Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-06
VETO MESSAGE
SCOLOS THE
CONGRESS
ROOSEVELT DISSATISFIED
WITH CENSUS MEASURE
Scents Attempt TO Return to
SpoiIs System in Proposed
Appointment of Clerks With
out Examination,



Washington. Feb 5-The special
message of President Roosevelt re
ferrins to the house of representa-
tives would approval Of the bin TO
provide for the thirteenth and subse-
uuent decennia, ccncuscs was trans
mitted today
The president says ne vetocs the
bin with extreme reluctance reali1lng Z
the value of time to beginning the
census but declares IL is of high con-
sequence that II shall be conducted
with extreme accuracy. that II shall
not be open to suspicion or bias on
personal and political grounds nor 70
bring a waste ot the peoples money,
Section 7 of the act" he says,
provides in effect that appointments
Of the census shall be under the spoils
systems for this is the real meaning
Of the provision that they shall be
subject only to non competitive ex-
animation The provision is adhcd
HAT they shall be selected without
regard TO political party affiliations
But there Is only one way 10 guar
antcc thai they shall be selected With
out regard to politics and on merit
aud that is by choosing them after
Of eligibles provided by the civic lesrv-
Les commission
Continuing the message says:
"To provide that the clerks and
other employees shall le appointed af-
ter non-competitive examination aud
yet to provide that they shall be sc-
lacted without regard 20 poil.rl
ualty affiliation means merely tins
the appointments shall be treated as
the pei quistos OF the rollticlarr o(
both parties. instead of AZ The per-
quisites of the politicians OF ono
party I do not believe IN the doe
trine that to the victor belongs the
spoils; but think even less OF the
doctrine that the spoils shall be d.
vidcd without fight by the profess
sional politicians on both sides
After quoting from official reports
in support of his position the presi-
dent continues:
In view of the temporary charac-
ter of the work. II would be well To
waive the requirements Of the civil
service law as regards geographical
but the appointees
should be chosen by competitive ex>
animation from the lists provided by
the civil service commission The
non-competitive examination IN case
like this is not only Vigorous but IA
In effect a fraud upon the public. No
essential change is effected by pro-
viding that II be conducted by the
civil service commission. and to pro.
vide that the employees shalt be Sc
lected without regard to political
party affiliations is empty and mis-
leading unless, at the same time. II IL |
made effective in the only way in
which IL is possible to make II cffcc
tive. that Is by prov iding that the cX
animation shah be made competitive
II also recommend that if provs-
ion is made that the census printing
work may he done outside the gov
ernment printing office. II shall be OK
plicitly provided that the government
authorities shall see that the eight
hour law is applied in effective fash
ion to these outside offices
Outside OF these matters. 7 believe |
that the bill is on the whole satis- |
factory and represents an improve
ment upon previous legislation on
the subject"