Show EXERCISES RIGHT of VETO president objects to bill providing for taking of next census washington the evil effects ot of tho the spoils system and of the tha custom of 0 treating appointments appointment to jq the ibel pub W service perquisites ai professional are peculiarly evident in the case or of a great public work like the taking lif b the census a worl work which should emphatically be ba done for the whole people and with us an eye single to their interests in these words president Roos roosevelt ovelt on february 6 5 summed up a message to the house ousa of representatives return ing without hla his approval the bill pro viding for the taking 0 of the next census because of the provision prescribing that appointments shall be made mada on the th basis of noncompetitive competitive non examination As aa passed by congress the bill permits representatives and senators to designate persons persona for or positions after they had undergone a simple elaml nation the president says he vetoes tho the bill with extreme reluctance realizing the value of time in beginning tha the census but declares it to lit ot of high con seq n enco that it shall be conducted with extreme accuracy that it shall not bo be open to suspicion of oc blas bias on personal and political grounds nor to bring a waste of the money and a fraud |