The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29


plan which has already been given the
! force of law.
! Would Divide Duties.
The law as It is allows the presh
dent to appoint either a military man
or civilian to the governorship. II
| his choice falls upon civilian the
appointee unquestionably will have
his military troubles, ana IL it shall
| fall upon military man he unques
tionably will have his civilian trou
bles. If the Metcalfe plan should be
adopted and a commission of three
men should be appointed to govern
the Panama canal, one Of the mem
hers would be military man. another
physician and sanitarian and the
third layman charged with the du'
ties of civil administration.
| Under the existing law the presi
dent not only appoints the governor
of the zone. but he appoints all
the subordinate officials. 1t Is now
being asked what will happen if the
man chosen for governor happens to
be a politician. AS governor he
naturally would expect to have some
thing to say about the men who are
| 20 serve under him. In this case The
! question ia would we not have on the
Canal Zone political doctors. political
civil administrators and political
everything else outside OF the imme'
date ranks of the army?
1t 10 known definitely that some OF
the men who have done great work
on the isthmus fear the coming OF the
day when politics may enter into the
| zones government. The safety OF
the waterway. for instance. depends
absolutely upon the sanitation OF the
zone. Colonel Gorgas made the place
not only habitable, but one In which
it is a delight to live. A physician
and sanitarian of achievement enough
to re- al appointment as mem
Der OF the Isthmian canal commission
certainly could be depended upon to
see that his subordinates did their
work. Could equal dependence be
placed upon a canal governor sitting
alone in authority and being charged
with many Judgment duties" upon
some Of which he was moi qualified
by training to pass!
Going Easy on Business.
Even In the face Of certain know.
edge that some antitrust legislation
is to be enacted it still seems to the
Washington observer that for the
rest OF this session congress will
| proceed cautiously in the matter OF
legislation Of far reaching ma
ture. AS has been said before In
these dispatches. this does not mean
that congress will not have plenty TO
do. The one thing which seems to be
assured since it came together again Is
that the Democratic majority has Ia
ken note Of the constituencies Of busl
ness and Is going to spread it's legisla
ton over a considerable period OF time
in order that conditions may adjust
themselves to the coming order
Now that ii Is certain legislation
forbidding the interlocking of drec
torates Of corporations and some other
things Is to pass, the attention Of bust
ness men. as shown by letters which
congressman receive, is sharply direct
ed to the future and to just what is 10
venting The doing OF certain things
which in the past some business men
appeared to think they had right to
do. AS an example Of the intention Of
the majority in congress to 90 rather
slow with its legislation II may be
said that it probably will be two years
before effect will be given to the law
which Is TO be enacted forbidding in.
terlocking directorates. What the
business men want to know, as shown
by their letters, Is what things are to
come in the future.
There Is feeling manifest among
Republican members Of congress that
business depression is bound to follow
Democratic legislation intended to sup
plant the Sherman act. 1t should be
said. however, that tho Republican
members are not talking disaster GU,
loud as they did some time ago. They
have found perhaps not only that Il
was bad politics, but that II was con.
sidered in many parts o. the country
as being unpatriotic. 1t was the
charge OF lack of patriotism In crying
wolf even II they thought they saw
one. which probably has produced the
change in the Republican members
manner Of voicing tneir opposition tc
the administration methods OF anti
trust legislation.