Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-15 | Page 2 | Wilson Opposed to Spoils System

WILSON OPPOSED TO SPOILS SYSTEM Washington, Jan. 15 President Wilson let It be known yesterday that he was opposed to a return of the "spoils system" of postoffice appointments appoint-ments and would veto the postoffice appropriation bill now before the House unless the "rider" in it, exempting ex-empting assistant postmasters from the classified service, were eliminated. eliminat-ed. The President, it is understood, has decided to call a halt. He was confronted con-fronted in the tariff, currency and the urgent deficiency bills with the civil service problem but In slginlng these measures took the position that his power of placing employes in the classified service had not been weakened weak-ened and that the merit system could be applied. The "rider" in the postoffice appropriation ap-propriation bill, as reported to the House, would give the postmaster general the right to revoke the appointment ap-pointment of any assistant postmaster postmast-er "and appoint his successor at his discretion," without regard to the civil service act or. its amendments Postmaster General Burleson recently re-cently wrote Representative Moon, chairman of the Postoffice Committee Commit-tee stating his opposition to the proposal pro-posal but it was not withdrawn. oo