This of course meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations.

The noncompetitive examination in a case like this is not only vicious, but is in effect a fraud upon the public.

I do not believe in the doctrine that to the victor belong the spoils; but I think even less of the doctrine that the spoils shall be divided without a fight by the professional politicians on both sides.

It is essential that it should correctly describe the general situation; and that the present inventory does.

As it stands it is an irrefutable proof that the conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation.

It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people.

We know now that our mineral resources once exhausted are gone forever.

With the statements and conclusions of this report I heartily concur, and I commend it to the thoughtful consideration both of the Congress and of our people generally.

The great basic facts are already well known.

The first of all considerations is the permanent welfare of our people.

It deserves, and should have, the widest possible distribution among the people.

The facts set forth in this report constitute an imperative call to action.

We know now that our rivers can and should be made to serve our people effectively in transportation.

The policy of conservation is perhaps the most typical example of the general policies which this Government has made peculiarly its own during the opening years of the present century.

In the prosecution of criminals and the enforcement of the laws the President must resort to the courts of the United States.

I am wholly at a loss to understand the concluding portion of the resolution.

I have always not only deprecated but vigorously resented the practice of indiscriminate attack upon Congress.

The chief argument in favor of the provision was that the Congressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated by Secret Service men.

I did not make any such statement in this message.

It would be far better to do this than to do what actually was done, and strive to prevent or at least to hamper effective action against criminals by the executive branch of the Government.

No one realizes more than I the importance of cooperation between the Executive and Congress, and no one holds the authority and dignity of the Congress of the United States in higher respect than I do.

It is not too much to say that this amendment has been of benefit only, and could be of benefit only, to the criminal classes.

Only criminals need fear our detectives.

It is hereby ordered that the unallotted lands in Tps. 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 N., Rs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 W., and Tps. 22 and 23 N., Rs. 6, 7, and 8 W. of the New Mexico principal meridian, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart for…

A single executive head would increase efficiency, determine responsibility, and eliminate delays and uncertainties inevitable under the present system.