Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-04
Taft Deplor6s : Spells System
FINDS THE FILLING OF OFFICES
 plsTAsTEFuL
AN ENFORCED PENSION
President Sets Forth His Altitude on oId.Ass Provision for Empioyss of Government in Speech at Boston.

Boston. Sept 3.-President Taft to- nigbt contrasted the conditions that confronted a president in the days or the spells system with the system or appointment under the civil service, at- tackled the democratic house or repre- sentatives for attempting to limit the tenure of government employees and declared that so long as he has the mower no old government clerk need fear discharge, unless the United States has provided system or CIVIL service pension to keep him from want in his old age.
 FilIinq of Offices pistasteful.-
 Tho president spoke at Faneuil halls the Cradle of Liberty. to several nun dred uostoffice employees now in con vention here. He said that the job of president in these days is not thing of joy when appointments are considered. but the times of Lincoln, he added. must have been a perfect hell.r More than anything else he has encountered in the White House MT. Taft said. the filling of vacanciez that are not under the civil service has proved irlksome and distastefui to him, and three times he has urged congress in special message to extend the blanket of the civil service to all gov ernment employees.
 Limped Because of Injured Feet
 The president notored in from Rev. erlv three hours before his train left for washington tonight to speak to the clerks He limped into Faneuil hall with his right foot in bandages and wearing on It a loose felt slipper In stead of shoe. The foot was injured several days ago while Mfr. Taft was i<<1x la fa au$ oFS strained 1t again He was able to stand without aid tonight and did not use a cane in walking. It was expect- ed that he will be able to go out on the links again when he returns to Beverly Saturday. The president left for Washington at o'clock tonight to keep an enga cement there tomorrow with the International Association of Applied Chemistry
 r He will return by way of New York, where he will board the yacht May flower. and on the way north will stop at New London, Conn. to address the l Atlantic Desper Waterways associa- ton. Charles D. HIIies, chairman of the republican national committee and George R. Sheldon, It's treasurer, will be his guests over night Thursday or the Mayfower. Mrs. Taft probably will take the trip.
 Enthusiastically cheersd. The president was wildly cheered when he entered Fa1euil hall tonight Congressman Green of Massachusetts 1 had preceded him and had praised the l president for his veto of the legislative l executive and judicial appropriation | bill when 1t contained provision tt l limit to seven years the tenure of civil service employees.
 Congress tried to put Mir Taft in a hole" said Mir. Green. He's a pretty big man. and it takes a pretty big hole l to put him in"
 Government Employee Not ovsrpaid The president began by praising the "faithfuL skilful, intelligent" employes of the government who have built up the machine of government in 12E years so that no matter what president or cabinet officer or bureau chief leaves | Washington for the vacation, the pub-
 hc service goes on and the government wheels still turn He said that he had personally observed that machine ir | operation for many years and knew its faults and it's good points.
 The charge has been made,r sali the president, with bang of his fisi on the speakers table, s'that govern ment employees are overpaid. That if not true. I know hundreds of men ir 1 Washington who are not compensated within live times, or even ten times of what they would have received un- der modern conditions in other lines do not mean to say that favor ar advance in salary of five or ten times what they get now, but the govern ment should assure these men of per manence of tenure and that they vii 1 be taken care of in their old age.s Favors Enforced System of Pension. The president explained that ono;
 he favored a system of straight-ouf
 pensions for government employees After observation of the working oi
 this system abroad, however, he hat i come to the conclusion that it was no the best and that it made for smaller 1 salaries and less rapid advancement for the worthy.
 And now" he continued, T beiiev,
 in a system that might be called ar
 enforced system of pension, wher,
 the government pays part and thu
 employees contribute as we'll"
 Veto of Legislative Bill. 1 Mir. Taft gave his reasons for tn. l veto of the legislative bill He saiC
 that not only did he oppose 1t becaus,
 1t was unfair and because 1t wa.
 placed before him in an improper dres.
 but because it would have accomplish ed nothing but made the life of con
 gressmen and presidents concerned il
 reappointments unbearable. The biI
 would have accomplished nothing good
 It would just be like beating the devi
 around the bush said he.