Arizona republican., 1910-12-07
BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION.

understood that no more immigrant
 can be taken in at New York thai are now taken in and the steamshiJ companies are thus given as n reason a motive for transferring immigrant, to other ports. we can be con fident that they will be better dis. tributed throughout the country Everything which tends to send tn, immigrants vest and south into rura life helps the country. The president approves the proposal to increase tn, fine against the companies for vio- | lation of the regulations and in giv- ing greater power to the commissioner to enforce more care on the part oi steamship companies in keeping i'm | migrants
 MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS NOT
 INCLUDED IN DEPART
 MENTS
 Bureau of Health-Prcsidcnt Taft renewing his recommendation for the creation of a board of health. says | he regrets assertions that such a bu- | reau is to be made in the interest ot a particular school of medicine. "It seems to me-" he says, that this as sumption is wholly unwarranted and 1 that those responsible for the gov | ernment be entrusted to secure in the personnel of the bureau the appoint | ment of representatives of all recog- | nized schools of medicine and in the | management of the bureau entire free | dom from narrow prejudice in this | regard.
 THE IMPERIAL VALLEY PROJECT By an act passed by congress the | president was authorized to expend | a million dollars to construct the needed work to prevent injury to the lands of the Imperial valley from the ! overflow of the Colorado river. appointed a competent engineer to examine the locality and to report plan for construction. He has done so. In order to complete the work it is necessary to secure the consent of Mexico for part of the work must be constructed in Mexi- can territory. Negotiations looking to the securing of such authority are quite near success. The Southern Pacific railroad company proposed to assist us in the work by lending equipment and by the transportation of material at cost price. and it is hoped that the work may be complet- ed before any danger shall arise from the spring floods in the river. The work is being done under the super vision of the secretary of the inter for and his consulting engineer Gen. Marshall, late chief of engineers. now retired.
 This leads me to invite the atten- tion of congress to the claim made by the Southern Pacific railroad company for an amount expended in a similar work of relief called for by a flood and great emergency. This work, as l am informed. was undertaken at the request of my predecessor and under promise to reimburse the railroad company. It seems to me the equity of this claim is manifest and the only question involved is the reasonable value of the work done I recommend the payment of the claim in a sum found to be just
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 Of the District of Columbia. the problems he thinks there ought to be more concentration of authority in respect to the accomplishment of some of these purposes with more economy of expenditure.
 suggestion as to acquiring addi- tional lands for increasing the public parks of the District is made. There are also several recommendations for improvements with the school sys- tenn: conduct of corporations in the district; and for better sanitation in the congested section of Washington.
 FREEMEN'S BANK.
 I renew my recommendation that the claims of the depositors in the Frecman's Bank be recognized and paid by the passage of the pending bill on that subject
 NEGRO EXPOSITION
 I also renew my recommendation that steps be taken looking to the holding of a negro exposition in cele- bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the issuing by MT. Lincoln of the Emancipation Proclamation.
 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
 The civil service commission has continued its useful duties during the year. The necessity for the main tenance of the provisions of the civil service law was never greater than
  policy of administration and their per- sonal assistants or deputies should not be included within the classified service; but in my judgment, public opinion has advanced to the point where it would support bill provid- ing a secure tenure during efficiency for all purely administrative officials ! entertain the profound conviction that it would greatly aid the cause l of efficient and economical govern ment and of better politics if con- gress could enact a bill providing that ] the executive shall have the power to | include in the classified service all l local officers under the treasury de- | partment. the department of justice, | postoffice department, the interior de- l arptment and the department of com | merce and labor, appointments to | which now require the confirmation of l the senate, and that upon such classi- l fication the advice and consent of the | senate shall cease to be required in | such appointments. By their certainty | of tenure. dependent on good service. | and by their freedom from the neces- | sity for present activity, these local