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 of my successor, the volume immediately ran up to the old dimensions.

In the State of Missouri a law was passed relating to baking powders. It led to great scandal and was followed by many prosecutions, so that Governor Joseph W. Folk, who urged them, was praised all over the country for his vigilance, became a national character, and almost reached the presidency. A like act of assembly was passed in Pennsylvania and I threw it into the waste basket, saying:

There was no commotion, no scandal, and the event entirely escaped attention. The incident well illustrates two different methods of meeting the same problem and the temptations that beset men in public life to do the sensational in preference to the useful.

A message which was very widely circulated was one vetoing a bill for the protection of bears and cubs. The message ran:

A well-considered bill to prevent a ruthless and wanton destruction of bears and cubs would, no doubt, answer a public need, but the present bill is entirely too sweeping and too stringent in its provisions. “It is directed that it shall not be lawful for any person or persons after the passage of this act to catch, take or Rh