Show TUB MUST HUSTLE E THIS YEAR SENATORS HAVE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE FOR reelection RE ELECTION WANT EARLY adjournment coming campaign promises to be U unusually interesting and may seo 80 president wilson taft and roosevelt allon all on stump I 1 by GEORGE CLINTON CLINTO washington one reason why congress la Is anxious a to have an adjournment which will enable the members to get back into the political campaign field early Is that this year united states senators who wish to be roi rei reelected elected must go direct directly y to tho the people for their votes this la is the first time in the history of the country that son eon acors have been on oil a plane with th the representatives in the manner of bt elec eeoc i tion the representatives es need not extend their campaigning outside their districts but a senator must take in tho the whole stag stae As washington politicians view it the coming campaign Is to be ba an un usually interesting one not withstand I 1 ing that the democrats claim that they not only will hold the house of representatives senta tives by the present majority but largely will increase it the republicans say there Is business busl nebs unrest and that many of the democrats will lose their seats because of it the pro gres assert they will elect more mora members of congress than they lia have ve at present because as they declare their principles and their platform are appealing more and more to the people the republicans of course are worried over the continuance in the field of the pro progressives Progress gress ives lym they think that amalgamation of the two oho parties will bo be a matter of the near future cure but as washington views it amalgamation ga mation to la just juat as tar far off as ever and perhaps farther off than ever in one sense since the return of theodore roosevelt to this country mr roosevelt has reaffirmed the progressive pledge which he gave just before he sailed for south america lie Is Isi going to stump the country and Is booked to speak in a good many districts where republicans who were ere members of congress some years ago and who are known as extreme conservatives ars are to stand this year for re reelection election to take the stump it seems likely president wilson allson will take the stump to make speeches for or hla his party after congress con gresa adjourns or at any rate at a time just prior to the elections tho the fact that theodore roosevelt loosevelt Is to campaign has spurred lie he democratic leaders to urge the resident to do likewise As far as can be learned mr air wilson Is thinking seriously at present only of entering the pennsylvania campaign where hla his bartys candidate representative A mitchell Ml palmer Is running for senator against gifford pinchot progressive and boles bates penrose republican it Is a conceivable thing that pennsylvania will be the of the appearance of a president of the united states and two ex presidents each in an attempt 0 a elect his bartys candidate to the united states wilson will au support palmer tatt taft may support penrose and roosevelt will support pill chot while the interest in thit the congressional campaign even at this early day la Is marked in fa washington there areAt are times mes when it Is overshadowed by the interest in the campaign which la is to come two years hence everybody wants wanta to know it if the republicans are go going ing to nominate theodore rosevelt and it there Is any chance of the re lie publicans public ans and the progressives Progress ives getting getling together behind this one man as a candidate some of the politicians figure it out that it if the republicans are to nominate roosevelt they roust must hold their convention after the progressive gres sive convention has been hold and roust must accept all the progressive planks president Preal dent makes them stick thero there are many men over in the capitol whose greatest concern today la Is whether or not they will be able to hang on to their jobs in congress apparently they are not pleasantly disposed to a condition which compels them to stay here to discuss antitrust anti trust legislation and other things some ot of these men think there la Is no demand from the country for this particular kind ot of legislation le 9 and perhaps they feel th they ey will stand just as good a chance of election it tho the excuse ot of a more convenient season la Is found to put off tug the whole business the law makers are quite ready to quit now without another turn of the legislative wheel the president however saye keep on turning there are a lot of big questions waiting solution or that are in the midst of at solution the president wants them solved but the representatives and senators who havo have been here a lont long time seemingly ate aie willing that the tha questions shall be ita next winter mr air wilson te Is unwilling in the face of 0 tho the presidents determination mi nation that congress shall sit alt until it finishes its ita business and carries out the pledges of the balti baltimore more platform mr wilson himself wan wante to get away ile he wants wanta to go to cornish N al to spend the summer he Is human buman like the uena senators tors and the representatives but he be Is tor for a cimpl completion ebion of the work while of congress feet feel another way about it they will ill stay however until the programs program of 3 legi legislation lation for this session la Is c completed 0 m TWI th a li baseball tan ill whytt h 0 Is cial life doub doubtless tle wort d del eiBi it h Is A ing duys days of the Wasti washington litton club otherwise the natto sometimes the senators t 0 d do a part in determining g how w la gross shall ahall remain in ses bion t sane thought that t congress n gre 1 t ce MM 1 might adjourn this year earb by y J ju i ii tile the washington baseball ball club hp hj been playing at an important seriTA 18 during the month of may alay vir 1 every afternoon at least at a hurs members of tile the house 0 are hajj binl lance ance upon tile the game 3 here Is what some one else ha about aboul the congressional a affected by baseball il already once or twice th this Is SUM IB ele casual fleeting re reference ferenc e has bag addal 4 in ill tile tho congressional record about 8 absence of members who prefer a ta game to law making mr C of north dakota was complain complaining ia other afternoon in tile the senate when could not got get attention for his agns gns inspection bill of the numbers otto colleagues who were playing bookel hoopii hoo iii the ball ballpark park tho the washington ball club left ton for a long western trip not to to rehmi until june 25 this fact in itself a hasten legislation for the members H congress will attend more strictly c their work because washington h singularly barren of amusements oa t or er than baseball during the sui summy amal to improve consular Ser service vict L senator stone of Aliss missouri ourt at 1 instance of the state depart med hac ban ll 11 introduced trod a bill into congress congi con greis eaB which changes somewhat the ret M lons ions which govern admission W ls the consular and diplomatic of the government and ot of aD eppolit poil mento menta and promotions pyo p romo motions tlona thereto u 1 therein it Is possible today for young F americans of good education till ara character to enter the consular sen lee ice without having back ot of them great political influence it la Is a good thing however tort or young man who wishes to enter tin as consular service gervice to secure from a te re or a senator a atlon as to his character and fitness bitnes but it Is understood that as aa lalni than a are re today testimonials troa from othea sources are nearly it not quite equal ly serviceable however it if a young nian man wants to enter the service h h should n not at trust to 0 outside advice but should write to the state slate department for information concerning the lit methods of appointment and the qua qualifications ficat fleat ions necessary to secure a voa tion the consular and diplomatic service ser service vIci of tho the un united cited states Is not under aba la civil service law but some years ago go when ellhu root was secretary of t state a plan was adopted by which the spirit of the merit system was MI made largely to prevail in the foreign service under secretary of state root the merit system was strengthened and now under secretary braw the intention is further to strength en it i provision of stones bill in the provisions of the bill which i senator stone has introduced there Is a strong suggest suggestion ion that the merit system will remain a feature of 0 the state department it if political pressure kressu r 0 in the future does not become too to strong in section 5 of the the secretary of state Is 18 directed to report from time to time to the pret preg ident along with his recommendations for promotions and transfers tran stera the secretaries ia the names of those diplomatic diplomat iq service and of those consular officers or diplomatic officers or employed emp loyes who by reason of service have demonstrated special efficiency it Is also directed that the names j of found upon examination to persons to the he have fitness for appointment lower grades of the service shall lo be reported to the president it Is urged that an administration json conducted ducted upon will considerations of efel efficiency incy only onit find in the section quoted from 1111 and in the proposed law generally strong warrant tor for declining to make removals transfers promotions or appointments for any reasons except those based upon merit under the n new ow law ti the e scope peana and method of examinations are to be doter determined but tt it ter mined by bi the examiners will require a consideration of well expert ence and ability and th the ap applicants alic plic 4 t s as aa to t their he i r will je be examined also knowledge of the resources and commerce of the united with caal reference cevelo development ament ot of export trade american hist history oryo K 90 and institutions something of law and one me language other than english the bill prescribes that these examinations shall be held at least once a year and that they shall bp conducted with strict balli impartiality and without regard I 1 to the political or other affiliations ol of a any ny candidate hereafter it the stone bill becomes a law which to ta alm almost oat ce certain to w be who are appointed the case young men to the consular or diplomatic service will not he be sent at once to 10 ordin ordinarily artlY their posts heretofore they have been held only 30 days day by the state depart melI and then sent directly to scenes of 01 their new duties |