Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-06

Washington, Feb. o. President
| Roosevelt today returned to the house
without his approval the bill to pro-
vide for the thirteenth and subsequent
decennial censuses.
In message accompanying the bill,
the president says he vetoes it with ex-
IRENE reluctance, realizing the value OF
| time in beginning the census, but de-
| clares 1t is of high consequence that
| 1t shall be conducted with extreme ac-
curacy and that it shall not be open
t, suspicion of bias or personal and
political ground, nor bring waste OF
the peoples money and fraud
Section seven of the act" he says,
provides in effect that appointments
to the census shall be under the spoils
| system, for this Is the real meaning of
the provision that they shall be sub
| iect only to non-competitive examina-
tion. A proviso Is added that they shall
i be selected without regard to political
/ party affiliations. But there is only
one way to guarantee that they shall
be selected without regard to politics
and on merit. and that is by choosing
them after competitive examination
from lists of eligibles provided by the
civil service commission.
Spells System in Extreme.
ITO provide that clerks and other
employees shall be appointed after non
competitive examination and yet to
| provide that they shall be selected
| without regard to political party afiil-
iations. means merely that the appoint
ments shall be treated as perquisites of
| politicians of both parties instead OF
| perqusites of the politicians of one
party / do not believe in the doctrine
| that to the victor belongs the spoils,
| but I think even less of the doctrine
that the spoils shall be divided without
| a fight by professional politicians on
| both sides. and this would be the re-
| suit of permitting the bill In it's pres
! ent shape to become law.
Last Census Shining Example.
Both the last censuses We're taken
under the provision of law excluding
competition, that Is, necessitating the
| appointments being made under the
spoils system Every man competent to
/; speak with authority because of his
Knowledge of and familiarity with the
work of those censuses has stated the
result was to produce extravaganza and
decentralization"
| The president says that in view OF
| the temporary character of the work 1t
would be we'll to waive the require
ments of the civil service law as re-
CARDS geographical apportionment, but
appointees should be chosen by com
| petitve lists provided by the civil SER
vice commission. He also recommends
that if the provision that printing
work be done outside the government
printing office Is enforced, it must be
explicitly provided that the eight-l,our
law is applied in an effective fashion
in outside offices.
! "Outside of these matters" he con-
cludes, 81 believe the bill is on the
whole satisfactory and represents i'm
provement upon previous legislation on
the subject"
Iowa at Washington.
| Washington, Feb. 6.-Rural carriers
appointed:
,Boyden, Ike Dethmons; substitute.
Hazel S. Dethmons; Granger, Frank
M. Cox; substitute, Walter P. Kahler;
Iowa City Edwin F. Barnes; substi-
| tute, Mary E. Barnes; Livermore,
| Charles N. Hewitt, Jr.; substitute,
Leon Hewitt; Sutherland, Lester H.
Chesley; substitute, Ethel L. Dunn;
Humboldt John f. Buckingham; sub
stitute, Frances B. Buckingham.
| Earle Haskell, of Ames, has been
appointed inspector of agricultur in
the Philippines.
| Patents have been granted as fol-
! lows:
A. J. Abel of Davenport, carburter.
| j. Burmister, of Spirit Lake, tire
shield.
r. r. Glen, of Ames, timber tie.
| G. A. Culver, of Clarinda, lawn now
c. H. Gung, of Dubuque, harness
saddle.
E. E. Messmore and w. Severn Of
Epworth, automo bile oiier.
B. #. owens, of Rockwell City,
grain door for cars.
L. B. Penton of Villisca, surface Gull
tivating shovel.
| C. A. Smith, of Waterloo. knock
down CRATE.
down crate.
T. G. Taylor Of Davenport, dumping
car.
j. A. Wilkinson, Of Des Moines.
guide for marking ballots.
icons; they keep their religion, in a
| way, yet as a Frenchwoman naively