The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-04
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The President Would Extend II 20
New Branches of the Government.

The merit system or making appoint G
fneut= IS IN its essence as democratic ard
American as the common school systerr
itself u simply means that IN cier-ca
and other positi ons where the duties arf
entirely nonpolirlcal all applicants slonle
have a fair field and no favor. eacn stand
ing on his merits a. he IS able 10 SION
them by practical test. Written compel
tive examinations offer the only await
able means in many cases Tor apply ms
this system. In other cases, as where
laborers are employed a system OF regis
tration undount ediy can be widely exc
tended There are. 81 course, places
where the written competitive examins-
ton cannot re applied and others where
q offers by nc means an deal solution
but where under existing npIticai con1i-
tons IL is. though an Imperfect means
vet the best present means o. getting
satisfactory RESULTS
Wherever the conditions have permitted
the application ~ the merit system n ~
fullest and widest sense the gain 70 The
government has been immense. The navy
Yards ard postal service Illustrate uron-
ably better than any other hrSncnee ~
the government the great gain in econ
omy. eficiency ana honesty due n ths
enforcement % this principle
recorrmen the passage ~ las
which viii extend the classified service q
the District o. Columbia or viii ~ least
enable the president fhus 90 extend IT,
IN my Judgment an laws providing for
the temporary employment % clerks
should hereafter contslo provision mat
law.
Applied TO the CoIonies
= rs important 30 have "a p system OBJ
tain ~ home bur il is even more tr7por-
tanf 30 nave 3 applied rg-aly IA or IN
e.rlar r.ozrerefc-1 Err an Once should
he filed in the Philippines or Porto Rlcc
with any regard - the mans partisan
Affiliations or services with airy regard
% the political. social or personal NM
ence which Re NAV have a. - coTur0s and
IN short heed should - paid 70 ebso-
iutely nothing save Tire mans ovl char.
sctsr ana capacity snd tre needs o. The
ire administration % thess island,
should he 80 wholly free from TIE sls-
p.cion % partisan politics ~ re adm .1-
tstrstion ~ the army and navy. Al tha'
Philippines cr Porto Rico is that - 70
ret h1r1r or hs country 5T fh- WAY i7
which hc makes Thar corrfrFs -uie n
bsneGt 70 che peoples who have cone un-
der IT, This - af that ~ should ask
ard - cannot a1cru 90 - content Nlth
The merit system IS simply ore raefhoa
C securing honest and eftrler- eer1irI s-
trstfon oc ere government. and 81 ths
ionz rlu -Ae sole justification - any
tvpe - government l-s % ;ts proving 81
se- b1t1 roreeT ard -thc.erf
The Consniar Service.
The consular service fe now s~Za~frss
Er1er the srcFls.1rs o. ls~ parsed 81
1.r which .e er-l-eiv l1zGsq-zte 20 EXIST
sr 8 ror1.for TEe interest," ahn-.r 81 nr
many cen u-rc.zi oocfes frrcuE Eoa- fr-
country n Pc re1r zsr -railer ~ re .srs
ire 81 Eea~tT eU-7fraf1 - Talr zifsr-
tor. Several HIlls r-Cr5irE frr rsu
consular service nave rferf years
been saa-lttFt 20 -re ce- gress Iss1 zrs
p1frtHerfs 10 thr service stouif - rad
oils SITTER q r-srftcaf -ess ~ ere sr-i
calts 1tress- trs- gr1r11tlt1e fr.f e
ecEe-uel hF f--s-- -r-riress. a-ge sltE
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