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Show THE CENSUS BILL VETO. President Roosevelt's veto of the census bill was something certainly expected, and was fairry well provided pro-vided against in Congress. Jn fact, be foro the coming of that veto message, but on its expectation, it was announced an-nounced that pledges from enough mcmbors of the Tlonsc had been secured se-cured to insuro tho passage of the bill over the veto. And it will easily pass in spite of the. veto in tho Senate. The bill provides for the taking of tho Federal census of 1010. The portion por-tion of it which is objected Io by the President is that which allows the Congressmen in the different States to select the enumerators and make of the employees of the curisns bureau, political "spoils." The President insists in-sists .that these enumerators must, be specially cxamiucd by the civil scrvico officials with a view to determining their competence to do the work required. re-quired. Tbeorcticallyf of course, the argument is that enumerators and census cen-sus clerks employed after a civil servico examination would be more effective than thoso appointed on the word of Senators or Represent a tivos. Experience Experi-ence lias" shown, however, as claimed by the Senators and Representatives, that clerks appointed under tho civil t scrvico rules arc not effective, they ' aro not as good as those selected from the community without such examinations, examina-tions, and thoy do not seem to have tho senso of responsibility as to rapidity rapid-ity and thoroughness of work that men do who are selected by the old method- and it is argued that the census returns re-turns would be slower even than thev are, if civil service clerks did the work. Doubtless the President means well, and- he ia certainly maintaining his traditional attitude toward the civil service by sending in this veto. But the experience of tho members of Congress Con-gress in this matter ought to count for something, and it is verv likely that tho Congressmen are right'in their- view of how best and quickest to get tho work done. f |