Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-12-06

tary Of the Interior; the bureau to
have power to collect statistics and
make investigations in, all matters
pertaining, to mining and particularly
TO the accidents and dangers Of the
industry.
vicksburg National Park.
/ further recommend that naval
monument be established in the
Vicksburg National Park. This nat
ional park gives a unique opportun-
lily for commemorating the deeds Of
those gallant men who fought on
water, no less than Of those who
fought on land, in the great civil war.
The Thirteenth Census.
Legislation should be enacted at
the present session Of the Congress
for the Thirteenth Census. The es-
tablishment of the permanent Census
Bureau affords the opportunity for
a better census than we have ever
had, but in order to realize the full
advantage of the permanent organic.
alton, ample time must be given for
preparation.
Presidential Campaign Expenses.
Under our form of government vot-
ing is not merely a right but duty,
and, moreover, fundamental and
necessary duty if man is to be a
good citizen. 1t Is well to provide
that corporations shall not contrib
ute to Presidential or National cam
paigns, and furthermore to provide
for the publication of both contri-
buttons ami expenditures.
The need of collecting lage CAM
paign funds by the parties would
vanish if Congress should provide
an appropriation ample enough to
meet the legitimate expenses of each
of the great parties. Then the stipu-
lation should be made that no party
receiving campaign funds from the
Government should accept more than
fixed sum from any Individual,
subscriber or donor, and the neces-
sary publicity for receipts and dis
bursements could easily be provided.
The Army.
| Never In our entire history has the
nation suffered in the least particu-
lar because too much care has been
given to the Army, too much prom
inence been give it, too much money
spent upon it, or because it has been
too large. As nation we have. al
ways been shortsighted in providing
for the efficiency of the army in
time of peace. / think it is only
lack of foresight that troubles US |;
not any hostility to the Army.
In the matter of efficiency it is
urged that officers and enlisted men
should be paid sufficient compensa-
ton to warrant them in making the
army life occupation. Among Off
GERS there should be examinations
rigid enough to weed out the ineffi-
cient. The practice marches and field
maneuvers of the past two or three
years have been valuable, and these
should be continued perhaps the most
important legislation needed for the
benefit of the army is law to equa-
lie and increase the pay of officers
and enlisted men in the army, navy,
marine corps and revenue-cutter SER
vice.
The Public Health.
There is constantly growing in
terest in this country in the question
of the public health. At last the
public mind is awake to the fact that
many dieases, notably tuberculosis,
are National scourges. The work Of
the State and city boards of health
should be supplemented by a con-
stantly increasing interest on the
part of the National Government.
The Navy.
1t is recommended that this year
provision be made for four new bat
tleships, and that docks, coaling sta
tons, golfers and supply ships be
provided to meet the needs thus crea-
ted. Our coast line is on the Pacific
as well as the Atlantic and occas-
ionally the feet should be dispatched
to the waters of the Pacific. Our
duty to California, Washington and
| Oregon is the same as to Maine, New
York, louisiana and Texas. I sin
cerely hope that the feet will be
shifted from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific evory year or two until our
navy is of sufficient strength to adj
NIT of division.
Foreign Affairs.
In dealing with other nations it
should be our policy to be neighbor-
ly and do all we can to help others
without meddling; and at the same
time TO give them to understand in a
proper way that we do not mean TO
be imposed upon
The Philippines.
The Secretary of War has gone to
the Philippines. On his return I
shall submit to you his report on the
islands.
international Bureau of American
Republics.
One of the results of the Pan-Am-
erican Conference at Rio Janeiro i'll
the summer of 1906 has been a great
increase in the activity and useful
ness of the International Bureau of
American Republics. That institu-
ton, which includes all the American
Republics in its membership and
brings all their representatives to-
gether, is doing really valuable
work in informing the people of the
United States about the other repub-
lies and in making the United States
known to them. Its action is now
limited by appropriations determined
when it was doing work on a much
smaller scale and rendering much less
valuable service. / recommend that
the contribution of this government
to the expenses of the bureau be
made commensurate with its increas-
cd work