Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
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! icy of excluding Chinese Iaborefs, Chi
4 nese coolies. grave Injustice and wrong
have been done BY this nation to the
4 people Of China and therefore ultimate
4 " to this nation itself. Chinese stu.
dents, business and professional men
Of all kinds not only merchants, but
81 bankers, doctors, manufacturers, pro
fessors, travellers and the like should
h be encouraged to come here and treat
ed on precisely the same footing that
we treat students, business men, trav-
1 elers and the like OF other nations.
I. Our laws and treaties should be framed
not SO as to put these people in the ex-
cepted classes, but to state that we
5 will admit all Chinese except Chinese
OF the cody class, Chinese skilled or
unskilled laborers. There would not
be the least danger that any such pro
vision would result In any. relaxation
J Of the law about laborers. These will
under all conditions be kept out abso-
lutely But 1t will be more easy to
zee that both Justice and courtesy are
shown, as they ought to be shown, to
other Chinese Il the law or treaty is
framed as above suggested. Examina-
lions should be completed at the port
Of departure from China. For this pur-
pose there should be provided q more
! adequate consular service In China
than we now have. The appropriations
both Tor the onfces Of the consuls and
Tor the Office forces In the consulates
should be increased. i. (. II
.55s..s "A Question Of Equity. ii
AZ q people we have talked much of
the open door In China, and we expect
and quite rightly intend to insist upon
Justice being shown us by the Chinese.
But we cannot expect to receive equity
unless we do equity. We cannot ask
the Chinese to do to us what we are I'M
willing to do to them. They would have
q perfect right to exclude our laboring
men Il our Iaboring men threatened to
: come into their country In such num-
bers as to jeopardize the well being Of
the Chinese population, and as, mutatis
mutandis, these were the conditions
with which Chinese immigration actual
" brought this people face to face we
had and have perfect right, which the
Chinese government In no way con-
tests, to act as we have acted in the
matter Of restricting cody immigration.
That this right exists for each country
was explicitly acknowledged in the last
treaty between the two countries. But
4 we must treat the Chinese student,
traveller and business man in spirit
OF the broadcast justice and courtesy IL
we expect similar treatment to be ac-
corded to our own people Of similar
rank who go to China. Much trouble
has come during the past summer from
the organized boycott against Ameri-
can goods which has been started in
China. The main factor In producing
this boycott has been the resentment
felt by the students and business peo-
pie Of China, by all the Chinese lead
ers, against the harshness Of our law
. toward educated Cinnamon of the pro-
fessional and business classes.
This government has the friendliest
feeling for China and desires China's
well being. We cordially sympathize
with the announced purpose Of Japan
to stand for the integrity Of China.
Such an attitude tends to the peace Of
the world. =, "a f5.
The Civil Service.
The civil service law has been on the
statute books for twenty-five years.
Every president and a vast majority of
heads of departments who have been
In Office during that period have favor
ed q gradual extension Of the merit sys-
tenn. The more thoroughly It's princi-
pies have been understood the greater
has been the favor with which the law
has been regarded BY administrative
officers. Any attempt to carry on the
great executive Departments Of the
government without this law would In
evitably result III chaos. The civil serv-
Ice cotnmissio are doing excellent
work, and their compensation is made
quate constd ering the service they per-
form q. 81 II VI ss III ..stts 81
" The statement that the examinations
are not practical An character is based
on q Misrepresentation OF the practice
Of the commission. The departments
are invariably consulted as to the re-
quirements desired and as to the char
Aeter 0f questions that shall be asked.
General Invitations are frequently sent
out to all heads Of departments ask
ing whether any changes In the scope
of character OF examinations are re-
pulsed. In other words, the depart
mash prescribe the requirements and
the qualifications desired, and the civil
/ service commission cooperates with
Them 10 securing persons with these
qualif ications and insuring open and
impartial composition. IN. d large NUM-
Der Of examination las, for example,
those for trades 9posit ions) there are no
International rsqair einerts whatever,
{ and q person who can neither read nor
write may pass with q high average.
Vacancies III the service are Allied with
rsasonaiie expeditions and The ma
chinery OF the communication which