Show EXERCISES RIGHT OF VETO President Objects to Bill Providing for Taking of Next Census Washington The evil effects ot tho spoils system and of the custom of treating appointments to the public pub-lic service as personal perquisites oj professional politicians are peculiarly evident In the case of a great publlo work like tho taking of the census a work which should emphatically be done for tho whole people and with an eye single to their interests In these words President Roosevelt on February 5 summed up a message to the house of representatives returning return-ing without his approval the bill providing pro-viding for the taking of he next census cen-sus because of the provision prescribing prescrib-ing that appointments shall be made on the basis of competitive examination exam-ination As passed by congress the bill permits per-mits representatives and senators to designate persons for positions after they had undergone a simple examination exami-nation Tho president says he vetoes tho bill with extreme reluctance realizing realiz-ing the value of time In beginning tho census but declares It Is of high consequence con-sequence that It shall bo conducted with extreme accuracy that it shall not be open to suspicion of bias on personal and political grounds nor to bring a waste of the peoples money and a fraud |