The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
ONE.MAN POWER
WILL DIG CANAL
Roosevelt viii Take the Work in
His Own Hands, Even Tho
Senate Baked.
Special to The Journal.

Chicago, March "a Washington
special to the Tribune says:
Now that the Fifty-eighth congress
has adjourned without an agreement
touching the Panama canal commission,
the president is free to take such action
as may commend itself to his judgment.
That he will inaugurate measures, and
very radical measures, in the premises,
everybody close to him confidently ex-
poets. ~ :,
: He has declared his purpose to that
effect time and time again. Moreover,
he has said that he would act immedi-
| ately in whatever direction he may
| elect to pursue. It is quite possible
that we shall hear from him within the
next two or three days-perhaps within
the next twenty-four hours.
He regards the commission as an OBJ
staole to harmonious expedition. He
believes firmly in the virtue Of individ-
ual effort and sets no value on COM
munity effort as represented by a de-
liberate council.
isolate Commissioners.
If he must have commissioners-and
the senate clearly prefers that arrange
ment-he can at least have them in 1so-
lated and subordinate positions, with
clearly defined duties and responsible
ties, and he can divest them Of their
functions as compact body intermedl;
ate between the secretary Of war and
the enterprise itself.
In other words, while he cannot OBJ
literate the commission, he can readjus1
the commissioners so that they win ne
longer act collectively as a tribunal OF
): a distinct authority, and he may alse
l reduce their numbers by the simple act
4 of removing them in bulk and then fill
ing only such vacancies as he ma.
think proper.
: one-Man Power.
). His present purpose, as 1t Is under
stood, is to assign one commissioner T.
9 the active and Immediate control OF tn
= canal enterprise-under the secretary
orders, of course. Another will be pu
p in charge of the sanitation scheme, oc
Q eupving similar relations to the wa
o. department. There may also be thir
a to discharge the duties now impose
e upon General Davis and Minister Bal
4 rett-in brief, the political, diplomat
Il and police powers will be consolidate
d under one officer, and he also will n
e port directly to Washington.
D Thus there will be a commission, L
8 the sense that there are commissioner
but the old machinery of obstructlo
" | Will disappear anu bHC piVsAoShs w
'e rid the enterprise of what he motor
a ously regards as fatal handicap.
ii Demands Effective Work.
10 Certain agencies a.e 'ndlspensabl
10 certain services must be rendered. II
. president does not care what titles I'll
q, different ineumbents bear = comnl
T., sioners, sanitary officers, governor
2 ambassadors, it is all the same to hir
= What he wants and is determined
" have is such reorganization OF ii
% official force as will permit harmonic!
~. and effective work.
a. Most important of all, he intent
y that the Immediate agents of the ente
ia prise shall occupy Themselves on e
no isthmus, where their duties lie, al
no no where only they can render intelliggfeS
y. -, and fruitful service. Mr.. ReeseMe
~ has all the talent he needs here
" Washington. The day of the luxul
N Gus and leisurely debating. seeiety,s.-a
y hover Heneef orth It is to be bushes
r. |iand business, on the. spot-a set of ge
u IIflemen. to do as they are told al
u equippe6l with the knowledge that w
- enable them. to do it we'll. The pre-
ha dent and the secretary of war W
Pc attend to the brain work and t
Il. craftsmanship.