The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-10
Message on Conservation VIII
Be Stronger Than Nj.
PiRchOt Proposed
THIS WILL SAVE TAFT
FROM CONDEMNATION
General kcifer of Ohio Does Not In,
dorse Idea Of Congress Accepting
Lees Statue, But His opposi-
ton is Not Strong.

Washington, January s.--tSpeciaI.)--
Realizing fully that on the question OF
conservation the country is with Clifford
Pinchot. President Taft has decided upon
the advice of his political friends, among
them Postmaster General Hitchcock, to
out-Pinchot Pinchot In the conservation
message that he will send to Congress
this week
1t has been pointed out TO the Presi-
dent that he must throw to the winds any
Ifs and butts on the question of conser-
walton.
He must come squarely and emphahcal~
ly out making palmer than Roosevelt
himself would do that there is no better
friend of conservation than the present
President.
President Taft will accordingly recon-
mend all the legislation that the deposed
forester has so long and so ably advo-
Gated.
This legislation will be for the purpose
of protecting the water powers on the
public domain. the mineral lands and the
coal lands belonging to the public, all of
which Secretary Ballinger of the interior
department Is alleged to have been so
hot-footed after during the interim be-
tween his commissionership of the land
office and his cabinet portfolio.
The Presidents advisers believe that
this message will go far to remove from
the President any burden of criticism that
he is in any way lulxewarm on the sub
ject of conservation. M
Cen j. Warren Keifer OF the Seventh
Ohio district, who. according to the con-
gressional directory, was breveted a
major general "for gallant and distin-
gushed services during the campaign,
ending in the surrender of the insurgent
army under Gen. r. Il. Lee says he
does not know what course he would take
on a resolution accepting the Lee statue.
The general intlmates very strongly,
however, that he would feel that 1t would
be incumbent upon him to speak ON the
subject, and made it distinctly understood
that the Lee statue was in the hall only
because he was a great general and not
because of his connection with the Con-
federacy.
Though two and one-haif centuries
have passed" said General keifer today,
England has yet to send a statue OF
Cromwell to Westminster. Attempts have
been made several times to get the au-
thorization through parliament but they
always failed. A measure came near pass
ing once. but was defeated by the irish
members on account of Cromwells cruel
campaign against them.'
That expert engineers representing the
Japanese government have made a thor
ough inspection of the work on the canal,
taxing copious notes and photographs, Is
the information brought here by Repre-
sentative Langley of Kentucky, who re-
turned to Washington today after a trip
to the canal zone. Mr.. Langley says thai
he was informed while in Panama that
this was the case, and that permission is
given to anyone and everyone to inspect
every detail of the work.
Il question the wisdom" said Mr.. Lang
ley tonight. "of thus permitting possible
future pelligerents to obtain such inti-
mate knowledge of a work which would
be so indispensable to our government
in the event of a war with foreign
power. OF course. these Japanese experts
were not looking for information with a
view OF building canal"