White House Atmosphere
Serene After The Storm
Coolidpc I'um'K (.ratified Al Knd (!oii^r*>*iiinul Deadlock
And At Ilearleniiif: !\ews Irmii Sunlit Dakota Which
Is Expected Km'I'I I'-vehohiKical Influence
lly n.Wlli l.AW HKNCK
_ (Copyright. 1923. Bjr Tli? A<J??rc?t
Washington, Decent bur ?">?The White House tiad an atmos
phere of serenity today after a period of nervousness not only
over the situation in the Mouse of Representatives but in those
states where Senator Hiram Johnson has begun to contest the
leadership of President Coolidge.
The willingness of the insur
gents to "play bull" and elect
Frederick Gillett speaker was
gratifying news but it was not
a cirucmstance to the joy de
rived from the action of the
proposal men in South Dakota's
convention who unanimously
endorsed Mr. Coolidge for the
presidential nomination.
This action was not unexpected
for the White House had '?<?? n
hearing for several days recently
that the sentiment for the 1'resi
, cjent was crybtalizing. While
there is some uncertainty here as to
the exact meaning of some of
South Dakota's election laws, the
Impression is that the action taken
by the proposal men now excludes
Hiram Johnson's name from the
balloting in the primaries next May
unless, of course, his friends endea
vor to put it on by petition. Tills
seems difficult to accomplish for the
leaders who supported Johnson ?
now have come out for Coolidge. I
Defeating Hiram Johnson in an
agricultural state and in a section orj
the country In which It lias been
supposed the President would l><
weakest is regarded by Mr. Cool-I
idge's friends as quite a feather in |
his cap. Indeed, it is reliably re
ported that within the next twenty
four hours Republicans in another
state hitherto friendly to Senator!
Johnson will Indicate their prefer-!
ence to Mr. Coolidge.
All this happens at an opportune I
time as members of the two houses'
of Congress are assembling. Many
of them will play an influential j
part in the selection of delegates to i
the Republican National Convention
and the psychological < ffect of
South Dakota's action will from the
Coolidge campaign viewpoint i"
considerable.
South Dakota originally favored
Mr. Coolidge for Vice President,
but agricultural discontent in the
Republican party lias developed |
since 1920 so that endorsement is of
much more significance at the pres
ent time when the regulirr Repub
lican leaders have feared that their
most perplexing problems would
come out vof the camp of the Wes
tern Republicans.
Perhapn the most important no-i
velopments. however, in the N'a
tlonal situation will follow I ho <!??
livery by Provident Coolldge on,
Thursday of his message to Con
gress. While tho document ha?
been distributed in confidence to
the newspapers of the country and
Is to be held until released for pub
lication when Mr. Coolldge begins
speaking, many members of the
Senate and House have read the,
message and are talking about it
among themselves. Their com
ment cannot he published until after
the message is released to tho pub
lie The message will cr?*ate a con-,
slderable amount of talk and nuiy,
even affect the wavering lines of Re-,
publlcanlsm in CongresH either mak
ing the cleavage wider or tending
to draw some of the groups closer
to the titular leader of the party
In the White House though It Is Im
possible to foreenst the result until
the public has read and digested
Mr. Coolldgc's recommendation?.
Bfi2&
Miss Margurlte Clark. Miss
Helen Clark and Captain Milton'
Owens are the gnents of Mrs. Ho
ward Kramer at her home on West
(Main street.
OFFICE SEEKERS
SHORTEN LIVES
Civil Service Heform Leoiiue
.Asks for Extension of the
Merit System of Govern
ment Appointments.
Washington. Deo. C?.President
, Coolldge and Congress were called
upon in a report of the Council of
j the National Civil Service Reform |
League, submitted to the forty-third
annual convention of the League to
day to eliminate the patronage bur
dens by providing for an extension1
of the merit system of appointments'
throughout the entire government
service.
The "enormous pressure of office
seekers" was said by the report to
have contributed to shortening the i
lives of u half dozen presidents, in
cluding President Harding. No
single measure, it was declared, could '
more effectively lighten the labors of;
the chief executive, "than one which
would give relief from these impor
tunities by providing other means
for the selection of those in the ser-1
vice of the government."
The report said that the progress1
of the coiupetitii'e system during i?re
vious administrations was followed
by "a period of comparative retro
gression under President Wilson,"'
and that "the retrograde movement
was not fully arrested when Presi-i
dent Harding assumed office." The
practice of the Post Office depart
ment. under both administrations, of
submitting eligible lists entablished
by the Civil Service Commission for
postmasters" to members of Con
gress and local politicians for recom
mendations as to whom among the
first three should be selected for ap-;
pointment" was severely condemn
ed.
"Cnder the provisions of statutes!
pissed by the Congress during the
previous administration." the report i
continued. "wholesale appointments
have Ijeen mad** on a strictly spoils
Musi.- in various departments and bu
reaus. In the Internal Revenue
S**i-vire and pertain branches of the
<<tt>loina servicei*j tli?* v> ter
ai?'* bureau, in the Shipping Board
and especially in the Prohibition En
forcement Bureau. politics has
played an important and injurious
par-it
"President Cooldige has a rare
opportunity to eradicate once and
for all the vicious and degrading in
;iuence of partisan politics from th
administration of all the bureaus
and departments under his control,
excepting where statutory exemp
tions are in force. He lias told us
that he is in thorough sympathy
with our aims and objects; that lie
finds the existence of our organiza
tion most encouraging and that he
regards us as the police of the civil
service system. We trust he will
take adequate steps to correct many
of the existing evils and we pledge
him our whole hearted support in
the undertaking."
The report renewed the League's
criticisms of the Bureau of Engrav
inu and Printing dismissals under
the Harding administration, and its
d? mauds for explanations. Secre
tary Work was condemned for re
moval of A. P. Davis as Director of
Reclamation.- whcli the report said
demonstrated Mr. Work's utter dis
regard for the merit system and the
letter and the spirit of the civil ser
vice law."
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