New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1915, Page 5

" necticut papers, MERIT SYSTEM URGED 'Y PRESIDENT FARNAN Stase Offcss Shoud B Filed A Competitive Test, e Sas. The following letter has been sent to members of the general assembly by President Henry W. of | the «Connecticut Civil Service Reform associatio: Dear . Sir:— The time given by the judiciary | committee to the consideration of the civil service bill indicates a gratify- Ing sense of the importance of the Subject. This is aiso my justifica- tlon for addressing vou. The gen- ergy interest in the law is shown hy the large amount of space which has been given to it, not anly by the nhewspapers of the state, but by those | in neighboring states, during the past four weeks. The trend of opinion is evident. I have compared the! editorials of a large number of Con. and of these fully _three-quarters are strongly opposed | 0 weakening the present law. Even fthose which are most extreme in tadir Gesire for amendment, acknowl- | edge the principle of the merit sys- . tem as being right, and only com-| plain of the details of the Connecticut | law or of its administration. A | careful study of what has been said on their side shows very clearly that mere gossip has received dignity by put into print, and gained em- by’ repetition. The method of the critics is evidently that of the | Psllman in the famous Hunting of | thé Snark: ‘“What I tell you three times is true.” Out* of the many arguments advanced permit me to single out a few and ask you to care- filly compare them with the facts. Law Is Necded, claimed many that Conrnecticut does not need any civil sgrvice law. Its government, we are told,: has always been conducted on juch exemplary principles, that we n get along without the machin- which less virtuous common- ealths require. Yet the very per- Bons who put forth this argument elaim that the democrats, when in Ppower two years ago, filled up the state house with their own parti- saf€ The purpose of the law is to prevent this very thing, and though the facts in the enclosed table show that only about one-third of the em- Ployes concerned were appointed during democratic control, the mere possibility of such a clean sweep shows that the law is needed. 2. A common statement is that, if the governor can appoint a commis- sfoh competent to decide the qualiti- cations of appointees under the vari- ous departments, why cannot he ap- point commissioners equally qualified to perform these duties without the Farnam X, It s by COLD GONE! HEAD ¥ CLEAR AND NOSE i OPEN—IT’S FINE! | ; — | ~Pape’s Cold Compound” Ends Colds and Grippe in a Few Hours. Take ‘“Pape’s Cold Compoun.d” ery two hours until you have taken | three doses, then all grippe inisery goes and vour cold will be broken. It promptly opens your clogged-up nos- trils and the air passages 'of the head stops nasty discharge or nose runnin. relieves the headache, dullness, fever- sore throat, sneezing, sore- tiffness. ; stuffed-up! Quit blow- g and snuffling. Base your throb- bing head—nothing eise in the world gives such prompt relief as “Pape's Cold Compound,” which costs only cents at any drug store. It acts with-| out assistance, tastes nice, and causes | no incoyvenience. Accepi no sub- ssitute. WHY CHILLY WEATHER BRINGS RHEUMATISM Says Skin Pores Are Closed and Uric Acid Remains in ¥ Blood. Rheumatism is no respecter of age, #px, color or rank. If not the most | dan_erous of human afflictions it is ! one of the most painful. Those sub- | ject to rheumatism should eat less meat, dress as warmly as possible, avoid any undue exposure and, above all, drink lots of pure water. swRheumatism is caused by uric acid “which is generated in the bowels and absorbed into the blood. It is the function of the kidneys to filter this acid from the blood and cast it out in the urine; the pores of the skin are also a means of freeing the blood of this impurity. In damp and chil- 1y, cold weather the skin pores are closed, thus forcing the kidneys to o double work, they become weak and sluggish and fail to eliminate this uriec acid which keeps accumulating and circulating through the system, eventually settling in the joints and muscles causing stiffness, soreness and pain called rheumatism. At the first twinge of rheumatism .get from any pharmacy about four punces of Jad Salts; put a tablespoon- ful in a glass of water and drink be- fore breakfast each morning for a week. This is said to eliminate uric acid by stimulating the kidneys to normal action, thus ridding the blood of these impurities. Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless ; and is made from the acid of grapes § gnd lemon juice, combined with li- L thia and is used with excellent re- Its by thousands of folks who are gubject to rheumatism. Here you ave a pleasant, effervescent lithia- ater drink which overcomes uric T cid and is beneficial to your kidneys B well. Russians Pressing Into East Prussia Against Germans | surprising development | clear that those Russian Russian The announcement staff that by tae general a new army of invasion in East Prussia has | reached Pogegen, miles north of the important city of Tilsit, of the a few is a ations in eastern Europe. armies are now converging an Inster burg, which commands the main railway lines to Koenigsberg and Dantzig, in a fan shaped formation. From the north the new army is ad- vancing north of Tilsit. From oper- | Russian the | S L OMZR. CosrmoLENKA nortawest the right wing of the orig- inal army of invasion has reached the { Inster river and is reported to have | pa d it in one place. This force | is reported to have captured Pilkal- len. From the east the Russians are moving in the Gumbinnen region. From the southeast they are advanc- ing near Darkehmen. Still farther south their left wing is guarded by troops operating among tae Mazurian lakes at Lotzen, The arrows indi- cate the location and direction of these invading forces. This is one of the first authentic | ooy G WObh Cosmeno)| i zone. First Real Picture From Earthuake Zone of Italy; View in Ruined Town ® 1 d i & i i Y T v i t t Avez- the loss street the shattered place zano was wiped out like this | of life numbering ‘over 9,000 the many of Italy. Rescu- in the main It shows one of ruined towns in central ers are searching ruins interevention of a civil service com- mission? The plausibility of this ar- gument would be greater, if its impli cation were true. In fact the civil ser- | vice commission does not make any | appointmen It simply provides for holding tests, and certifies the results | to the various appointing officers and sions. It does not even con- duct most of these tests itself but, where any technical attainments are | demanded, has them conducted by ex- perts. To claim that the civil service commission should know more than the heads of the various departments, is no more true than that an employ- | ment bureau which gathers all of the information regarding dairymen, teamsters and mechanics, should know more about the work in these | various fields than the persons who go to it to hire labor. It is no exaggera- tion to say that the means employed by the civil service commission ena- ble it to ascertain all of the facts re- garding a person’s qualifications bet- ter than any other commission how- ever eminent its members, which can not command those agencies. The | federal civil service commission has for three decades provided the means for selecting all classes of government employees, from letter carriers and clerks to experts in the bureau of la- bor and the department of agricul- ture without claiming superiority over heads of departments. Test Includes Personality. But what about personality, of It is can 3. which so much has been made? said that a written examination not reveal those important personal attributes which are so essential in any occupation. Nobody claims that it can. Personality may be judged partly by the testimonials of those who know the person and who have worked with him, ‘partly by a personal interview. It is by such perfectly simple and common sense means that the civil service commission tests per- sonality, frequently associating with it the officials who are responsible for the appointment. If you will take the trouble to visit the office of the com- mission on the third floor of the cap- itol, and examine its records which, under the law, are open to inspection by the public at all reasonable hours, you will have the proof of what Is stated. I notice in one of the exami- nation papers which I happen to pick out from my files that for certain persons the various qualifications are weighted as follows: Physical examination ‘Written test Knowledge of duties, character and sonality experience, reputation, per- 5 0 for personality. It is who claim that civil service test does not involve per- sonality are ignorant of what the s are, and think only of written aminations. 4. But we are told that confiden- tial positions should be exempt. The law expressly provides for the possi- bility of the exemption of such posi- tions in the several departments. Experience shows, however, that even in such cases the civil service test may fulfill all requirements. Ex-President Taft, whose strong letter was read at the hearing on January 20th, and has been widely reprinted, brought his present confidential secretary with him from the war department. He had been selected under strict civil service rules, had been promoted to be the confidential secretary of the secretary of war, went with Mr. Taft to the White House, and accompanied him to New Haven. Provision Never Tested. 5. Upon the subject of removals there is practically no disagreement. The critics of the law agree with the Civil Service Reform association in not wanting removals to be subject to the approval of the civil service com- migsion. But it is significant that this provision of the present law has never been tested. The present discussion was precipitated, as is well known, by the attempt on the part of the new comptroller to remove illegally the superintendent and assistant superin- So much e | merits of the case. | sister state a| tendent of the capitol. I call this illegal, because it was so held by the attorney general. The present law offered him two methods of getting rid of the men who now fill these offices. He might have applied to the civil service commission to have them put in the exempt class. Inasmuch as all of the rules made by the com- mission are subject to the approval of the governor, and inasmuch as the exemptions form a part of the rules, I believe that a refusal to make an exemption would also be subject to the approval of the governor, though on this point I can not quote legal authority. At any rate the request would have involved a hearing on the The comptroller evidently did not care to bring this question to a public issue. But even without putting these offices in the exempt class, the comptroller might have removed the present incumbents for cause, if the charge of incompe- tence, hinted at by some of the news- papers were true. When the comp- troller has not even tried to make use of the facilities which the law gives him, it hardly seems fair to condemn the law. Not New or Untried. 6. I need hardly refer to the fact that the merit system is hot new or untried. For nearly thirty-two years it has been in successfut operation un- der the Federal government. Our Massachusetts, has had it thirty-one years. Ohio and New York having incorporated it into their constitutions, and there are eight state, side of Connecticut which have adopt- ed it. In the city of New Haven it | has been in successful operation for municipal offices for rourteen years. Most of the arguments brought up against the present law have been brought up against all civil sesvice laws In the beginning. They had a theoretical value, when they had not yet been disproved by experience. Brought out now, they simply show that those who advance them are thirty years behind the times. While the state law is similar mn its general scheme to other state laws, some of its clauses might pernaps be advan- tageously amended. But those amend- ments should leave intact the general principle that the bulk of the minor offices of the state shoula be filled af- ter a competitive test, open to all properly qualified persons, without re- gard to personal or political affilia- tions. This is the only system that :s fair both to the office holder and to the taxpayer. May I respectfully urge you not to take cold storage opinions as your guide, but to look into the matter for yourself, and especcially not to. cast vour vote until you have visited the office of the civil service commission, and found just what the merit system is. Believe me. Yours very respectfully, HENRY W. 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He declared that “we must all pool our interests” in order to discover the best means for handling public prob- lems. “The advantage about a chamber of commerce of the TUnited States,” said he, “is that there is only one | way to boost the United States, and that is by seeing to it that the con- | ditions under which business is done throughout the country are the possible conditions. The task body is to match all the facts of busi- ness throughout the country, and see the vast and consistent pattern of them. That is the reason—and i 8 think you are to be congratulated up- on the fact—that you cannot do this thing without common counsel.” Urges United Spirit. The creation in the United States in time of peace of the same Kind of united spirit which moves nations during wars was advocated by the president, who remarked that ‘“when peace is as handsome as war there will be no wars” and ‘“when men engage in the pursuits ‘of peace in the same spirit of self as | they engage in war, dis- appear.” The president predicted that while there is a shortage of food in the | world now, the shortage will be much greater. He pointed out that, under the guidance of the department of agriculture, efforts must be made by | farmers in the United States to grow more and more grain in order that | the world may be fed. “One thing we are just to do that we ought to have done long ago,” he said. “We ought long ago to have had our bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. We ought long ago to have set the best eyes of the government out in the world| where the opportunities and openings of American commerce and American | genius were to be found. Men who were not sent out as the particu-~ lar agents of any set of commercial industries in the United States, but who were eyes for the whole com- munity Discusses Foreign Trade. of best of this beginning the foreign trade of the president men devise some Speaking the United State asked that busine: way of allowing exporters in the | United States to combine to secure | common selling agencies and to give long time credits in such a way that GIRLS! BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING HAIR, ! NO DANDRUFF—R5 CENT DANDERINE | |few moments you have doubled | beauty of your hair. Besiues beautfying !(-ncu-. Danderine | the the dissolves hair at every particle of dandruff; cleanses, puri- | and inxigorates the scalp, forever | | stopping itching and falling hair. | But what will please you most will be after a few weeks' use when will actually see new hair—fine downy at first—yes—but really hair growing all over the scalp. If | you care for pretty, soft hair and | Iots of it surely get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton'’s Danderine from any drug- gist or toilet counter, and just try it vou and | new | | the benefit of all forced since the !l in | Iali { which took place while he was | | Feb. 4 the United food Russia yester- day informed States that distribution of clothing German and Austrian prisoners in Si- | beria would be permitted only by the Russian military authorities, declining | to give foreign relief expeditions that priviege. An American expedition | had started from Peking. Yesterday's cable made it cl that could be sent to money. Al relief addressed the list of which No reply Washington, and 1o brief and and clothing but no however, command- dis- to the mention was fooad soldiers, supplies, to the military be of a must various was sent department the was Russian of the re- permission to neutral diplo- officers an inspection of | nor condition report of prigon- ers Russian been | here. Russia's | state Marye sponse answer, cabled the by Ambassador at Petrograd, was the first re- the American government has had to its repeated representation of | November 19, January 5 and January § on behalf of Austria Germany, | whose diplomatic interests are being | cared for by the American embassy | the capital. Two other gent telefams sent the te de- partment within the last three days a1 not reached Petrograd when the itussian answer was The idea of a foreign relief expedi- tion developed in Peking and Tien- | Tsin, China, among foreign missionar- | ies who heard of the plight of Aus- | trian and German prisoners in Siberia | Many Americans interested { the project, which understood have had the sanction of the minister at Peking after a with American Minister | When relief commission left Tien- | | Tsin with_$2,500 from the American Red Cross and other supplies, the ex- pedition halted and the United States, pressed particularly by Dr Dumba, Austrian here, asked for the position. 1o open to the use of all. He declared merce in ‘‘surveying the world” for knowledge of conditions to bring | Bryan For Ship Bill. ment’s ship purchase bill brought quell the tumult, “to expect unani- quests for levying the extortionate rates en- | department ject, and I shall be the last one to that apparently the anti-trust laws : business men about fair laws to prevent | 3 Secreta Bryan, who addressed the forth loud shouts of “No. No!"” and rity to the proposal for government- | maic to make declaration of war. expect that the president should mis- prohibited such combinations now, but that he would favor a change if a | method fair to all could be found. He ]HRO”GH RUSSIANS ] Business men themselves are to U S R I[ fl[ N[MI d blame it intelligent laws afrecting | U, 0. REABI EXDIGILICD NOI AIGWE them are not framed, the president | business | evils. The Mexican question was men- tioned by Mr. Wilson as an example gathering earlier in the day, made a plea for support of the administra- tion ship bill and ratitication of theé | “Yes! Yes!” from all parts of the hall. | ments “I am too well aware of the force ' tricts, ownership of ships no matter how |the prison camps, S much the people may wish it.” He | made on the breos said it would take one more devoted s pertid oy “T refuse to discuss how the presi- dent shall exercise the authority giv- | en him in carrying out the law,” caid use authority given him in the ehip- ping bill.” these co-operative devices may be spoke of the work being done by the | bureau of foreign and domestic com- said. He added that they should I G ¢ SD come out into the open and use their : 0 G0 0 dID6Na. of the difficulty he had had in get- ting accurate information. Columbia treaty. Mr. Bryan's approval of the govern- of private interests,” said Secretary state Bryan, as he raised his hands to made in ’r“ "l"‘;;” al :"”"‘ ;h““‘h‘tm“"ll‘: ‘:' "i“‘; transmitted to Austriaz embassy co o 7 ships A R e s | Russia's First Responsc. Secretary Bryan. “We give the pres- ident authority on every other sub- RUMANIA ORDERS AMMUNITION- and Russian ur- | by ST probably Large Quanity of War Material (0 Be Secured From Italy. made Rome, Feb. 4, 9:20 a. m—The Ru manian government has placed orders Italy for a large quantity of munition, delivery to be ms the month of April. This war mater- ial is ordered with the consent of the an government. Captain Michel, the itary attache at Rome, killed vesterday by were in wag to | Russian conference Rumanian mil- Reinsch | was instantly an explosion con- with a | ducting certain experiments bomb. " ¢ BAD COLD? TAKE CASCARETS FOR BOWELS TONIGHT No Headache, Constipation, Bad Cold or Sour tomach by Morning. ambassador Russian government’s GOING TO ¢ Italy, Italian RMANY, Venice, (via London). —Many peasants, both men and women, are going to Germany to engage in farm and raciory work, n response to offers of unusually high wages. For the men 6% marks| ($1.62) a day is promised and for the women three marks (75 cents). Ital- | ian newspapers are warning the peas- against accepting this employ- Feb. 3 10-cent Sick headache, tongue, head and nose with a cold—always trace this to torpid liver; delayed, fermenting | ants food in the bowels or sour, gassy sto- | ment, in view of the uncertainty in mach. . 2 regard to Italy’s foreign policy, but Poisonous matter clogged intestines, instead of being apparently many »mployed per- willing the risk of the system is re-absorbed blood When this the delicate brain tis gestion and that sickening headache. Cascarets immediately stomach, remove the sour, food and foul gases bile from the liver the constipated e matter poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning. Th work while you eep—a 10-cent from your druggist means your het clear, stomach sweet and your liver and bowels regular for months. bo biliousness, coated clogged ‘up Get a the | out the poison reaches sue it causes con- dull, throbbing, in cast into sons are to assume involved FAVORS SMALL COLLEGE, 4—The hope that W university would never expressed by Shinklin at the annual New England Alumni night. He said that he its wvourses always selected, administered by 4 of instructors, only to se- lect of men The alumni ap- plauded his remark. The aseociation lvl(-(-lmi John W. Saxe as it president, Boston, Feb. cleanse the | undigested take the excess and carry out all t leyan larger was William A meeting of the and association | "he would | carefully gelect bod bodic Brow President w surel riod I f c f Senator elgr den's apolis. worse. | tion of the m | minority, cohesiys how comfo | Senalor St Reoub icans Washigton, he senate mujo loture rule to fructive tactios wwernment shi en the rep: Stone, relations hreat the sen icfense of Presid articularly to Jackson “We must pass NIl without mw ald as he conel nterest and wel our hands, T ki vond endurance nonszense with whis assed—the no oking the teehn ustify the most ion of their sprit. OM “1 have been al ure in the senal loture would be The u termined to stop tion, might end nation. 1 oloi that if the m is forced it may | 14 reported it will Declaring “‘that ty has been int with the power and executing las and administe: Senator Stone “To do that crats must mail ization and, as f gether in cone must do team the choice of of the team, thas one head confusion, I dictation for die To Work Believing, as heart, that Pr ing unselfishly plish a great we of his country as ple 1 shall do | strengthen his not because of in my tent and him by any act words, 1 mean to the president aj cratis colleagues house of rep qualification I aw leadership of Wo of Elihu Root, Jacob Gallinger, William Bdgar The senator 4 ple would be fi pose which the ance” of the re the shipping bill Raps Big “What people speak for?" aski for the planters their fields: not feeders, and mill =upplies; not for duce metals a manufacturers sand things that dustrial and ind any people who to the waiting m and who are suff es for the want| portation faeilit] tant exactions, for those who @ committee of th ber of Commere ganizations, | USE “TI SORE, “TIL” for sweaty, and " TIZ' makes smallor” Good-bye sore swollen feet, feet, tired feet. 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