Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-11
Effort to Have Places Distributed by
Congressman Has Scant Support.
BAILEY DENoUNCEs PRESIDENT
Texas Senator Says Mr.. Taft Is Try.
ing to Dictate to Congress.
SPIRITED REPLY BY MR.. LODGE
Man From Bay state Says Classified
Service Is Regarded a. Inn
prOvement Everywhere Out
side of Congress.

| WASHINGTON, April 10.-The bill Ia
provide for the taking of the next cen
| sus was passed by the senate today in a
form which, IL Is understood will meet
the views of the president regarding APP
| polntments for census work under regu-
! lations by the Civil Service commission.
| Efforts by some senators to allow these
appointments to be made upon recon-
mendation of senators and representa-
tives without examination received but
slight support.
The interesting feature was a speech by
Mr.. BBailey. who said it was reported
that If the bill as passed did not provide
for appointments under the civil service
the president would veto it and added
that If any such "threat' were made it
would stir up severe criticism of the
president.
Asserting that he had heard II reported
that President Taft would veto the pend
ing census bill II II did not provide for
placing the appointments of census en-
ployes under the Civil Service commits
sion, Senator Bailey In a speech on the
bill today declared that If the president
had thus early in his administration
undertaken 20 coerce congress he would
find that the experience of the last seven
years was a holiday with what the next
four years woul be-"
Among other things, Mr.. Bailey said:
IT am one of the men who sincerely hope
the president of the United States will dis
tinguish himself in his great office. 1 hope
his administration will be an unmixed
blessing to all the people but do not hesi-
tate to say that no man ever had less
desirable preparation for It than the pres
ent occupant of that high office. He went
fmm the bench, where the tendency is to-
ward certain kind Of tyranny. There is
scarcely federal judge in the United
States OF twenty years service who has
not become arbitrary, irritable, and some
times tyrannical 1 do not mean that this
experience would corrupt him in the sense
OF making him venal, but 1t tends. to cor
rupt him in the sense that teaches him to
oppose his will against all obstacles"
DenOunces Civil Service.
These remarks followed a general de-
nunciation by Senator Bailey of the civil
service law. which. he declared, he had op-
posed for twenty years "a humbug and
a pretense. He stated that former Pres-
dent Roosevelt had not hesdtated to appoint
men to public office within the classified
system upon his own judgment and with
out examination which. he said, was not
Justified by any law. Instead of appoint
ments being made by political bosses. they
are now, he said, made by departmental
bosses. If there was to be boss he pre-
ferred a political boss"
Mr.. Bailey said he had heard that a GER
tain member of legislature had introduced
a resolution framed in laudatory language
In relation TO the former president and
that later he had had this resolution taken
to Mr.. Roosevelt with a request that he he
given place and that he was appointed
without examination to a position paying 81
q day.
IF any senator doubts that story" said
Mr.. Bailey. "let him ask Senator Scott of
West Virginia whether 1t is true"
Lodge Defends President.
Senator Lodge. in reply, said the civil
service was ineomparably superior. to the
spoils system Mr.. Lodge said no attempt
had been made by congress TO pass the
census bill over President Roosevelt's veto.
for the reason that It could not be done
He declared II was evident that every
where except in congress It was recognized
that the classified service was an improve
ment over what went before.
Mr.. Lodge said he did not assume to
speak for President Taft and that any mem
Der of congress could judge for himself
what the president would be likely to do
in the event the bill was passed with the
spois system included.
ut is well to remember" he said, that
we are sending this bill TO a president
whose views on the subject OF classified
service have been expressed In executive
decisions on numerous occasions. 1t is my
belief that he favors the classified service"