New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-27
TAWNEY's WORDS ARE PLAIN
Talks to New Ulm Man of Goyern-
ment Evils.
Civil Service as Conduct Liable to
Make Trouble.
Graft Inyades All Departments OF
Federal Government.

Ben Stockman has returned from a
trip to the east that has covered most
Of the leading cities of the nation, and
his tale ofwhathesa saw and the conditions
that prevail in the government of some
of the cities is something more striking
than anything that has appeared in
the papers whose business it has been
for the past few months to ferret out
the evils that have menaced the gov
eminent of the country and particular
ly the larger cities.
Congress having adjourned for the
holidays, the members, most OF them
were on their way home and on the
train coming into Winona the Hon.
James Tawney was spotted by Mr..
Stockman and some of the inside work
ings of the government were spoken
of.
One thing in particular that the con-
gresham was willing to talk about was
the condition of the civil service. Mr..
Tawney was free to speak of this and
having had something to do with con-
ditions he was able to talk intelligent
ly. He said that under the present
system it would be only question of
time until this country would be con-
fronted with bureaucracy that would
be something terrible.
He said that he was a friend of civil
service but some means would have to
be provided to limit the power of the
different bureaus. He is busy now at
tempting to find out how many men in
the service are still on the pay rolls
who are over seventy years OF age, his
contention being that the government
has ruled in the pension department
that when a man is over seventy years
of age he is totally disabled and he
will attempt to apply this to the civil
service.
Under the system as it now exists,
with the army of employees Of the gov
eminent and the system of friendships
that exist there is great danger OF
creating a combination with the Iresi-
dent at the head that no political par
ty not included in that bureau can ever
overthrow. He will attempt to provide
an age limit for service.
More than this in his Investigations
he claims that he has found that three
of the departm ents of government main
tain at the expense of the government
,, press bureaus and these bureaus fur
nish the material that is to influence
the papers Of the nations as they want
either in the making or the unmaking
of sentiment controlling legislation.
This is particularly true, he says OF
the army and the treasury.
Mr.. Stockman, in speaking of the
| affairs Of the east, says that in all the
cities of the east every man from the
, humblest waiter to the salaried official
has his hand out for money, and the
mans price is only in proportion to
his position, and if you want to do the
east in the best way it requires money
| and with plenty Of money you can gel
| anything that you want.
At Albany, he was told that the
stories printed in the papers concern.
ing the insurance graft and the man.
ner of influencing the New York legis.
| laGure, was not in the least over.
| drawn, but if the whole truth were TOLD
it would be far more sensational than
what has got out, and they do not
hesitate of speaking of the affairs.