| Show I PIE FOR POR THE HUNGRY A J A from Washington that the ex- ex i. animation which fourth class class' postmasters s must undergo will be bo comparatively simple is not likely tobe to tobe be he reassuring to the of the offices The postmasters in office are arc naturally discharging lg their duties to tho the satisfaction of the department orthe or the would be removed H Having HYing Ying performed the tho tasks that devolve ol upon them it is a n logical assumption that thc they are arc able to doit and being able to do it an nn examination should hold no terrors for them Consequently Consequently Conse Conse- the time simple test that is to be applied will be wholly in the interest of hungry Democrats ou out out of office office of of- fice lice who will thus have ha an opportunity to get in Nothing that has hos occurred since the present administration administration administration ad- ad ad ad- ministration began egan its duties has so injured public confidence ence in it as this action affecting postmasters The order b by Mr r. r Taft placing fourth class clas postmasters in the tho classified service serice followed the precedents that ha had long since been een established It has hus been the tho custom ever er since the civil il service ser was instituted to all add additional departments of the government go whenever when when- ever er in the judgment of the President it was as advisable nd The Tho incumbents in these offices were included include of or course since the fact that they had been teen atten attending ing to time the duties was prima facie fade evidence of f their ability to todo todo todo do other ie view would have hn so Any mew i-mew naturally been absurd Had President Taft ma made e this order following his defeat for the presidency a justifiable suspicion oll l might ight have ha arisen that he was merely anxious to keep Republican Re Re- publican appointees in their positions But the action noLion action ac no- tion Lion was taken prior to the election the men whom it included we were capable or they would not have c been een in iii of office ice and the customs of the past ast were scrupulously observed No Xo amount of sophistry on the part of President Wilson can disguise the time character of his act in revoking re ok lug ing ing that order It exhibits him hint as one of the time spoils spoils- men whom 11 ho lie has hns so bitterly condemned and proves plo him to be time the enemy instead of the friend of civil il service service sen ice reform |
