The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-01

appointment of Chief Justice White 2"
All that I have to say about my
judicial appointments is that I have
regarded my duty in respect to them
as the most sacred with which I am
charged, and that l have spared no
effort to secure for the supreme court
and other courts the best men could
get. get wi, with the fullest appreciation Of
the fact that the federal courts. and
especially the supreme court, consti-
tute the chief bulwark of the institu-
tions Of civil liberty created by the
constitution"
Unfinished Business.
Now. Mr.. President, something of
the future. What do you purpose
treating as your calendar of untn-
ished business for the rest of your
term"
I'm the domestic field. I suppose
schedules. and possibly in the metal
schedule Of the tariff, will go to the
top OF the calendar. These will be
founded, as far as my recommends
ttons are concerned. on the report of
the tariff board. / have heard 1t in
sinuated that congress will not heed
tne suggestions of an executive board.
AS to that have no means of judging
in advance. What I shall do is to put
,'tS "i.oiS tHlHS up 10 congress, ana
leaVe the members to settle with their
constituents If they prefer no to act.
constituents If they prefer not to act.
have always professed themselves
ready to accept any reductions they
can get. and l am going to take them
at their word in good faith. Where
the insurgents will stand / am not
prophet enough even to surmise.
Alaskan Development.
For another thing. We ought to OBJ
tain some legislation which will enable
Alaska to develop without infringing
on our broad ploicy of conservation.
Then there is the question of ratifying
the peace treaties with England and
France. and the fiscal treaties with
honduras and Nicaragua. which in
their way are peace treaties also, as
their purpose is to remove one Of the
most prolific causes Of war"
Campaign Trip.
Il assume that YOU know that it
has been widely hinted that your tour
was the opening of your campaign
for re-election?"
Certainly. as is the case with all
administrations. much of what have
done since I have been in office has
had some political color put upon it
by those who were inclined to be criti-
cal. The truth is. however. that poll
tlcal considerations have not weighed
heavily with me. have tried to do in
each case what seemed to me the Wis
est thing. regardless of its effect upon
my own future: Indeed. in more than
one instance ] have been perfectly
conscious that bad blood would he
stirred by some act of mine or some
refusal to act. The circumstance that
the same persons who hail me. after
one application of equal justice, as a
far-seeing conservative patriot, de-
nounce me after the next as an un-
reasoning radical. does not greatly dis
turb my eauanimity. I set that down
as all in a days work
Il am very grateful for the flonors
the people have given me. do not
afect to deny the satisfaction I should
feel If. after casting up the totals pro
and con: and striking a balance. they
should decide that my first term had
been fruitful enough of good to war
rant their enlisting me for another.
Any man would b proud of such a
verdict. But have not been willing,
nor shall / be. to purchase it at the
sacrifice Of my freedom to do my duty
as see 1t. My happiness is not de-
pendent on holding any office; and I
shall go back to private life with no
heartburnings II the people, after an
unprejudiced review of my admins
tratfon, conclude that some one else
can scrve them to their greater ad-
vantage"