Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-09
WILLIAMS ATTACKS
SYSTEM OF SP0ILS
v.,,,,ns ao,cruor stirs Up 'riiE-
49,, in waiting Un,ii Cio~c of Ad-
m,nl.i ration to Ask r'ii srr,ioA
HAMPERS HIS SUCCESSOR
v,u.ngc ,lcwc,i ns Aitcms To TIE
Hands 81 Roirrt~'n--Wnn's
nudgsS Amendment.

"A
,J t,.. of Representatives today
",,t,lu,d Communications which
s1,. Do, his opponents and those who
80. .Inuttt with disfavor upon his
,,,t.H. ~ government an oppor-
,,rr, d. unloo. criticism which n
t..,..s,d ~ high handed" and ns
Interfering with the program NJ his
....,,sur J n A. Robertson
ia some quarters the concluding
n,f.Efaph NJ the message which AT
',l. ihc Spuils system In politics
ana ,s.ommends that ststr en-
,I,,., lee pltced under Civil -'rViCe
'.n,s ia regarded AS the ~ uu. cs-
,,,,rlIaHIy recommendation ever
,,oiaIrsi IN "a governors message
and especially In the address ~ a
so,rrn,t who In about TO retire
from uffi'e
Nots ,anse ryative students ~
,oy,fnmrnt look upon the message
A. A mtalerly document which IN
,oics. the states assets and ser
on, the states obligations more
clearly than they have ever before
b,,n vet out II In probably the
most complete recapitulation OF a
governors administrative acts ever
presented 10 an oklahoma leslsla-
iut, 4 has entailcd AN immensc
amount Of labor and care and II 4
faithful accounting OF the governors
.isvardship, made after four years
OF Intimate study OF governmental
affairs
Criticism Heard.
Regardless OF this fact. there was
probably more OF criticism than OF
pralse from the hotel lobhien where
,r, fn,hered immense horde~ of Job
hunters and pap suckers The mes.
mge was claSsed a. an attempt ny
the retiring governor to hamper the
work ~ IN. Incoming governor.
Those who found fault with the gov.
efnot's civil service recommenda-
tons argued thai II was strange that
the governor. who WAS elected on n
p'Atformwhi whichcontain~d unEq trml
platform which contained the quail
ifcations that he was entitled Ia the
office as a close student of OKLA
kuniAs governmental afteirs for 10
Years. should have waited until his
term of office expired before sus-
gesting that the doors TO indiscrimi-
nate appointments and creating OF
Jobs to ~ the man he closed.
The governors friends replied
INhI NN FffoIu UThlN pHl wv H'h~
ceriy In attacking the Spoils syH.
tenn by pointing out that the very
fac, that he has not played politics
ana has insisted upon fitness ~ the
first qualification for state jo,~ has
won Tor him the rnemity OF the pie
hunters and professional politicians
who even carried their feelings 10
the capitol at Washington, where
,hey attempted 10 hold up,his APP
pointmrnt n federal Judge:
The clause In the governors mes
sage dealing with civil service reads
as follows -Four years experience
w the governors office has convinced
me that great many Of the state
employees should be under ciyil serv.
ice, he appointing power being LETT
ifee 20 select same. However. as to
hookkrepers. Nenographrrs. clerks,
employees In the health department
guards nt the penitentiaries. enforce
ment officers In the game depart
ment ianitOrs and such employees
should he under civil service A civil
service board. eliminated from poll.
uc- sNould be provided to admin.
sief the civil service law Tn. ad-
mlnlstration OF government has eS-
panded so as 10 do a great many
hlngs for the people that efficiency
must he sought after. just AZ In pri-
'tir affairs, This cannot lie accom-
pushed " such employees are to
.hanR" with every adminir, ration
me HpoiA system has no place In
modern government. n nucb ffIsshss
we're under the civil service system
We would not have such demands to
increase salaries"
The financial condition OF every
STATE institution IN reviewed In de-
hll lV 'he governor In regard to
appropriations for normal schools
ana the suhagrlcultuial schools the
GOVERNOR recommends that a proviso
be placed after each appropriation
hhl wherever the institution In To-
Gated In town where IN. water
works ar. owned by the municipal
NY, such appropriation he not avail
ahle Tor the maintenance of the
school until the municipality shall
nave agreed to furnish water for all
purposes for said Institution during
! ,ne NE ~ that appropriation at 81
year
dn'rrnor Williams onmend-
we d'ron,inunnce of the rate prep.
'anTy school In the following par.
WtAnh To my mind there IL ne
!u>"t cation Tor the state to main.
ln university preparatory school
pHN'' from the state university
mo IN" \ 4 VI college our com.
peh"nSiv" school system has pro-
Nu"i tor union graded and conso!i.
"'td rurnl high schools Provision
.'o made Tor the transfer Of boys
mo sf's from school districts not
4 Ns.H -.