The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06

and girls In George and Marth
Washington drill which, was yer
beautiful and most ecclesiastical
received. Mrs. e. M. Holden of Ids
no Falls, Mrs. C. C. Bowerman. Mr.
Gray and ssiss Sinclair and choru
of high school girls provided tn
musical numbers of the program
Miss McCarty gave a very charmin
recitation.
The Woman's Literary club me
Feb. 25th, with Mrs. Smith at tn
home of Mrs. Fultz. The member
enjoyed a sleigh ride. A very inter
esting program was rendered. Must
by Mesdames Holden of Idaho Falls
Gray, and c. c. Bowerman. Tn,
afternoons work consisted of
American Art" by Mrs. Gray
John Trumbull the Pianist of tn,
American Revolution" by Mrs. Rich
American Sculpture" by Mrs
Smith and "Ceronic Art by Mrs
Woodward. The program was one
of the most interesting and instruc
tive that the club has ever enjoyed
Mr.. and Mrs. e. NJ. Holden and
children are the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Bowerman.
The chairman of the Loan Scholar
ship Fund was made very happy by
draft for $50 received from the
Historical club of Moscow and also
by the news from Mrs. Standrod that
the Study League of Pocatello had
voted $25 for the fund. If you can
not do as well as this the committee
will be much pleased to receive even
one dollar. 1t is a good work, let
us help it along.
The Woman's Literary club voted
to offer prize of $500 to the high
school pupils for the best essay on
Civil Service Reform and also
adopted resolutions which were
sent to our Senators and Representa-
tive against the enactment in a law
of the Crumpacker bill in regard to
the taking of the new census.
I. i I.
An Opportunity for Club Women to
Support the Merit System.
An attempt is being made in Con-
gress to place the additional en-
ployees needed for taking the census
of 1910, under the old patronage
system. Though the permanent
Census Bureau was placed in 1902
under the merit system, the bill for
the new census, in it's present form,
provides that appointments shall be
made through non-competitive ex-
aminations.S AS the United States
Civil Service Commission has every
AGILITY for furnishing promptly the
'equisite number of well-qualified
'ligibles by means of open competi-
i've examinations, the only object of
he non-competitive provision seems
% be to make subject to Congress
ional patronage some 1000 positions
n Washington and some go, 900 posi-
ions in other parts of the country.
Hon. Carol d. Wright, who had
barge of taking the census of 1890
las stated that, If the force employ
d had been appointed under the
ivil service rules, at least $4,000
90 would have been saved, and
1ore than years time.
In his special message of January
(, President Roosevelt strongly ur-
es that appointments TO the new
ensus shall be made in accordance
18th the merit system. He protests
igorously against the old method.
aging:
The retrospective examina-
ons used in selecting the force at
lashington of the last two censuses
srved only as cloak to hide the
akedness of the spoils system. '*
ne faint of the spells system will
ot merely hamper and delay the
economical and efficient taking of
le census, but will impair the belief
the public in it's honesty"
VIII not clubs and club women
rite at once to their Senators and
ongressmen, protesting against
ose clauses in the Census Bill OH.
759O which provide for the ap-
'intment of the additional clerical
rec through non-competitive in
cad of though competitive exami-
Ition?
MABEL LYMAN,
Secretary Womens Auxiliary !
Mass, Civil Service Reform Assn.
Bacon Street, Boston.
!. 4. 1.
Congress of Mothers.
The second annual meeting of the :.
aho State Congress of Mothers y
s held at Nampa. February IL I"