Ashton Gazette in Ashton, Illinois

Roosevelt Urges Congress to End Public Abuses and Reform

In a broad message, President Roosevelt urges Congress to curb campaign corporate contributions, strengthen the government’s right of appeal in criminal cases, regulate injunctions in labor disputes, curb lynching, and regulate trusts. He emphasizes eight hour work, tax reform, education for farmers, and better treatment of immigrants while warning against demagogues and advocating national oversight of interstate commerce and monopolies. He also covers currency reform, Philippine policy, Cuba, the Panama canal, and naval readiness.