The sun., 1910-10-02

Sena tors or the Congressmen In whose
district they reside. All Of these offees
ought ultimately 10 he In the Clisslned
service They would then he more EN-
GENTLY and economically administered.
The giving up OF the power of connrma tion
Is great concession from the Senate and
! We can perhaps not expect Il To be made In
respect to all local offices at once. shall
urge upon the Congress a change in the
method of appointing poatma sters. 80 that
\ at least the : l0s second ana third class
Z po-tmssters can he classified and taken out
I OF m" category Of political patronage. We
can then patiently push on for further
/ progress toward an elimination Of all local
oflces from the field Of politics. This is.
however, but the beginning Of civil service
reform. The problem - not merely 10 take
on the employee through honest competitive
examination but 20 maintain md 10 improve
" possible the initial efficiency Of that en-
ployee to infuEe into HE work the kamo
zeal which he would display in private
business
WARNING TO PosINAsTERs.
We must also be on our guard against
certain evils that have Accompa MED the
giving Of permanent tenure to large
classes Of civil servants. Useful Associa-
tions Of ella ssihed civil servants have been
a. times perverted into combinAtio to
force the Congress and the Executive
against their better Judgment unduly 20
increase their pay or reduce the burden of
their duties. The general public IL not ware
Of the existence and exercise Of such in
huence and | do not hesitate 20 pronounce
u serious governmental danger that calls
for wise legislative and Executive action.
! am now directing an inquiry into the
efhciency and economy Of the departments. /
the aim being 10 improve the service md
lower the Cost Of government.
Our population has vastly Increased. our /
tsN producing capacity Ia. grown - pro-
portion aud the annual exp~lIes Of the
Government under the new co 'di;ions that
surround 1t has become greater by many
millions our Democratic friends are In
the habit Of saying that our Government 10
taking out from the people In taxes 81 600
600 200 . year and spending IL for the ex-
penses Of government. This is an erroneous
statement The net expense Of running
this Government. derived from the proceeds
Of taxation. is about sss0 100. 600 a year.
not 81 90 go .oOo year. The total Of ap-
propriitions "a not q true indication of the
expenses derived from taxation. A an
illustration cite the Post once Depa rt- !
ment In addition TO the net ordinary
expenses of ssso Oco .ooo appropriated by
Congress- last year there was also approprt-
ated for the expenditures Of the Poet once
Department alone approNim Nimately $3.50. .Ooo.- :
80 But the postal revenues are practically |
eUusl To the postal expenditures and the
BURDEN ol that Department upon "a xpayers
this year will therefore he rActlcally nothing.
HEPIY TO GOV HARMON.
our Democratic friends are saying that
II the Democratic party came into power
~ would reduce the expenses OF this Gov |
"rnmen' t10n .ooo .Ono DO they mean that |
the Democrats would abolish the pension /
li,f' Do they mean that they would give |
up the navy and disband the army Do
they mean tnat they would abandon Porto
Rico and IN" Sandwich Islands and the /
PhilippinesS Let us have a little specifica-
lion Whst are such statements worth ,
unless the gentlemen who make them give I
u the details of the expenditures that they |
cTt'tcise and expect TO avoid II they are let |
into power and become themselves the
national Government
u - possible 20 save money in CARVING
on This Government and we are struggling
m this tnistration to nnd out how mod
ern principles % business organiZatien and
efficiency NAV NJ applied 20 q governmental
structure that has been handed down for a
hundred years and has never been reorgan-
I4ed With The idea of securing modern huai.
ness ECONOMY But II IL hard work and when
one ~peaEs glioly % fSOO. 900. .OOo being saved
each year Ia the ordinary conduct Of the
Government and when that saving Ia to be
made under the direction ~ a party 40
lacking in svervthing that goes TO make up \
ousineSs cohesiveness and singlene~s Of
aim and view the Democratic party Il
we may regard the statement - Pick
wickiAn
PHAIsE Pcs sAFArooA CONVENTION
oanno. oio~s these remarks w1thoat .