Show I PRESIDENTS PEN A POWER By Signing His Name of Only Six Letters Mr Taft Readjusts 8000 Postmasterships A pen In tho hands of the president i of tho United States Is a power for comfort to thousands of people at I times President Taft signed his name to n presidential order tho other day just six letters In all and 8000 postmasters were taken spang out of the political field and tho Incumbents Incum-bents of these 8000 postolllces can rest assHired that so long as they do nothing unbecoming an officer and gentlemen they are secure In their places with their salary attachments Not so very long ago tho president signed thoso samo six letters to another an-other special order and it took 1200 consuls out of politics A United States consul ranks with a lieutenant or majorgeneral In tho army according accord-Ing as to whether ho is consul or consul general and If ho Is just a plain consul ho gets 2000 and If he Is a consul general ho gets 12000 and his promotion from consul depends de-pends entirely upon tho efficiency with which ha discharges his duties Consular appointments are now al loted to tho various states in proportion propor-tion to their representation In con gross Some say that the taking oi these officers out of politics is an excellent ex-cellent thing to do and thero are many others who considered It I a very bad move Indeed Thoro Is an old saying of government clerks that few dlo and none resign and that It is this policy of nailing a man down In his official position to grow old in the service that Is making a government govern-ment clerk retirement act a necessity |