The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-01-14
EX-PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT
To Break Long Silence in
Public Address.
Other Matters Of Vast Interest
From the NAtion's Cap
itol.

President Roosevelt has finally de-
cided to make the address which GUS
tom dictates must be made by the
recipient of Nobel peace prize. Mr..
Roosevelt has until recently stoutly
resisted all efforts to induce him
to comply with this fcrmality and
1t is probable that even now only his
regard for Senator Root has induced
him to abandon his determination
to disregard the custom. Andrew Car
negie has nominated Mr.. Root as "a
proper receipt of the prize and some
of the trustees We're SO sensitive be-
cause Mr.. Roosevelt had declined 20
comply with the custom that they
advised a friend of the former Presi-
dent that If he persisted in his de-
clination there would be no chance
of the prize being conferred on an
other American. When Mr.. Roose-
welt learned that his reluctance might
result in depriving his former Sec
rotary of State of this honor he re-
considered his determination and
while again expressing his reluctance
to appear before the footlights" no
has instructed a personal frined to
has recmsidered and has asked that
the necessary arrangements be made
for the delivery of an address at
Christiana about the time of his
visit to Berlin.
That President Taft Is still con-
WINGED of the necessity of public loan
of probably sSO,OOO.OOO to complete
the irrigation projects now under
way Is asserted by those who have
recently discussed the subject with
him. Three will be, unquesJionably,
considerable opposition to this pro-
gramme but It will be heartily en-
dorsed by the committee on Irrigation
which visited the various projects
during the summer. 1t has also been
recommended by Secretary Ballirger
and will be favored by most of she
Senators and Representatives In whosI
states the projects are located.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
struck responsive chord in the
breasts Of all of his colleagues by
the suggestion that Congress should
authorize members of the Cabinet to
designate secretary to sign for
them the mass of routine papers
which occupies so much time and is
exceedingly irks0me. The story about
the Secretary who Cnce inquired the
contents of paper presented for
his signature and was todd by his
negro messenger ito just put his
name at the bottom that was all
he, need do" while possibly slight
exaggeration is founded on fact. There
are few members of the Cabinet who
have any adequate idea OF the con-
tents of document to which they at
tach their Signatures They are COM
PEELED by the great number of these
papers to rely almost entirely on sub
ordinates to whom their preparation is
entrusted and there seems to be no
good reason why signing Sec
rotary" should net be appointed.
One of the most difficult phases
of the negotiations growing out Of the
maximum and minimum section OF
the tariff law which confronts the
Tariff board andt he Department OF
State concerns the so-called sani-
tary inspection by Germany Of Ameri-
can food products. Germany has al
ways insisted on system of rigid
inspection especially Of Amer'c"n
meats which system has been regarded
by the authorities OF TINS soverA-4.ielt
as a form of protection. eed.the
first steps taken by this government
toward inspection of livestock and
meats were instituted with a view
to counteracting the course of Ger
many. Germany citizens were believed
to be unalterably Opposed to heavy
tariff on food products but SO nigh
were the sanitary laws that they seri-
ousIy interfered with the importa-
ton of American products. American
inspection resulted in some modifi-
cation of the German livestockraisers
and there is a disposition on the part
of the Tariff board to regard the eS-
tsting regulations at German ports as