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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
6
The chief executive outlines the Mexican crisis and currency bill and discusses the Sherman Act, nomination by direct vote at primaries, and other important topics. The address frames policy in domestic and international terms while defining legislative priorities.
President Wilson, addressing a joint session at the start of the second session of the Sixty third Congress, presses urgent currency legislation and clarifying changes to the Sherman anti trust law. He highlights farmer needs and references the Mexican crisis. He also advocates direct presidential nomination by the people.
A proposal calls for nationwide primary elections to choose party nominees for the presidency without nominating conventions. It suggests retaining conventions only to declare primaries verdicts and draft platforms, with delegates composed of current nominees and party leaders to ensure accountability.
The president addresses Congress inviting attention to numerous department reports. He notes the long lists of topics and asks committees and members to study them carefully, saying these subjects constitute the government’s substance and require thoughtful consideration.
The speaker notes growing global peace through treaties of arbitration. The United States leads in negotiations and hopes to ratify pending treaties while gaining assent from thirty one nations representing four fifths of world population. The standard for disputes remains honor and world peace obligations.
A discussion on the establishment of new treaty obligations and the interpretation of those already assumed, exploring legal principles, scope, and implications for international commitments and state practice.
The article condemns Victoriano Huerta as a usurper and dictator in Mexico. It argues no peace in America while he remains in power and urges support for constitutional government and a restoration of order through legitimate leaders. It predicts his decline and stresses friendship with Mexico.
The speaker urges early enactment of banking and currency reform and calls for special measures to facilitate farmer credits. He says the currency bill benefits farmers by leveling access to credit and supports local action to obtain capital, stressing the need to help agriculture catch up with other industries.
The nation’s strength lies in farming and open valleys as much as cities and factories. Farmers lack equal access to credit compared with foresters and miners. Government aid, timely treasury deposits, and a new commission aim to study European rural-credit systems and implement effective mechanisms for farmers to access capital.
President Wilson in his annual message calls for immediate passage of currency legislation to help farmers secure credit and finance crops. He warns current conditions hinder farming finances and seeks provisions safeguarding farmers and reducing government deposits in southern and western states to aid producers.
The speaker urges preserving the Sherman Act while adding explicit laws to clarify and ease administration, reducing debate over enforcement. He cannot address all points now and promises a special message later, stressing the need to ease legal uncertainties for business leaders.
The text argues for relieving entrepreneurs from embarrassment and anxiety, stressing the need to destroy private monopoly. It calls for clear investment guidance and open methods of action to enable prosperity and broad avenues for enterprise without constraint.
The speaker urges nationwide primary elections to choose presidential nominees without party conventions. Conventions would remain to declare primary verdicts and draft platforms, composed of nominees and political leaders to ensure accountability and practical policy development. The speech links reform to resource policy and Alaska’s opportunities, emphasizing coordinated state and federal roles.
President Wilson states a Philippine policy focusing on development toward eventual independence. He argues natives should advance toward self government in time, noting recent gains such as more natives appointed to the Philippine commission.
The speaker urges steady progress toward Philippine independence, pledging to extend self government while protecting territorial duties. He notes appointing five native members to a commission, aims to equip locals with schools and local governance, and seeks peaceful sharing of resources without harming communities or national heritage.
A call urges the nation to grant Alaska full territorial government and to unlock its resources. The author argues the government should fund and operate railways, ports, and terminals to benefit all who wish progress in the territory.
President Woodrow Wilson urges federal action to enact an employer's liability act for land and sea workers, strengthen mine safety through an empowered bureau of mines, and address sailor conditions after the London international congress. He frames these as key social justice and conservation measures aligned with the State of the Union.
Medieval doctors gave ground oyster shells to children with rickets and scrofula. Modern notes confirm shells contain lime and minerals beneficial to feeble children. Advocates say powdered shells in food could improve teeth in growing children.
A once blind boy in a Home for Incurables gains sight after an operation and rides in a parade. A marching mob parts for him as dozens of bands play their best, blessing the moment with laughter and tears. The scene shows the mob’s humanity amid the procession and celebration.
The piece extols Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York, touting specialist physicians advanced electrical therapies X ray violet rays incandescent light baths and correspondence treatments for chronic diseases. It claims large patient reach from across the United States and abroad and offers free consultation by letter or in person.
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