The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-01
FROM THE CAPITAL.
a CIVIL SERVICE REFORM SYSTEM
Suggested By the Late Secretary Of the Trashy
4 ASSVsa.BaFrslsd Craak At the WhIts HOlsS-
COWIS Bounced for Passing an Illegal
ClaIn-CAbIASt Gossip,

pIuNh VI tue lhlS ALelLArHtI PtSESSSN -
allotment to the several States Of the mum
ber Of appointments to which they wer'
respectfully entitled in the Treasury De
partment, and carefully selected commit
tee Of three in each State, to meet once 4
year at some convenient place in the State
and before whom any one desiring to enteI
the Government service should have the
right to present himself or herself for ex'
animation, such examination to be practi
cal, and relate to the cha Z ter, exFeri,
eRCe and capacity of the applicant, and
to the duties Of the position to which ap-
pointment is desired. The committee 70
prepare list, graduated according to merit,
OF those who pass the examination and
send in the papers to the head OF the depart
ment at Washington. From this sexamina-
ton, Mr.. Window believes persons should
be selected from those highest on the list,
and only to be sent for when the State Of
which they are residents should
be entitled to appointments, 1t
was further proposed that in making
these selections from eligible persons
on the list, soldiers or their widows
or children should have the preference.
Under this system persons desiring office
would have no inducement to visit Wash
ington, because the only open door for ad-
mission to the Departmental would be in
their own States. A better class OF service
would be secured, 1t Is maintained, be-
cause it would not be left mainly to those
who come to the city for the sake Of secur-
ing appointments, but would be open to all
| l., I,D npVNaOtttrn GtnNn1 Tho
posed also provides for promotions in the
department upon examination, to be de-
cided by the merit OF the applicant.
Mr., Window proposed this system to
President Garfield when at Long Branch,
the week before he was assassinated, and
he regarded it with much iavor It Is be.
Iieved that, had he recovered, some such
system would have been applied to all the
departments, and that Congress would
have been urged to provide by law for q
thorough and complete reorganization, Of
the civil service. .ti
SOME MORE CABINET GOSSIP
There is very little that is new concern.
ing the formation OF another cabinet.
Judge FOlger will continue Secretary OF the
Treasury until he sees fit to resign. The
statement that he accepted the position on
condition that he was to be made later an
associate justice Of the United States Su.
preme Court Is authOritatively denied.
Attorney General AIacVeagh Is still absent,
and the business Of the department will be
conducted until further notice by Solicitor
General Phillips. Secretaries Lincoln,
James and Hunt, it Is said, are very
likely to be retained in the Cabinet,
Of James' retirement after tbe giSr
ron,e trials are over IN make a niaca for
Secretary Kjrkwood whose retention l.
heinz vigoronsiv nr1ai hv tbe neonIa oi
Iowa nownIfnI and weoitLv eIemsnt
renresentirv the pacifc coast IL nrv;no ex.
Senator Sar9ert fo, Sec S"cretorv % ~ ths Tov~
while DELEGATIONS from The Sonth are Hdv9.
eating General I.ongstreet and ex.Judge
Davis, ot Texas, for the same position. So
great ls the demand for that position, in.
deed, that 1t is very possible that MIR; Hunt
will have to 60 1t Is announced as having
been stated by the President that Secretary
Blaine will be succeeded in December next
Gy eT-Seha.2t . treilngnuyseh' ~ can DC
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,s'.,i ~. vi 1u'ae Mlti ny pI 'iI"ue mal
ilaa uIisi, ",'oa 1no "'N' 'euaF 9es'oi' Vi Noi'
s'es' eo"'ene9'
A SEVEN BARRELED CRANK.
A man npparentlv insane made h;s nm.
neoroncn nj The Whita Uorsa insdav ard
demanded admission, After some narIey
4 was fOnnd he was armed with n seven.
baTrrled revolver and evidentlv hent m
shooting somebody, Ills arrest was Sc. m
comnlisbeI nfter s6ne difTic,,itv rno,I;r;ng
tbrna men IN overnownr him
ItTrR.I tnll brond.shouIdered woIl.
dresseI nan called at ,ha Wh;to tIovso
thiS n,ornine about ton o'cIocL NV ond asIeJ
10 % 600 the pSeSiIsn, The @ nShs- " toij HiS.N h;u
The President WINS NOT In wbere,ror hs
delivered Inc following letter:
EIn Iyniinn.
'on" ""'ng'
You are hereby informed that Dr.. John
Noetling IS lawfully, elected President OF
the United States and occupies the White
House every day.
lSignedl ALMIGHTY Con.
Communicated by the Holy Spirit
This Of course put the usher on his
guard, and he quietly invited him to take
seat III the ante-r9om until the PRESIDENT
coulu see nm sergeant Dinsmore was
sent ior, anu on ms asking what business
the stranger had win the Presl'
dent ne handed nm q paper with
we iolloWing MI tequsst 70 De SHOWN the fres- e
iIenE 1eslte s, !le 9inclai returns Oh the
rreSluehIlaL e!ectloh. 80, .,-.,
Altet NllhLy ,tylng 10 get ue man 70
leave sergeahtt Dinslnore 1iils attempted 70 ar
fest MN, IerllL strugge ensueG; S; MOI; MOI.
ing a''e'&ea ,h & ~ ataH tt. Eeyo,veti Dut Dlns
Choked so vigorously that he was unable to
Use it. Steward Crump and another EN-.
ploye hurried to Dinsmore's assistance and
the lunatic was, with some trouble, over.
powered and the revolver taken from him.
1t was a large sized seyen.shooter with
every barrel loaded. The police were
notified and Woling, or Dr. Noetling, was