The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-18
AWAY WITH THIS!

The provision in the postal appropr.-
alton bill pending IN congress TO trans
fer assistant assistants OF rst and sec
ond class postoffices from the CLASH
fed to the open appointive service IL
an astonishing evidence of reversioE
on the part OF political party. That
such a glazing undertaking to return
/ to the spols system should be made
in the midst Ct period OF reform AMI
uDlift In government is very remark
able thing That It should be attempt
ed by the Democrats in congress al
most ON the eve OF an election which
/ IS to take judgment on the partya
record in congrcSs and that II should
be attempted in the administration o.;
Woodrow Wilson add TO the amazing
character Of 1t Il is inconceivab.
/ that 1t should prdve successful. The
president has intimated very clearly
and distinctly that he would veto the
/ bill If it comes to him with this provi
sion and he is no Taft lie will veto
it there can he no doubt CT that-and
though the Democratic majority might
have the tcmerity and be guilty of the
I faulty Of passing 1t in the first in
stance, it is hardly to be believed that
they would endeavor to enact il Owe
the presidents veto.
If there is one position in the gov
ICrnment service that should be depend
ent upon merit for appointment and
! continuance it is the place OF assistant
postmaster in first or second-class
ostohice. The heads of these offices
ere political appointoes. In the very
nature CT thinss they cannot know tn !.
details OF administration OF a postci
fee, nor, however capable they may be
/ IN business mani gement, can they
learn them all In few days or weeks
or months. The postolfice business -
Ia highly specialized service and it is
/ Of a nature that will not permit of TAX
ing chances with its conduct Highly
+ trained men are needed to give salts
factory service to the public, an /,
though the superintendent of a large
oilice may well BIZ given into tie hand :
CT an intelligent and energeti man CT
general experience, It is OF the first
importance that the routine work shall
be under charge of an ampioyc OF lon (
training in the work Of handling thu
mails. The assistant postmaster i
the driving wheel of the whole system,
of large Office, though the postmast-
or may be the controlling lever. Tn >
assistants are carefully chosen from
the ranks or the subordinates. They
arc probably the most carefully select
ed oiiicAals in the government service,
as it Is proper they should be- for thei
work II OF the most important and in.
innate character In it's relation to the
public. To take them out of tle secu-
iity and certain merlty of the classl-
ilcd service and make their appoint.
ment subject to political influence will
be to strike blow at the efficiency
OF the postal system. The Democrats
in congress IN clutching for the spots
contained in the twenty-four hundren
4 places Of this efficient corps are strik-
ing ct the most sensitive part OF the
whole government service, and If the'r
avidlty should carry them 70 achiev -
ment Il purpose they would hear in
no uncertain tones from the peop.o
with whose system Of communication !
they had tempered
It is, we repeat, incCnceivable that
they should carry this thing throug !,
but how did 1t come about that they
should even have thougt to undertak ,
Il?