Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 42, 19 December 1909 — Page 4

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THE RICII3IOXD PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1909.

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GARFIELD SPEAKS

In a current number of LaFoIlette's magazine, Crarfield, who took care of the Interests of the people as Secretary of the Interior under Theodore

Itoosevelt, speaks of the present situ

fclion. Coming as it does, on the heels Of the disclosures of Collier's Weekly, regarding Richard Achilles Ballinger, . and the conduct of his department, it Js interesting. And it Is doubly so from the fact that the recent report of the Secretary of the Interior which has been used in some quarters as a very Valuable document for the defense of

Ballinger contains much of the work accomplished by Garfield himself. It has been said before that as far as the attitude as regards conservation of the public lands for the benefit of the public rather than the big syndicates is concerned, the Glavis episode, involving Pinchot and Ballinger, is the crisis of the whole Taft administration. The words of Garfield, whether international or not, wouM seem to tell the administration the dangers of its present policy. No one knows better than Mr. Garfield what wthese things are and the manner In which the department which he formerly managed, is besieged by the enemies of the people. And so he says: "The next step in the policy of

conservation is legislative action to supplement what the Executive (Roosevelt) has done and to provide means for further safeguarding the public interests wherever necessary. The danger to the conservation movement now is inaction. "The public welfare demands action. Private interests can only be kept within proper bounds by ceaseless vigilance and activity on the part of the people's representatives, both executive and legislative. "The people have approved what has been done and insist that what has been gained shall not be lost nor nroeress checked bv inactiv

ity or a backward fctep. The fight for conservation now is in the halls

of congress. There is no danger that the rights and demands of the corporations will be neglected. The danger is that the public interests may be forgotten." Tho people may be a trifle interested When tho special message which has been promised on the conservation policy appears. They hope in the meantime that there will not be another whitewashing and not inaction. . - ' BLACKSTONE An English weekly, the National Review, comments on Blackstone. Blackatone, "the learned judge,' who wrote eo lucidly on the laws in England. Blackstone, who has had so great an effect on American law is said to be

falling into a decline of disregard.

Kot long ago a successful young law

yer who had been practicing in a large

western town after his graduation from Harvard, where the case system flowers in all its occult splendor, laughed at the idea of anyone reading Blackstone. "I get paid for the work I do." As a matter of fact his work is a specialty In which he is practically the routine employe of a large corporationno more. In the old days, when specialties and reports and cases were unheard of, it is said we had better decisions and better lawyers. And those days were undoubtedly the days of the influence of Blackstone. Lincoln, in his simplicity of style and in bis manner of attacking the spirit rather than the letter, shows the impress of the 'Commentaries' in no slight degree. But Blackstone's work is more than a law book, It is literature. The review of his contributions to the world by the National Review says: The book Is the work of an eminent lawyer who was also a con

summate man of letters; by virtue both of his knowledge of law and of his literary genius he produced the one treatise on the laws of En-

The Growth of Commission Government Boston and Buffalo have recently been added to the list of those cities which have discerned and obtained the benefits of the commission form of government. The vote in Boston was three to one in favor of the change in the city government. On the face of it, the Boston charter does not bear the Des Moines Plan stamp. But as a matter of fact, by Introducing the non partisan election and abolishing ward lines, and embracing other features, it initiates the beginning of the commission form in the larger cities. This has been a matter of much controversy even among the most ardent devotees and supporters of the plan. For it has been questioned whether the commission form of municipal government, which has worked so well In the smaller towns, would be successful when transferred to the foremost cities in the land. , , Buffalo, which is almost in the great city class, voted three to one for commission government also. But curiously enough, only 10,000 votes were cast and 60,000 failed to cast their ballots. Therefore it will be interesting to see what the effect of commission government will be in such a city, where the citizens have lost interest to so great an extent that they apparently are utterly careless as to their form of government. Conditions in Buffalo are not likely to be worse, however, than under the present plan, and if the city awakens, they can assert themselves, for it has adopted the radical part of the Des Moines plan almost in its entirety. On the other side of the continent, Taeoma has just gone over to what is practically-:the Des Moines Plan. It provides for the election of a city controller in addition to the original mayor and five councilmen. The Tacoma people evidently are perfectly aware of the fact that they are not of necessity to get good and efficient service because they have adopted the Des Moines Plan, unless they work for it. The Tacoma Ledger, of recent date, says: "We must not conclude that we have now discharged our duties and that the city government will run along smoothly and satisfactorily without further worry on our part."

It is said on good authority that there are now above the number of seventy-five towns in the United States which have embraced some form of commission government. The City Hall, a bulletin of the League of American Municipalities, in the latest number publishes the following list which it says is the nearest complete of any yet compiled. The fact being, that the movement is so general that it is a difficult task to compile an up-to-date list. Those cities are: North Dakota Minot, Bismarck, Mandan. Colorado Colorado Springs, Grand Junction. Oklahoma Ardmore, Enid, Tulsa. Tennessee Etowah, Memphis, Bristol, Clarksville, Richard City. Missouri St. Joseph. New York Buffalo, Mount Vernon. Washington Tacoma. South Dakota Sioux Falls. Iowa Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Burlington, Keoknk. Texas Galveston, Houston, Palestine, Waco, Fort Worth, Austin, El Paso, Dallas, Dennison, San Antonio, Greenville, Sherman, Beaumont. Kansas Kansas City, Coffeyville, Leavenworth, Wichita, Independence, Anthony, Topeka. Massachusetts Haverhill, Gloucester, Chelsea, Boston (modified). Idaho Boise, Lewlston. North Carolina Charlotte. California Berkeley, San Diego, Riverside. Total number of cities 52.

It is not to be thought that all these cities have city governments which are identical in form with the complete system inaugurated at Des Moines. As a matter of fact that plan is unique in its combination of the . centralized power in the commission, with the safeguards of referendum and recall. The danger of centralized power without the safeguards of the Des Moines Plan is too little appreciated. But each of these fifty-two cities which are mentioned in the above list has at least one, and for the most 'part, several of the features of the Des Moines Plan. The City Hall announces that the following states have passed laws making it possible for the Des Moines Plan to be adopted: Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Mississippi, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington and Texas. It will be noticed that New York and Massachusetts had sufficient legislation to enable Buffalo and Boston to adopt their charters. There are some states which allow various forms of government in the form of special legislation which does not mean a statewide enabling act, and still others like Wisconsin which practically leave it in the hands of the city.

With these instances, it is easy to see that the commission idea which prang up in Galveston after the disaster, which is nothing more than the resurrection of the old New England selectman, still further advanced and improved in Des Moines with the additional safeguards which characterize that plan, is spreading in no small degree. The abuses of power, and the cumbersome manner of the present day city administration of business have accomplished this change. It was not, therefore, so startling to see S. S. McClure's suggestion in the November issue of the magazine which bears his name, proposing some change in tbat direction as answer to the question as to how to govern New York City. Nor were his nominations so ludicrous and impossible as appears at first glance. When he nominated Theodore Roosevelt for mayor; J. P. Morgan, for department of finance; General Wood for chief of police; Elihu Root for the legal department; and Mac Adoo, the great engineer, for the public works, he merely puts into tangible expression the longing for efficient men of the stamp who are worthy of the greatness of the corporation of the city of New York. And it is this idea that we are gradually coming to all over the country, whetner the process be slow or rapid, past all pessimism, and into a new municipal existence.

gland which must for all time remain a part of English literature. The "Commentaries" live by their style. It was certainly a liberal education for the youth of the English landed gentry of that time to sit under his tutelage and hear the incidental remarks of the great man while delivering his lectures. His character and penetrating mind drove home many of the things which have become commonplace characteristics of the English and American gentleman. In fact, it would not be surprising if the whole fabric of English and American law does not owe more to him than to any other individual. Certainly the new English ideal of the last hundred years the useful peer may be safely

put down to him.

A Newest Arabian Night Before Christmas

(B. L. T. in Chicago Tribune.) The Sultan of the Indies was in a petulant humor. His chef had tried

to put r. bread pudding across at dinner, and had been promptly bowstruns for his pains; and his royal spouse,

'Zade, felt concerned for her own neck. Char-riar eyed her with a frown.

"You look all run down at the heel,"

he said. "Another bridge whist or

gy?"

"No, sire," replied Zade. "I have

been doing my Dxmas shopping early.

I have oeen jammed and slammed, and

stepped on and bowled over, aid i woman stuck her hat nin in mv mock

and a man poked me in the back with

a shovel he had just bought in the basement, and" "Wait a minute," said the fiulfwn. He disposed himself for the nig&t, and, closing his eyes, "Proceed, sweet knitter up of the raveled sleeve of care," be commanded. "I shopped early this year," said "Zade, "because I knew that if I left it till the last day I should fall back on the same old Exmas gifts. You never can guess what I bought for my father."' "A pair of slippers." said the Sultan. "You've been peep'ng into the packages:" exclaimed 'Zade. "Never touched them, cross my

neart. replied Schah-riar, yawning cavernously. "Ifs wonderful how you guess things," said 'Zade. "Perhaps you know what I got for my brother V "Socks, necktie and handkerchief to match, all in one box." "You are positively uncanny." declared his spouse. "Elementary, my love, elementary," responded the Sultan, sleepily. "Solid silver ice cream knife," returned the Schah-riar. "Now, how in the world" began the amazed 'Zade. "O, I have known that you wanted one ever since we were married," drowsed the Sultan, and followed up

the speech with a snore that stirred th draperies of the divan.

The eastern states, from Maine to Alabama, produced gold worth 143 and silver worth $35,070 last year.

Aiei.ip: Mother saya the can't say anything toe good about Gold Medal Flour." Caaam.

Items Gathered in ' From Far and Near

From the New York Herald. Ottawa and Washington. Why should not Canada have her own diplomatic agents in Washington? Her right in this respect is indisputable .and the necessity for the exercise of that right Is equally indisputable. It is manifest that a great obstacle to a vast development of trade relations between the United States and Canada is the complicated and antiquated system of diplomacy that now hampers intercourse between the governments. It should be the object of the people ou both sides of the border to get rid of that system and to replace it with one more in accordance with modern ideas and more, compatible with the real importance and national dignity of Canada.

the punishment of the small thieves, who did their stealing for their employer as a matter of hire, with the most trifling participation in the proceeds of their thievery. Unless some of the

larger scoundrels shall be caught in the (

net spread for the smaller scoundrels, and properly punished for their criminal practices, the work of the prosecution will have been in vain. The law has no deterrent value which is only effective for the fining and jailing of puppets, "while the real offenders escape unscathed.

The lighthouse of Helogoland has a light of MHlO.OOOcandle power. At Nuremberg a lamp ten times as powerful has been made.

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The

Man on Foot.

From the New Haven Register. Walking is a novel form of exercise for a president. President Roosevelt) i i - ... - i - . . . .

uau nis tennis caomei, ana lis pace was rapid. He rode his friends as hard as he did his hobbies, though ia a different way. His horsemanship test were "not "joy rides." But President Taft walks. It is a safe, sane and easy form of exercise. It is effective. It is within the reach of every one. Nowadays it is popular to imitate the

president in what he does. If Presi

dent Taft's fondness for walking

would make the form of exercise more popular the country over, the trolley companies might suffer, but thousands of over-strained business men and many nervous women would benefit. It is a highly desirable thing to be "the man on foot" under certain circumstances.

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A Fizzle to Be Avoided. From the Philadelphia Record. It would be a pitiable outcome if the government prosecution of the sugar trust frauds should begin and end with

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