Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-09

great III 1eilOWSJ0u1 park. ThfS,s l<fk8 the Yosemite, IS great wonderland. and should be kept as national play ground In bota all things shouru se protected, and the scenery wDony kept unmarred.
 am happy to say that l have been able to set aside in various parts of the country small, well-caosen tracts of ground to serve as sanctuaries and nurseries for wild creatures.
 Denatured Alcohol.
 l had occasion in my message of May 4. 1906, to urge the passage of some law putting alcohol. used in arts, industries and manufactures. upon the free list; thar is. to provide for the withdrawal free c { tax of alcohol which is to be ef.zEatured for those par poses. The law Of Jue '. 1906, and it's amendment of aarca 2, 1907. ac. eonIplished what vas desired In that respect, and the nse of dentaured al cohol, as Intended. is making . fair de- gree of progress and is entitled to further encouragement and suppost ofs congress.
 Pure Food.
 The pure food lagislqti0n has al-5 ready worked bsnefit difficult to oV \ ercstiinats. v
 indiaa Scrvice.
 l. h9T been my Darpose from tae beginning of nv administration to take the Indian serdce completely out of the atmosphere of political activity. and there mas been steady progress toward that end. The last remaining stronghold of politics in that service
 
 seen its best days, and was gradually falling to pieces rom natural or purely evolutionary causess but, like all such suryivals, was decaying slowly in It's later stages. It seInes clear that it's extinction had better be made final now, so that the ground can be clear ed for larger constructive work on be- half of the Indians, preparatory to their induction into the full measure of responsible citizenship. On NoYem Der l only eighteen agencies wers. left on the roster; with two exceptions where some legal questions seemed to stand temporarily iE tne way, these have been changed U superinteden- cies, and their heads brought into the classified cigil service.
 Secret Service.
 Last year an amendmant was ineor- porated in this measure provid ng for the secret service, which provided that there should be no detail from the secret service and no transfer there from. It is not too much to say that this amendment has been of benefit only, and could be of benefit only, to the criminal classes. If deliberately introduced for tAe purpose of dimin- ishing the effectiveness of war against crime it could not have been better devised to this end. It forbade tho practices which nave been followed uU a greater extent or less by the execu- tive heads of various departments for twenty years. To these practices Nn- owe the securing of the evidence which enabled us to drive great Iotter- ies out of business, and secure a quar- ter million dollaTs in fines from their promoters. These practices have eE- abled us to discover some Of the most outrageous frauds in connection with the theft of government land and gov ernment timber, by the great corpora ti0hS and indiviGuals These practices have enabled us to get some of the ey- idenee indispensable in order to secure the conviction of the wealthiest and most formidable criminals with when the government has to deal, both those operating in violation as the an thrust law and others. The amend ment in question was of benefit to no one excepting to these criminals, ana it seriously hampers the government in the detection of crime and the se- curing of justice. Moreover it not only effects depaT Ttments outside the treasury, but it tends to hamper the secretary of the treasury himself ID the effort to utilize the employees of his department so as to best meet the re quirements of the public service. It forbids him from preventing frauds up- on the customs service, from inyesti- gating irregularities in branch mines and assay offices, and has seriously crippled him. Il prevents the promo ion of employees in the secret service. and this further discourages good er- fort. In It's present form the restric- uon operates only to the advantage of the criminal, of the wrong-doer, The chief argument in favor of the provision was that the congressmer did not themselves wish to be iur,,s- tigated by secret service men. Very little of such investigation has been done in the past; but it is true tusc the work of the secret eryice ageEL. was partly responsible for the irdict- ment and conviction of a senator and a congressman for land frauds in Ore