Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-03


pany they kept, and on the in
coming of the Mckinley adj
ministration, those men were re-
moved on the grounds of "inef-
ficiency," which is an old gag,
worn thread-bare in the De-
partment, but they accepted the
situation, Notwithstanding one
of the number was offered under
the Republican Administration
a reinstatement, if he would
come out and announce himself
Republican, and although he
was in sore need financially, yet
he refused, and has waited for
the return of the Democrats to
power, hoping, that there would
be immediate restoration, and
an Executive order issued, re-
Installing him and Immediately
promoting to a position, where
he could recoup the lose sus-
tanned, but his case was referred
to a committee, of which a Re
publican was a part, and the re-
instatement meant, that his pos
ition, the Republican would be
given to a faithful member Of
the party and three years has
passed, and the Republican
holds the job, and the Democrat
is reflecting on the time and
money he has used for a party
that forgets the ones who "bear
the burden, in the heat of the
day." and now, the question is,
will he go back to his state and
tell the people Of the neglect,
and Incidence of the Congress
men and Senator, and in the
coming election, defeat every
member of Congress and the
Senator, that may per chance be
the nominees of the Democrats,
or will he continue to suffer the
gross wrongs, that are now be-
ing upon him? What shall he
do is the question, and what
ought he to do, in the question?
Men and women in the De-
partments, who refused to as
sist in the campaign of Mr..
Wilson, are the ones who are
holding the good place, and as
result, the Democrats who
gave of their earnings, are still
receiving the meager salaries
allowed by the Republican and
the efforts that have been made,
to get members and senator's to
take the matter of a restoration
of salaries, proves abortive, be-
cause the Secretaries of the sew
eral Departments have left these
matters in the hands of some of
the newly installed Bureau
Chiefs,and they depend upon the
advice of the Republican and
policy forming Democrats, and
the Democrat is left in a subor-
dinate places, while his Republi-
can inferior is eating the pie,
with good thick cream, and
there is host of Democrats
who are advising friends at
home, of the neglect of the men,
bers and senators of the ones
who have a right to expect a
change of place with some Re
publicans in the Department, but
the Republican laughes quietly,
and says, the Democrats are
not competent"
Then there has been over one
hundred executive orders made
by the President, placing persons
within the classified service
without examination, and but
two Of those who were removed
for political purposes and they
were reinstated soon after the
Inauguration of President Will
son, upon the request of Senator
Kerens, and while there are
right here in Washington, manly
who expected to have that which
was taken from them, restored,
yet their applications for rein
statement, has never reached
the President, because the Rep
resentatives from the states,
have neglected to do what was
expected of them, and what will
the people at home say, when
they learn the facts, as they
will? In one instance, five we're
admitted without a comparative
examination, in a bureau, where
the force was being reduced, on
the grounds, as the executive
order said, because they were
expert typewriters, when at the
same time typewriters were be-
ing transferred from that bu-
reau.
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