The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-12
JOE SIBLEY'S PLAN FOR
 THE SAVING OF LABOR
Tells What He Would Do in Event of His Becoming President Of Nation, or Speaker
 of the House.
of the House.

Washington, April 11-(Special. .)-''Uncle Joe Sibiey of Pennsylvania has some original ideas on the distribution of pat ronage which, he believes, if strictly fol- officers in the United States of their on- erous burdens without, in effect. depriv- ing them of jot or little of their import ance or power-the offices being those of President of the United States and Speak CT of the House of Representatives. Be- of Representative sibley are concealed a political astutenegs which equals his abil- ity as flnancier. . faculty for weighing and gauging men and matters and love of humanity in general which Is scarcely surpassed by his love of horse flesh and the good things of this world.
 ''The Presidency of the United States" :" saad MT. Sfbley yesterday, should be shorn of its terrors. President Roosevelt is at the age where he can enjoy, if such . term is appropriate, being President. But even he, although he devotes consid- erable time to exercise and recreation, is hampered by the same burden which has dragged down all executives and sapped their vitality, especially in the last forty years. I refer to that hydra-headed drag on known as the office-seeker. As a com mon sense proposition why should the President be compelled to select men for minor offices? The United States is such great nation that 1t should be run on strictly business principles the same as any other corporation. Who, for instance. would approach the President of a large railroad corporation with an application for the post of stationmaster, or train master. or section foreman, or conductor, or any other position of similar charac- ter? And yet that is almost precisely what occurs every day with the President of the United States. If were Presi- service of my own. When came to make up my cabinet would call togeth- CT the men whom considered the ablest in my party to fill the positions to which l had assigned them. would then say to them: Gentlemen, appoint to the su- bordinate positions men in whom you have the most confidence and hold them re- sponsible for the men whom they in turn will appoint and I will hold you equally responsible for the men whom you ap- point
 ''Then, you see," continued ''Uncle Joe" |" "when a Senator or member of Congress would come to me in behalf of some man whom he wanted appointed to the Treas ury Department would say to him: My dear Senator. nothing would give me greater pleasure than to obiige you but as am holding Secretary Shaw to the strictest accountability for the personnel of his Department you will have to see Secretary Shaw
 Tt would not be very long before the Senators and members and others seeking official positions for themselves or their constituents would understand that the place to seek office was from the head oi the Department under which the office came and thus the great labor of making the thousand of appointments which art made by each President. would be trans ferred from the shoulders or the Presi dent to those of the members of the cab inet. The President would then be Jeff time to devote himself to the larger ques' tons of internal and international policy and the President would be more thar ever the Executive.
 "Of course," he continued, somewha, whimsically. this would not necessarily deprive the President of all say in the matter of appointments. For should il so happen that the President had some one in particular whom he wished to bt appointed to a certain position he could drop a little note to that effect to the Secretary of the Treasury or to whatever other official he desired to the effect tha he would like to have MT. So and So ap. pointed and have little doubt that his wishes would be, respected.
 T do not think. however, that such a state of affairs will ever be inaugurated by President during his first term but in the second term of some President il will come some day that the President noyed with applications for office but will turn ali such business over to the heads of the Departments where in my opinion, 1t properly belongs. And 1t may come in the first term of some President for I believe that such a system would secure the appointment of the most capable men available for each person charged with the duty of making ap- pointments would make 1t a point of