The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-05
CIVIL SERVICE EXPECTATIONS

Nobody doubts thtt in une yyu imror- taut respect rr.s.J,ut Eoos,trlts course a.I h. te-r..-sIt.Il rrformlt.r.. thtt ls u On. direction of DitI s.r,ir- reform Th. I,tlu. of b.s probable program are tb.r.lar. uf urt-c1ss importance. and th.t lr. given iu l Washington sps.id .. Oh. St Louis Globe. Democrat vh.s' r.ur.s.u,ltIt. lt th. Nluuuu Capital MT W E Stevens. enjoys t nr. em rut reputation f.r lcc,ss t1 flgt- H"i trust a.rtHu.-. u thsr r.eurI fis ui'r- nation .s thlt President i,n1-ryrF N,l aItu.tt. On. extension of tb, c.sl serv- I.. rII.s ta tb. Consular ..r.'e' thr similar inclusion of pension .NInIuIut surgeon. and liso. with the D'n.eut oi c.uen..s. I farther extension mto ta' H.II .f f.urh.c'lss rostmlst.rs
 Th... Ir. important changes. and fui .f rr.m.-- N. th- Globe Democrat n..nt. nlt tb. movement to place Gone .aI.r le.nts ur tbr government under o.vI s.rv.r. win meet with the hearty approval ul th- nrsr commercial ru- t.rur...s 0f thr cuIntD. Suggestions hil, come to Che state Department n this uue repeatedly EIe concerns of- t.u ulueurtts "a movement iu this dirrc- t.uu and bIe wholesale concern. ot other .It.-s hlv. heeu parties t1 aU tH... movements Just now as Che commercial enterprises uf ths country ar. reaching uut fur foreign trade. and Uuh unusual ucc.s there is 70 great d.marI ior au Improved Consular ser- sI..
 without Impu-uue the conf.ss,ih good work Juur by our Cousuis now. which .- ltt.st.I by thr uy.stisutlons Ur uur European rivals themselves. it must nevertheless To. recognized that ta.r. U. room f,r considerable Improve m.rt Tl. extension uf Che ciyu service would mean almost l1 entirely new sys- t.m Mon would have tu show special qualifications upon examination and through their experience in the fold for Oh. uu. of work tto which tb,y would u. assigned After srrtlc, thsF would t. promoted ta more Important duty. and ufn Increased remuneration. Con saI-Gsu.rlI Stowe voiced Che sentiment which hi. often been ,vpre-s,d iu c"m- munIe.ti1us 0. thr state Department upon hls recent return from south Africa He said chat foreign countries continually complain that they no sooner become we'll acquainted with a man HnI have confidence ln him than tb.r- Is Dnlug. of administration 'ud h. u. displaced The Consul-G,n'ral. believed that p.rm1u,uc, for men who e.y. satisfaction to oh. Interests which th.. .-sI-f Iu th.s country would gr,1t- T, Ir.r,t-. th. efficiency of Che service. equally d.s.rtI.mf0 ,fEy fvyf ywfwyp
 The other reforms contemplated arc equally d.sIr,lbI. if uot as Important iu aa industrial a.usc m the proposal Go extend ,I,I service reform Go pension sx4m.uIue surgeons President Roosevelt win hs.. tbr muUrssmsnt of th, present Commissioner 0t Pensions who h17 rec"m- maud.d action u this direction. Hr whl have som. striking samples ot abuses which have grown lp under Che present ...r.u to draw from. ils win have TO- cords of thr same mon who were rN .m.raI br UIf t dozen different boards and ulth as much variance iu thv re- ..Ife .f th... examinations Is lt ls pos ..bIe to du1 lu classifying and placing f.lrth-ea.s rustm1-trrs under thc civil service th. President wW have mole of a task Then. h, win have to meet op- position from members ot Congress. and. to is fully believed. win have to seek les- station from Cousres. before it would he aosshi. The erowth of rural free dgi- livery has relse1tei Che folrth-class post masters to n place of comparatively less importance, but politicians wu be 10th Co Iet eo the.r hold on these offices
 Tho new Presidents utterancss insure "a moderate procedure in an these matters. The method Nm doubtless be Che state mans Not the rough riders. Through Che medium of Che present Cabinet we shah be -for,Ite n re" but also "sua- ylter In modo.' Sweeping orders are not Co be expected. but steady eror and pres sure Iu Che direction of reform. The abus- es of Che appolutise power are among the most fragrant and most widely extended