The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1929, Page 8

By RODNEY DUTCHER Washington, Feb. 18,—Republican (NEA Bervice Writer) postmasters are not faced with the Baker, The Civil Service Commis- sion has gone to great pains to dem- onstrate that Gow was rated purely on merit, Al any sate, he was promptly appointed, and would have THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THE GUMPS. R IPS AND FEATURES ~ASWEETHEART ON PARADE oe eee ae 4 deadly menace of & horde of hungry | heen appointed in any event ws long eaaaant sg ing Mee Reselid as he was among the three highest on br} tained thelr stand-in with local poll-| etsy avid 1, Walah of Mase- a troop 01 Heian ave likely to get the ax Just) sehusetts, a Democrat, protested with elephants ~ cd he saine, the eri u we are fast re- Lately the postmasterships at Bos- Be eae DD ay uuppo fon, Mass, and Butte, Mont., have been the objects of covetous political eyes, with the result that there is a new postanaster in Boston and may be soon in Butte. Presumably there are quite # few other instances, but these ave the only ones concerning which anyone has made public lam- entation In Washington. ** * Pootmasters are not discharged promptly on the request of Republi- can national committeemen. The committeeman who wants to displace the incumbent must tell the pootmas- her-general about it, whereupon the postmaster-general asks the Civil Service Commission ta hald an open competitive examination Firat, second and third-class post- masters are not classified under the edvil service law, but are placed un- der etvil service supervision by the president's executive order. President Wilson decreed that the high man in examinations for these posts should get the job, with the re sult that such appointments in his administration were divided about evenly between Republicans and Democrats, but since his administra Hon the postmaster-general has been permitted to select from the three men with highest ratings, among whom there is almost invariably a deserving politician with the proper pull. * * % Postmaster Baker at Boston was originally a Democrat appointed by Wilson, but turned Republican. Pres- ident Coolidge is supposed to have re- Sppointed him in order to spite the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. But after election the Massachusetts poll- Ueians decided to get rid of Baker and it was agreed and announced in the newspapers that Charles R. Gaw, ® more active Republican, would get the job. The competitive examination was held and Gow was rated higher than verting to the oid, edly aban~ doned spoils system in the matter of postoffice appointments by revaining the form and discarding the sub- p of the civil service laws.” Bak- id, was entitled by his record to @ continuance in office, He com-~ plained that examination for ftret- class postmasterships consisted only of personal interviews and investiga~ ions made jointly by an inspector from the Civil Service Commission and one trom the Postoffice Depart- ment, * * * The Civil Bervice Commission has followed Walsh with an explanation of its elaborate methods of investi- gation and rating, the one being made hy men sent to the city in question and the latter by a hoard in Wash- ington, Tt also points out that polt- tics cannot be eliminated from post- masterships until the four-year ten- sve law is repealed and appointments are made solely with regard to the highest rating in a given examina tion. Meanwhile the Butte postmaster ship is still in the atv, after being brought to the senate's attention hy Benator Burton K, Wheeler, who sala that the present postmaster was most efficient and had the endorsement of the principal business men of Butte. ‘The Republican national committee man, however, recommended — that someone else be given the job and the postoffice department asked for another campetitive amination although the incumbent's Republi- canism has not been questioned, “Why not be frank," Wheeler de- mands, “and say the politicians can and do oust men who are in the ser- vice, providing that the postmaster does not donate to the Republican campaign fund or bend the knee to the politicians?” Republican senators, who have a great deal to say about appointments In their respective states, naturally are making no protest Gre Boys Who Were WAITING FoR FRECKLES TO COME BY IN THE AMBULANCE FROM TAE KOSPITAL , TOOK UP THE TRAIL OF THE WRONG AMBULANCE, AND FOLLOWED IT ALL TRE WAY TO THE FAR SIDE OF TOWN BEFORE TWEY DISCOVERED THEY HAD MADE A AISTAKE AND FOLLoW- ED AN AMBULANCE WHOSE DRINERS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO LUNCH rere ae A DETECTIVE ANDYA COP HAVE BEEN WERE ALREADY AND ASKED ME A MILLION QUESTIONS T KNOW. WE ARE THE FOLLOW-UP MEN. THERE ARE A FEW POINTS THAT HNEN'T BEEN CLEARED Cg i) THIS BAFFLIN' : Waar! ANOTHER) YES, WE'RE THE WELL IF 1D KNOWN THAT DELEGATION DETAIL MEN. NOW IF TELLING THE OOLICE ABOUT OF CoPS YOU'LL JUST SHOW > US PIECES OF FURNITURE OR OBIECTS WHERE THE . YEGG MIGHT WAVE LEFT Hello, Piyine Lady! You look al- ai dmmoarally seductive in that a8. May 1 kiss your hand?” Bob thaway greeted his wife on the eve- ing of Thursday, November 15, just ® month after his cousin Crystal's sensational “kidnaping.” Faith smiled, then, spreading the tong skirt of her “period” evening dvess, dropped him @ little curtsey. “Behind your extravagant compli- ments, my dear husband, T think 1 detect @ faint trace af anxiety. Fear |“ nat, Sarung. ‘The dress was far less expensive than I hopa it looks. 1 made it myself, It is part of a doc- tor's prescription.” “Doctor's prescription?” Bob echoed. |" Faith laughed. “The prescription Was written for poor Crystal—not for me. Dr. Hogarth ——" “Dr. Hogarth is a psychiatrist,” re- ied Faith, “as you'd know if you Tead anything but the building news in the pa He was the alienist in that Miller murder case —--" “Alienist! Good grief! Is the girl eragy? T thought Crystal was getting along fine ~~ 4 “And so she is—physically, or as ‘well as could be expected, as the doc- ly phrase it,” Faith Very grave, “But you know yourself, t we haven't been able to child take the slightest Dr. Hogarth has or- for her—and gayety °3 ny gt s ¥ sk iy : @ party sounds nutty Bo to California just who Crystal needed her worst. If anyoue could have made Crystal snap out of this melancholy of hers it would have been Tony. ‘Thank heaven, Tony's due home any minute now. An hour ago the radio reported her leaving the airport at Cleveland, on tho last lap of her flight." “That reminds me!" Bob jerked a folded newspaper from the pocket of i t, and tossed it to his wile. an extra—-just out. ‘Thought ah might pep up when she saw it, even if she has refused to look at ® Newspaper since she became front- page stuff herself.” “What is it?” Ruth asked fearfully, unfolding the paper as if she were afraid it would bite her. “Oh, a big reception for ‘Tony and Sandy at the aviation field! ‘O! AIR- RECORD BREAKERS',” she read the headline aloud. “Sandy Ross will be furious, [ never saw such modesty in my life. . 't that a stunning picture of ‘Tony? It’s hard to realize she holds the endurance flight record for women flyers, isn't it? Can you imagine Pat Tarver buy- ing her @ plane and letting her do such a stunt? ,.. Look what a scowl Sandy Ross is wearing! ‘Modest young Stanton aviator who hangs up new altitude record in California as his childhood chum, ‘Tony Tarver, durance flight she read alopd. if tho mayor makes a long speech and keeps Tony from Crystal's surprise party Tl never vote for him Nok WAIT A ASTER (A SORRY AS HECK THAT TH MAD CHASED! BLIMP MESSED UP "TH STORE— US BLIMP FOR aN ry AAT WHEA Ya COME DOWN, CONT COME BACK — YER FIRED! “Why, the kid} again.” , ' thas been refusing to see anybody— ela [—/ even NEXT: A guest list, including Pi a 5 oe “t agi “Tt was ynamite, rver had to ay | Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) B WAXES, RB. QEORGE Feature Writer) 14, ting } When the president and Mrs. Hayes | took up their residenco at the white house, they found it profusely decor- ated with flowers, One gift to the president was a huge eagle made en- tirely of flowers. ‘Tho head was formed of violets, the body of 1,500 pinks, and the wings, tail and stand of flowers of many kinds and colors. The Hayes. and Wheeler club of | Baltimore, composed of 30 negro men ‘uniformed in caps, red shirts and black trousers, arrived too late to enter the inaugural procession and staged a small parade of their own. N. NM e, ? vy A OTT IY Nl 4 ? * N2 Ww Z INGER partiou’s:ly agreeable. to, Mrs. Mayes |[slage of e Tstsuing to count She has been a total