The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07
The Democratic
HeadSman's Axe
Swings Merrily
BRILLIANT STUNT PULLED
OFF BY INTERNAL REVE-
NUE. COLLECTOR HAYS.
Entire Revenue Force Required to
Sign designations Civil
Service of No Avail.

special dispatch 20 the rntelli igencer
PARkERSBURG. W. Va. July g.
The hungry hordes are advancing. the
sharpening of the headman's axe can
be heard in the near distance. Civil
service may bar the path. but civil
service rules can be brushed aside or
cut to pieces. Nothing is to be al
lowed to stop the rush OF the pie
hunters. Although Woodrow Wilson
is one of the loudest and noisiest ad-
vocates OF civil service. Mr.. Wilson's
appointees don't intend to let any OF
Mr.. Wilson's notions keep them from
the jobs.
Samuel A. Hays. the newly ap-
pointed Democratic internal revenue
collector. intends to show Woodrow
Wilson a few things Mr.. HAYS ia
hardly warm In his seat. He has al.
ready pulled on a stunt that should
call Particular attention TO his merits
activities and hrilliancy as a spoils
hunter. When Mr. Hays assumed OF.
nee he found under him a large mum.
Der Of deputies. clerks and field depu.
ties, practically all OF whom held
their positions through the civil serv.
ice. This must have been a sad and
sore disappointment for Mr.. Hays. but
II lasted only for a few moments. Mr.
Hays put his fertile brain To work
and he conceived an idea. There
upon when Mr.. Hays issued commits
sions to the force under him he al.
tached thereto very neatly In each
case. a written form OF resignation.
ana every one of the EMPLOYEES in the
Farkersburg and Wheeling offices.
and all the field deputies who re-.
celVed their commissions from tba
new internal revenue collector vera
hotified 10 send in their resiRna,ions
az the same time. the designations 10
De eitective at the pleasure OF the
new collector.
Only A Few Days.
NiS" "hrn they examined their COM
>lohs theN found their commissions
70 ne made only FOR r4nety davs In
other words this ARBITRARY actor NJ
iiH expects to make a clean Sween
81 hll IN" old and trusted emplovees
ni IN" Internal Revenue Service Of
West virginia. Many of these men
"biainrd their positions through tho
,tN" s'rFiC" commission and 10y taking
"' examinations laid down By that
h"dy. 'th'rs Ike capt. Whit. rhiaf
'I'rk. ana capt. Holt have been IN tho
ser I'" 81 tho Internal Revenue De-
I"r'm"nt oi from twelve to sixteen
wears. and have don" most faithful
ara capable" work. Never was tber..
Idnt'r piro" ~ partisanship or n
iT'Ss'r Violation 90 both the letter
"hc me spirit 81 N" civil service laws.
ana Will" this H. going on loud pro-
ttst1fiuuS ~ obedience 20 the law and
loud professions ~ superior merit and
character corflrTlr o.. come from,
woodrow Wilson and ". !. Bryan.
Among the clerks and deputies ef-
f'ct'd IN tho PIrkorsburg Post Ofacs.
nr" 'apt Nm. White. T. VI Ball. WIN
Morgan. ''has NusEroVe. and Cam.
Hot In Wheeling Nessers Alex
'ud'r campbell and Mathew chew will
probably walk the plank In other
cities and towns in tho state some
twenty -ft" or thirty deputies are
slated % co
u is r'uurfsd that Deputy collector
Sol white. - Nlnco. BIZ tho only ore
on m" list whofrcfused ~ sign the
rrsI- nation made out S1l' hid tho
Democratic h"qdsman d.nauce. lie ls
7r oid soldier and when he received
~" new commission wffh tho rciEra-
tnn attached was making preparations
f' rU o. c'tftshurr Ills reply was
thIt Do would rof rssicu. that hs
would not accept rnw commission
under these circumstance and that n
th't wanted hIm his address was
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