of Indlvt in.tl ;-o|tti-m am'*itioii
IVrw'ianrtv I ha'" not th ? sllc.iie?t
ra<-e urej-dir? er fee Mag and r.-eocnt.
? tiot of Its ex.s'"lce ntilv awakens
' in rn; heart t r\rr nipltht for
thor< who have to fx tr II or sngcr
' '? - - i > ?-.,. -t ??*? ihe wi?dosn of a
policy which hi lik"lj to Uicrcs- ft
>t?ruttiint-. If ii.-.Illing Im done to pro.
I vi nt. a better feeling between the
.negroes and (he whites In the South
j w II contlnre to grow, and more and
. Himi" i f Hi.' white people will come
to realize thru the future of the
So Mb i* to be much benefited by the
, Industrial iui,i mtoiioetu. I progress Of
the neuro. The exercise of political
frnpehlses hv tlm e of his race who
lire Intelligent rn,| well-to-do will !<?
ncqulseed In, and the right to vote will
be withheld onh from the Ignorsnl
und Irr. x'touslblc of both races.
There Is one matter to which I
shall refer |i ??; s tea l., the subject
of gUeat ioutrovery during the ejec?
tion, an.i ca'ls for at i -j>Ht a pausing
reference now \b distinguished pre.
dercsnor ha* uiv- n much attention
to the i nttse of labor, with whose
unu'ule for better tliinc-: be has
shown the slncereal sympathy. At
bis luvt .nee Congress has passed the
bill fixing lb- liability of Interstate
carriers to tlolr employes for Injurv
sustained in the course of, emoloy
ment, abolishing the rule of fellow
si rvant ami the common law rule of
comparatve negligence, and substitut?
ing thereof the so -ailed rule of cant
par'live nogllireiio". if has also
passed a law llxine Ihe compensation
of government employes for injuries
sustained in the emulov of the gov
emmenl through ihe negligence ofj
the superior, it also t>nr. < d n model I
child tabor law for th,> District of
Coltiml''n In previous administrations]
an arbitration law for Interstate cont i
mrrce rullroH's and their employes. I
and laws for the ennUcstlon of safe
Iv devices to save the l'v s and limbs
of employes of Interstate ra..roads
had been paaaed Additional Ieg1ala-|
tlon of Ibis Und was passed by the
outgoing Congress.
I wish to say that in ?so far as 1;
can. I hope to cromot" the enactment '
of further legislation of this rharne-,
ter I am strongly convinced the.t
the Government should make pseif as:
responsible to emplovcM in lured In Its
employ ns nn Interstate railway cor-1
poralion Is made responsible hv fed?
eral luv tf> Its employes: snd I shall
be glad, whenever atu additional reas?
onable safety device can be Invented
lo reduce Ihe loss of life and limb1
among railway enmloyes. lo urge Con.;
gross o require its adoption by in-,
?erslate railwavs
Anniber labor question lias arisen
which has awakened the most excited
discussion That is in respac! to the
(tower of the Federal courts to issue
Injunction in Industrial disputes. As,
to that, mv convictions are fixed.}
Tak> sway from courts, if it could be
taken away, the rower to issuo In?
junctions in labor disputes, and it j
v.oill I cret'le u privileged < \nsu umoiig J
the laborers and save the lawless i
among their number from a most need-1
till r.miilv nvnilable to nil men for
the protection of their business
acai'-si lawless Invasion. Tiio p-opoal
tlon thai business Is net a proper'>
lor pecuniary right which can i:e pro
j looted by eq*iltab!e injttuctiou is ttt
| terly without foun lilt ion la precedent
?or reasi.ti. The propos tlon .a ustiallv |
? lined wiih one to make the second-1
I ary boycott lawful. Such a propo-l
Itition i? si variance with the Ameri-|
jean instinct and will find no Blip- j
! pori in my Judgment when submitted j
to the American people. The second
ary hcycotl is an Instrument cf ty-J
I renny, and ought not iu he made legltl-!
male. I
I The issuing of a temporary re-.
' straining order without motive has in'
j several Instarrocs been al'i.-ed by its j
Inconsiderate "bereise. ?nd to rentedvj
i this, the platform upon which I wasj
j elected recommends the formulation]
in a steinte of Ibe conditions under
I wiiicb. s ;ch a temporary restraining
j order or. ght to Issue. ? starute can
land ousht lo I.? fraiiie?! to r-mhodv
the ;?f!st mod. in practice, and can
brin^ 'h" subject so closely to ttfi
attention of the court* rs to make j
a'.uses of the process unlikely in thej
future American people, if I under-!
stand t'ieru ir ist that the authority
of the court, 'li.iii he Hiisiatned and
? are opposed to any change in the pro.
? eeJore br which the powers of h court
ma> Ik- weaken d and the fuarlsaa and
effective administration of jestlce be
in'e.f.red with.
Having thtiK review ed tbo guest ion
Ulrel .? to r. our firing my Admin
istralion. and caving expressed in a
SC mass ry way the pos'lion which I ex?
pect to rake in n commendations to
Congress and tn my conduct as an
executive. I invoke the cousidcrat"
sympathy rod rurnort of my fellow
Citizens and the aid of Almighty Got
In the discbarge ol my resi'onsihl?
i duties.
Translate af Vcur Leisure.
A Zuric h n-w r pc r published 'he I
followinz advertisement in English. |
' K- .-bitr.,.- board house among a charm
in; s?i of moan tains. Very Ik seeming
for fainlll. s oi fin ciliar individuals.
Shadowed pU-i, s .tr?d rmiab.e places
for ,o~?ir.-: t?.r guests of the rt:re. All
fseflities for mc ttnlair"'I. ??x;>oc!!Mor.s.
Evc'l' at Hieben, wit.i Unter I*-".- un
nie: from th. :-i '
Wood Tr.it Will Hot F-a*.
There ?'e 4' : s.?-cies >f trees found
within the limit- of IV ?"i;e?H S?al??
t|.?- wood of :h n? -?-yv h whoa ?;????.
nen.-d Is so V.a.j as in sink In
ws'
SCATTERED!
SCATTER ATION!
Sc.'tfer.ition isn't a rood word, hit
that's what hapi?-n? to all aim's of
tr. flam mm ion ard c. on if G'lW
A\S I'NKI'MOVIA VKKP A KATION
is applfrd. Croup, pneumonia. coWr.
roush?. pain* and >n>reno?s in throat
and ?best are cured hv ?bis wonderfel
r.-med' Kx'ernal and irolokly eh
Hortud Ail druRslsts from ;^c. :n
001F6RTIM WORDS.
Many a Newport News Household
Will Plntf Them So.
???
? T75 ? .
To have the pains and aches of ?
Im ! Imck removed; to be entirely free
from anuovlng. dangerous urinary dis?
orders i* enough to make auy kidney
auitercr grateful, to tell how thin
grrai chance can be Drought about
will prove comforting words to hun?
dreds of Newport News readers.
Mils Hattlo K. Uraham. formerly
I.vim; at ilif IK'imolU Hotel. Wash?
ington ?venue. New port News, Va.,
says: I ran highly recommend
(Joan's Kldn. y pills as myself and
fiili? i members of mv family hare
used thi m with satisfactory results.
>"or a Ion,,' time I suffered from a
dull, heavy pain across the email of
my back, to severe at tunes that I
would he' unable to ?et around with
any comfon. Whenever I stooped,
sharp twin res would pass through my
loins iipj if I did any work, the trou?
ble was aggravated. I tried many
remfdics but did not find relief un?
til Doan's Kidney Pills wore procured
for me nt A. K. 0. Klor's Drug Store.
They cured me and I have not had
any return of the trouble since."
For sal- by all dealers. Price BO
cent'. Poster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name? Doan's?-find
take no other.
Who Are Year D uggisls?
If we are not, we wan; to be. Ws
know <re can please you. We carry
the largest stock of Drugs, both p?t
et.ts and prescription goods, or any
store on tin* Penlnauta. We are the
original natters, nnd continue to lead
in this fmturo of the buslnoss.
Our Prescription Department is
strictly tip lo Jate, every article used
in this work being the product of
recognized standard housea.
Our old customers all know us,
tri we want new ones to become ac?
quainted w.th tis, and we are sure
such acquaintance will prove mutual?
ly profitable, ff you have not been
out customer begin now with the
new year. We have saved our old
customers * uioncy, and will do the
33me for you.
Prompt attention given 'phone or?
ders, as wf have bicycle hoy con?
stantly on hand to mako deliveries.
Prescriptions called for and delimit?
ed. AH goods delivered to any part
of the city,
J, C. 60RSUGH & CO
The Original Cut Rata Drug Store,
Remember the original.
Go to
Jennings'
Restaurant
Twenty-fifth S^cet and Washington
Avenue.
IF YOU WANT THE BEST OYS?
TERS IN THE CITY by the dozen,
quart or gallon. Finest shell Oysters,
25c dozen. Fried o/sters a. specialty
at 40c per dozen, either in the restao
rant or put up in bor.es to. send out.
My restsurant is supplied at at!
times with the best of everything Its
seaeon and ec?d service. I am also
furnishing the city, trade with the
finest fresh, clean opened oysters
with their pure juice, free of water.
Fine select frying Oysters, 40c nor
quart. Fine Stewing Oysters, 25c per
quart. Try them and you will be
pleased.
Jennings' Restaurant
Bell Phone 164. Citz. Phone 303.
HEALTH FOOD
BAKERY & COM CO.
Cor. Washington Ave. and 31st Strut*,
Newport News, Va.
MMUT
BREAD
REGISTERED
? - - 9- -*?<e^B
I f
Best Ever Made
For Sain by All Groetn.