The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-27

ana over. wnen vacancy occurs IN an mp
per grade the heads of departments have the
power TO promote, even in cases where nc
examinations are now required. Ii the pro
motions are now made by examinations, the
same course will be pursued until new rules
are promulgated. Through this process o
$1,000 vacancy might be filled by promoting
81 goo clerk, which would make another
vacancy to be filled by pushing up a 5000
man, and this In turn by putting up S1W
employe, and so OH to the bottom, when a
grade would be reached with which the
commission has nothing to do. In this way
they would never have place to fill. One
or the members of the commission was ask
I'd Tuesday what that body thought of such
proposition. Naturally, he did not regard
twith favor. He said the whole subject
promotions was under consideration, but
( was too early yet to speak as to what
would or would not be done. When the
ules relative to appointments We're formul-
ited 1t was thought best not to go into the
question of promotions: The organization
Of the departments varied so much that 1t
lid not seem feasible to make the rules for
all Identical. The regulations would be
prepared, however, under which the COM
mission would take full charge of this mat
competitive basis. 1t would be premature
TO say whether the competition would be
confined to the respective bureaus or would
be thrown open to all in The department
where they occurred.
OFFICE SEEKERS.
An officer in one Of the departments said
Monday that he should think the heads of
the departments would welcome the excuse
for not listening to appeals for office, which
will be afforded on and after to-day by the
fact that the civil service law is now in OPP
Grafton. The pressure for offices for the
past two weeks in all the departments has
been something indescribable. At every
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applicants for place, who felt that it was
now or never with them, and who have
brought every kind of influence and press
ure to bear In the interest OF their ambitions
for clerkships. Enough of these have been
successful to leave few places at present
open, but the impression that government
employees seldom die and never resign Is a
pretty liberal exaggeration. Among the
nine thousand persons employed in the de-
partments here hundreds of deaths and res
ignations occur annually. Perhaps the
word thousands would come nearer to IL
at random from the Official Register for
1879, with the corresponding page In the
register for 1881, 1t was found that more
than one-third of all the names on the latter
page were new. If there are no vacancies,
good many must occur within the next
few months and before another examina-
ton is held here. While the people who
imagine they have personal or political in
fiuence have been making herculean efforts
lately to turn that influence to useful pur-
pose before the civil.service law went into
effect, the holding of an examination has
brought to the front as office-seekers the
people who have no influence, and but for
the new law would not have regarded a
place under the government as even posi-
bly, within their reach. With very rare eX-
ceptions the 1870 persons examined last week
We're people who would not have felt it
worth while to try to get government en-
ployment under the patronage system.