7. Do you think the President ought to be prohibited from removing officers except for good cause? Ought the consent of the senate to be required in all cases of removal? 8. What is your opinion of the proposition that the members of the cabinet should be elected by the people? 9. Why are the powers of the President so much more extensive in time of war than in time of peace? 10. What were the principal recommendations made by the President in his last annual message? 11. Do you think he should be allowed to grant pardons _before_ conviction? Would it not be well to have a federal board of pardons whose approval should be necessary to the validity of all pardons issued by the President? 12. In the exercise of his duty to enforce the laws, may the President interpret their meaning in case of doubt? 13. To what extent ought the President in making appointments to take into consideration the politics of the appointee? To what extent should he be governed by the recommendations of members of Congress? 14. Why should the executive power be vested in the hands of a single person while the judicial and legislative powers are vested in bodies or assemblies? 15. Do you think the present salary allowed the President adequate? How does it compare with the allowance made to the King of England? the President of France? CHAPTER XVII THE CABINET AND THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS =The Cabinet.=--The heads of the ten executive departments collectively constitute the President's cabinet. They are, in the order of rank, the secretary of state (first styled the secretary of foreign affairs), the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of war, the attorney-general, the postmaster-general, the secretary of the navy, the secretary of the interior, the secretary of agriculture, the secretary of commerce, and the secretary of labor. They are appointed by the President with the consent of the senate, which in practice is never refused; and they may be dismissed by him at any time. The salary of cabinet members is $12,000 a year.