The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-03-28
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Spells System Restored.
Il Washington. March 26 The public
will be interested to know the story
behind the designations of the three
Civil Service Commissioners. 1t is
an open secret that the President in
. his brief visit to the country in the
closing days of the congress asked all
the commissioners to submit their
: designations. Before doing so one of
those officials indicated his purpose to
make an early statement of the real
reason why he and his colleagues
!, were relieved of their positions. It
is rumored that criticism of the COM
! mission originated with 'Postmast er
! General Burlesoh, who objected to
their attempts to curb his ruthless ad-
ministration of the postal service in
; 1.-THE matter of personnel.
Since the present administration
v came into power in 1918 the Civil
Service Commission has been reduced
: to mere employment agency for the
, Hover grades of clerks, typewrite1s,
etc. Where there has been the slight
, est political reason for the selection
r of particular individual for appoint
9 ment he has been given a position
: quite regardless of the relative merits
+ of other aspirantssfor the place. When
T politics did not enter into considera-
7 ton the recommendations of the COM
mission as to the qualifications oil
clerks have been followed, but at nc
, time has the civil service law acted as
d bulwark against the administration
of the notorious spoils system. for
: acted. A final chapter in the dying
: |power of the commission evidently
sihas been written bv the President. the
: sordid details of which probably will
, be made known to the public in ths
> near future.
People for Independence.
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jer.
y say, who delivered atforceful speech
Q against tn constitution of the League
! of Nations in the closing days of the
5 last congress, is receiving hundred.
i lof letters from constituents ant
! lothers commenting upon the question
Mr.. Frelinghuysen estimates that thu
. sentiments of his correspondents, II
!. the proportion of about eight to one
! are against the league as advocated By
President Wilson. In other words
: eight out of every nine individual
i who have shown enough interest il
the subject to express their views t.
the senator are opposed to the inter
% nationalism that Mr.. Wilson seeks t,
Impose upon the United States. Sen
= ator Frelinghuysen's observations co
Il incide with those of Senators Lodge
III Borah and Reed, who see a rapid.
y growing sentiment against the Wilson
: League reflected in their correspond
- ence from all parts of the country
J Furthermore, many of the letters i
:. support of the league, are ifrankl
abusive of the men to whom they ar
= directed, and should be given N
weight whatever in forming an est
Innate Of the prevailing thought Of tn
country. Senator Frelinghuysen ha
put his views into the form of
succinct statement that he has sent t
the newspapers Of his state. in tn
firm belief that when the people ar
Ilmade acquainted with the true char
acter of the proposed league and Il
destructive effect upon our nations
institutions they. will be practical
unanimously against It,
Democrats Indicts Democrats.
ii Chairman Cummings, the bin
Homer of the Democratic Nations
| Committee, opines that the Republ
cans must be licked ia the West
1920, IL they are to be trimmed at al
and then he goes on TO say that:
| Secretary lane, himself from Cal
fornia. has been fighting for six year
to put through his general Legislation
llwhich provides for the developers
of 700.000.000 acres of public land
Including forest reserves, coal, pho
IIphate and oil lands"
Well, Homer, whom has he bee
IIfighting? The Democratic party hi
for six years been in absolute contr'
OF all branches Of the federal covers
ment, dominating every department
holding every congre ssional commi
tee, and doing just what Mr.. Wjlso
ftold ii to do. How, then, can the r,
I|pubiicans be blamed for Mr.. Lane
failurei
We Told You So.
Writing from the viewpoint of or
IlWnO mas ocen onE Iu EWoPe, Wal
Sullivan said in Golfers of March
Ilthat the senate could send a commi
tee to Europe to see and hear what
going on at the peace conference ar
elsewhere. That is just exactly VIII
some OF the leading Republicans
the country said last November. soc
latter the armistice was signed. b.
President Wilson and his followe
were able TO discourage the plan.
Germany Not Licked.
Germany started and fought a mi
Hilary war for the purpose of aiding
commercial war. She lost the mi
tary war but thus far is in good p
sition to make showing in the cor
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