Show presidents president s order to be revoked washington dec 4 that an effort will be made to suspend president tafts order of oct 15 whereby beabout about fourth class postmasters were placed under civil ser tice became known here when representative cordell hull of tennessee said the democrats in angress on gress who are already in washington have conferred informally on the subject ind and that there was an overwhelming sentiment in favor of having the order revoked representative hull said dent elect wilson under the civil mice service law would have the power to revoke president tafts order coming Comin cat at the timo time and under the circumstances that it did said I 1 mr hull this order of the 1 dents is steeped in the deepest political dye and constitutes within itself a gross violation of the letter the spirit and the whole purpose of the civil service law because it places this immense horde of republicans li calis to the exclusion of democrats permanently in office without examination or test as to merit r efficiency if carried out this order will nake make enuine civil service a farce and prove the greatest setback to its administration extension and progress within a generation |