The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10

further economies and improvements.
CONSERVATIVES.
The Department. Of the Interior has
prepared and laid before the Congress
with tho recommendation OF the Prosi-
dent carstully formulated measures foe
dealing with the national domain and
| Tor conserving tbs national resources.
The very doubtful authority Of the Sec
rotary TO withdraw from entry under the
land laws portions OF the national do
main the disposition OF which under
such statutes would he detrimental 20 tho
public interc~ts must 10 made clear and
certain by the 0nsctment by Congress Of
tho It'll prepared by tho Secretary % thu
Interior and recommended by tho Presi-
dent " ths interests OF the Government
arc TO be legally and effectively admins
tered. The theory that an executive
ton OF the laws Of Congress IL In his opin-
ion their application would work in
luriOusly 10 public interests ~ enc which
findls no foundation In constitutional gov
ernment. IL such power II to exist IL
must be conierred In explicit terms by
Congress. That IL should exist in GER
tain caSes would seem clear, and IL il tho
duty OF Congress to confer the power and
deiino the limitations upon its exercise.
The authority 20 issue 80. OO0 .O01 of
hpnds Tor the purpose u raising funds to
conplete projects for tho reclamation Of
arid lands and their proper extension,
hs recommended by tho President. will
enable tho work Of perfectiRg many
protected developments Ca he completed
without IesortinG tn measures OF qtles-
uonable legality 10 exc out the made
quate limits Of the reclamation fund.
THE N1w CENSUS
In the Department Of Commerce and
lAbor there has been appointed for ths.
purpose Of taking the dsCennial censuA
upward Of u. OO0 supervisors. euumeratoTn
and other employees. This great or
gantzAtton aside from the director. his
assistant and about $50 supervisors has
been chosen under the civil service rules
and IN such quiet. systsTnatio, business
IKE manner that the public scarcely
realizes that II has been done and that
in every State u the Union there has
been established a great corps 20 officials
about Ia engage In the Tremendous work
q numbering our ninety odd millions
~ people and cataloguinR and classify
INK the circumstances % their existeuc,
and the character u their activities.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE. BETTERMKSr
By the direction 0f tn. President N
study ~ the hnes u amending the inter-
stat" Commerce act wac taken up during
tlIc summer u iW1 by SOM. members
- his Cabinet and II the Interstate Conn
meTce Commission. The suggestions re-
sulting from that consideration were re-
pOrted Ia the President la th" rarly au-
tumn and were considered by him in
conference with leading members Of Con-
Ere.- and representatives ~ railroad
COMPANIES and u associations ~ shippers
and in message To tho Congress an
January 7. 1910. the President summed
up the results % that work in definite
recommendations of the lines oG legislA- .
tiun. The subject dealt in was neces-
sarily technical and general recommen- /
datiOns without a draft u a proposed .
Law To cnrry them out would have most
Expressed the Presidents
views. Therefore by his direction such /
a Till was prepared and the Congress WIS
Informed that IL would be Furnished upon
request "a the appropriate committee
whenever IL might he desired The hin
was promptly called for. was introduced
and after much consideration ia corn.
mitt-e- has been reported to the SENATE
in substantially the form In which IL Wa
while IN the House q Repre-
sentativ-s the bln an reported embodics
a number of changes made in committee
The Till il now before both houses for
discussion
Vehement prutes, has been made bv
certain members and bv a certain portion
Of the presS TO this Executive Interfar.
-nce with the preroEntive@ Of Congress
and one unacGuaintsd with the history
" ould he led To think from the tenor OF
hose protests hat II was an unprecedented
act for the Executive 70 cause a bll 10
10 prepared TO eFnbOdY his recommenda.
lions 10 congress Vet Pres dent Lincoln
On March =. i~Hc. transmitted 10 Congress
he text Of joint resolution whose adop-
ion he recommended. and ON July IL.
S62. he transmitted to Congress- with
4 recommendation that u be adopted.
he draf, OF q hill to compensate any
state which might abolish slavery within
u limits - Richardson messages a. o.
az. and drafts IL hills To eeect ohiects
have been sent 20 Congress
" Pres dents Grant Hayes Arthur
'leveland and Harrison The right aud
he proD1ety ~ such action are expressly
-~tabished nv the conSt tutional provision
hat the President shall from time ,o
ime recommend TO the consideration 81