Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-05-30

w days Of stress ana chang
INK on the check of the nffico-scekcl
and when Willis Moore woult
probnhif prOgnosticatc continue
drought 10 the hnnds OF news
paper man truly great IL IL fmal
inolehlll indeed. out Of whlcn bic
mountain cannot ho built For IN.
eianeo the announcement made Fri.
3 day morning Ia only one of two pa.
pers of tho better aeri that the presl-
don't had determined upon the ar-
poiniment OF galloway ana wales "a
succeed BLACK and Wnshburu az civil
service commissioners has boon mag-
nifiod into tho abruH displacement
Of Blhck mud Washhurn and solar
plcsus elbow nc tho Independence NJ
the riyil srryice' of the government.
hcnlb. II IL not so bnd nH that. and
there is nothink mysterious or awful
about it, seeing that WIS 0ll done in
the regular course Of business.
When Mr. Wilson went IN tho com.
nissionera told him they wore ready
10 90 ont II u WAS his wish n ig.
This ia tho customary thing. Changes
huve been made in an the cxecutitc
departments without exciting the least
suspicion that the president WIS strik.
inr a blow az liberty or anything like
that or that there WIS anything like
an abrupt displacement Of anybody
In tho opinion OF some thousands of
persons the president has not been
Habrupt" enough. but has proceeded
with leaden heel
No charges have beon made agninet
the retiring commissioners. they viii
80 out with ali the honofa Of war
side-nrms ana all ana conscious ~
course, OF having performed faithfully
their ofticiA duties. They resigned.
and their resignailons were accepted.
They were not displnecd. They re-
signed on the 3rd ef March and here
Il is not Gar from the lrd of June,
and II IS only after three months have
passed that two very good men, one
"a democrat and the other republl-
can are a. be- named % take the
places which the men they are 20
succeed dd not. apparently. caro- 90
keep. Bosldoa with commission.
composed Of three members. onc
democrat in good and regular stand
ing ana perfectly competent for thr
work he Will have TO perform. anoth-
ef q dysdsi the-Woal republican ana
for muny years the chicf examiner
of the civil service commission, and
the third, democrat Of alleged lull
Moose tendencies ana of experience IN
the business of the commission with
which he has been connected for five
years. how could anyone think for %
moment that the appointment of the
urw commissioners would disturb the
establishment OF this great and good
inrcnu2 IN effect there win be only
one new man. and he a man of high
character and approved courage. ON
the new commissions. so that thcre is
really no occasion 10 suspect that there
VIII be the lcast Interference with the
Independence Of the commission. nor
any just ground against the commits
sion that Is To be for pornicious ac-
tiyisy
No Hostility Anticipated.
There will he "a civil service inyosli-
antion Dv congress mot in spirit OF
hostility to the civil service law" but
for the purpose of ascertaiuing how
the law has been administered: in
deed. the first steps have boon taken
by resolution Of the senate toward
making thorough inquiry into the
whole subject This investigation
would have been ordered whether or
not there had been any change In the
personnel of the commission
The question has been discussed in
congress Senator pomercno, of Ohio,
while expressing the opinion that the
law had heen honestly administered
in suiue oi the departments. said that
IN either branches Of the public SER
Vice il had been deliberately disfe-
garded In ono division of tho Rail-
way Mail Service. the superintendent,
tho assistant superintendent. eighteen
chief clerks. oiehty ont of forty
other clerks and $50 out Of 120 clerks
on tht railroads are republicans ac-
cording TO the information of the SEN
ator from ohio.
Ia the discussion Of the subject.
senator pverman at North Carolina.
quoted from the report of the ecdn-
omy commission appointed hy Mr.
TAFT. To the effect that after an ex-
haustve study of the recoids OF the
civil service commission and of tho
evidence which was obtained from the
departments the presidents commits
sion has como to tho conclusion that
the Interpretation which has been
given to the act hv the ciNil service
commission has hcon such as nrteti-
eally to defeat IFS primary purpose"
that every condition of good admin
istration has been made subordinate
and subsewicnt to demands that can
ting no explanation except "A desire to
continue d system which the law was
designed 20 supplaut There was
some halr-splittng in the senate ns to
what "tho system alluded 90 meant
hut Is WAS clearly the spolls system
as senator ONerman insisted
Ii Mr Wilson required any jistifi-
catiou for changing the personnel OF
the commission ne would find Il IN
the report of Mr. Tafts oomnissioa
MaoitestN, a commission which inter-
preted the cNh service law so az
practically defeat it's primary pur-
pcse' Is not a commission that should
Pc ntrwtvd with tho execution OF the
inN
Colorcd Pcaccholders Considered.
Willie the mat.ef ,as nder discus
sion in the senate. Mr.. stone taf Mis-