The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-08

4 OF the postmaster-general, Is raw
orite member Of the capitals young
er set
desired 10 cultivate the most friendly
! relations with Latin America What
| have we done? In country after
! country we have taken out men who
have given long periods successfully
to the study Of diplomacy, ana nave
representad the country with credit,
and had acquired an admirable and
important experience. We have taken
them out and put In men utterly IN
experienced. say II is ineNcusaOle.
The longer "A good man is In diploma
tic experience. the wider his training,
the greater his knowledge, the more
enlarged is hts opportunity FOR serv-
Ing tho country, But not alone that.
The retention OF such man, 20
that as ne gains in experience he ad-
vances to a higher grade, is an incen-
tive to able young men In the couu-
try 10 make that career And let
me tell you this country Will never
De worthily represented or take It's
place properly among the nations III
men are appointed merely 20 satisfy
partisan obligations, and there Is no
ideal OF continuity OF service in our
diplomatic intercourse.
Now past administrations | grant
you. had sin In that particular, but
standards were being made. and there
were men In our service or long eS-
perience and fine training.
We have. as | said. removed from
the diplomatic service n very large
number OF men specially trained. and
We did that In those relatively small
countries OF South America. We
take away the man who understood
them. We take away the man who
could interpret us 20 them. We put
In the man utterly inexperienced.
I -, IL .,Vl L. al
You cannot make America great by
treating diplomatic appointments as
/ political joos.
Raid on Civii service
Now. then, ". have had very
serious disregard OK the spirit and
requirements OF our civil service
| law Iu a democratic community the
hardest thing IA the world m sense.
is TO get a general appreciation Of
the Importance 81 having 1T men at
tend o. the business u tn" govern
ment. They understand II In private
business But between you and me.
in public business anything goes
Now. TO avoid that kind Of thing.
We have had laws pruvidiue for eN-
auinafionS and the entry OF men into
the civil service. who appeared o. be
competent Sow. the Republican
platform saws that under the Demo
cratic administration tAere have been
/ srIdtl since March !. 1913. over
30 600. places which have been taken
outside In the original appointment
of operation OF IN" civil service laws.
II has been Il raid upon the civil
service OF the United states and the
American people ought TO understand
II.
Take for example the bureau OF the
census. There was Nj. Duran, an eX-
pert statIstic.nu. n very competent
man we'll understood to be such We
have MIN retired and in his place We
have Democratic politician from
.
warm in his place before he Is trans
ferred 10 the trade commission. The
trade commission ttsc,f was fairly
emasculnted with the law ny the men,
FOR the most part. who were appoint
ed 10 places upon II.
Now, desire that in this country
as We create--and necessarily create
expert positions to take care of
tho gruwing business OF the Ameri-
can comm uwvglth. that men or cN-
pericu,c and training be called 10 I'll
them II We are 10 have a secretary
Of stttc. We want "A secretary ~ state
that viii stand before the world es
man known for HE learning, his SIKH.
his power. In these great cabinet
offices having the admlni strRtion OF
great business departments, We want
men nspicuous for business ability,
men who know how 10 organize de-
partments, and know how 70 attend
to the work OF the public, just as
private business should be attended
TO. without fear and without favor.
We may divide, rs politicians, In con-
sidertng whether we shall have a cor
tain Law; we may divide az to wheth-
cr we shall have this or that can
didate for given office; hut when
the law Is paAsed, or tho canildAt"
chosen. there should be no difference
among the parties AZ TO how the law
should be administered That Is then
the law for Republicans end Demo-
Gratis, for white or black, Tor men
regardless OF creed. II IL an Ameri-
can law 10 he Administered by the
best men YOU can get for thh' de-
ity. hold IL Ia the most unworthy
thing an naturalization can DO. TO
take public business and pay political
debts with IL.
Ask. Nationsi Pride
Now. II We are going TO get the
motive power 20 accomplish these
things. II We are going 10 get the
strength ana the spirit which VIII
have got TO have a real. deer. seated
pride In the United States. When |
say Il am an American citizen.
ought to say the proudest thing that
cannot have that pride. you cannot
have that love. II American citizen
chip Is n cheap thing: II Il Ia dis-
honorsd thing: IL II Is something
which IL not worthy or protection
this wide world over,
There is no ono who could sue
cessfuily present to an American
community on the platform that an
American citizens rights stopped
with the coast line, and that tho mo-
rnent he left hts shores he was prey
to any person that saw nj 10 murder
or destroy him. II man IL an Aneri-
can citizen he goes with his rights.
and the right To tho proper protection
Of his country under international
law, wherever he Journeys through
out the world Now, we have had m
exhibition In the last three years
which, confess. nils me with n deep
sense OF shame
Take for example the case ~ McNi-
co. We had certain things that We
had right To- demand ~ Mexico;
and there was proper way ~ de-
handing them. We should have said
that We insisted upon the protection
OF the lives and property 81 Am'ri-
can citizens. Of just protection, such
protection as We are entitled 20 from
government that performs the func.
tiOns 81 government. We could have
said we would not recognize Huerta.