New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-05
WoRKISG FoR CIVIL SERyIcE REFORM

The annual meeting of the Civil Service Reform
Association was held last evening at No. 10 West
Twenty -fourth-st John Jay presided 10 the b.
sence Of the president. George William Curtis.
Among those present John c. Emo, T.. l..
Goikin. Ira Bur,ley, Dorman B. Eaton, Everett P.
p Wheeler. Arson Phelps Stokes and Sllas W. Burt.
George William Curtis was elected president :;
we'll D. Hitchcock. Oswald Ottendorfer.
George b. Nc 'lelan, John Jay, Robert Is. Min
turn and George X. Butler were made ,vice-pres-
dents and an Executive Committee of fifteen menu
beers was formed. III opening the meeting Mr.. Jay
said that the great question Of the
day was civil service reform. made so by
the shot IF Guiteau. L. Z. Wheeler, DOrman B
Eaton Orlando Is. Potter, George Haven Putnam
and John j. Pinkerton. OF Pennsylvania. made adj
dresses IN regard 70 the report OF the Executive
Committee which was IN part a. follows:
An association like has two distinct functions
the one to information aud argument wnen they
may be- effectively used the other, 70 hold during pc
rols o. stagnatiOn, ground which may have been
gained during periods OF enthusiasm The assault made
late President awakened feeling throughout
the country which opened tie public mind TO "A
realization Of tue abuses OF the spoils system.
Many were convinced " 20 night not otherwlse nave
been reached, AMI many who had no sympathy Win our
were forced BY personal interest to simnl-te
feeling Wmch they dld not pnssess-
The perio OF enthusiasm having passed and other qus
having attracted attention, 1t was 10 be expected
that tnOse who for time leA IN with the
drift popular sentiment should repudlate
tue We've when tHey seemed 10 ,i, n%,o
Up this date thir yOne associations nave been an
themselves the League, but they are all III enfe
harmony, anu all are expected To do so. IL ~ D.
heyod that the League Will do much toward
promoting the distribution OF information ana
guiding tue action OF Toe 81 bodies to "A common end
Ia municipal affairs the most unpOrtuni movements
which record been mIde IN Pnladel-
phla AMI brooklyn Inc experiment " oral govern
upon business principles II being trlcd under es
pccaly faVoraDle circumstances IN the latter city No
posI,ve regulations az to methods OF appointment nav
yet been made IN ELMER case, the en1ite Altu-
ertO oeIug simply ent.tiye aud with desire
10 ascertain in ~n.lt way cly administration can De
most carefully guarded. The contest over the street
cleanlug question resulted IN tue passage OF OIL, wnich
Ihat desired by tue cLlLens, Dut when las
certainly produced i'm prOvement IN the cOu-
ui1iOn OF the streets Of cry. The committee
took advantage interest shown In TINS a1tadOh,
10 ere among those engaged Ia II IA slaeelrhL Oh
OF tue as-OcLlou, ana tius ooIaDe1 sumo
yaludUie adnrTents.
Ine ear uas marked by violent factonal strug-
giles nlng many upon the question OF the posses
sion OF tue spOls OF Office A. It's beginning tue
United states senate wac the scene Of nuinAi-
aing party COn.oHt the chOlee OF Officers
wucn was followed by equally hu.ull.s.lhS
over appOintce 10 the pV-
collector VI Custom a. the port OF Ne" OtA
In New York a .ge going on between elL%eaH
and Lne parIy politicians concerning me cleaning o. tne
streets metropolis. Inc contest ia tne senate
was succeeded By "a long contest III TINS etale over
the cnOicb o. In the place OF tuose
VINO naa resigned their seats because OF thelr
inability 10 cOntrOl appointments, "hcn contest
Resulted under pubic pressure, IL the REJECTION OF those
VINO Au previously ued tle pUaItiOnsi anu 10 worthy
Of note thai the gentlemen then elected, ihor
ailer wuus 10 ais association he 10 ia thorousI
,mpathy aims, and wLI 10 Al That he can 10
lri lrT LutIu.