Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-13
FOR THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE.

largely because of the abuses associated with appca
ton of the political machine axiom o the belong
spos' that the merit system installed naonay-te
curb political rapacty and gyroscope
suraby steadness of the ship of the hurricane
political changes
Civil service did appeal to the professional politician
He has only yielded because the public refused longe
tolerate periodical and universal upheava in its business.
Whatever criticism justly lie against the merit system
must be admitted that sound in principle and that its faults
are faults of execution.
If it applied state government would not the public
be given better service?
Is possible all public instu
tons continually enmeshed politics. when the directing
political either outright or through indirect methods
The spectacle certainly cannot be reassurng Of
Institutions of learning, where administration should be
along the broades lines and training dsassociated from any
form of political strife
Asyums prisons where the helpless and unfortunate
demand the competent and temperate and where
politics has often crep in undermine efficiency, de-
stroy discipline and reflect dsadvanageousy upon
those wards whom the public is bound by stronger
than those represented by political control;
The public health
Public Improvements;
All involved in political dssenson and conducted
political lines by the rule of political reward.
There is industrial commercial institution that could
withstand shock biennial strife dsorganzng
perennial uncertainty the present prospect of complete
change of policy and personnel.
The pubcs business has survived solely because
there has been effective check placed the draw
upon the public for funds with which offset the effects of
lent and unwise shifts
Any private could present fiction of stability and
advancement under conditions that characterize political
agement only had steady fountain of funds which
draw
But enjoys such amplitude of Politics does
Politics the limit The question is, How long
pressing the limit and attempting disruption and
poor administration of public business by the application of pub
lie cash obtained through its own unbrdled decree?
1t perfectly in the wake of political victory to plan
revision of official lists that will mpar to administration
of nseparabe from harmonious execution
of policies but that beside the proposition of filling public Of
fees with those who their only credentials record of
party service.
Reward be expected but should not be granted
when political service accompanied by ability and honesty
Moreover, there always positions in which changes
should be made excepting the ground of ncompeency
venay BOTH granting that the ncumbents have
been extensively partisan personally ofenveand
then they should be displaced until of ability avail
able to succeed them.
1t is after ALL the pubics to pay the bill No
political party politician does that The public has
right to demand first of all good service
that than is the fortunes of party any politician
The public recognizes that times apply the
broom with vgorto clean house. as it is pubut has
for complaint when any public competency
and character swept hastily and thoughessy of
dow and with little and foresight political rubbish
swept into the door
This state unfortunately has legal merit appvnp
to those institutions and bodies that should be absolutely non
partisan. 1t is high time it had one.
The incoming state administration could perform real ser
wee or the people by recognizing the principle any
where 1t may be justified least making such dscrm
mating appointments in relation institutions and commissions
that ought to be freed from political bonds accent
able for the future the the legislature should determine
to place Idaho appoinve oficialdom basis
For the good of the service.