Mower County transcript., 1908-12-09


est 8s results that sss OF . Z a per-
manent commission authorized to cororr- r
dinate the work Of all the government
/ departments relating 70 waterways, and
to frame and supervise the execution OF
! compre retensiive plan. Under such :
commissions the actual work OF .construc-
ton might be entrusted to the reclama-
ton service: or to the military engineers
acting with suhicient number OF civili-
ans to continue the work In time OF war;
or It might be divided between the rec-
iamation service and the corps Of en-
i gineers. Funds should be provided from
current revenues II It 5is deemed wise
otherwise from the sale OF bonds Il The
| essential thing is that this work should
go forward under the best possible plan,
/ and with the least possible delay. The
time for playing with our waterways IL
past. The country demands results 5#s&
The president urges that national
parks adjacent to- national forests; be
placed under the control Of the forest
service Of the agricultural depart
ment;s he also points out tHe benefits
derived from pure food slegislatfon.
The message continues: ~
Needs Of the Secret 8ervics. 3
~ Last year. an amendment was incor-
/ porated in the measure providing for the
Il secret service, which provided that there
L should be no detail from the secret serv-
I ice and no transfer therefrom. .s9ii The
amendment II; IN question was Of benefit to-
no one excepting e criminals. and
seriously hampers the government In
the detection Of crime and the securing
I OF Justice. The chief argument in
1avor OF the provision was I. that
the congressmen did not them
secret service men ytaso YES Mttso ny ,,as ,as
inyestigatiom ha. haa,, do,a III. 80 ~ SUE. suS"
but it Is true that the .,nrn ne ~ m IN me past
service agent. waa art,y sas.,o;..s n.G -
the indictment and cnnv,cttoa ~, -.
ator and a congressman for land fraud,
In the public interest - rot.c+ nr,,,,. 10
+ in any branch 81 the b,ihlic service an5
exactly q ~ ;have apain and ass;,, s,,r. ,,o
I ing the past seven years yr,rosec3;te1 and
convicted such criminals who were In
the executlYe branch OF the government,
50 ~ my neMe1 We snould pc given ample
n'eans 10 prosecute them II found In tho
| lssaslatves nrancn:, But II this lis :; not
is, coas,uereu ues!iADle. SPECIAL exception.
.ouiu pS mace - !ne law proh1oiting the
tratn- % .,nSsr. 81 the torse IN inves- IS
usaunS mempesS Oh tne congress- ]'T
Postal Savings Banks. ~.
again renew my recommre end tion
for postal SAVINGS banks for denosit :
ink savings with tho Gee,,ritv ~ thu
I government behind them, The object
|? IL to efitoufxre e thrift md Scnndfnt 'ih
4 the wage lsaf fsf xiid peTsofi 81 NOD:
+ crate means tt III believed thaf fnn,,ffhe
L aggregate vast sums of money would be
brought into circulation through the. In
Y en'~y s.nh.9' As possai savings w
- r ..s-.. p.ree,a pa.t,., .-c. we. =
/ IN nv last annual message com.
mended the :; postmaster-ge generals
Eecommenaatlon ior anl lextension OF the
ssfa bit. ne,,t sof ,Ioeai. ma rceisno.t. ~,
|, rural. routes would BE to the rnutual
benent OF the farmer ana the country
I storekeepcri and 1t IL desirable that the
rotites,$ serving more than 15.000.0o0
people, should % utilixe0 70 the fullest
practicable extent. -
-. = Edueatj6n. H." ~
i vvi+h +haa' x Il 1,ynitad ,,,.as .s.,. :, x.4Nx.At
I vidad ). the h,,rean5 ~ d,,est,as Rso.
rendered -af3cient serv;ca ~ ~ .ae nes
! gress has neglected to adequately s,,n-
ply the bureau with means to meet the
|. educational growth Of the country.
I earnestly recommend that this un-
fortunate state of affairs as regards
1.-The national educational office be reme-
| died by adequate appropriations. This
Trecomm endation is urged by the repre-
J. sentatives of our common schools and
great state universities and the leading
|. educators, who all unite in requesting
| favorable consideration and action bv
the congress upon this subject.
The president points out the neces-
| sitv of hotter roroonfzotio, ~ ~ ,,.r;
n y. VIC 'ai4
GUS bureaus responsible Tor the public
health, and urges the placing of all
| soldiers' homes under tho irr;sdic+,or
- ~. .S..
VI lAe WAL uepdr Clueul.
| Statehood.
On the question of statehood the
president saws:
= advoca+a tbe ,r,,,ad,,+. oar,,,.,o, -.
New Mexico and Arizona =. sioT sta4as n,,;. -.
should he done at the nresen+ .ess,o,, '4 as
the con~ress rhe rao,1e - 80 80" -, -
r,toriea have nada - evid..4 nc ~ wv se,
votes that thew viii not Come l., - :, ~, ~
.tate The univ .altorn atiNa -. - ea..,e LII
49,. . +,,,,, -, t,,.t ~ - 60. ~ auiit
/ done without delay. ,.,ss Ell , -.
| Interstate Fisheries.
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