Show ROOSEVELT STR I ES A AT THE TH PATRONA SYSTEM J i I I Men to T ke Census Should Be N med After o min t x I f tolls ons k He S Ss VS in iii Message to COR ORe s gress I v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON JAN 6 IN 6 IN A MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF RE REPRESENTATIVES REP REP- P- P I TODAY PRESIDENT PRESIDENT 1 DENT ROOSEVELT URGED THAT I IN N NF PREPARING FOR THE WORK VORK OF 0 F TAKING THE NEXT CENSUS T THEt THE THI t FOUR THOUSAND OR MORE ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL ADDI ADD EMPLOYEES NEEDED NEEDE D BE APPOINTED ONLY AFTER R i COMPETITIVE COI EXAMINATIONS EXAMINATION s I UNDER THE RULES OF THE Tit CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION COMMISSIO N AND SAND STRONGLY DENOUNCED DENOUNCE I THE PATRONAGE SYSTEM OF MAKING THE TUE APPOINT APPOINT- T II MENTS MENT SAYING THAT THE CIVIL CIVI h SERVICE COMMISSION COl IS FULLY FULL CAPABLE OF SECURING A MOST EFFICIENT FORCE I Ii I The non competitive Fx usel used in in selecting the force or In m Washing ton for the last two tn us th the l president president resi- resi i dent MI said ll served T i cl only as as a n l cloak lo k to hide bide the nake nakedness of or the thc spoils SIg- SIg tem tern j Such examinations he declared ire are u useless as 38 S c checks t upon TI They nr prevent he h said U the iii l in incompetent from boin being appointed but they Ion dont don't t secure the lire appointment ointment of the m mast t competent and ancl t they H v afford no check upon political appointments The president j said it il i is idle to flay ay that such fluch examinations are art fair for far forthe the tho unfairness and fa favoritism i come in lit the choo choosing inA of tho men who shall be e allowed to try fry them thorn The president nt declared that the tho great majority of the clerical l employees of the last t two to o censuses l were wore far below elow the tho average in ability and that stat statistics i show that only shout about 50 GO IH per r cent of or the thc applicants wHo were employed in the last two ITAO e eD censuses U CS we were N re able to pass the tho competitive examinations ous under the civil service len rules mIls The TJ taint of tho the spoils system ho sail Rail will will not merely hamper and nut de lay 13 t the e economical and efficient taking o of the thc census hut but will impair the belief of the public in its honesty |