The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-08

shall not be appointed under the, re-
| strictions of an act passed so and so,
at such time, which means the act
establishing the classified civil service
! period.
1T has been a raid upon tho civil
service Of the United States and tho
! American people ought to understand IL.
| And We have had positions, expert po-
have, bn GSpeT to se
demands of what 1 regard as an ig-
| norable partisan expedtency.
Experts Are Retired.
Take for example the bureau Of the
| census. There was MI. Durand, an en-
| pert statistician. very competent man,
we'll understood to be such. We have
him retired and in lis place We have 4
| Democratic politician from a southern
state. And. he is hardly warm in his
| place before he Is transferred 10 the
| trade commission. The trade commission
itself was fairly emasculated %:th the
| law 10y the men for the most rart who
We're appointed to places upon It.
My friends. that so-t OF thins mas
got 10 stop in this country if we are
| going ahead TO meet the demands that
arc Immediately upul us.
Eve had in the coast and Gcodctlc
survey an eminent scientist, man who
had won distinction in connection with
his scientific work. Il man of very emil
nrnt rank. He was displaced 10 make
room for an excellent 5tockbrccdcr anu
] veterinary surgeon.
In the coast AMI Sandctic survey we
| have had n very extraordinary condition
with regard to cEpcr. places. mean
places that were taken out or the e!Elt
service laws. l snail not go into the
| exact figures. In the year ending April.
1916. there were taken OF 104--that Is
appointments by executive acton. re.
! moved from the operation OIL the civil
service laws 10 the number. l hclicfe.
| of about 10. l believe that some twenty
of those were made without seeking me
! advice Of the service commission. pc
| Ticve chat about twenty-five were 1na9e
after seeking tic advice and Win me
approval of The Civil Service Comnis-
| sion and I believe that siXty-eight were
made IN opposition 10 the advice OIL inc
| Civil Service Commission"
Learning Object Lessons.
II uacd to think that II mere n, Mic
1 was less interested in than anEthlnss
| else. il was the actual administration OF
| their government. But I am beginning
to believe that with the object lessons .or,.
definite appreciation Of the crisis we ai 9
IN there is u different notion IN TINS
country about those things. I hold II
is the most unworthy thing an adm1n-
istrutor can do. to take Inith ous'H'sS
| when ! say I am an American; l
ourht to say the proudest thing hat
II can say in this world. - ia,
You cannot nave thhI ior9 :. a
zcnship is a. cheap thing. If IT IS a
dishonorahlc thing, If it Is sometnilnis e
| which Is not worthy Of protection THIS
wide world over.
"'Therc is no one who could success
fully present to an American conllnuInt-
jtv the platform that an American GU
GEMS rights stopped with the coast llle.
md that the moment he left his shores
he was n prey to any persons that sa"
! tit TO murder or destroy him:
n
| "If n man is an American citizen ne
goes With his rights and tho right 10
Tho nropcr projection of his country un-
der the law. wherever he Journeys ,I., IS
| throughout the world. NOW mat -
what the Democratic p!atforn1r h lou did
NOT ston with Americans. They nlo
not stop with American citizens; tney
said american citizens and their prop
erty.' ,,,,,.,o, IN tbc
last three years which I confess his
me with deep sense Of shame.
| 1T would moi counsel any action ing
WIS contrary to tho dictates or thoSs
usuCcs md customs and recognlheu
rights and rhligat ions when we CON
lmw,' II was ouli business TO stand ior
nil the rights of tGSneJJcan cltiZens IN
der international lawGtt1 Hindlca'e III
ternationnl law. -, 81 ot.x.
,co III, had certain things that we had
| 81 right 10 demand Of Mckee,, nhd thcFc
vas n ,ropcr wa; Of demanding them;
We should have said that We inslsleG
upon the protection of inc ilFcs anu
nrcncrty Of American citizens. or 3ust
nnrntcrtjon such protection as we are en-
Etitlcd to from q government that Per
| forms the functions II government
could have said we would not rccoe ME
Huerta If his government could not ais