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VOLCXIV. NO. 160.
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RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7. 1921.
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WILSON GUD
OF
: TERM OF OFFICE
His Secretary Describes The
i Last Hours of The
-Administration
HIS ' QUIET COURAGE
. NEVER DESERTED HIM
WMd Description of . Last
' Xinntes of Wilson's Pres
' idential Term; Hero and
Conqueror Still1 Thoogh
Shouts of Multitude Are
Tor New Chief
WOODBOW WILSON AS I KNOW
, BUM BT JOSEPH P. TUMULTT,
CttAPTEB xlv.
THE LAST DAT.
I u greatly concerned lest the
pretident should be unable bv
nana of hi physical condition to
stand the strain of Inauguration
Aay. indeed, members of his Cam
net and intimate friends, like Gray
son and myself had tried to per
made him 'not to take part, but
he. eouM not, by any argument, bi
drawn away from what he believed
V "is duty to join in the in
auguration of his successor, Presi
dent-elect Harding. The thought
that the people of the country
might misconstrue hia attitude if
he should remain away, and his firm
resolve to show every courtesy to his
accessor in office were the only
considerations that led him to play
hia part to the end.
When I arrived at the White
House early on the morning of the
4th of March, the day of the in
,augurtion, I found him in hit
REACH CLOSE
I study, smiling and gracious as ever.
. He acted like a boy who was toon
a to be out of school and free of the
burdens that had for eight years
weighed him down to the breaking
point. I expressed to me the
I feeling of relief that he was experi
encing now that hia term of office
wat really at an end. I recalled
to him the little talk we had had
oa the aame day, four years before,
pon the conclusion of the cere
monies Incident to hia own inaugura
tion in 1917. At the time we were
. seated in the Executive office. Tura--7.
ing away from his desk and gas
', ing out of the window which over
f looked the. beautiful White House
lawa and gardens, ha aaldt
"Well, how I wish this were March
, , 1921. What a relief it will be to
d what I pleat and to say what I
tli bat, ore thaa that, to
. rite my ova impressions of the
, . -, things that have been going oa
: wader my ewa eyes. I have felt
X constantly a personal detachment
, . from the Presidency. The one thing
. I resent whea I am not perform
: ing the duties of the ' office is be
ing reminded that I am Presideat
' " at the UniUd States. I feel toward
this office aa a matt feels toward a
great function which, in hit work
:,V ing hours, he is obliged to per
. form, but which, out of working
t hours, he is glad to get away from
, and resume the quiet course of
L hie ' own thought I tell you, si
friead, it will be great to he free
again. .
Wllaoa Oa March 4, 1121.
Oa the morning, March 4, 1921,
h acted like a man who wat happy
Sow that hia dearest wish waa to
be realized. At I looked at Wood
row Wilson, seated in hia study that
morning, in his cutaway coat, await
ing word of the arrival of Presi-deat-alee.
Harding at the White
Hoote, to me he waa every inch the
President, quiet, dignified; ready to
meet the duties of the trying day
pea which he waa now to enter, in
hit eoontenane a calm, nobility. It
was hard lor me to reouxe aa 1
Beheld kirn, seated behind hia desk
ia hia study, that here waa the head
f the greatest nation in the
world, who, in a few hoars, was to
Step back into the uneventful life
af a private eitlxen.
A few minutes and he was notified
Nthat the President-elect was ia the
hte Boom awaiting hia arrival.
Alone, Unaided, grasping kit aid
blackthorn stick, the faithful com
' Sanioa af many months, kit "third
' lew.' aa ha nlavull. ealUd ti atnw.
' ty he made kit way to the elevator
- ' and in few seconds ha wat standing
U the Blue Boom meeting the Presi
, d sat -elect and greeting kirn la the
meet gracious way. No evidence of
" the trial of pain he wat undergoing
" ia striving to play a modest part
: la the earemoniet wt apparent eith
ar ia hie bearing or attitude as he
greeted the Presideat-eloet aad the
:f member af the Congressional lata
- gural Committee. He waa aa ill maa
bat ft aportemaa, determined te ate
the thing through to the ead. Presi
. dtnt-eleet Harding met kirn in the
, . ; mott kindly fashion shewing him
('y the keoatat eoniideratioa aad eour-
7ml new the final trip to the Cap
itol freea th White House. The
ride to the Capitol waa uneventful.
From the pkytlral appearaaet of the
two men aeated beside each other
ia the automobile It waa plala to the
' aatual obeerver who waa the outgoing
' aad who the incoming President. Oa
th right eat President Wilaoa, gray,
kaggard, broken. H interpreted the
cheering zreaa the erowde that lived
the aveajra as belonging . to the
Presidentelect, and looked straight
ahead. It was Mr. Harding 'a day,
Bet hia. Oa the IcfVWama Oam
, aliel Harding, th rkrinc otar af th
republic, healthy, vigorows, great-
i ehestod, ahowiag tvwrw erMfaee ia
ki taaaed far tf that fine, sturdy
health a Mesoaary a peaesioiea ia
order te grapple with she problem
af hi two a try. Oae, the maa aa th
right, a batUe-eearred veteran, a eaa
aUy at th war, now weary and
anxiowa to lay dowa th reia af
face th ether, agUe, vigorous,
V. liCiaisnail em Fatm tkatv i
Special Session Plunges
Into Routine Legislation
a- mmmumwwmmmmmmm
Both Houses Get Oil To
' End of Session Apparently Is Not In Sight; Gov
ernor Morrison Sends Up Brief Message Limit'
ed To Two Items Mentioned In Call
With 129 items af lerlalatioa.
Mining for catfish In the Catawba river to abolition of the death penalty
for crime In "Korta Carttna. thren petition! praying Teleas from the
Statewide af oVlr hrw.-aad a brtcf meessga from Governor Morrison lndieat
in his intention not to offer any
hia call for the session covert fhe
the opening day of the special aataios. which convened yesterday morn
ing at 11 o clock. ,
Bute-wide legislation included in the bills introduced la both Houses
inelude, beside the Bpeac measure on capital punishment, a resolution
providing for a State bond issue to take up the deficit in the State school
fund; repeal of the section of the
insurance companies; repeal of the
Liberty Bonds held by banks at part of their surplus, the revised Muniei
pal finance act, and the Burgwya bill reducing the property tax exemp
tioa from 300 to 50.
Though getting away to a flying
offered, most of it in the nature of local bond Issue measures, the hopes
of early adjournment received a perceptible jolt la the "number of bill.
offered. The Senate passed up a resolution setting Friday, December 16
at the day for the expiratioa of the session and Friday of thit week as
the final day in which roll call bills may be introduced. Brevity of ses
sion it dearly emphasised ia the message teat to the) House and the
Senate by the Governor. It reads i
Coventor!
"The necessity for my calling
Dcssioa it set lortn in the call, and
tideration of the two matters therein
'Under the Conttitutioa, you have the undoubted right to proceed to
act upon any other matter which, ia your opinion, merita your attention.
"I do not deem it my duty to make any recommendations to yon other
thaa to ask that you take such action Upon the two matters mentioned In
the rroe tarnation calling you together
"The great program which you
I hope, is being administered to your satisfaction. I am well pleated at
the splendid service being rendered by the varieua Boards, Commissions
ana otuer -.ieeutive Agencies charged
great ana patriotic uesigna.
THIRTY-NINE BILLS AT
FIRST SENATE SESSION
Thirty-nin bills and resolutions
presented at the opening session of
th Senate yesterday offered little
of a controversial nature, but the
upper house refused to act upon
a joint resolution limiting .the in
troduetion of roll-call bills, which
under the constitution require fix
dsys for paaaage, to Friday of thit
week and contemplating final ad
journment not later than Friday, the
sixteenth. The temper of the Ben
ate appeared to favor adoption of
the resolution but individual Sena-
tort expressed themselves at being
unwilling to vote upon the matter
until they had had time to "get their
bearing!.
The resolution which merely limi
ted the introduction of roll 'call bills.
waa offered by Senator Meadenhall,
of Guilford, who asked that it be
put upon its immediate passage.
Uaaahnen eoneeat waa denied by
aa object to lodged by Senator Daa
lap, at Anson, who thought tka ac
tion to pereipitate.
Th resolution will be brought up
again today, with action to be first
taken upon two amendment!. Tho
firat of these, offered by Senator
Long, of Alamance, would provide
for am -die adjournment not later
than Friday, December 16. The other
amendment, which wat offered by
Senator Burgwya, of .Northampton,
provide - for a receet to bo taken
immediately upon the ratification of
tha resolution until the first Tues
day after the first Monday in Feb
ruary. Th latter amendment wat
offered seriously but it ia net ex
pected that it will receive aay large
measure of support.
T Redac Exemption.
Tho only other meature likely to
produce any extensive argument it a
bill offered by Senator Burgwya, of
Northampton, to reduce the personal
property exemption for taxation pur-
m from 1300 to 50. A similar
measure reducing the exemption to
$100 wtt pasted by th Senate at
it regular session but wat killed
by the House. .Passage of the bill
hat tine been recommended by the
North Carolina Association of Coua
ty Commiaaionera at their eonven
tioa at Washington.
The bill took the mm eourse aa
tha roll-call bill resolution, Senator
Burgwyn failing ia an effort te have
the bill placed upon it immediate
paaaage, but succeeding ia havtag
it put upon the calendar witkoat ref
erence to a committee.
The measage of the Governor wat
aot accompanied by the aomiaitifaB
or A. V. Watts, now earring at JUv
ease Commissioner under a reeew
appointment aad whoee confirmation
te th peculiar function of the Sen
at, aad nearly all of th bill a
trod need war purely local measures.
moat f thee being, plaeed upon
the calendar without reference te a
ommiato.
Th first bill presented to th
Seaate was a Joint resole tioa offsred
by Senator Delaaey, of ateekleabarg,
iaviting Fsrdinaad Foe a. Marshal of
France, to visit tha Capital City af
North Carolina aad stable tka Usa
eral Assembly te hot or aim in re
ognitioa of .kit services aa geaorsiia
timo af tha allied armlee n tho
World War. Th resolution was
patted by naaimoua .consent and
Ucateaaat Oovernor Cbpaar ap
pointed, Sena tort Delaaey, Dewar
aad Long, ac Halifax, aa 'a oem nut-
tec ea th part ef the Staato to
present tha resolution aad to take
part in th . xrtitotj at Mearo
warn th Marshal's special traia
atop ther r.iday afternoon. - ,
Tare ether bill plaeed up
their Immediste paaaage wer effsred
by Beat tor Bam providing far
smeadmeatt to tka aaarten af three
Lstheraa eollegea, Lenoir Co lief t
Hickory, Mt. Ptoaatat CeUege at Mt
Pitaaant and Mt Ameena Bemlaary
at Hickary, . -
Weaid iell IcWl Farm.
. Senator Walker latrdaed bin
aatharlrJag the directs rt ef th Stat
Institution fee th BUad, and with
ta eoneeat af th QouaeU of Bute.
to H th 23-tkr farm! th teata-J
ark portiea af tka City f Bateigh,
saawn at taa wataoa rite aad as
th proeeeda to acq sir atket, laadt
aaiuow roe Mueatssaai purnxMC.
Tka aly thr ateeat to ysster-
fCeei tinned Pt TwX. -J
Good Start On First Day But
raacinc la Importance from the
suggestion other than Urtt contained in
work done ia the Hone and Senate on
Finance Act taxing the net income of
eeetion of the Finaeo Act which taxes
start in the matter of new legislation
Meoeag.
your Honorable Body in Extraordinary
l mott respectfully invite year eon
specifically referred, to.
aa yon deem wise.
provided for in your Senior session.
with the duty of working out your
HOUSE TAKES IN MUCH
LEGISLATIVE TERRITORY
Validating a defective bond istae
ia Hertford county waa the first
thing suggested to th House ia the
form of a bill after the preliml
ntry stage of resolutions waa oaa-
sed, with its memorials for inviting
aiarsnai f ocn to iteleigh, and pre
cipitating the ancient stock law bat
tle into tho proceedings asain.
Barnes of Hertford offered the bill','
ana ue majority or those coming
aiter h were oi life kind.
Not until fourteen other meat
urea hid beet dumped into the hop
per did anything like a Statewide
piece of lawmiking develop. Bepre-
tentative Bpence tent forward hit
very brief document calling for the
repeal of all law and section of
law that provide death as the
punishment for erimt la North
Carolina. Tka bill want te th
Firat Judiciary eo mm it tee, aad the
corns asns ef opinion ia that It will
pm t alee ther.
A amplified aad etnbelUthed
form of abolitiom of capital punish
ment appeared at the night eesslon
when Representative Owen, of Samp
son, offered four bills, providing for
the repeal of the death penalty, one
Dili lor each offence, and in lieu
thereof, substituting life imprison
ment, aad eattratioa of the nrisoa
er. AU four metturea followed the
Bpeuee bill to th Judiciary com
mutes.
New LegttUilva Insect
The impending plague of th boll
weevu wa recognised .In a meas
ure offered by Representative Tern
pleton, of Wake, ptoviding for the
appointment ef a 1 Commission af
seven members, and an appropriation
of i,000 to ttudy th situation,
ana to warn the people of the com
ing of th weevil. Th Commit
tioa it to be tow posed of repre
aentativet of th banking, com
mercial, agricultural aad educational
force ia th Stat. Th measure
went te the Appropriation! com
mittee, where it win find a friendly
chairman la Bpreatativ W. N
Everett.
Th House awaited nightfall for
ins more important piece of legit
latioa that ar to be it portion
at the session. ThSa came the
two amendments ta at Fiaaae
Act slim iaa ting tha tax a th net
income of insurants, companies aad
the elimination of tha requirement
that banks list liberty Bond in
eluded in their surplus funds; the
reeoiunoa taking car of th school
deficit, with iU attendant prtviiion
for th appropriation of thai prem
ium ta certain bond for pjermaa-
nt improvement at ta Croat!
Indiaa Nodmal school at Pembroke,
and (he ameaded Municipal Finance
Swctotiac Flnane Act
For the banking bill, it if claimed
that ta act merely brings the State
lawjito conformity with th Federal
income tti statute, aad for th
inaurnae bill, it it claimed that th
6tate levies a tax of two aad a half
per eeat ea tha groe incomes ef
all lasa ranee aompaaiea, and that
tka levy f a thre per eeat tax aa
the net iaeom ia addition to th
initial tax oa th groae receipts from
premiums. Both bill were con
sidered during tka aftoraaoa by tk
Finance Committee aad approved.
Another fat may await ta rct
lutioa flered for to relief af the
Stat school fund. ,Ite ditetaoioa
before the Committe a Zducation
daring tht . aftoraaoa precipitated
a stormy debate betweea. State
Superintendent Brook aad Kepr
eeaUtives Bowie aad Everett f
Durhata, Incwded ha a measure,
which previdee for a boad tsns
at aot asr thaa ttiOfiOO, it a
claaa appropriating th aerraed
premium atn BtatoH Uttitutteaal
bds, amounting to 171,800, for
Improvement at th Iadiaa H omal
ia Jtobeeon ounty.
. . Sell leaewl Prepmtf.
JTwe) measure offered by Bepra-
Mntativ Monro at tka maraiag
sessma by waa tat, pewvtd far Ue
aala af IS acre f land owned by
th State. Seaeol for tka Blind ta
tka aoatkeattera aectiaa af tka city,
sad to aatherta -and reqair the
City f Baletgh to bnild bridge
vr th Seaboard and Bon them
mflread tracks at tka feat at Ash
. .iCa.Uanwa.em ftgt Twa . '
BOWIE LAUNCH
BATTLE AGAINST
Usurpation of Authority and
Extravagance Charged
. at Hearjng
BROOKS UNDER FIRE
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Hearior On Baiolntion To
Take Oars of $710,000
Deficit In School Fund
Precipitates Long Herald
ed fight Afainst Brooks
Administration of Schools
Smouldering opposition to tha ad
ministration of the State school sys
tem flared up in bitter debate when
State Superintendent E. C. Brook
wat attacked before the joint com
mittee on education yesterday after
noon by Representative T, C. Bowie
on the ground! of extravagane and
by Bepreientative Everett of Durham
on th veiled tugesstion that the de
partment had usurped the functions
of the State Tax Commission.
Wandering far afield from th dlt
eustioa of th resolution providing
for the relief of the deficit in the
Stat school 'fund, th whole problem
of school finances and tchool admin
istration, with torn generalisations
on revaluation, the constitution, the
operation of the present System of
tauution in the Dtate wer injected
into the debate.
Dr. Brook Kxplalaa.
Dr. Brooks began with an explana
tioa of the deficit of 1710,000 in the
school fund, caused, he declared, by
the fact that so many mora teachers
improved their standing in such
meature at to command better sala
ries. From that he moved on to the
recommendation that 175,000 addi
tional money ia the handt of the
State, secured through premiums on
State bonds, be appropriated to the
Indian normal school at Pembroke,
which had been omitted from the
general appropriation bill.
From there, Mr, Bawie wanted, to
know why that money eould not be
applied te tho deficit, instead of
appropriated to tome new purpose
When Dr. Brooks had explained the
necessity for making the appropria
tion, and had been corroborated by
Senator Verier, Mr, Bowie went
through the whole organixation of
th department, demanding to know
If aomsthing eoulda't be sheared
Iowa here, aad something ther. It
wat explained that th deficit ia for
taa yean wad wet the vreeewt yea1.
"What ia your minimum salary
aader thit new schedule h de
manded of Dr. Brooks.
"Forty-five dollars," replied Dr.
T, L -I
jraoaa snortjy.
"Tour maximum it what I"
'One hundred aad thirty throe
dollar.
"What wat it before r
"One hundred and thirty-three."
"What waa your minimum
"Forty-five."
Hearing Waxed Warm
fhe questions and answers wer
fired back and forth with more spirit
thaa it generally the caae in ex
ehangei before legislative commit
tees. Mr. Bowie went on through th:
catalogue of Department activities.
demanding to' know why Dr. Brooks
had ordered mandamus proceedings
brought to compel the levying of
more taxes thaa th eonstitutio
allows. Dr. Brooks intwered thtt it
wat the fault of eountiei who had
reduced their property value ta a
point below where enough money
eould be raised for school purpose
with the established rite.
"Don't you put your idminittra-
tion expenses, nnd your teacher
training ahead of your tix months
schools ia. appropriating money?
Mr. Bowie demanded. Dr. Brooks
explained that the things were
covered by State money, and aot by
county levies. He explained the ae-
eeteity of establishing some rule for
th guidance of counties whea values
were being cut oa so mtny different
bate, a said that torn lxd sum
had to b named for a eounty to
rait before it eould participate in
th equalising fund, 9i eountiea ia
th BUt would takt from th fund
which waa inadequate for ruck a
drain.
Had Adviaed Coaatlea
Commissioners from many eon a
tie ia th Stat had come to Ba
leigh to inquir what would- hap
pea to them if they reduced their
value, Dr. Brooks declared. He
stated to them that if they eat
values they would hav to rait rate
to a point that would produce th
revenue of last year. Thit hat beet
dona ia mott of th eountict, with
th exeeptioa ef Mr. Bowie' t eouaty,
and ia Yadkin. Suit art pending in
th Supreme court on a mandamus
breurht against tka Yadkia fileiala.
Dr. Brook ha beea anabl to get
takt started ta Ash.
Her Mr. Kverett raised th que
tioa af whether Dr. Brook had aot
saurped th authority of th State
Tax CommiMioa ia laying te the
eouaty authoritie what they must
d. inquired if th Tlx Cemmiatioa
had eeeted to function, and if Dr.
Brook had succeeded their power.
Dr. Brook admitted that th broken
down system af raining property ea
a State ttaadard waa responsible for
a larg part af th aires t.
Drtllod Far Aa leer.
Tr mr thaa aa hour Mr. Bowie
trilled Dr. Brook with a rapid fir
tf qaeetioat, rocurrmg again and
again to tha idea that the salary wat
eneeelve, that tka xpiditaree f
tka Department vara plaeed firat
la appro priatloat, with th aekeoli
left to ran th six meatai a what
ever remained. Dr. Brook its ted
ear aad erer that th department
was raa aa State fuaeVuad th
cheola n fuad raised la th onty.
Motion mad to report tka re-
'iCemtiawael em fag TwV I
SUPT. .C.BROOKS
ENT BEARS
ELF ILL IN
Josephus Daniels "Looks
Down" On Solons From
Press Gallery
CONGRESS ASKED Ta .
ABDICATE ON TARIFF
BepabUcan Chief Maris -trats
Preaches What "Old
Guard" Condemned As
Sank - Heresy In Wilson
Last Tear; Rebtkes Insnr
tents By J08IPHUS DANIIL8.
Washington, Pec 6. I have risen
ia the world. Last year whea I at
tended a session of Congress to hear
the President's message a eat was
reserved for me on the floor with
the other members of the eabinet
Today I had a seat in the press
gallery which enabled the members
of the Fourth Eatate to look down
on th President aad the solons.
There is a difference.
Then I had to look np to the
President in more way than one.
Today in a physical tense I loohed
down upon him, but la no other
sense, for at a good American eitl
xen, except physically, I alwayt look
up to the Chief Executive and pay
respect to the office even if I dis
agree at I decidedly did today
with certain policiet presented.
Moreover, it wit the first time I had
teen a osuntry editor in action at
President Of course, I had aeen
him inaugurated, but that was the
honeymoon days. - This is the big
job on the long run after the first
glow is over and after some of his
policies have been repudiated by a
Congress of hit own party.
Harding Beam Himself Well.
The country editor core himself
well as President. He ha a fine ap
pearance, a tplendid bearing, tnd
an impressiv voics. Ha always
specialises on impresslvenest. Some
times his impressive oratory ia more
atriklng than hit argument. But, no
matter what you think of what he
advocates, it fall with weight be
cause of his trained manner of
speaking. He knows when and where
to place emphasis. He knows where
to be specific and where to deal in
glittering generalitiea, And he did
both. ,
There wtt mere reporters proeent
from mot nationa than ever before
heard" Fteaideat- derive kia ad
dram. MoaWf the tkraa Madred
forsiga Jotmalist was ar oevering
th conference took advantag of
th teeasion to tee how Congrtss
takes ofdert from the White House.
There was aot room enough ia the
press gallery for them tnd to t
precedent wit broken and the fore
Iga correspondent were give seats
oa the floor, headed by H. O. Wells.
President Harding ia the early part
of hit addreat declared thtt in the
main the contribution of this re
publie to restored normalcy in the
world must eome through the imtia
tive of the executive branch of the
government," putting Congress in
the place of co-operation."
Such doctrine if preached a year
ago would have been called execu
tive dictation.''
Soma of ta Early Arrlvala.
Among th first memberi to ar
rivt arJ tit together were Uncle Joe
Cannra, Jim Mana, aad Martin Mad
den, thre of tha mott famous of
the Old Ouard reactionaries. Mitt
Alio aobertton eame early. I had
lately beea at her home ia Musko
gee and heard a bright Democrat in
a Democratic banquet say that in
1922 we will bring back "Alice from
Wonderland." At th only wo.jsn
member the it, of eourse, pointed
out and hat pone and fine presence.
In honor of tha occasion, Kopre-
teatative Graham, th big Phila
delphia Beoreaentativ, who drops
ia eeSQsJly - only when not en
gaged in! representing hit clients,
wat in attendance. He did aot vote
te continue th xes profit tax.
General Isaac B. Sherwood, with
a red carnation on hit lapel, occu
pied kit old teat aad made every
body regret tha lack .of wisdom
show by hia eonatituteatt in not
keeping kim ia Congress aa long at
ke lives. i
Big Hand Far Highes
Preceded by Secretary Hughes,
who received handclappina the
eabinet eame ia early after twelve
o'clock. Th applause wa for
Hughes who wor his whiskers short
er aad kit smil larger. Ambassador
Geddes, Jussemad, Kate and th
foreign delegate had a cordial re
ception, the delegate from India
haviag a white handkerchief wrap
pad around klt 'head. Eliha Boot
tat between Wlliagtoa Koo aad a
Bclgita. Whea tha Seaatort eame
ia, fiimmoat aad Overman wer
among the leader. Senstor Sim-
moat aad Beprentativ Pou, of
th Fourth North Carolina district,
were named ea tka committe te wait
1 tht Preatdeat and invite kim
to address th joint eessioi. North
Carolina was th only State that
that ecored twice. Everybody roar
v hen Mr. Harding earn ia accom
panied by Jadtoa Welliver, a net
papr eomepondeat, aad JBrigadier
General Sawyer. Nearby tat Alivt
Beoatvelt that what everybody
call t her beeaaa tka nam Boo
velt I mora popular than th aame
Longwortk.
What about ta measagsT
President Harding started la with
goad voice, bat aeoa ba toad aa if
k waa wearied aad k pat a real
punck la th a.sttag after th firat
tiv miautea,
Caagnsaa Ta Abdicate.
Taoa tka tatUf ba practically d
tared that tka aid Beyublieaa tariff
f xalatia had played ut aad that
A ffianilnaal a Pteia Jfjn J
PRES1D
HIMS
MAKING ADDRESS
HARDING DWELLS CHIEFLY
ON DOMESTIC MATTERS IN
HIS SPEECH TO CONGRESS
TEXT OF PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Tht text of President Harding
message to Congress follows':
"Mr. Speaker and member of th
Congress: It is a very gratifying
privilege to come to the Congress
with th republic at peace with all
Ihe nation of the world. More. It
it equally gratifying to report that
our country ia not only free from
every impending menace of war, but
there are growing assurances of the
permanency of the peace whicV we
to deeply cherish.
''For approximately ten years we
have dwelt amid menacea of war or
as participant in war's actualities,
and the inevitable aftermath, with
its disordered conditions, hat added
to the difficulties of government
which adequately cannot be'apprait
ed except by those who are in im
mediate contact tnd know the ret
pontibilitirt. Our task would be
less difficult if we had only our
selves to consider,, but to much of
tht world wat involved, the disor
dered conditions are eo well-nigh
universal, even among nationt hot
engtged in actual warfare, that no
permanent readjustment can be ef
fected without consideration of our
inescapable relationship to world
affairs in finance and trade. In
deed, we should be unworthy of our
best traditions if we were unmind
ful of social, moral, and political
conditioni which ate not of direct
concern to us, but which do appeal
to the human tympsthiea and the
very becoming interest of a people
blest with our national good for
tune. No Program ef K retort ties
"It is not my purpose to bring to
you a program of world restoration.
In the main, such a program mutt
be worked out by the nation more
directly concerned. They must
themselves turn to the heroic reme
dies for tho menacing conditions
under which they are etruggling,
then w can help, and we mean to
help. We ehall do to' unselfishly,
because there it compensation in the
conseiousneta of assitting unsel
fishly, becauaa the commerce and
International exehtnget in trade,
which marked oar high tide of for
ruaate advancement, are possible
only whea tka nationt of all eonti-
aent are restored to ttabl erdtr
and normal relatioashlp.
In tht main, the contribution of
this republic to restored normalcy
In the world must com through
the initiative of the executive
branch of the government, but the
beat of intentions and moot care
fully considered purpose would
fail utterly if th sanction and the
co-operation of Congreat were aot
cheerfully accorded.
I am very euro we shall hav no
conflict of opinion about constitu
tional dutiea or authority. During
Ihe anxietiee of war, when necessity
seemedt compelling, there were ex
cessive grant- of authority and an
txtraordinnry concentration of
powers in the) chief executive. The
repeal of war time legitlatioa and
the automatic expiration! which at
tend the pence proclamation! have
put an end to "these emergeneey
excesses, but I have the wieh to go
further than that, I want to join
yon In restoring, in the moot eorditl
wty, the epirit of co-ordination 'and
co-operation, aad that mutuality of
confidence and respect which is
necessary in representative popular
government.
No Eacraackmeat en Caagrtaa
Encroachment upoa the funeitiona
of Congress or attempted dictation
of it policy are aot to bo thought J
of, much lea attempted, but there
It in insistent call for harmony of
purpose and eoncord of action to
tpeed the eolation of tho difficult
NCEHOLI
CENTEROF STAGE
American Attitude Toward
Quadruple Alliance Re
mains a Mystery
Washington. Xe. .-(By th At
seriated Pre.) Th effort to Had
aa aeeeptabht aubttitut for the
Angle-Jiptnee Alliance ha to di
verted the attention of many of the
arms dtltgatea aa to throw even the
question af txta naval ratio tempor
trily into tka background.
' Both the Japanese aad the British
hav shown a desire, to include the
United Btate ta any entente that
may replace th alliance aad a ten
tative treaty draft under consider
tion by torn of tht government!
coaeerned would provide for a
quadruple arrangement alto includ
ing maea.
U. g. Attltad Mystery.
What may hav beea the attitude
ef the American delegate ia the
kehiad-th-en development hav
ing te d with th proposal remains
mystery. Taking th position that
ao tatente aggatioa it "formally
befor them, th American represen
tatives iteadfaatly refuse to diaeaes
aablltJy ta any way th possibility
a American partieipatioa ia politi
cal iigreement regarding th far
East..
' In th ab af ia ttthoritatlve
explanation af tka Amerieaa view-
21 at th tmprewsioa it gained by th
legato af eUer power that th
ALLIA
DING
iUc!etiaa4 aa ft UrrcaJi ,
problem confronting both th leg
islative aad ' ciocutiTe branches of
the government.
It ia worth while to make allusion
here to the charscter of our govern
ment, mindful it one must be that
an address to you is no less a mes
sage to all our. people for whom
you tpeak most Intimately. Ourt it
a popular government through po
litical parties. We divide along po
litiral linet, and I would ever have
it so. I do not mean that partisan
preferences should hinder any
publie servant ih the performance
of a conscientious and patriotic offi
cial duty. Ws snw partisan lines
utterly obliterated when war im
perilled, and our faith in the re
public -waa -riveted anew,- Wo -ought-not
.find these partisan linet ob
ttrueting the eipcnditiout tolution
of the urgent problems of peace.
Belleveo la Psrtlsan Goverwawat
Granting that we are fundamen
tally a representttvie pdpular gov
ernment, with political parties the
governing agencies, I believe the
political party in power thould
assume responsibility, determine
upon policies ia the conference
which lupplementi eonventione
and election campaigns, nnd then
strive for schievement through
adherence to the accepted policy.
There it vastly greater security,
immensely mors of th National
viewpoint, much larger and prompt
er accomplishments where our ili
vitiont are along party lines, in
the broad and loftier sense, than
to divide geographically, or ac
cording to pursuits, or personal
following. For a century and a
third, parties have been charged
with responsibility aud held to strict
accounting. When they fail, they are
relieved of anthority; and the sys
tem hat brought us to a National
eminence no less thsn a world ex
ample. s
Neeessarily, legislation ia a mat
ter of compromise. The full ideal
ia teldom attained. In that meet
ing of mindt necessary to lneure re
suits, ther must sn(l will be ac
tommodations and compromises, but
In th estimate of eonvictlona and
linear purpose th mprem re
tponaibility te national interest
mutt not be Ignored. Th shield
te th high-minded publie ser
vant wha adheres te party policy
I maaifMt, but th higher th pur-
po I th good of th r public
at a whole.
Praia Extra Seaetoa.
It would be ungracious to with
hold acknowledgement of the really
large volume and excellent quality
of work accomplished by the extra
ordinary session of Congrea which
to recently tdjourned. I am not
unmindful of tht very difficult tasks
with which you were called to deal
and no one can ignore the insistent
conditions which, during recent
years, have called for the continued
and aim oet exclusive attention of
your membership to publie work. It
would suggest insincerity if I ex
pressed complete accord with every
expretcion recorded in your roll
calls, but we are all agreed about
the difficulties snd the inevitable
divergence of opinion in seeking the
reduction, amelioration and re
adjustment of the burdens of taxa
tion. Later on, when other problem
are solved, I shall make torn rt
omniendationi about renewed eon
tideration of our tax program, but
for the immediate time before ut
we mutt be evnttnt with the billios
dollar reduction in the tax draft
upon the people, and diminished
irritationa, banished uncertainty aad
improved method of collection. By
your luttainment of the rigid ecoa
omiet already inaugurated, with
hoped for extension of these eon
omiee nnd added efficiencies in ad
ministration, I believ further re
PASS ON TREATY
Old Quarrel Between Eng
land and Ireland Is Fi
nally Settled
London, Dee. 6. (fcy the Atsociat
ed Frees. Th eenturiee-old quar
rel between England ad Ireland
wat' ended, at had beea fervently
honed, in the small hours of Tues
day morning by tht signature In thj
Prime Minister's eabinet roam of
"a treaty betweea Great Britaia aad
Irelaad," consisting of eighteea ar
ticle, giving Ireland th titles of
Th Irish Tree Btate and th tarns
constitutional atatua it Canada,
Auatralia and other . eversess
dominion.
Th queation ef allegiance, which
up to th last memcat threatened to
wreck the negotiation, wa sur
al oeated by permitting th mem
ber f th Irish Parliament to
swear allegitae to th conttitutioa
of "The Irish free Btate and "be
faithful to Hi VUjetty, th Xing.
Mast Be CseaUet.
Th treaty lit yet to ran the
gauntlet af th Ulster govern eat
sad the' Imperial Parliameat. Tka
Imperial Parliameat has been m ta
rn card ta meet on December 14, aad
win b opened ia Mate by ta BUag,
ha hat taken the eloeeet personal
Interest la th Irish negotiation.
sine k practically astigated tkm
(Continued aa Tig Tw0 " '
PARLIAMENT TO
Declares "Most Gratifying
wona Accomplishment'
By Arms Conference Is
Jot ''Improbable'' " V
MAKES PROPOSAL FOR '
FLEXIBLE TARIFF AND -INDUSTRIAL
TRIBUNAL"
Chief Executive Is Given
Hearty Keoeption on Open
ing of New Session of
Congress; Gives Definition
of Capital and Labor and
Stresses Necessity of In- -'
dnstrial Arbitration; De.
dares farming Must Bt
Made a Profitable Occnpa.
tioa and. Endorses Go.ep. .
erative Marketing Strong '
hi Urges Immediate Aid
For Starving Xnssiani,"
and Eefers To Merchanr-'
Marine and Other Domes
tic Problems
Waabington, Dec. 6. Launching
of the new cession of Congres wst
completed today with delivery by
President Harding of hit opening
addreat it a joinf tetiioa af tha ,
Senate and House, mad notabl by
th presence of delegates te tha
armament limitation conference. -
Proposals for a flexible tariff, ed
J.ittable by the President or th
Tariff Commission; for an indu. -trial
tribunal and for a constitu
tional amendment to atop th- flood
of tax free securities, wer th
President's outstanding statement
on domestic affairs.
Speaha of Conference
"Taming to the international field,
the President said of the armament
limitation conference that 'a most
gratifying world lecompllthmtnt if
not improbable.' He alto urged en
actment of the measure for funding
the allied debt, prciosed food re
lief for starving Russia, expressed
satisfaction over the aatioa being
at peace and held outyproml of
aid A th world la wa restoration.
Hearty Reception.
A hearty reception wa give th
Pretident by what wa laid to be
oa of th largest aadieseet tvtr
iammed into the House chamber.
Pemoaatration of a full minute each
occurred whea he entered at 12:30
o'clock and agaia whea ha concluded
at 1:20, the entire audience standing
and applauding. Applause alto broke
into hit address frequently, efpeei
illy from House member when h
discussed topics of administratis
policy, aad with especial volum
when he advanced hit plan for a
tribunal to weigh dispute betweea
capital and labor and declared that
labor organizations should aot ba
permitted to 'exact unfair terms ef
employment or subject th pablle
te actual distress." , .
Woald Help Baaalaaa ' I
Th audience, which included tha
eabinet, diplomatic corps aad many '
high official besidci the foreign del
gates, also responded warmly whea,
with manifeat feeling, th President
urged aid for starving people efi
Busaia and proposed a gift of 10,l
000,000 butbelt of corn aad LOW!
000 bushels of seed grains. I'
Presentation later of more detailed
viewi oa the thipping tituatioa wa -promised
by th executive ia de '
daring that he opposed abrogation
of commercial treatiee provided by '
the Jones act. Such abrogatioaa, k
said, would cause "ehao." A tag
gc-atioa for a plan of "reimburse. .
ent to ship operitor waa accent
ci aa an advanct statement of hia
previously announced views a to
ship subsidies. i
The President s recommendation!
were received by Republican laadtra
with wldeapread exprettlon of aa
provel, although tome declared that
on or more of the executive pro
posals would be difficult, if mot im
possible, of early enactment
r rwmt Ketptaaa.
Prompt response came to portiena
af th Pretident' reeommeadationi.
Imi liately after th joiat session,
t 8nte passed A bill urged by
Secretary Hoover, of tho Department
of Commerce, as heed of tha Ameri
can -lief Administration, author
iaing donation to the admlniatratiea
f surplus medical aad other (tore
of the army.
Legislation to meet tho President
recommendations for a flexible tariff
Im wit proposed immediately by
Senator Smoot, Bepoblieaa, Utah. B
introduced amendment to th pend
ing tariff bill which weuld tutheria
th Pretident by proclamation te re- .
duee or Increase tariff rate bated
upoa Amerieaa valuation. Hearing
on th tariff bill will b resumed to ;
morrow by th Stint inaaea com
mitte. .
AlUed Debt BUI -' ,
Ia accord with the President' ta . t
quest for prompt tetio an th ) .
lied debt fuading bill, tha Batata
laaae rem mittee held two meet tags .
today ia aa effort to get th bill be- ,
fore the Senate immediately.
Th President, ia hia mcssig.
alt emphasised ared for agricul
tural relief. He arged ImptwrtoV .
methods of- distribution aad market
In f farm product, idvoeatiag
legislative atefttanc to e-pretiv -auukttiag.
Bailread freight rate, '
th executive added,' ware tubt
af Just aompraiat by tarmr.
Other mommeaaatioaa 1 or th
President included reclamation aaoi
irrigation development; Tetally '
af Southern nrassp land I high way
! - ttatiaad a rg Two!) '
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