Show HOUSE to TRY TO PASS CENSUS BILL IN SPITE OF VETO 1 President in Special l Message Message Message Mes Mes- sage Scores Spoils System System tem tern of Measure WASHINGTON Fob Feb G. G G. An An attempt will bo made mado in jn tho house according to the plans pans of house leaders to pass pas the tho census bill biU over the thc veto nf of the th president president I dent it is i is said Tho The action on OD tho veto will vill no JO e postponed probably until an opportune op opI time next week The evil effects of the spoils system I and aud of the custom of treating appointments appoint appoint- ments meats to tho the public service Eenice as M personal perquisites of prof professional politicians are peculiarly evident in the case of a great t public work like tho the taking inking of tho the census a work ork which should eally be bo dono done for tho whole people and anil with an eye 03 siD single lo to their interest J JIn In those words word President Roosevelt yesterday summed up a me message logo to the house of representatives returning without his hiR approval the tho bill providing pro for tho the taking of tho the n next census because because be be- cause of tho the provision prescribing that appointments shall bo made on the basis o of examination As passed by hy congress the bill permits permits per per- mits representatives and senators to desi designate persons for positions after they ther had undergone a simple nation Against Spoils System Section 7 of 0 the tho act act be he says provides in effect that appointments to the census shall shaH ho lie under tho the spoils system for this is the tho real meaning mcanin of the provision that they shall shaH be subject sub subject only to e examina examina- zion tion ion Tho The proviso is added that the they shall be bo selected without rc regard ard to political political po po- political party affiliations But thero is I only one way to guarantee that they ther shall shaH bo ho selected without rt regard J ard to politics politics poli poll tics and on merit and that is hyp hy choosing choosing choos choos- in ing them after competitive examination from front tho the list of provided bytho by by- bythe bytho tho the civil chU service enice commission Continuing the m message message- o says ays To provide that the tho clerks clerke and oth other other er cr shall ball bo he appointed after examination and nail yet yetto yetto to provide that they thoy shall bo ho selected without regard to political party part Af Affiliation f f means merel merely that tho appointments ap ap- ap shall shaH bo be o treated as the tho perquisites perquisites per fIr of the politicians of both par ties instead of as tho the perquisites of the politicians of one part party I dont don't believe belice in the tho doctrine that to tho vietor vie vie- tor tot hel belongs n 5 tho the spoils spoil but I think even oven less of the doctrine that the tho shall bo be divided without n a fight by br the pro pro- politicians on sides Bides and this would be he tho the result of permitting tho the bill hill in its present shape to become a n law Both of the tho last st censuses the eleventh and md the twelfth wore taken under a provision of law excluding competition com corn petition that is necessitating tho the appointments ap ap- ap being heiD made mado under tho the spoils system E cr Every man competent to speak with authority because of his knowledge ant and familiarity with the work of those censuses lia has haft stated that tho result was to produce extravagance anco and aud demoralization |