Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-12-06

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annals would be meaningless. and our r. vr our
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united. We are now indeed one nation A ap
in fact as well as in name; We are un Hns
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tn, very completeness OF our union en.n Sno
us ALL in every part Of the country, to sin.s
North and the sons Of the South h' IL, o' ne ne
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Merit System Endorsed.
1.-THE merit system Of making appointm.,..
| Is IN Its essence As democratic and American
as the common schools system itself. II SIM
ply means that In clerical and other positinn.
where the duties are entirely non politioans
all applicants should have fair feld ana
no favor, each standing on his merits as he
Is able to show them by practical test Writ
ten competitive examinations offer the oni,
available means in many cases for applying
borers are employed. system OF registra.
ton undoubtedly can be widely extended
There are, OF course places where the writ
ten competitive examination cannot be an
! piled. and others where it offers by no means
an ideal solution. but where under existing
political conditions i is, though an imperfect
ut is important to have this system Oh
| tain at home, but 1t is even more important
to have 1t applied rigidly in our tnsular nos.
| sessions. The administration of these islands
should be as wholly free from the suspicion
| Of partisan politics as the administration Of
| the army and navy. All that we ask from
| the public servant in the Philippines or Porto
Rico is that he reject honor on his country
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| try's rule benefit to the peoples who have
| come under it. This is all that we should
ask. and we cannot anord to be content WITH
Treatment OF Indians.
The message points out the defects in on,
passage Of bills now before Congress that
| will increase its efficiency. OF the Indian
I'm my Judgment the time has arrived
when we should definitely make up our minds
| to recognize the Indian individual and
Allotment Act is a mighty pulverizing engine
| to break up the tribal mass. 1t acts direct.
| ly upon the family Of the individual. Under
have already become citizens of the United
| States We should now break up the tribal
funds. doing for them what allotment does
| divided into individual holdings. stop
| should be put upon the indiscriminate per-
m The etort should be steadily to make tho
| indian work like any other man on his own
| ground The marriage laws of the Indians
| should be made the same as those OF the
whites
| things are more important than to preserve
| them from the terrible physical and moral
| degradation resulting from the liquor traf-
| fc.. We are doing all we can to save our own
Indian tribes from TINS svn, wne nd yer ~ p
| attained as regards races where we 90 not
possess exclusive control. every enort snoulo
be ma Sssn e the most Cordial support from
| the Congress and the people Tor the ST Louis
| Exposition to- Commemorate the une hun ou1
dredth Anniversary OF the Louisiana "a. Pu 9I
chase. This purchase was tEs greatest Is IN IN
| stance OF expansion In our history. II oel-
| initely decided that we were 70 oeeoWe =
| most power in the Western Hemisphere The
| national government should be represented
! at the exposition by full and compete SET
| "The people of Charleston, with great en-
| ergy and civic spirit, are carrying on an e1.
position which will continue I'M Gopgres a
| heartily commend this exposition to the good
| will Of the people. It deserves all tne en-
| ..For the sake OF good administration SOUND
| economy and the advancement OF science; the
| Census Office as now constitutes snoa'n Th ~
made permanent government bureau. Ihia
| would insure better, cheaper ana more sat
| isfactcry work, in the interest not only OF
| our business but of statistic. economic ana
( & T.
Growth OF Postal Service.
"The remarkable growth Of the postal ser
| vice is shown in the fact that it's revenues
| have doubled and it's expenditures have near
| " doubled within twelve years. Its progress
sive development compels Consistently lncEeas-
| ing outlay but in this period OF business en- :
| erSy and prosperity its receipts grow 50 much
| faster than its expenses that the annual DE-
7 TS in ms 1897 to in 1901 Among recent
| postal advances the success OF rural Tres
delivery wherever established has osen &c! 90
marked. and actual experience has mae IL
! beneats so plain that the demand for its ex-
| tension is general and urgent.
1T is just that the great asricultural pop y.
| lation should share in the improvement OF tina
service. The number of rural routes nov n
| operation is 5000. practically all estabhs0od
within three years, and there are 800 ap tps,
|. current fiscal year will reach leoo. The mai!
SEQ, 900 Of our people who have heretofore
| been dependent upon distant omcss, ana one
third Of al that portion Of the country when
| is adapted to 1t will be covered BY this kind
| OF service.
second Glass Mail Matter.
1.-THE full measure of postal progress which
might be realized has long been hampered
| and obstructed by the heavy burden imposed
| and well-understood abuses which have
! grown up in connection with second class
mail matter The extent Of this nur tSa s sc
ond- class matter makes nearly three ffths OF
| the weight Of all the mail, it paid for the
| last fiscal year only @4294,445 OF the aggre-
| pound rate of postage. which produces tho
large loss thus entailed, and which was fixed
| by the Congress with the purpose Of encour-
! aging the dissemination OF public informa-
I ton, were limited to the legitimate news,
! papers and periodicals actually contemplated
| by the law. no just exception could be taken;
| That expense would be the recognized ana
! accepted cost of a liberal public policy de.
| liberately adopted for a justifable end Bu'
| legged rate is wholly outside OF the intent OF
| the law. and has secured admission only
! through evasion OF it's requirements OF
| 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. II It be only
| one-third one-Quarter, the magnitude OF
| the burden is apparent. The Pcstofice De-
| partment has now undertaken to remove the
abuses SO far as is possible by stricter ap