Do
you know that beside these we have, American Antiquities, the
Superintendent of Capitol Buildings, the Government Hospital for the
Insane, Freedman's Hospital, Howard University, and the Columbia
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb?"
Reeves laughed.
"No, I didn't. But it only goes to prove what I say. It's impossible
for the Secretary of the Interior to find time to understand local
conditions. Why not let the states manage the water and land problems?"
"It would be illegal," replied Enoch briefly.
"Oh, illegal! You're too good a lawyer, Mr. Secretary, to let that
thought hamper your acts!"
"On the contrary," returned Enoch, succinctly, "I was a poor lawyer.
In some ways of course it is impossible for me to understand local
conditions in Idaho. I am told, though, that your present state
administration is corrupt as Tammany understands corruption."
Reeves cleared his throat and would have spoken, but Enoch pushed on.
"I have found, as the head of this complex Department that I must limit
myself as much as possible to formulating simple, basic policies and
putting these policies into the hands of men who will carry them out.
In general, my most important work is to administer the public domain.
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