The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-30
AN AXEMANS REIGN
IS THAT OF WILSON

on an appropriation bill.
October 8, lglS-Agents, deputy
collectors. inspectors and other em-
ployes in connection with the income
tax exempted from civil service
rules.
october %, 10lS-Deputy collec-
tors Of internal revenue and deputy
United States marshals exempted
from the civil service rules, Ihls
was a rider upon an appropriation
bill.
december 90, l913-Employes
under the federal reserve act not in
cluded in the civil service regula-
lions.
July 16, 1914; Commercial at
taches, department of commerce eX-
empted from regulations of the merit
system, This was a rider TO an APP
preparation bill.
august l, 1914: Commissioner of
immigration, New orleans, by a rider
upon an appropriation bill, exempted
from operation Of the merit system.
august /, 1914: Commissioner to
five civilized tribes taken out of the
civil service regulations by a rider to
an appropriation bill.
september 26, 1914: Federal inter-
state trade act exempted secretary
clerks to each commissioner, attor-
ney, special experts, and examiners
from the merit-system regulations,
January 2S, 1915: Life saving SER
vice made a part Of the military force
by including in the coast guard.
All Repudlate Merit.
"The Wilson administration went
before the country with a program in
glaring Observation-Disclosures tariff
bill, federal reserve act, interstate
trade commission, rural credits. Every
one of these Legislative acts repudi-
ates the merit system in appointments.
According to Representative Good.
of Iowa, member Of the House appro-
priatIons committee, the Democrats
have created at least 10000 new posi-
lions at an annual cost to the country
Of over $36,000,00O
"Thesc facts illuminate the recent
scheme Of the postollCe department to
displace $4,000 rural mail carriers by
reorganizing the rural routes for au-
tomobile delivery Of mails, instead of
by horse delivery.
Under pretense OF extending the
service two horse routes were to be
combined into one motor route. BY
an interesting fiction the new motor
route would pay a higher salary than
either Of the old horse routes, and
transfers could not be made from low
er to higher salaries, according to the
T~ostofice 'reorganizers'. This scheme
would have thrown out $4,000 carriers
and by technical construction made
$4,000 vacancies. II the postoffce au-
thorities so desired they could have
given these jobs to Democrats only.
Who doubts that every n Of these
places would have been filled by a
deserving Democrat? 1t was only
through a vigorous fight by Republic
can members in the House that this
vicious scheme was defeated.
What Others Did.
ain 1903 President Roosevelt placed
1885 fourth-class postmasters in the
classified service. October, 1912, Pres
ident Taft placed 1926 fourth-class
postmasters in the classified service,
which put all of this class OF officials
under the mantle Of the civil service.
December Z. 1912, Taft placed all ar
tisan positions in navy yards in the
classified service. This included ap-
proximatcly 10000 skilled mechanics.
"Republican administrations have
always labored to extend the civil ser
vice. Verify 1t is a far cry from Cleve-
lands public office Is a public trust
to Wilson'S get all you can and can
all you get. One Of the planks Of
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