Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-25

service commission has, however, laid
down the rule that those persons IA
vored by the July, 1919, legislation
small be required to attain an average
percentage of only 50 in order TO be-
come eligible for appointment, while
persons not entitled to preference I'M
der the statute are required to attain
an average percentage of at least 20.
Favored In Many Ways.
Service men have also been released
from all age limitations; they have
been released from all height and
weight requirements except for posi-
lions of guard and Waterman: they
will be certified for appointment In the
departmental service at Washington
without regard to the appOrtiOnment
OF appointments among the states on
the basis OF population, although they
must prove their residence and dOmi-
Gle as required by law, and after at
tanning eligibility through examina-
ton they will have their names placed
on the register in tie order of their
grades ahead of those not entitled to
preference under the statute.
The civil service commission, as we'll
as the heads of the various depart
ments, believe that under such favor
able circumstances it will not be many
years until the clerical forces of the
Of service men. or the wives Of injured
soldiers, sailors and marines who them
selves are not qualified to hold the po-
SitionS.
The war department has been lit
tie more active than any of the other
departments in opening the way for
the employment of service men. Sec
rotary Baker announced the other day
that that department was now ready
to cooperate with the federal board of
vocational education and the civil
service commission in an effort to fa-
cilitate in every way possible the EN-
ployment in the department, in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere of
partially disabled soldiers on an equal
basis with those who have not sus-
NttIhNh Plis 9lNui lAlJol
G. o. P. Convention Gossip.
Interest in the national political sit
uation naturally increases as the
national nomination conventions of
the two parties draw nearer. Both
parties are busily engaged in chOos-
ing convention delegates. This work
will practically be completed dur
ing the month of May. On the
Republican side, as the work of
oh losing delegates has gone on 1t
has only served to add to the uncer-
tainty of the conventions outcome.
In the presidential preference prl-
maries Gen. Leonard Wood of the Unf-
ted States at large and Senator Hiram
w. Johnson of California have taken
the lead. Since both of these candi-
dates are representative of the pro-
gressive spirit in the party, their sue
cess at the primaries leads the pOliti-
cal prophets to say that the cOnven-
ton will undoubtedly be controlled by
progressiveS. Apparently General
Wood will lead on the initial ballots,
these ballots he will be considerably
short of enough votes to nominate.
The general expectation now is that
the convention will have to take good
many ballots before reaching a con
clusiOn. The pre-convention contest Is
being waged with great vigOr and 1t
is generally assumed that the support
erS of every candidate will be disin-
clined to draw away from their favor
tie.
List for the Republicans.
There is still some uncertainty as to
just how many candidates will be pre-
scented TO the Republican convention.
1t is settled that the following will be
placed in nomination: Gen. Leonard
Wood, Senator Hiram w. Johnson of
California, Gov. Frank o. Lowden of
Illinois, Senator Warren G. Harding
of Ohio, Senator Miles POindexter of
Washington, Nicholas Murray Butler,
president of Columbia university, New
York Gov. William c. Sproul of Penn
sylvania. Senator Howard Sutherland
of West Virginia and Gov. Calvin Cool
idge of Massachusetts. In all prOba
bility Gen. John J. Pershing will also
be placed in nomination. although he
continues to say To his friends that he
hopes this will not be done. There is
also the possibility that Gov. Henry j.
Allen of Kansas will be presented.
About half of these men will he intro
duced as favOrite sons, with no eXpec-
tation that they will go forward in the
convention. but experience has shown
that it always takes time to eliminate
favOrite son candidates, and so the
politicians >,y it will probably be the
third or fourth ballot before the con-
vention really gets down TO actualities.
There still continues TO be any amount
of talk in responsible quarters as to
the possibility of the Republican con
vention becoming deadlOcked, and in
case of deadlock the delegates would
most likely, it is asserted, begin TO look
about for a dark horse.
Keeping the Threshold Warm.
In parts of rural England ii is a
marriage custom for the cook to pour