New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
WILSON'S APPOINTMENTS.

app pointments the candidate 6ed up a hornets nest. Tn the 8 instance, some of MT. Hughes #ements were found to be abso- Wy false. Then again he leveled Shafts at appointments that could be bettered. The whole attempt Niscredit the administration on
 score has worked to the advan- of Woodrow Wilson who 1t
 been shown exercised every pre- Nton in selecting men for high Mes in the government. In some
 Knees he has continued Repubu- M in office when Democrats have # waiting for positions. This is
 rary to the procedure set up by #icaI parties. After the Cleve- < administrations precious few aoorats were retained in office.
 E Edwin c. Conklin, professor of bgy at Princeton University and Der of the National Academy of Rces, in an article in the New
 Times, discusses the care which #dent Wilson has taken to consult Nrts in making appointments of #rnment scientists. Commenting #he public charge of Candidate Nnes that the President has made Aintments to the scientific de- Anents of the government without 8deration of the scientific quali- Nons of the appointee, and to the 8ment of the public service, the Aessor says:-'"rhe fact is that no
 dent in recent years at least has h so much pains to obtain the Me of scientific societies and of #tif1c men regarding appointments @ientific positions within the gov @ent; and none has more faith N followed that advice, as is An, for example, in his appoint of the present Commissioner of Rries, the Chief of the Weather #au, the Chief Chemist of the
 rtment of Agriculture, etc."
 #ofessor Conklin shows a striking
 last between Wilson's attitude in Prospect and that of some of his x 8cessors. He relates how in 1898 8Am erican Society of Naturalists
 the American Society of Zoolo- 8 appointed committee to wait ! President Mckinley and urge # to appoint as Commissioner of spries some trained, scientific man I should have a practical knowl- of the fish and fisheries of our
 s. President Mckinley told the Anitteo that he was not free to #der their recommendation, since #place had already been promised z1e who, as it turned out, was not #tifcalIy trained and whose only An qualifications was that he was 8serving Republican.
 1913 the same societies passed a #ar resolution and sent a similar 8nittee to President-elect Wilson
 the same subject. MT. Wilson liked the committee for bringing #natter to his attention and asked #recorumcrG"tions of persons for HposiJion. The committee \ #nmended three persons in order
 \ breference and President Wilson
 i inted the man who stood first in Acommittce's recommendations
 H appointing the Chief of the E ther Bureau, President Wilson N unusual means to secure the best Nl liable man by requesting the Na-
 al Academy of Sciences to recom-
 d a suitable person for the posi- @ This was the first time M a President of the United States N asked the Academy fer advice as @ scientific appointment. Also, in
 Reelection of the Chief Chemist of Department of Agriculture and of
 Chief of the Bureau of Mines, the M Mident sought and acted upon the M advice which he could get. # *
 bugh President Wilson's individual
 bn the question of the best means Nbating the slides at Panama was Erred to the National Academy of @nces, and at his request a com
 lee was appointed to investigate
 report upon this subject.
 Muite recently the President re- @sted the National Academy of #nces to take the initiative in bring Nintos cooperation existing govern NtaI, educational, industrial and Ar research orga nizations with the ARct of prompting national welfare of providing for national defense.