Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-08
SHIP SUBSIDY URGED.
Needed to Aid In the Expansion Of
American Trade.

Following the course Of my distin-
guished predecessor. earnestly. rec
ommend to congress the consideration
and passage of a ship subsidy bfll look-
ing to the establishment of lines be-
tween our Atlantic seaboard and the
eastern coast of South America as
we'll as lines from the west coast Of
the United States to South America,
China, Japan and the Philippines. The
profits on foreign mails are perhaps q
sufficient measure Of the expenditures
which might first be tentatively ap-
piled to this method of inducing Amer
lean capital to undertake. the establish
ment Of American lines Of stea mships
In those directions in which we now
feel it most important that we should
have means Of transportation con.
trolled In the interest Of the expansion
Of our trade. A bill Of this character
has once passed the house and more
than once passed the senate. and I
hope that at this session a bill framed
on the same lines and with the same
purposes may become law.
Interior Department-New Mexico ard
Arizona.
The successful party In the last elec-
ton in its national platform declared
In favor of the admission as separate
states of New Mexico and Arizona.
and l recommend that legislation ap-
propriate to this end be adopted. I
urge, however, that care be exercised
in the preparation of the legislation at
fecting each territory to secure DELHI
Grafton in the selection Of persons as
members of the convention to draft a
constitution for the incoming state,
and l earnestly advise that such con-
stitution after adoption by the conven-
ton shall be submitted to the people of
the territory for their approval at an
election in which the sole issue shall
be the merits of the proposed consti-
tuition, and IL the constitution Is de-
feated by popular vote means shall be
provided in the enabling act for new
convention and the drafting of new
constitution. think it vital that the
issue as to the merits of the constitu-
ton should not be mixed up with the
selection Of state officers and that no
election of state officers should be had
until after the constitution has been
fully approved and finally settled upon.
Alaska.
With respect to the territory of Alas
ka, recommend legislation which
shall provide for the appointment by
the president Of governor and also
of an executive council, the members
of which shall during their term Of
Office reside in the territory and which
shall have legislative powers sufficient
to enable It to give to the territory To-
cal laws adapted to Its present growth.
I strongly deprecate legislation looking
to the election Of territorial legtsla-
ture in that vast district. The lack Of
permanence iof residence of q large
part Of the present population and the
small number Of the people who either
permanently Or temporarily reside In
the district as compared with Hs vast
expanse and the variety Of the Inter
ests that have to be subserved make 1t
altogether uniting, In my judgment,
to provide for a popular election Of a
legislative body. The present system
IL not adequate, and does not furnish q
the character Of local control THAT
ought to be there. The only compro-
mise ii seems to me which may Eivs
needed local legislation and secure 9
conservative government Is the one !
propose. = :" ~ 3a.t 7'@% r. as Y.
conssrvssien 81. Natural Resources. +
In several, departments there 2 Pro.
scented the necessity for legisiAtion
looking to the further conservation Of
our national resources, and the sub-
tect Is one Of such Importance % to
require more detailed and extended
Z discussion than can be entered upon
ia this conmunicat ion. Tor that ma
, son shall take an early opportunity
% send d special message % consrsss
On the subject q the Improvement q
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