Show ATTEMPTED CIVIL SERVICE 1 I SLAUGHTER washington oct 23 special correspondence from the house housa committee on reform in the civil service one would expect legislation calculated to command the support of all lovers 0 of good government dut cut under the leadership 0 of its democratic chairman that committee appears to be more intent on reforming the civil service downward not ions ion g before coo Co tigress gress adjourned that gentleman had the temerity to a bill providing for or the suspension of the civil service laws dur durin ilif the war under the g guise of a iaea sure designed tor for tile more ei ef ficle iciest ici eit it prosecution pros cution of the v war ar thit bm bill is simply an it tempt to throw the government cervino vide open opel to the spoils system aud nd destroy what remnants of our civil service system the republicans of coneless Con C gless have succeeded in arcs from the tha onslaughts of the democratic party during the past five years everybody who has taken the trouble to look futo tho the matter knows that the civil service commission is supplying all of the clerical help that they have leen been called upon to furnish despite the fact that it has meant a tremendous effort on their pait to keep the eligible ell sible lists filled the plute indians know how to deal eal with a slacker if an indian refused to fight or showed cowardice in battle he had to dress like a squaw and do a squaws squads work as long ion as he lived and he could not leave a squaw either |