The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-01-19

Offices as may DO found useless q
can be abolished will be SO treatdtsy
executive order.
In my recent message to the
gress urged consideration of Il
necessity OF placing In the clasa 1
service all OF the local officers tuI
the departments OF the treasury. d
terror postofIioe. and commerce II
labor
Classification Of Local ofhesrs.
The Importance OF tho existendf
competent and reasonably vol
nent civil service was not apprecll
until the last quarter Of the last
fury. At that time examinations
instituted as a means OF Ascertai1 L
whether candidates for AppointuA
possessed the requisite quRliiicat
for government positions Since
II has come TO be universally adm
that entrance to almost every 81
dlnato position In the public eel
should DO dependent upon tho
In some appropriate way Of the a
Of tho appointee.
AZ yet, however. little II any att
has been made by law TO secure.
for tho higher administrative
tions In the service at washlnEt' W
for local Offices. the quRinca
which tho incumbents OF these y
tons must have II the business o
government Ia TO DO conducted ID D
most efficient and economical "
ner. Furthermore. In the case OF "!
OF the local officers tho law posi-, ~
provides that the term OF once fai
be Of four years duration.
The next step which must be lsi
is TO require OF heads OF bureaus n lh'
departments at Washington. and o
moat Of the local ofIioera under h'
departments. qualifications OF CO
pacity similar 10 those now reQuire'
OF certain heads OF bureaus and Of 10
cal officers. The extension Of III
merit system 10 those officers and
needed readJustmont OF salaries VII
have important effects in seowhnl
greater economy and efficiency.
In the first place. the possession b,
the incumbonts OF these positions o
requisite qualifications must In iusl
promote efficiency. 20
In tho second place. the remra
Of local Officers from the realm Of x
litioal patronage in many cases wosl
reduce the pay roll OF the neid scN
ices. Al the present time the incyH
bonts OF many OF thsse positin
leave the actual performance Of mn
Of their duties 20 deputies and asss'
ants. The government often pg
two persons for doing work that COD
easily be done BY ono. What ia 0
loss 10 the government cannot
stated. but that II IL very large a
not DO denied. whom II 10 remembsis
how numerous are the local ofioi
in the postal. customs, iGlcrnh rsi
nue.. public lands. and other field ss-
ices Of the government.
In the third place. 20 long NJ lc,i
oficers are within the sphere OF y
litieal patronage II IL dificuit TO cl
slider tho question OF the estabhl
ment or disconunuance OF local offrs
apart from the effect upon local y
litical situations ]
Finally, the view that these Vt
Gus ofiicea are 10 be filled an = ran
Of political considerations has foriI
consequence the necessity that 81
president and members OF oonps,
devote TO matters OF patronage tns
which they should devote TO quessrs
OF policy and administration.
The greatest economy and a.
cheney. and tho benefits which ~
accrue from tho presidents dsyohs
his time to tho work which Is msi
worth while. may be assured only "
treating all the distinctly adminiita
tive officors In the departments Il
Washington and In the neld In u
same way as inferior ofieerS hrS
been treated. The time has ootS
when all these officers should
placed In the classified service. NJ
time he's also come when those V1
visions Of law which give TO tho,
officers q fixed term OF years shost
be repealed 30 long a. a nIed tsaf
10 provided by tho law the quesu,t
OF rsappointment OF an ofnesr, u
matter how efieiently he may hut
performed his duties. will insVitAn,
be raised periodically. 90 long a. %
poinlnents 10 these ofhees must v
confirmed by the senate. and 90 loi
40 appointments 10 them be made \
cry four years. Just 30 long will II y
impossible 10 provide a force Of "a
pIoyes with q reasonably pormAno'
tenure who are qualified BY reason d
education and training TO DO the ~
work.
euperannuGtlen.
Attention has been directed IN y
cent year, 10 the neod OF = suitAa.
plan OF retiring the supsrAnnuAbs
employees In the executive civil sew
loo. In the belief that II IL dssir
bic that any steps toward the estib
hshment OF such = plan shall be tik
en- with caution, ! instructed the con
mission 10 make an inquiry nrIt IN
10 the conditions at Washington. Til
inquiry has been directed TO tho ~
eertainment OF tho extent 20 Vhkl
approximations now exists and 20 III
consideration OF the availability o
the various plans which either haV'
been proposed for adoption In thii
country or have actually been ADOPT