The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-01-26
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CIVIL. SERVICE

the law VIII q SudI y "a IL . - 49,
ITO the victor belongs the spoils. "
"Spoils" is right. Or. maybe, the
word mess"
The public goes along year In
and year out declaring that there
must be more efficiency in govern
ment. It also goes along year in
and year out doing nothing about
1t beyond bowling.
When the conditions In any OF
cur state institutions show up bad
we howl to high heaven and vow
that our present system Of doing
things must be changed. Then cleo
ton year comes and we change"
it by continuing 1t.
The best intentions of any Gov
ernor. or any individual legislator,
are defeated by the system in
vogue. You are dealing with =
vicious force when you buck up
against selfishness.
Some folks have never been able
to discover the difference between
taking care OF your friends and
taking care of your country.
Efficiency and qualification In Of
flee are too often sacrificed to the
Cod of Patronage.
There are those who believe that
"oarty loyalty" cannot be main
tanned IL there are no juicy plums
To pass around after election day.
II maintaining the plum pass
irg" system costs the tax payers
more money because Of ineffici-
ency, what of it! Somebody
benefits. The party, not the
country, must be maintained.
Civil Service, requiring qualifica'
tons and preparation. is a fine
thing, so long as 1t does not stand
In our own ways or the ways OF
our friends.
DEATH HOUSE DEAL
The late Will Rogers use to say
"All | know is what I read in the
papers" Which means that often
he wasn't sure he even knew that
II 1t is in the paper there is
some truth to 1t. But you are often
confronted with the question OF
whether more truth has been left
IL. the article or out Of II.
A week ago last Saturday
vi tied the two boys in the Death
H.use In the State prison. This is
hing unusual for me to do. II
O, .urs three or four times a week
a rule.
}ut on this particular day
won't in about two-thirty O'Clock
aid came out at six-thirty. hadn't
IL ended staying more than about
a hour. l told the guard who
mitted me to let me out before
went off duty. When that hour
D; ssed 1 knew he had forgotten
m :. This has happened a number Of
times. So 1t was that the three
OF us sat down and played checkers
until six o'clock thinking that
possibly the next guard on duty
might drop by. He didn't. I went
UP to the "gas chamber" room and
called to the first passing prisoner
to tell the guard to let me out. The
guard came within. five minutes.
He had not known l was within
a hundred miles of the place.
No one was alarmed, nor angry,
nor in a panic, nor frothing at the
mouth, nor tearing out his hair
We laughed at having been for
gotten"
Jokfngly the guard at the gate
sad he didn't know me, demanded
show my number.
But the story, as printed, made
good news paper copy. w. ]. Bryan
once said: Get yourself talked
about-favorably II you can, but get
yourself talked about" I suppose
that goes about getting In the news
also.
NOTHING NEW
OF course IL I had never been
in the Death House before / might
have felt uneasy. But have spent
a dozen whole nights in the place,
not counting whole days. And once
you are in until a guard let's you
out. There Is no means of com
mt lication with the outside except
to call thru a little window up
stairs to some outsider who may
be passing.
Once l watched thru that little
window nearly two hours before
any one passed, didn't mind stay
ing in but sometimes / have duties