Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-12-06

ments, they should be fiied py detailss
ing after awhile to their r. line duties It i
very undesirable to have the senior grades
OF the army composed of men who have
come to iii the positions by the mere fact
OF seniority. A system should be adopted
grade by grade of those who seem unit
to render the best service in the next
Civil war Who are still III in the army would
seem TO require <aat In the matter OF re-
privileges accorded to their comrades in
Another recommendation which the pres
ident makes in connection with the army
Is 1or the reduction OF the paper work
OF the serFiee, known to the pubic as 'sred
Every effort should be made to bring
OF eciencS 70 Wben en- se1na ssc ss
work save that directly il the line of such
service should be required. The paper
be greatly reduced. What is needed IS
to Work wei IN the id ns
IS necessary to prevent dry rot in the
transportation and commissary Depart
He also urges the enactment of legis-
ladon in connection with the militia and
national guard forces of the nation that
they may be better fitted for active serv-
ice In time of war. and says:
the national guard OF the several states.
propyiations by the congress, should be
made identical with those. provided for
duties of the guard in time of war should
be carefully defined and system estab-
procedure of raising volunteer forces
should be prescribed IN advance. 1t is ut
haste OF Impending war to do this salts
factorily If the arrangements have not
should be made for utilizing in the first
volunteer organizations called out the
ready had experience under arms. and
especially for the selection in advance OF
the officers of any force which may be
raised; Tor careful selection of the kind
necessary Is impossible after the outbreak
He praises the veterans of the civil war.
the war with Spain and those who have
rendered the nation valiant service In the
Inu;an uprlslngs or the west and In the
Philippines. and counsels continued lib
erality in the nations dealing with them.
The Civil Service.
lation that will place under the rulings
OF the merit system many classes of en-
ommendation for this is as follows:
recommend the passage of q law
the District of Columbia or W,i at lease so
enable the president thus to extend it
IN my 3GogmSne All laws providing for
should hereafter contain a provision that
they be selected under the civil service
He also wishes the merit system to OBJ
tain in the government service in the
Not an office should be filled in. the
Philippines or Porto Rico with any regard
ices. with any regard to the political, So
cial or personal Influence which he may
should be paid to absolutely nothing save
the mans own character and capacity
The admnistration s Of these islands
| should be wholly free from the sus-
istration of the army and navy. All that
we ask from the public servant In the
feet honor on his country by the way In
which he makes that country's rule q
6er it. This Is a th @no nav sbood 9R
and we cannot afford to be content with
Other Recommendations.
Among other recommendations which the
president makes are those asking for leg
/ islation that will improve the consular serv-
/ Ice along lines outlined in bills introduced
at previous sessions. and he says that:
1T is true that the service is now in the
main efficient, but a standard of excellence
cannot be permanently maintained .unfl
the principles set forth in the bills here
tofore submitted to the congress on this
subject are enacted into law
He believes the time has arrived when
! member of a tribe. but as an individual.
| and recommends breaking up the tribal
funds, putting stop to the indiscrimin ate
| permission to Indians to lease their allot-
ments and stopping the ration system. He
| recommends also the establishment Of an
| Industrial educational system. and an en-
ceavor to encourage the Indians to become
where their lands are unsuited to ne latter.
He recommends liberal appropriations for
| the Louisiana Purchase exposition and an
! appropriation covering expenses incurred
oy the Charleston exposition in removing
| government exhibits from the Buffalo ex-
position to that at Charleston.
| Another of his recommendations Is for
| a permanent census bureau, as it would in
| sure better, cheaper and more satisfactory
work in the interest of business, statistics,
| economic and social science.
| The Postal Service
| He calls attention to the growth OF the
| system n
| nual deficit in this department Of the gov
| eminent service has been reduced to the
| small sum of So s23,77 This. he says. could
/ further be increased and possibly surplus
| shown but for the fact that many publ
| cations are now securing the pound rate
as second-class mail matter which are not
| entitled to the same under the law OF
The full measure of postal progress
which might be realized has long. been
burden imposed on the government
through the intrenched' and wen-under-
| nection with second-class mail matter.
| The extent of this burden appears when tt
ter makes nearly three-fifths Of the weight
of all the mail, It paid for the last hsea,
Se es Ueiy Of siii.esi tss If the pound rate
| of postage, which produces the large loss
thus entailed and which was liked by the
! the dissemination of public information.
were limited to the legitimate newspa Pers
Il the law, no just exception could be taken.
| That expense would be the recognized and
| accepted cost of a liberal public policy de-
/ liberately adopted. for q 5ustifable end
| But much of the matter which enjoys the
privileged rate Is wholly outside of the
| intent of the law and has secured admis-
| sion only through an evasion of its re-
ourements or through lax construction
| The proportion of such wrongly included
matter is estimated by postal experts to
| be one-half of the whole volume of second
iGelass mail If II be only one-third or one
quarter, the magnitude of the burden il
| apparent. The post office department. has
now undertaken to remove the abuses so
of the law, and it should be sustained In
it's effort"