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MESShor on _ \DEPARTMENTS AND FINANCES President Taft Recommends Cur- rency Reform, National Re- serve Association and Rural Pares] Posk . Me- # Economy In Treasury, Postoffice and Other - Departments - National Credit Highest In the World-Favors + Remitting Panama Canal Tolis on American Ships-Advocates Continu« ing Two Battleships Per Year and Adding Two Colliers. To the Senate and House of Represent- atives:\ The financial condition of the gov- ernment as shown at the close of the fost fiscal year, June 30, 1911, was very satisfactory. The ordinary re- ceipts into the general fund, excluding postal revenues, amounted to $701,372,- 374.99, and the disbursements from the general fund for current expenses , and capital outlays, excluding postal and Panama canal disbursements, in- ; cluding the interest on the public debt, amounted to $654,137,007.89, leaving a surplus of $47,234,377.10. . The postal revenue receipts amount- ed to $237,879,823.60, while the pay- ments made for the postal service from the postal revenues amounted to $237,- 660,705.48, which“ left a surplus of < postal receipts over disbursements of | $219,118.12, the first time in twenty- seven years in which a surplus oc- curred. The interest bearing debt of the United States June 30, 1911, amounted | 'to $915,8353,1980. The debt on which in- terest had ceased amounted to $1,879,- . .830.:26, and the debt bearing no inter- est, including greenbacks, national : banknotes to be redeemed and frac' , tional currency, amounted to $386,- 751,917.48, or a total of interest and | noninterest bearing debt amounting to $1,2803,084,037.69. The actual disbursements, exclugive | Gf those for the Panama canal and for ; the postal service for the year ending June 30, 1911, were $654,137.997.89. The actual disbursements for the year . ending June 30, 1910, exclusive of the .-Panama canal and the postal service disbursements, were $6059,705,.391.08, making a decrease of $5,567,398.19 in 'wearly expenditures in the year 1911 under that of 1910. For the year end- ing June 30, 1912, the estimated re- celpts, exclusive of the postal reve- nues, are $666.000,000, while the total . estimates, exclusive -of those for the Panama canal and the postal expendi- tures' payable from the postal reve nues, amount to $645,842,799.84. This is a decrease in the 1912 estimates from that of the 1911 estimates of $1,- 534,367.22. . For the year ending June 80, 1913, the estimated receipts, exclusive of the postal revenues, are $667,000,000, while the total estimated appropria- tions. exclusive of the Panama canal and postal disbursements payable from - ' postal revenues, will amount to $637.- $20,803.35. This is a decrease in the 1913 estimates from that of the 1912 estimates of $7,921,095.99. As to the postal revenues, the ex- pansion of the business in that de- partment, the normal increase in the postoffice and the extension of the service will increase the outlay to the sum of $280,938,463, but as the depart- ment. was self sustaining this year the postmaster general is assured that - next year the receipts will at least 'equal the expenditures and probably , exceed them by more than the surplus of this year. __ The Cradit of the United States. The credit of this government was * shown to be better than that of any other government by the sale of the Panama canal 3 per cent bonds. These bonds did not give their owners the privilege of using them as a basis for banknote circulation, nor was there any other privilege extended to them which would affect their general market vai- ue. Their sale, therefore, measured the credit of the government, 'The pre- mium which was realized upon the bonds made the actual interest raterof the transaction 2.909 per cent. In department the ef- ficiency and economy work has been < kept steadily up. Provision is made \Ior the elimination of 134 positions any? the coming year. Two hundred sixty-seven - statutory positions wero eliminated during the last year ic the office of the treasury in Wash- ington and 141 positions in the year 1910, making an elimination of 542 statutory positicas since March 4, 1909, and this has been Gone without the discharge of apybody, normal resignations and deaths have been equal to the elimination of the places, a system of transfers having taken care of the persons whose pos,- tions were dropped out. In the field service of the denartmerct. too, 1.2093 position have been eliminated down to the present time. making a total net reduction of all treasury positions to the nnmber of 1.801. Meantime the eficieney of the work of the Cepart- ment has increased. Monetary Reform. . A matter of first importance that w'? come Lefore for action at +\; session is mvretary reform. The congress has itself arranged an early i roduction of this great question through the report of it« monetary commission. This commission was ap- pointed to recommend a solution of the ~ banking and currency problems so long ponfronting the nation ard to furnich ° the facts and data necessary to enabl. the congress to take action. in order to do iis work with thor because the 7 w - oughness and precision this commis- . sion has taken some time to make its report. The country is undoubtedly hoping for as prompt action on the re- port as the convenience of the congress gross imperfections and marked inad- equacy of our banking and currency system even in our most quiet financial periods is of long standing, and later the fact that our system is responsible for the extraordinary devastation, waste and business paralysis of our | recurring periods of panic. Though the members of the monetary commis- sion have for a considerable time been working in the open and while large numbers of the people have been open- ly working with them and while the press has largely noted and discussed this work as it has proceeded so that the report of the commission promises to represent a national movement, the , details of- the report are still being ! considered. I can not therefore do much more at this time than commend | the immense importance of roonétary . reform, urge prompt consideration and action when the commission's report is received and express my satisfaction that the plan to be proposed promises to embrace main features that, having met the approval of a great prepon- i dcrancoe of the practical and profes- | sional opinion of the country, are like- | ty to meet equal approval in congress. | - It is cxcecdingly fortunate that the - wise ard undisputed policy of main- © taining unchanged the main features 1 of our banking system rendered it at ' once impossible to introduce a central. | bank, for a central bank would cer- | tatnly have beer resisted, and a plan into which it could bave been intro- duced would probably have been de- feated. But as a central bank could not be a part of the only plan discuss- -ed or con«dered that troublesome { 1 y question is eliminated. And, ingenious. and novel as the proposed national re- { serve association appears, it gimply is a logical outgrowth of what is best in | our present system and is, in fact, the | fulfillment of that system. I Exactly how the management of that association should be organized is a |- question still open. It seems to be de- f sirable that the banks which would own the association should in the main ' manage it. It will be an agency of the banks to act for them, and they can ! be trusted better than anybody else | chiefly to conduc®it. It is mainly -bankers' 'work. . some form of government supervision and ultimate control, and I favor a reasonable representation of the gov- , ernment in the management. I enter tain no fear of the introduction of ences from a properly measured gov- ernment representation. I trust that all banks of the country possessing the requisite standards will be placed upon a footing of perfect #p equality of opportunity, Both the pa- tional system and the state system should be fairly recognized, leaving them eventually to coalesce if that | shall prove to be their tendency. But | such evolution cannot develop impar- opportunity over those of the other system. And I trust also that the new legislation will carefully and com- pletely protect and assure the individ- uality and the independence of each bank to the end that any tendency there may ever be toward a consolida- tion of the money or banking power of the pation shall be defeated. It will always be possible, of course, to correct any features of the new law which may in practice prove to be unwise, so that, while this law is sure usual knowledge and authority, it also will include, it is well to remember, the possibility of future amendment. With the present prospects of this long awaited reform encouraging us, It would 'be singularly unfortunate if this monetary question should by any chance become a party issue. And I sincerely hope it will not. The ex- | ceeding amount of consideration it has received from the people of the nation has been wholly nonpartisan, and the congress set its nonpartisan geal upon it when the monetary com- mission was appointed. In commend- ing the question to the favorable con- sideration of congress I speak for and in the spirit of the great number of my fellow citizens who without any thought of party or partisanship feel with remarkable earnestness that this reform is necessary to the interests of all bfie people. The War Department. There is now before congress a bill the purpose of which is to increase the efficiency and decrease the ex- pense of the army. It contains four principal features-first, a consolida- tion of the general staff with the ad- | jutant general's and the inspector gen- eral's departments; second, a consoli- dation of the quartermaster's depart- ment with the subsistence and the pay departments; third, the creation of an army service corps, and, fourth, . an extension of the enlistment period Ama three to fire years. With the establishment of an army service corps, as proposed in the Lill, 1 am thoroughly in accord aad am con- a corps will result in a material econ- omy and a very great increase of effi- been recommended by me and my predecessors. I also bolieve that a con- soli@rtion of the staff corps can be made with rosulting increase in eM tlency and economy, but not along the liues provided in the bill under con- sideration. I arm opposed to any plan the result of which would be to preak up or in- terfere with the essential principles of tablished by the act of Feb. 2, 1901, and I aim opposed to any plan the re- oflitver selocted as chiet of staff or to #sorps greater permanency of office than he now has. In making the consolidations no re- duction should be made in the total number of officers of the armr. of whom there are now too few to per- form the dutics imposed by law. I . can permit, 'The recognition of the - there has matured a recognition of | But there must be politics or of any undesirable influ- tially [if the banks of obe system are. given or permitted any advantages. of . ernment. to be enacted under conditions of un- vinced that the establishment of such | clency in the army. It has repeatedly I the detail system in the staff corps es- j ' shores closer together as a practxca: sult of which would be to give to the | any other member of the general staff | “A“ nave in the past recommended an in- crease in the number of officers by 600 in order to provide sufficient officers . to perform all classes of staff duty and . to reduce the number of line officers detached from their commands. Con- gress at the last session increased the total number of officers by 200, but this is not enough. Promotion in the line of the army is too slow. Officers do not attain command rank at an age early enough properly to exercise it. Another feature of the bill which I believe to be a mistake is the proposed increase in the term of enlistment from three to fve years. I believe it would , be better to enlist men for six years, release them at the end of three years from active service and put them in re- i serve for the remaining three years. Re-enlistments should be largely con- fined to the noncommissioned officers and other enlisted men in the skilled | grades. The army of the United States is in . good condition. It showed itself able to meet an emergency in the success- ful mobilization of an army division of from 15,000 to 20,000 men, which took place along the border of Mexico dur- Ing the récent disturbances in that The marvelous freedom from | country. the ordinary camp diseases of typhoid | fever and measles is referred to in- the report of the secretary of war and shows such an effectiveness in the sanitary regulations and treatment of the medical corps and in the discipline of the army itself as to invoke the highest commendation, I beg to renew my recommendafion of last year that the congress appro- priate for a memorial amphitheater at Arlington, Va., the funds required to construct it upou the plans already ap- proved. \The Panama Canal. The very satisfactory progress made on the Panama canal last year bas continued, and there is every reason to believe that the canal will be com- pleted as early as the Ist of July 1918, unless something unforeseen occurs. This is about eighteen months before the time promised by the engineers. We are now near enough the com- pletion of the canal to make it im- peratively necessary that legislation should be enacted to fix the method by | which the canal shall be maintained and controlled and the zone governed. The fact is that today there is no statutory law by authority of which the president is maintaining the gov- ernment of the zone. Such authority was given in an amendment by the Epooner act, which expired by the terms of its own limitation some years ago. ook # I fully concur with the secretary of war that the problem is simply the | management Of a great public work and not the government of a local re- public; that every provision must be directed toward the successful main- tenance of the canal as an avenue of commerce and that all provisions for the government of those who live within the zone should be subordinate to the main purpose. The zone is forty miles long and ten miles wide. Now it has a population of 50,000 or 60,000, but as soon as the work of construction is completed the towns which make up this population . will be deserted and only comparative, ly few natives wil} continue their resi- dence there. The control of them cught to approximate a military gov- One judge and two justices of the peace will be sufficient to attend to all the judicial and litigated busi- ness there 18. Furnishing Supplies and Repairs. In my last annual message I discuss- ed at length the reasons for the gov- ernment's assuming the task of fur- nishing to all ships that use the canal,: whether our own naval vessels or oth- ers. the supplies of coal and oll and other necessities with waich they must be replenished either before or after passing through the canal, together. with the dock facilities and repairs of every character. This it is thought wise to do through the government, be- cause the government must establish for itself for its own naval vessels large depots and dry docks and ware- houses, and these may easily be en- larged so as to secure to the world public using the canal reasonable prices and a certainty that there will be no discrimination between those who wish to avail themselves of such facilities. s Tolls, - I renew my recommendation with respect to the tolls of the canal that within limits which shall seem wise to congress the power of fixing tclls | be given to the president. In order to arrive at a proper conclusion there must be some experimenting. and this eannot be done if congress does not delegate the power to one who can act expeditiously. I am very confident that the United States bas the power to relieve from the payment of tolls any part of our | , shipping that congress deems wise. We own the canal. It was our money that built it. charge tolls for its use. Those tolls must be the same to every one, but | when we are denling with our own | ships the practice of many govern- ments of subsidizing their own mer- chant vessels is so well established in general that a subsidy equal to the tolis, an squivalent remission of tolls, carnot be held to be a discrimination in the use of the canal. The practice in the Suez canal makes this clear. 'The experiment in tolls to be made by the president would duubtless disclose how great a burden of tolls the coast- vise trade between the Atlantic and the Pacifc coast could bear without preventing iis usefulness in competi- tion with the transcontinental rail- roads. One of the chief reasons for building the canal was to set up this competition and to bring the two trade problem. The Philippine islands. In respect to the Philippines, I urgently join in the recommendation of the secretary of war that the act of. Feb. 6, 1905, limiting the indebted- ness that may be incurred by the ' Philippine government for the con- struction of public works, be increased from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. The Anances of that government are in ex- We have the right to f m IO’H‘NSTOWN’ DAILY REPUBLICAN FRIDAY, DEC, ceuent condluon. The maximum sum with the amount of indebtedness of other governments with similar re- sources, and the success which has at- 000 in the useful improvements of the justifies and requires additional ex- penditures for like purposes. that the legislature of the Philippine Islands beenthozified to provide for . the naturalization of Filipinos and oth- , ers who by the present law are treated | as aliens, so as to enable them to be- | come citizens of the Pmlippine Islands. ; Pending an investigation by congress | at its last session through one of Its ; committees into the disposition of the l friars' lands Secretary Dickinson di- , rected that the friars' lands should not be sold in excess of the Hmits fix- ed for the public lands until congress ; should pass upon the subject or should 1 have concluded its mveshgafion. This | order has been an lobstruction to the | disposition of the Fae, and I expect to direct the secrefary of war to re turn to the practicd under the opinion of the attorney general which will en- able us to dispose of the lands much more promptly and to prepare a sink. 000,000 of bonds igsued for the pur- chase of the lands. Rivers and Harbors. The estimates forithe river and bar- bor improvements reach $82,000, 800 for the coming year. L wish to urge that whenerer a projec® bas been adopted by congress as one be completed the more money which ly expended in its d year the greater th hstructmn in éach vitimate economy. i This has especial ag@nlication to the im- provement of the Mississippi river and . its large branches. Ht seems to me that an increase in thefamount of money now being annuai® expended in the improvement of Ohio river which I has been formally @flopted by congress would be in the infllrest of the public. A similar change to be made during the present congress in the amount to be appropriated for the Mis- ' sourt river from Kansas City to St. Lonis in order to secure six feet as a permanent, channme] will reach $20,000,- 000. There have been at least three recommendations from the chief of en- gineers that if the improvement be adopted $2,000,000 should be expended upon it annually, +I urgently recom- mend that the appropriation for this improvement be increased from $600, 000, as recommended now in the com- pletion of a contract, to $2,000,000 an- nually, so that the work may ;be done in ten years. Waterway From the Lakes to the Gulf. . The project for a navigable water- way'from Lake Michigan to the mouth of the Illinois river and thence via the Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico is one of national importance. In view of the work already gccomplished by the sanitary district of Chicago, an agency of the state of IiHlinois, which has constructed the most difficult and 'costly \sfretch of tlils waterway and made it an asset of the pation. and in view of the fact that the people of Illi- nois have authorized the expenditure of $20,000.000 to carry this waterway sixty-two miles farther to Utica, I feel that it is fitting that this work should be supplemented by the government ed by the special board of engineers on the waterway from Utica to the mouth of the Illinois river be made upon lines which, while providing a waterway for the nation, should other- wise benefit that state to the fullest ' extent. I recommend that the term of service of said special board of en- gineers be coptinued and that it be empowered to reopen the question of the treatment of the lower Illinois riv- er. The Department of Justice. The report of the attorney general shows that he has subjected to close a good many which disclose irregulari- ties or dishonesty. but that he has 'had considerable difficulty in securing an effective prosecution or removal of the clerks thus derelict. I am certain. ly not unduly prejudiced against the ' federal courts, but the fact is that the long and confidential relations which grow out of the tenure for life on the part of the judge and the practical tenure for life on the part of the clerk are not calculated to secure the strict ness of dealing by the judge with the clerk in respect to his fees and ac- counts which assures in the clerk's conduct a freedom from overcharges and carelessness. For this reason I1 recommerd an amendment to the law | whereby the president shall be given power to remove the clerks for cause. This provision need not interfere with the right of the judge to appoint his clerks or to remove hiin. In my last message I recommended to congress that it authorize the pay- ment of the findings or judgments of the court of claims in the matter of the French spoliation cases. There judgments since 1905. Employers' Liability. master to his servant for personal in- juries to such as are occasioned by his fault has been abmndoned in most civilized countries and provision made - whereby the employee injured in the course of his employment is compen- irrespective of negligence. ciple upon which such provision pro- ceeds is that accidental injuries to workmen in modern industry, with its vast complexity and inherent dangers arising from complicated machinery and the use of the great forces of steam and electricity, should be re- garded as risks of the industry and the loss borne in some equitable pro- portion by those who for their own profit engage therein. In recognition of this the last congress authorized the appointment of a commission to investigate the subject of employers' Hability and workmen's compensation and to report the result of its in- vestigations through the president to mentioned is quite low as compared | tended the expenditure of the $5,000,- | of the law. ' harbors and other places in the islands | I also join in the recommendation | ing furd with whidh to meet the $7, | Min be economical- | souri river. The engineers say that the - cost of the improvement of the Mis- : and that the expenditures recommend-| ' examination the accounts of the clerks . of the federal courts, that he has found | . business for the benefit of ali. reduction in the cost of living it will | has been no appropriation to pay these- bafmey. 'The limitation of the liability of the 5 of its personnel. sated for his loss of working ability | The prin- | i battleships a - year 22, IQII. .- ._. A] conga ess. This commission was ap- pointed and has been at work bolding hearings, gathering data and consider- ing the subject and it is exvected will - . be able to report by the first of the year in accordance with the provisions In promotion of the movement for the prevention dof delay and unneces- sary cost in litigation I am glad to say that the supreme court has taken steps to reform the present equity rules of the federal courts and that - we may in the near future expect a re- vision of them which will be & long step in the right direction. Postoffice. L At the beginning of the present ad- ministration in 1909 the postal service was in arrears to the extent of $17,- 49,170.41. It was very much the largest deficit on record. In the brief space of two years this has been turn- ed into a surplus of $220,000, which has been accomplished without cur- tailment of the postal facilities, as may be seen by the fact that there have been established 8,744 new post- offices, delivery by carrier has been added to the service in 188 cities, 2,516 new rural routes have been establish- : ed, covering 60,000 miles; the force of postal employeos has been increased in these two years by morethan 8,000, and their average annual salary has | had a substantial incrésse. On Jan. 3, 1911, postal sgvings de- positories were establithed experimen- tally in forty-eight qtates and territo- ries. After three montbs' successful operation the system was extended as rapidly as feasible to the 7,500 postof- fices of the first, second and third class- es constituting the presidential grade. By the end of the year practically, all of these will have been designated, and then the system will be extended to all fourth class postoffices doing a money order business. In selecting postoffices for deposi- tories consideration was given to the efficlency of the postmasters, and only 1 those offices where the ratings were | satisfactory to the department have been designated. Withholding desig- nation from postmasters with unsatis- factory ratings has had a salutary ef- | fect on the service. Fhe deposits have kept pace with the extension of the system. Amount» . ing to only $00,652 at the end of the first month's operation in the experi- mental emcee, they increased to $679, | 810. by. July and now after eleven months of operation have reached a to- tal of $11,000,000. This sum is dis- tributed among 2,710 banks and pro- tected under the law by bonds depos- ited with the treasurer of the United States. The depositors thus far number ap- | proximately 150,000. They include for- ty nationalities, native Americans largely predominating and English and Italians coming next. The first conversion of deposits into Tnited States bonds bearing interest at the rate of 2% per cent occurred on -July 1, 1911, the amount of deposits exchanged being $41,800, or a little more than G per cent of the total out- standing certificates of deposxt on June 30. Of this issue bonds to the value of $8,120 were in coupon form and | $35.780 in registered form. Parcel Post. Steps should be taken immediately for the establishment of a rural parcel post. tions needed for the maintenance of the postal service for the ensuing fis- cal year an item of $150,000 has been inserted to cover the preliminary ex- pense of estahlishing a parcel post on rural mail routes as well as to cover an investigation having for its object the final establishment of a general parcel post on all railway and steam- boat transportation routes. The de- partment believes that after the initial expenses of establishing the system are defrayed and the parcel post is in full operation on the rural routes it i will nog only bring in sufficient rev- enue to meet its cost, but also a sur- | plus that can be utilized in paying the. expenses of a parcel post in the city delivery service, It is hoped that congress will au- thorize the immediate establishment of a limited parcel post on._such rural : routes as may be selected providing for the delivery along the routes of - parcels not exceeding eleven pounds. The suggestion that we have a gen- érai parcel post bas awakened great opposition on the part of some who . think that it will have the effect to destroy tha business of the country storekeeper. Instead of doing this, I think the change will greatly increase The bring about ought to make its coming certain. c The Navy Department. On ihe 2d of November last I re- viewed the fighting fiest of battleships and other vessels assembled in New . . York harbor, consisting of twenty-four baitleships. two armored cruisers, two cruisers, twenty-two destrogpers, twelve torpedo boats, eight submarines and other attendant vessels, making nine- tyleight vessels of all classes of a ton- nage of 576,084 tous. Those who saw the fleet were struck with its prepared- ness and with ifs high miliary eifi- All Americans should be proud The fleet was deficient tu the oum- ber of torpedo destroyers, In eruisers and in colliers as well as in large bat- tleshmip cruisers The building pian for this year con- templates two battleships and two col- Hers. - This is because the other and smaller vessels ean be built much more rapidis in ease of emergency than the battleships, and we certainly oucht to continue the policy of two until after the Panama canal is finished and until in our first line and in our reserve line we can number forty available vessels of proper armament and size. The reorgapization of the navy and the appointment of four aids to the secretary have continued to demon- strate their usefulness. It is certain that the nary with its present size should have admirals in active command higher than rear ad mirals. Our great battleship ficet is commanded by a rear admiral, with four other rear admirais under his Qt- . navy. its report, and the secretary of the | navy advises me that his regommenda- | tions on the subject will be presented In the estimates of appropna» & | uers. Lo. us If suouid tbe, and when questions of precedence arise be- tween our naval officers and those of &oaae toe t European Navies the American rear admiral, though in command of ten times the force of a foreign vice ad- mirai, must yield precedence to the latter. creation of two or three positions of fag rank above that of rear admiral. 1 attended the opening of the new | training school at North Chicago, IIl. and am glad to note the opportunity which this gives for drawing upon young men of the country from the in. ; terior, from farms, stores, shops and offices, which insures a high average of intelligence and character among them and which they showed in the very wonderful improvement in disci- pline and drill which only a few short weeks' presence at 'the naval statlon had made. I urge upon congress the necessity for an immediate increase of 2,000 men in the eplisted strength of the navy, provided for in the estimates. Four thousand more are now neéded to man all the available vessels. There are in the service today about 47,150 enlisted men of all ratings. . Careful amputation shows that in April, 1992, 49,166 men will be requir- wd for vessels in commission, and 8,000 apprentice seamen should be | kept under training at all times. The secretary of the navy has rec-. ommended the abolition of certain of the smaller and unnecessary mavy . yards and in order to furnish a com- plete and comprehensxve report has Teferred the quest-IonNof all navy yards to the joint board of the army 'and This board will shortly make early in the coming year. * * * For the consideration of matters which are pending or have been dis- | posed of in the agricultural department | and in the department of commerce and labor I refer to the very excellent reports of the secretaries of those de- - partments. | [The president promises later mes- sages on conservation in Alaska, sec- ond class mail rates and économy and efficiency in the departments. He also approves pensions for retired govern- ment employees, but thinks the em- ployees themselves should contribute to the pension fund.] 6 , . Eliminate Local Offices From Politics. I wish to renew again my recom- mendation , that all the local offices throughout the country, including col- lectors of internal revenue, collectors of customs, postmasters of all four classes, immigration commissioners and marshals, should be by law cov- ered into the classified service, the ne- cessity for confirmation by the senate be removed and the president and the others whose time is now taken up in distributing this patronage under the custom that has prevailed since the be- ginning-of the government, in accord- ance with the recommendation of the senators and congressmen of the ma- jority party, shodld be relieved from . this burden. (I am confident that such a change would greatly reduce the cost of administering thegoirernnlent and that it would add greatly to its ef- ficiency. It would take away the pow- er to use the patronage of the gov- ernment for political purposes. When officers are recommended by senators | and congressmen - from political mo- tives and for political services render- ed it is impossible to expect that while in office the spoointees will not Such an absurdity ought not to | prevail. and it can be avoided by the | - otel Empire BROADWAY, AT 6SRD Slim NEW YORK CITY. IN THE ”VERY cmfiflmcfi f EVERYTHING, ~ 0 All cars and Sth avenue 1m pass Hotel. tions one minu te. Five min’utes walk to theatre: shops. ~ From Grand Central Station car marked - \Broadway\ dingfi Hotel, or Subway to Columbia cle, one minute from Hotel. 50 Rooms, Detached Bath, $1. per day. 100 Rooms, Detached Hath 8: per day. 25 Rooms with Bath, $1‘50~ day. « 100 Rooms with Bath $2. on; day. La 100 Rooms with Bath,; $4.50 ay. Suites with Bath, $3.50 par and up. ..Send for Free Guide to City, ‘ W. 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