The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13
OPPOSITION GROWS
 ID THE BUREAU Too Much Chance for Per-
 sonal Gain DIR. SAL MONS RESIGNATION Inside Causes of This Matter Are Still Considerably In the Dark-PoIiti-
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DIR. SAL MONS RESIGNATION

Washington, September 12.-(Special)- of political discussion in local circles is that involved in the rapidly growing op- position to bureaucratic forms oe admin istration, one of the latest pertinent ap- plications being the resignation from the department of agriculture of Dr. Salmon, head of the bureau of animal industry.
 The inside causes in this matter are still considerably in the dark, although it is generally believed that Dr. Salmon was practically forced to resign rather than become a party to a controversy which would be pleasing to none. Wheth- CT this resignation was requested or vol untary. pr. Salmon refuses to state, but local and national politicians seem to find some deeper meaning in the matter. At any rate, the resignation of such a man as Dr. Salmon comes as an added force to the arguments of those who have op- posed the bureaucratic tendency which of late has become so apparent. Dr. Sal mons resignation is only the last of a long line of bureaucratic changes.
 Ex-Secretary Morton, In no sense a sail or, after being made secretary of the Navy resigned after short period of service. The head of the government printing office has only Just been re- moved Ineffciency in the navy depart ment as instanced by the Bennington dis aster; in the war department as shown through the recent Philadelphia arsenal scandal: the leak of cotton statistics In the department of agriculture; the retire mi nlqaSant conditions of Chief Engineer Wallace of the Pan- anna canal, have brought to light state of affairs which conservative members of Congress deplore
 Mir. Frederic Emerys recent article on bureaucratic ineffciency, coming as 1t did from an ex-member of the department or state, gave added force to the arguments of those who claim that the bureau as a means of government has been develop ed beyond its point of efficiency. and that it would be most dangerous experiment to further enlarge the powers of present bureaus or to create new ones.
 Conservative members of Congress, in view of all these recent scandals and changes in the departments, are com ing to look with more and more disfavor on the bureaucratic expansion directly opposed to the early spirit of democracy which would place the control of inter- state commerce in the hands of the in- terstate commerce commission or any 1eu- eral bodies claiming that the administra- ton of the interests more than any other requires stability and integrity While no intention is shown of criticising per sonally any member of the commission, 1t Is still pointed out that the recent scandals and wholesale discoveries of graft and ineffciency in bureaus show that no guarantee could ever be given that the business of the country's trans portation, if administered by federal body, would be conducted as it should. As one Washingtonian recently said; Added responsibility is added tempta- ton and so long as men are human the dangers of centering great power in a bureau of a few men cannot be de- creased"
 Even if the integrity of the interstate commerce commission could be assured. nothing could be more harmful to the country in general than a constant shift ing of men such as Is taking place in oth- CT departments on account of the dis satisfaction of many of the most deslra- ble employees.
 This side of the question Is daily re- ceiving more and more attention with