The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-17
PLANS TO EXAMINE
MANY POST0ASTERS
MIR. BURLEsoN SEEKS TO EXECUTE
MIR. WILSON'S MODIFICATION OF
MR.. TAF-s ORDER.
VIRGINIA NEAR TOP
THIS STATE Is WELL TAKEN CARE
OF AND MANY AsPrRANTs
WILL he GIVEN AN oP-
rORTUNITY.
VIRGINIA NEAR TOP
Bv GEORGE II. MANNING.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.--Al-
though practically not a wheel has
/ been turned during the past month
/ towards making preparation for ex-
! aiming all Of the applicants for
/ fourth class postoffices 1t is quite pro-
/ bahle that the plan for holding these
/ examinations in Virginia some time
time in September or early October
! will be carried out.
The cause of the present delay Is
! the fact that the Civil Service Com
mission has no available fund to de-
| fray the expenses of taking the thous-
sands Of examinations PRESIDENT VIII
son some months ago modified for
mer President Taft's order placing all
the fourth class postmasters under
the protecting wing of the Civil Ser
vice system by ordering that competi-
tive examinations should be held to
select postmasters.
Virginia to the Front.
But when Post master General Bur
Lesson called on the Civil Service Com
mission to carry out the order and
submitted the list of States made up
into groups of four in the order in
which he wished the examinations to
be held he discovered that there was
no fund available to carry out the
enormous task. Then II was that
Postmaster General Burleson and
Commissioner Black called on the
house appropriation committee, ex-
planned the situation and asked that
money he provided as soon as pos
sibie. 1t was following this confer
ence as told In these dispatches be-
fore, that the Old Dominion delegates
discovered that Virginia had been
placed far down the list Of States
to he examined. But this matter has
all been arranged now and through
the insistent urging of the delegation
Virginia has been placed well to the
front.
At this conference also II was ar
ranged that the Appropriation COM
mittee would ask for enough money
at ore time to defray the expenses OF
all the examinations and that they
should ne held in eight States at
time, all to be examined within year.
The commission estimated that $780,
0ao would he necessary, and accord
ing1y an item for that amount was In
serted In the urgent deficiency bill
which has been prepared ny the APP
preparations committee and is now
readN for passage.
win Ask for Rule.
II Is useless however, for the house
to pass the bin untii an agreement
can he made with the senate leaders
to make way for the hill when IL
reaches that body. Under the rules
obtaining in the Senate no business
can he taken up until the tariff bill is
out Of the way. unless n special rule
is passed and ARA ngements made with
Senator simmons and the members Of
the finance committee having the
tariff bin IN charge.
With a view to making such an ar
raugement members Of the house
committee today conferred with the
Senate leaders who will take the mat
ter mp with Senator Simmons and the
other senate leaders to decide
whether the bill can be put right
through the senate II II Is passed by
the House There Is no doubt about
the ability Of the House leaders to put
II through the house but to do so
would he useless without the ex
istence of a working agreement on the
part of the senate to take 1t up i'm
mediately.
Senator Swanson said today that he
believed It was still possible to pass
the urgent deficiency bill through
both houses and have the civil service
commission get down TO business in
time to have the examinations held in
Virginia in September as previously
arranged.