The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25
SENATOR OvERMAN
|STR|kES HARD BLOW
| At OFF|cEHOLOERS
Resolution Resembling Taft
4 Order Will Be Introduced
By Him Monday
DEPUTY REVENUE
COLLECTORS HIT
VIII Make 1t Possible for Col
lectors to Remove Their
Subordinates From
Office at Will

Office at Will
BY GEORGE III. MANNING.
WASHINGTON. May 25.-The hard
est blow 30 far delivered to Repue-
iican ofnceholders will be dealt Mon
day, when Senator Oyerman, of North
Carolina. will introduce in the senate
= Join resolution suspending until
March 10. 1917. the order issued by
President Taft. October 18th. last.
placing all fourth-class postmaster
under the civil service. and another
resolution making It possible for col
isctors Of internal revenue to remove
from ONCE all their deputies, of whom
there are about one thousand and re-
place them with men of their choice
Believing that THE horse that pulls
the pillow should eat the fodder" SEN
ator Overman sometime ago inrto-
duced q resolution for an investigation
for the civil service hoping to cause a
speedy shakeup that would push Re-
publicans out Of Office and fill their
places with Democrats.
AFOFeu 100 SiOW.
This method, however, has proved
too slow to satisfy the voters "out in
the bushes and as its ultimate ct
feet efficiency is doubted. today he
decided to take the short cut. In Vir-
ginia there are twenty -one deputy coll
lectors In the Eastern district and
twenty In the Western district. The
salaries range from 400 to $l.seo
per annum with extra compensation to
those who have to do any travelling.
Under the Overman resolution II will
be possible for the collector to remove
them at will and appoint men OF his
choice.
The first section of the resolution lis
very plain and reads as follows:
Resolved, That the order issued by
President Taft. under date of October
is, 1919 placing fourth-ciass rostmas-
ters under civil service rules, be and
the same Is hereby suspended until
March 10. 1917"
A little reading between the lines
u necessary to fathom The full mean
tnE of the second section which
reada:
.tRssclwed. that any officer or en-
ploye Of the government. who may
be required by law or regulations TO
execute a bond to his superior off,
Ger, or any other officer of the gev-
Arnment 10 secure faithful perform
ance of official duties, may be APP
pointed by the officer. who may re-
Quire such bond without regard to
tho provisions OF an act Of congress
entitled An act to regulate and
Improve the civil service approved
january Is. 1888 any amendment
thereto. or any rule or regulation
u4Ade In pursuance thereof. and the
oG1cer requiring said bond shall have
Dower to revoke the appointment of
any atach subordinate ofiicer or en-
knloye and appoint his successor at
Vhts diAcretion without regard to the
hot. amendments. rules or regula-
taons aforesaid"
Deputy Collector Target
Under the act referred to all In
"a 70 obtain q bond from their de-
ptties which are protected under the
c4vil service rules from removal from
once by tho changes OF admiristra-
tiQn. Under the Overman resolu-
{ ton the collectors arc empowered to
/ revoke the appointment OF deputies
! ana appoint - their successors who
ever they please without regard to
civil service ruleG
The resolution ~ ct present worded
would not seem to apply to assistant
~ - hcra.a directIv 10 the row
srrvrsre snd not 10 their superiors.
II II believed possible. however, that
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r y. 49, An q. sc,rs
unsensa e .Sn.,..ra. =, ~.
Ana Mke e nc $500 s,. vsrr.
cmpanvea Mno .oh $1,000,
q tne kovernmen.. sucn - unAnc.a s
I cierkh ana certain prvs sece-
=, 80 49,. $500
cannot &c salo tnat Scnatof
Eerman y d,ssauneu W.n tne n
deepo6tlon OF Fresiuenl wilson 70 re-
1c'nd the IAit oloer ana - Iaxins
me matter N nas own y snanuA, oecause
nnderstood " 49, insoEMe0
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