The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-11

carly In this administration under.
iaken TO coerce congress, he would
find that the expression Of the las
seven years was not the holiday
which the next four years would be
Senator Lodge made a spirited re
ply 10 the Texas senator.
Among other things, Mr.. Bailey
said,
Il am one of the men who sincere
" hope the President will disting
aish himself in his great Office | hope
lis administration Will be an unmlx
ed blessing TO all the people, but
do not hesitate 10 say that no man
ever had q less desirable preparation
Tor 1t than the present occupant oi
that high office He went from the
boDch, where the tendency is toward
Il certain kind OF tyranny. There Is
scarcely a federal Judge in the United
States of twenty years service VINO
has not become arbitrary. irritable
ard sometimes tyrannical. / do not
mean that this experience would cor
rrpt him in the sense of making him
vcnal. bat 1t tends TO corrupt him iE
the sense that II teaches him to op
pose his VIII against all obstacles.
That and the power to advise con
gross. Is the power he has"
Then followed a general denuncia
ton by Senator Bailey OF the civil
service law. which he declared. he
had opposed for twenty years as I
"humbug and a pretense," He stated
that former President Roosevelt had
10
lie Office within the classified system
upon his own judgment and without
examination. Instead Of appointments
being made by political bosses, they
are now, he said. made by depart.
mental bosses. If there was to be q
boss. he preferred political boss.
Mr. Bailey said he had heard that a
certain member of the Legislature had
introduced a resolution framed In
laudatory language in relation TO the
former President, and that later. he
had this resolution taken to Mr. Roose-
welt with request that he be given II
place, and that he was appointed with
out examination TO a position paying
81 day.
IL any senator doubts that story Mr..
OF West Virginia If 1t is true
Senator Lodge in reply said that the
civil service was lncomDarably SUI
perior to the spoils system. Mr, Lodge
said no attempt had been made by
congress b pnss the census bill over
tho Presidents veto for the reason that
1t could not be done. He declared II
was evident that everywhere, except
in congress. II 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 member of congress could judge
for himself what the President would
be likely to do In the event the bill
was passed with the spoils system In
clude1
1T Is we'll TO remember" he said.
Tint We are discussing this bill. for
a President whose views on the sub
ject of the classified service have been
expressed in executive decisions on
numerous occasions"
Mr. Newlnnds endorsed the bill as
reported.
Mr.. Bailey's statement concerning
the report that Mr.. Taft would veto
the census bin If It did not place ap-
pointments under the civil service
commission. was made In speaking
upon an amendment 10 the bill pro
posed by him. the effect of which
would be to allow senators and repre-
scntatIves to name employees OF the
census. His amendment was In the
exact language which caused Mr.
Roosevelt, to veto the bill passed at tho
last session.