Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-12-11

.tsiatuastrrs under ~" civil scrVic" law
Tho administration has already put INTO
erect the tUllcy Of refusing to- remove
any fourth class postmHstcra savc Tor
rci -,ms connected With th' good ot the
service. Hrd ~ is cnd"nVoriug 80 Tar hs
tr,ssibls. to remove th'W from IN" DO
main of partisan polite u would he u
mustt desirable thing Go pat Tia" i"urth
class I-pstna~ttts ~ the clI~iiilcd scr
Vip. II is t,pssibl' that this might be
done without congregational action but.
as the matter ~ drbtttbl". ! earnestly
recommend thHt the Congress enact
law providing that they be- included IN
der the ciVil service law aud pat IN ~"
classified service.
ALASKA
r.itpratc my recommendation Of
last year rs regards Alaska Some form
.yf self government shOuld bc provided.
~ Simpl, anu Inexpensive ns possible, "
IL Impossible for Congress to dev0t" the
necessary time to all the nth" details
pf necessary Alaskan legislation. Road
huflding and railway building should be
encouraged 1nc governor of Alaska
should bc gwen au ample appropriation
wher, with a. organic = force To pre-
s.rvc tn" public pcdct. WhiskVy selling
tu the natives should De- made a felony
IN" coal land laws should bc changed
40 ~ tu meet the peculiar needs of the
Territory.
MINING
\ bureau Of mines should ", created I'M
'l,r the control aud direction of the Sec
rotary ot thu Interior. IN" bureau to
have psrNtr - collect statistics and
make invcstigtiionS IN all matters per
tanning la mining and particularly to the
accidents and ihngrrs OF TN" industry.
n this can not now he done. at least
additional appropriations should bo
given the interior department to u" used
for the study of mining conditions, for
the prevention Of fraudulent mining
schemes. for carrying on the work Of
mapping tn mining dlstrictS for study
I'M ssnta hstl fnf mir lTfIfv Ia hts ssla
-lcuts and dangers In the industry. In
short. To aid la all proper ways tn" de-
veIOpmcn, of the mining industry.
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
Under our form of government voting
" not merely right but "a duty, and.
morcov'r ~ fundamental and necessary
duty ~ "a man l. IL Ice "a good citizen
" IL well To provide that corporations
shall not contribute Ia presidential or
nnfionnl cnmpaigns. and furthermore To
provide for the publication II both CON
tributinnS and expenditures. There IL.
however. always danger In laws Of this
kirb. which from their very nature are
difficult at enforcement. the danger be-
ing ! ~ they b. obeyed only by the
honest. aud disobcycd by the unScrup-
uluus, 81" ~ 10 act only ~ a penalty
sir"n honest men. Moreover. M such
'hw would hamper IN interruptions man
of unlimited M ans from buying his own
way into office.
TIE ARMY
Not only there II not now, hut there
never haA been. any other nation In the
world ~ wholly free from the evils of
milhnris<m a. Il ours. There never has
been any Other large nation, not even
China, which Tor 80 long p"ri9i has
had relatively 10 IT. numbers 10 small "A
regular army ~ has ours. Never at any
time In our history has this nation suf-
forcd iron mhit,rism or been In the
rcmotest danger OF suffering from mil
tsrism. Never ~ any time In our his
tory has the n gular army been Of
size which caused the slightest nppr,-
sdabbe tax upon the tax-paying citizens
of the nation Almost always II has
been too small IN siz. and undcrpnid.
Never In our entire history has IN. ma
tion suffered Ia the least particular be-
caus-e too much care has been given to
The army. too much prominence given II.
too much noncy spent upon II. or be-
and again We have suffered because
enough care has not been given to u.
because IL has been too small. because
thor. has not been sufficient preparation
In advance for possible war. Every for
.ign war In which We have engaged has
.ost us many times IN. amount which.
" wisely expended during the preceding
years Of peace On the regular army.
would have insured the war ending IN
hut u fraction Of the time and but for
a. Traction OF the cost that was actually
the case A. nation We have always
been shOrtslghtcd In providing for the
efhclsncy Of the army In time Of peace.
II IL nobojy's especial interest To make
such provision and no one looks ahead
10 war NJ any period. no matter how
remote, ms being - serious possibility:
whHe an Improper economy. or rather
can be- pract.ced AT the
expense of the army with the certainty
ihai those practicing II viii not he caii-
ed la account therefor. but that the
iaice VIII he paid by the unfortunate
persons who happen To be- In office when
"A war does actually come.
I think II Is only hack OF foresight
that troubles uS not any hostility to
the army. There are. Of course. foolish
army ,I navy as "miltarism." but I do
mt think that these people are numcr-
Gus This. country has ~ contend now.
and has had To contend In the past.
with many evils, and there h ample
scope for all who would work for re-
form. But there u not one evil that
now exists. or that ever has existed In
this country. which liz. or ever has been,
owing In the smallest Iart to mlltarism.
hut again and again In the past our
Iitfh regular army has rendered ser
yir literally Vital to the country and !,
future. its standard of efficiency and
instruction IL higher now than over In
the past. nut Vt IL too small
larger than the needs Of our regular
nrmy In war Yet at present u II small
err man the needs of the service de-
mand even In peace. The Suantsh war
chief loss We suffered In II was by dis
ease among the regiments which never
left the country. At the moment the
nation seemed deeply impressed by this
fact. yet seemingly Il has already been
fOrgotien, for not the slightest effort
has been made To prepare for a medical
corps Of sufficient size Ia prevent the
repetition of the same disa st.r on n
much larger scale II we should ever he
engaged In serious conflict. The
trouble In the spanish war was not with
4 h. l.nn ss.til. slt.Ia
department .sit was with the representa-
tives Of the people as a whole. who. for
the preceding thirty yenr~, had declined
To make the necessary provision for the
army. Unless ample provision IL now
made by Congress Ia put the medical
corps where Il should he put disaster
In the next war ID inrs table, and the
responsibility win not lie with those
then la charge of the war department.
but with those who now decline Ia make
itir necessary provision. well organ
ized medical corps, thoroughly tmined
before the advent of war IN all the TIM
pork,nt administrative duties Of mill
tary sanitary corps, " essential 10 the
efficiency ~ any large army, ana especi-
ully Of Large volunteer army. Such
knowledge of medicine and surgery as IN
l,ossessed by the medical profession gen-
orally win mt alone suffice To make an
efficient military surgeon He must have.
In addition, knowledge Of the administra-
Ion ulpH IA M IA nm All u.l hns