Evening star., 1903-07-01

exclusion laws than in any other bureau.
Appeals had been frequent from the decis-
ions of the officers at local ports 10 the pu
reau that had to be. decided, and frequent
appeals had been taken from the bureau
decision to the Secretarys Office
These often involved intricate and per-
picking questions and caused mteh aois1 a,ssa
care But Mr.. Taylor said that the com
missioner general was man so fair IN
spirit and of such excellent judgment that
he rarely disagreed with him. ana wnen Inc ne
did disagree no unpleasantness had ever
been created. Mr.. Taylor says that the
immigration and Chinese exclusion laws
are being much more rigidly enforced now
desirable people may be gaining access TO
the country 1t is owing to the provisions Oh
the law and not to laxity in its administra-
ton. .
said Mr. Taylor 1.-The work in the bureaus
still in my charge has vastly increased
within the last year or two. The amount
Of work in the office OF the supervising
architect is absolutely prodigious. The last
two sessions Of Congress have appropriated
for nearly 200 public building sites and for
more than 100 buildings. When you con-
slider that many Of these buildings cost
millions of dollars each. and that even the
smallest are of considerable Importance. to-
gether with all the work of building addi-
tons, Improvements and repairs, 1t can be
imagined what great machine the build
ing department of the government is get
ting to be. The force is being constantly
increased and work is being dispatched as
rapidly as possible.
has also greatly multiplied within the last
two or three years So. I guess. l shall
have enough to do" said Mr.. Taylor, but
/ must say l am sorry to sever my official
relations with the many excellent officials
who yesterday left the treasury and are
today connectedewith the Department Of
Commerce and Labor.f
Other Departments.
The State, War and Treasury Depart
ments were established within space of
twenty days of each other in September,
1885, and there IS no record of any ceremo-
nies having taken place at the time of their
Inauguration. The Navy Department was
organized May 81 179&' At the time of the
establishment OF the Interior Department,
in 1S49, a news Item stated: 1.-The Hon.
Thomas Ewing secretary for the home de-
partment. took the oath of office and i'm
mediately proceeded to the discharge of his
duties" On the establishment of the De-
partment of Justice. June %, 1870, the fol-
lowing item appeared: Hon. A. Z. Acker-
man took the oath of office this morning
and entered upon the discharge Of his
duties" In 1872 the general post Office was
Is no record Of any ceremony marking the
change. In February, 1889. when Commis-
Sioner Coleman was made the first Secre-
tary Of the Department of Agriculture, the
office force of that department was assem-
bled to witness taking of the oath by
the Secretary, which was followed by two
or three Informal addresses-one by the
Secretary and one or two by other officials
of the department.
Bureaus in New Department.
The following statement has been pre-
pared, giving offices and bureaus of the
Department of Commerce and Labor with
dates of establishment reorganization, etc,
arranged in chronological order:
Light house board, including light house
establishment-Federal jurisdiction of aids
to navigation first assumed by act OF Au-
gust Z, 1889. Light house service reor-