Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1913 — WILSON TO DELIVER MESSAGE IN PERSON [ARTICLE]

WILSON TO DELIVER MESSAGE IN PERSON

First Time in More Than a Hundred Tears That Executive Has Delivered Message Thus. Under democratic domination the United States congress opened in extraordinary session Monday for the consideration of the tariff and monitary questions. Today President Wilson broke a precedent of a century and by word of mouth delivered his message to congress. This caused considerable criticism in the Senate and oldtimers among the lawmakers shook their heads in disapprpval of the president’s action. Senator John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, deprecated the action and said he did not think it quite proper for the president to thus enter the halls of congress and said he hoped it never would occur again. He said it would not aid- in bringing about that for which the people are clamoring. There was a big scramble for special tickets to the galleries and it is certain that the president Will have a big hearing, even if his action does not meet approval. What the object of the president is no one seems able to tell. The custom has been to send the message and have it read by a clerk.