The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-20
PRESIDENT SENDS
REFORM MESSAGE
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lie cour OF appeals. to which cases
arising under the pure food law might
be carried for anal adjudication.
growth Of the postal savings sys-
tenn, and predicting . bright future
for the Parcels post the president
took up the oueHscl Of plat isy
fourth eiFss postntas.ers on the ci"a
service LIST. thus removing them from
political i~fiuence.
now $2s,o0o.o0o on deposit IN pos
tai savings banks In he possofface
department, not counting Si,3i+.l40.
which had been deposited and later
converted into government bonds.
On the question of placing fourth
class poStmasters on The civil SER
vice list, the president says:
Civil Service Lat
have several times requested
congress TO give me authority to put
the first, second and third class post
masters. and all other local officers,
including internal revenue officers.
customs officers. United States mar
shals. and the local agents of other
departments Of the government under
classification OF the civil service law
by taking away the necessity for con-
siyring such appointments by the
senate. deeply regret he IN lure
of congress to follow these recon-
mendations"
Reorgan .xatinn of the land laws,
and enlargement OF the land depart
ment; the establishment OF an agri-
cultural credit system and an appro-
priation for a national building at
the Panama Pacific exposition, in San
Francisco, in 1915. were among the
other changes advocates by the presi-
dent.
His statement relative to the solu-
ton Of the trust problem came at
the end of the discussion OF the work
OF the department of commerce and
labor, in which the president con-
CURED with Secretory Nagel shat the
plan Of = trade commission. which
looks to the fixing OF prices is al
together impractical and ought not
for moment be considered as a
possible solution of the trust aues-
ton"
About the District.
The message concluded with a re-
view RI the year IL the District Of
Columbia.
The president declares zone OF the
most crying needs in the govern
ment OF the District ts a tribunal,
or public authority for the purpose
of supervising the corporations en-
gagged in the operation of public
utilities. Such q bill lis pending In
congress and it ought to pass
HIS expresses himself as strongly
opposed to granting the citizens Of
the city the franchise and consti-
tnting an elective government. He
says number Of experiments Of the
kind have been made but all were
abandoned as unsatisfactory. 1.-THE
truth H." he declares. this is q city
governed by q popular body, to-wit
the congress of the United States,
selected from the people OF the
United States. who own Washington"
Ur1cs New Buildings
He strongly urges an appropria-
ton adequate to improve the city
according to the L'Fnfant plan, and
for appropriate buildings for the de-
partment Of Justice. the department.
OF commerce and labor. and the
state department, and hall Of
archives.
Strong criticism is given the delay
IN carrying out the plans for the
ur:nn Of Potomac Park with the
Valley OF Rock Creek, and Rock
Creek Park. In conclus.on. the presi-
dent urges the construction OF the
Lincoln memorial. and OF q memorial
cridxe from the base of the Lincoln
monument. at Arlington. ''as an ap-
propriate and symbolic expression OF
the union Of the North and South"