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 Orient, and some member of the committee on international affairs in the House or Senate, other than the chairman, had special knowledge pertaining to the Orient, then they, too, would be invited into the conference. When a course of action had been determined upon as a result of the conference, the work of execution would be carried on through the regularly constituted channels of a republic provided for by the Constitution.

In the same manner, if a question of food arose, it would be handled in a similar way through the Department of Agriculture and the committees on agriculture in the Senate and House. In like manner other problems would be handled through the various Cabinet departments and various committees in the House and Senate.

That is exactly the course pursued by George Washington in the conduct of his work as executive of the republic.

That is exactly the course pursued by Abraham Lincoln in his conduct of the Civil War and of other domestic and international problems which arose during his administration.

That is exactly the course pursued by William McKinley in his conduct of the Spanish–American war and of other domestic and international