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Show EXERCISES RIGHT OF VETO. President Objects to Bill Providing for Taking of Next Census. Washington; "The evil effects ot the spoils system and of the custom of treating appointments to the public pub-lic service' as personal perquisites ol professional politicians are peculiarly evident in the case of a great public work like the taking of the census, a work which should emphatically be done for the 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 the next census, cen-sus, because of the provision prescribing prescrib-ing that appointments shall be made on the basis of non-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. The president says he vetoes the bill with extreme reluctance, realizing realiz-ing the value of time in beginning the census, but declares it is of high consequence con-sequence that it shall be 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 people's money and a fraud. |