New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-28


been debated. was enacted. 1t was not until
late that the first of the Roosevelt policies
was enacted into law.
CARPENTER'S RESIGNATION - The
resignation Of Fred Carpenter secretary
20 the President, leaves vacant one OF the
most difficult posts which the President has
10 fill, post which calls for wide knowl-
edge. infinite tact, unceasing energy and an
unerring political sense. AS the country
has increa sed in size. Congress has become
larger and the responsibilities of the Ex-
ecutive have been augmented far beyond
the realization of the vast majority OF the
people, the responsibilities of the Presi-
dents secretary have increased proportion
ately. Not the least of his difficulties is
the handling Of the press, whose repre-
sentatives come daily TO the White House
eager to get and print the facts, but too
often under, or at least feeling, the neces-
sity of printing something. The secretary
to the President is constantly confronted
on the one side by the necessity of treat
ing as strictly confidential the affairs OF
the White House. and on the other by the
desire to keep the newspaper correspond
ents sufficiently we'll informed to save them
from error or from being deceived by de-
proper classification of the Presidents
callers the almost instructive detection Of
the man whose mission is Of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant the personal attention
of the Executive and the political percep-
ton which is in constant requisition, added
to the inevitable mass of detail which oc-
cupies most of the secretarys waking
hours are sufficient TO constitute demand
on the powers and strain to the const-
tuition of e man far more robust than Mr.
Carpenter, and the pace which has been
set by Secretaries Cortelyou and Loeb is
not an easy one to follow. There is. of
course, much conjecture regarding Mr.
Carpenters successor, and Assistant Secre-
tary Norton and Assistant Secretary Hills,
both of the Treasury, are understood TO be
under consideration.
THE BUREAU OF acknowledgements
tive Tawney, chairman of the Committee
'on Appropriations. estimates that 1t Will
require S121, 700 for the maintenance OF the
new Bureau OF Mines, Of which $4,000 is
for salaries and the remainder for general
expenses. MIR. Tawney believes that after
this year the annual expenses of the bu-
reau need not exceed $4,000, but the in
stallation of the offices will occasion heavy
expense the first year. DR.. Holmes. of the
Geoloai cal Survey, continues to be the most
active candidate for the post of chief Of
the bureau. and while there is some reason
10 believe that his close association with
ex-Forester Pinchot and his antagonism TO
Secretary Balliuger may operate against
his success, he Is valiantly mastering
large amount of political influence, which
may prove sufficient to outweigh the preju-
dice which the President is supposed TO
with the alleged conspiracy, or with those
who have promoted 1t. against his admin
istraton
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA-
TION.-The creation of department of
transportation is being urged by Repre-
sentative Sulzer, and he appeared before
the Committee on Interstate Commerce to-
day to urge his measure. Mr.. Sulzer mod
estly told the committee that he was the
author of the first measure which attempt
ed to deal adequately with the tranSporta-
ton problems of the country, and init
mated that the members might win ever
lasting glory by displaying sufficient per-
spicuity to report ii to the House and cause
its adoption. The measure transfers to the
proposed department most of the duties
which now reside in the Interstate Com
merce Commission. H. B. Martin made
spread-eagle argument in favor of the
measure and impressed the committee SO
strongly that it is a safe prediction the bill
will not be heard of again this session.
G. G. H.