The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-11-29


work save That dirscs S in The line Of such
be greatly reduced What is needed Is
werk Me Gi aa as
is necessary to prevent dry rot In the
transportation and commissary Depart
He also urges the enactment of legis-
lation in connection with the militia and
they may be better fitted for active serv-
Ice In time OF war. and says:
less. The organisat!on and Armament OF
the national guard of the several states,
which are treated as militia in the APP
made idensicai WITH sSess pro~ided for
the regular forces. The obligations and
IN and ey
nshed by law under which the method Of
procedure of raising volunteer forces
terly impossible in the excitement and
haste of impending war to do this salts
been made long beforehand. Provision
should be made for utilizing In the flrst
volunteer organizations called out the
training OF those citizens who have al
| ready had experience under arms. and
especially for the selection in advance OF
raised: for 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
Philippines. and counsels continued lib
erality In the nations dealing with them.
The Civil Service.
He recommends the enactment Of legis-
lation that will place under the rulings
| of the merit system many classes OIL en-
ployes not now governed by il. His rec
ommendation for this is as follows:
! which will extend the classified service to
| the District of Columbia will at least
In my Judgment o all laws p pp sntsn for
| the temporary employment of clerks
should hereafter contain provision that
law"
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
| to the mans partisan affiliations or serv-
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
and the needs OF the service.
| The administration of these islands
should be as wholly free from the sus-
picion of PARTISAN politics as the admin
we ask from the public servant in the
Philippines or Porto Rico is that ne re-
fleet honor on his country by the way in
benefit to the peoples who have come I'M
der it. This Is all that we should ask.
and we cannot afford to be content with
| Other. Recommendations.
Among other recommendations which the
| president makes are those ASKING Tor leg
| Ice along lines outlined in bills introduced
| at previous sessions, and he says that:
main emcienl, but q STANDARD of excellence
cannot be permanently maintained un,il
the principles set forth in The bi.Is here
| tofore submitted to the congress on lnis
| subject are enacted into law"
| He believes the time has arrived when
the Indian should cease to be treated as .
| member of q tribe, but an Individual,
| and recommends breaking up the tribal
| funds, putting stop to the inGiscriminate
/ ments and stopping the ration system. He
| recommends Also The estaoiIshment of ans
Industrial educational system, and an en-
deavor to encourage the Indians to become
| cattle raisers rather than agriculturists
where their lands are unsuited to TIE latter.
| he recommends liberal appropriations for
| the Louisiana Purchase exposition and an
| appropriation covering expenses incurred
by the Charleston exposition in removing
position to that at Charleston.
| Another of his recommendations Is for
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
posta! system and to the fact that the an
nual deficit in this department of the gov
eminent service has been reduced to the
! small sum of $392S. 7T This, he says. could
| 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
| this he says:
The full measure Of postal progress
| which might be realized has long been
hampered and INSTRUCTED by the heavy
through the intrenched and well-under-
stood abuses which have grown in con-
nection with second-class mail matter.
| is stated that, while the second-class mat
ter makes nearly three-ffths Of the weight
| of all the mail, 1t paid for the last fiscal
year only a: 294. as Of the aggregate postal
Of postage, which PRODUCES the large loss
thus entailed and which was fixed by the
congress with the purpose of encouraging
| were limited to the legitimate newspapers
| and periodicals actually contemplated by
the law, no just exception could be taken.
| accepted cost of, 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-
quirements or through lax construction.
| The proportion Of such wrongly included
be one-half of the whole volume OF second
| class mail. If II be only one-third or one
quarter, the magnitude of the burden Is
now undertaken to remove the abuses so
far as possible. by stricter application
Of the law, and 1t should be sustained in
its effort"
The Chinese Difficulties.
He calls attention to the satisfactory
last year, and this nations part in the
settlement, and says provisions have