PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.
OLD PRACTICE TO BE RESTORED. By Telegraph—Press Assoclatlon-Oopyrluht • (Rec. April 7, 11.10 p.m.) •' , Washington, April 7. _ Tho, President, Df. 'Woodrow. Wilson, intends to address Congress in person, .tlnis reverting to a practice that has been abandoned for, over ■a. century. _In the early days of the ITnited States, Washington came down to Congress and delivered his opening speech,' and sometimes remained during a debate, and'even expressed-his opinion tliero; In 1801 President Jefferson transmitted his Message by writing, and this precedent has been followed by nil his successors. The reports of the members of tho United states Ministry, ;nono of whom need be members of Congress, are all transmitted to Congress in writing, and there has thus been cno direct intercourse between Congress and tho Executive for over a century.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1718, 8 April 1913, Page 5
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132PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1718, 8 April 1913, Page 5
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