The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04

very undesirable TO have the senior grades
OF the army composed OF men who have
| come TO fill the positions by the mere tact
OF seniority. A system should be adopted
by which there shall be an elimination
to render the best service in the next
grade. Justice to the veterans of the
| seem to require that in the matter Of re-
tlrements they be given by law the same
privileges accorded to their comrades in
| Another recommendation which the pres
ident makes in connection with the army
Is for the reduction Of the paper work"
| of the service, known to the public as red
tape" OF this he says:
of efficiency; When on actual service. no
service should be required. The paper
work In the army. as In the navy. should
proved power OF Command and capacity
to work well in the field. Constant care
necessary to prevent dry rot In the
transportation and commissary DEPART
ments."
He also urges the enactment of legis-
national guard forces of the nation that
they may be better fitted for active serv-
"our militia law W. is so obsolete and worth
Tess. Inc organization and armament OF
the then national guard Of the several states.
pro 5s ;den, by the congress, should be
duties OF the guard in time of war should
, be carefully defined and a system sstab-
procedure of raising volunteer forces
should be prescribed in advance. 1t is ut
a terly Impossible in the excitement and
haste OF impending war to do this salts
o factorily II the arrangements have not
+. been made long beforehand. Provision
= volunteer organisations called out out the the
I training of those citizens who have al
especially for the selecton in ADVANCE 81
e the officers of any force which may be
d raised; for careful selection of tine kind
l. necessary Is impossible after the outbreak
e of war"
n He praises the veterans of the civil war.
is the war with Spain and those who have
"a rendered the nation valiant service in the
s. I indian uprisings OF the west and in the
=, crafty in the nations dealing with them.
n The Civil Service.
He recommends the enactment Of legis-
d lation that will place under the rulings
,e Oh vne merit me- system many classes OF en-
n; ommendation for this is as follows:
d ~ recommend the passage of law
e. which will extend the classified service to
70 the District of Columbia or will at least
i. enable the president thus to extend It.,
"a the temporary employment of clerks
AZ should hereafter contain a provision that
n they be selected under the civil service
D. law
n He also wishes the merit system to OBJ
a. n, tain in the government service in tho
e. Not an office should be filled in the
Is Philippines or Porto Rico with any regard
10 to the mans partisan Affiliations or serv-
u ices, with any regard to the political, So
So cial or personal influence which he may
~ cs have at his command In short, heed
20 should be paid to absolutely nothing save
r the mans own character and capacity
&c and the needs of the service.
sbors be M5aS Of these Islands
20 20 picion Of partisan politics as the admin
'e istration OF the army and navy. All that
We ask from the public servant in the
Philippines or Porto Rico is that he re-
81 hect honor on his country by the way in
in which he m. makes that eopntry's rule
rs der 1T. This is all that we should ask,
g and we cannot afford to be content with
l. Other Recomm endadons.
IL Among other recommendations which tho
70 president makes are those asking for leg
r. islation that will improve the consular serv-
:. ice along lines outlined in bills introduced
- at previous sessions. and he says that:
Il IT is true that the service is now in the
cannot be permanently maintained until
IL the principles set forth in the bills here
II tofore submitted to the congress on this
- subject are enacted into law"
3 He believes the time has arrived when
n the Indian should cease to be treated as q
% member of a tribe. but as an Individual.
II and recommends breaking up the tribal
q funds, putting a stop to the indiscriminats
c permission to Indians to lease their allot-
n ments and stopping the ration system. He
q recommends also the establishment of an
i Industrial educational system. and an en-
= deavor to encourage the Indians to become
; cattle raisers rather than agricmltursts
= where their lands are unsuted to the latter.
Q the Louisiana Purchase exposition and an
!. appropriation covering expenses incurred
ne sxbihts fro On N R
:. position to that at Charleston.
Another of his recommendations is for
permanent census bureau. as it would in
sure better. cheaper and more satisfactory
= work in the interest of business. statistics,
: economic and social science.
8 The Postal Service.
e He calls attention to the growth of the
g postal system and to the fact that the an
= nual deficit in this department Of the gov
s eminent service j. has been reduced to the
= | further be increased and possibly q surplus
: shown but for the fact that many publi-
: as second-class mail matter which are not
: entitled to the same under the law. OF
''The full measure of postal progress
n hampered and obstructed by the heavy
through the p intrenched and Weli-under-
stood abuses which have grown In con-
sate %'o of 6is bufden when Il
is stated that, while the second-class mat
e ter makes nearly three,ffths Of the weight
Year only i a.ss4'445 Of the aggregate postal
revenue of sill. So, 1873 If the pound rate
: thus entaied and which was fixed by the
\ congress with the purpose of encouraging
| the dissemination OF pubic information,
were limited to the legitimate newspapers
l and periodicals actually contemplated by
/ the law, no just exception could be taken:
That expense would be the recognized and
accepted cost of liberal public policy de-
: liberately adopted for justihable end.
I | 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-
uuirements 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
class mail If 1t be only one-third or one
Quarter, the magnitude of the burden is
: apparent The post office department has
, now undertaken to remove the abuses SO
, | far as possible by strtcter application
) of the law and 1t should be sustained in
, its effort"
The Chinese Difficulties.
He calls attention to the satisfactory
settlement of the Chinese difficulties OF
last year and this nations part in the