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Show After Four Years in Washington, Washing-ton, He Resumes His Law Practice. HEREAFTER TO REPRESENT HIS FIRM 'ON THE COAST Talks of Experience as First Assistant Secretary of Inferior In-ferior Department. Frank Pierce, for four years first assistant as-sistant secrctarv of the department of the Interior 'under appointment of Theodore Roosevelt. Is spending a few days In Salt Lako before going to Los Angeles, where he will live." His wife and one son are with him- Air. Pierce severed his connections con-nections with the department June 1. He was appointed in October. 1!M)7, and assumed as-sumed his duties November 1 following. At thi time of his appointment Mr. Pierce was a member of the law tlrm of Henderson, Hen-derson, Piene, Crltchlow & Barrottc. Judge Henderson, however. Is now dead. Asked as to his plans. Mr. Pierce said: "We have revived the firm of Pierce, Crltchlow & Biuret te and I am to take charge of the Los Angeles branch of the firm. Of course, that means that I sail live in Los Angeles and I shall leave In a ff-w days for our new home. "Mv experience In the nation s capital Is that only rich men can afford the lux-urv lux-urv of public office, as the salaries do no't permit men of ordinary means to live in Washington City. Good Men at Head. ' There Is a great force of Intelligent men carrying on the work of the nation. Men at the heads of departments do the work. I believe the affairs of tho nation are In competent hands and that th work Is being carried on to all good advantages. ad-vantages. Of course there Is talk of a split in the ranks of the Republican party, hut 1 believe thfre Is a tendency for both sides to concede something, and with the approach of a presidential nomination nomi-nation It appears to me that there will be a getting together that looks like success suc-cess to the party. There Is little If any doubt, about President Taft being renominated. renomi-nated. "From my observations T should sav the reciprocity measure will pass both houses practically the. way It was Tramed. Tho house Is strongly for the measure and a careful canvass of the senate points to that body passing the measure. As to the wool schedule I am not Informed. "Tho department of the interior spends annually $200,000,000. In the time T was assistant secretary I signed warrants t-the t-the amount of over $700,000,000. As judge of land cases I settled more questions ques-tions than tho supreme court of the-United the-United States adjudicates. This glvs some Idea of the enormous work of the department. Sympathizes With Indian, "Part of my work was In connection with Indian affairs. By a careful study of that subject I became deeply interested inter-ested in tho welfare of a race that to my mind never has had justice dealt to It. The Indian race gradually Is dying ou1 although tho Indian census disproves this assertion. The census takes In all tho people connected with the Indian agencies, no matter if some are of only one sixty-fourth Indian. The department purposes to give the Indians the advantages advan-tages of civilization and teach them to become self-supporting." Mr. Pierce was found by a Tribune representative In his office with his coat off, busily engaged In office work. |