Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

waving the point, I waived II in my
letter OF April l last, as to whether deputy
marshals could be legally directed by the
President to be classified. and waving the
point, as did in such letter, that Marshal
Grady appointed the office deputy instead
OF the Attorney General, what are the pre-
sumptions to be INDUCED?
The President has promulgated a regu-
lation requiring his head of department.
the Attorney General, to appoint deputy
marshals from lists of eligibies furnished
by request by the civil service commission.
Who is the Attorney General, in legal
sense. and what relation does he bear to
the President? He, together with the sew
eral other heads of departments are the
eyes and hands of the President, to execute
the laws and his executive rules and reeu-
iatons; their acts are in a sense his atIs;
when they waive regulation he valves IL;
for they act for and represent the power
and authority of the President.
"Sight for Gods and Men,
Would Mr.. Proctor have had me in the
Grady case summon the President of the
United States before me at my office in the
treasury building in order that 1 might in
quire as to whether he was through a
member of his cabinet violating one of his
own regulations in appointing this deputy
marshal? If Mr. Proctor is correct the
mountain would either have had to come
10 Mahomet or Mahomet go to the noun
tain 1t would indeed be sight for gods
and men to see the controller of the treas
ury catechising the President of the United
states in order to ascertain whether he
had consented to an act performed by one
of his cabinet which could be nothing more
nor less than waiver of a regulation. The
mere statement of the proposition carries
with 1t sense of the ludicrous.
III Mr.. Proctor is sincere in his efforts
and L grant him sincerity, but not at all
times good judgnent-to improve the merit
system, let him pursue manly course.
III the heads of departments are violating
Inc executive order of the President reia-
i've to the civil service law let him 60
10 the President, as is his duty under said
law, and report the particular violation
ana In my judgment the President who
was one of the champions of the law in
congress, and whose every private and Off
ciai act since that time has shown him
TO be true friend of the merit system
will find no difficulty in having these rules
and regulations enforced where it is not
to the good of the public service to waive
their enforcement, and to properly punish
ana discipline even member of his cabi-
net who should dare to violate them either
in letter or in spirit
Mr.. Proctor has not seen fit to take this
course. As / am reliably informed, I'D to
the present hour he has not reported a
single case to the President of the viola
ton of a single rule or regulation of the
civil service law made either by the Presi-
dent or the commission at the hands of
any head Of department.
Permit me, in concluding this letter al
ready too long, to say that this shall be
the closing of this incident in so far as |
am concerned and that / fully adhere TO
me views announced in my letter to Mar
shaI Grady. Respectfully yours,
R. j. TRACEWELL, Controller