The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-21
LOBBYING AGAINST CIVIL SER
VICE BILL APPLYING TO
HIS DEPARTMENT..
APPOINTS TT EMPLOYEES
Using Patronage to Further Personal
Political Ends--Popuiar Major
ity Largely Against Him
in Own District.

| Chicago, March 20.-That the lobby.
ing Of Secretary of'state Rose againsr
the pending comprehensive state ciyiI
| service bill, shows how the spolls sys-
| tenn works and how hard It dies, ara
points made in sensational statA-
ment issued today by Robert Catne-.
wood, president OF the civil seryic,
Reform Association OF Chicago. Il
follows:
How a patronage broker in tina
| state house may work to defeat thu
popular viii in legislation was illus
trated at Springfield during the past
| week. It was shown in incidents lea!
ing Up to the agreement OF the house
Republican steering committee 10
exempt from the comprehensive state
civil service bill. reported favorabl,
b. tha house civil service committed,
al Of the positions under the secre
| tary OF state, the auditor. the treas.
nrer, the attorney. general, the super.
intenaent Of public instruction AMI
the Office force OF the governor. The
chief Of these illustrative incidents
was the oHen lobbying against this
comprehensive bill by James A. Rose.
| seeI etaey OF state.
Pore county the nome Of NJ
Rosos Vote | 4a5 Yes and only 1G
mo- On the proposition for the enac;S
meat 81 the comprehensive and ads.
lquate state civil service law. All os
! the members of the legislature fa01
the 1 ope county district, the SIS.
nave declared themselves for a cor.
prehensive law. Roses district. EN-
bracing five counties, Pope, Massae
Saline and Hamilton, voted 4,5lG "A
| 1,7G5, a majority of 2,751, in favog D.
| comprehensive civil service law
l'fhe entire state voted il1G7G I,
121, ,132 for the statewide civil ser
vice law. One might justly exE ees,
therefore, that Mr.. Rose. in deferencs
to popular opinion both in his home
section and throughout the state, to
use his Influence for, instead OF
against, comprehensive civil service
Legislation brt the so-called. spoils
Esystem dies har,l, and we find Mr..
i Rose fighting the state civil service
!! b.u
as tie legislators assembled last
| Tuesday morning, Mr.. Rose circu
lated among them, both in the hall o.
/ the house and the senate chamber
le continud his talks TO them during
! the week. He urged them to amend
tie civil service bill pending in the
house SO as to exempt from Its pro
visions all Of the positions In the
state house to which he makes ap
pointments. These include the regl-
lar employee and certain special en-
| ployes he adds to the capitol forcs
"
/ during q session OF the legislature.
Last November he had regular
force of 1i3 employees. During the re-
gular session of the last Legislators
he appointed III employees, for spe.
lcial care Of the capitol grounds Vita
/ all these appointments to make, be
is In a position to give Jobs to friend.
Ily Legislators. This Is one factor liz
those rendering the secretary ot
state influential as a lobbyist
| Another factor In his influence IL
his distribution of supplies to the
Legislators and his shipping of state
documents 10 their constituents as
favors. Secretary Rose was not cor.
tent with his own efforts at lobbying
against the bill A man from nia
supply department and another from
his Shipping department did some
talking against the bill, among the
legislators.
IT il By such use OF his patronage
that Secretary Rose has been abls
J to maintain himself In position to
fight popular measures. is inflfuenes
long has been against progressive
/ LEGISLATION His use OF 1t at this
time should arouse the Illinois pub
Ilic TO the imperative need of com
prehensive civil service law thai
would take In every department in
tine state servic
ITO the credit OF both progressive
J Republicans and progressive Demo
, Gratis. and of some In other classifica
tions as to politics, they strongly OBJ
f, iect to Secretary Roses efforts to
, have his patronage left untouched