Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-06
HENDRICKS MAN WINS.
no c,ul SERVICE VIOLATION.
4, Mas a Matter of 80 Taste and Ortscisi
Propriety' OniY With Pos'mAs-
ter Jones.

WASHINGTON. Aux. The report Of the
Civil seryioe Commission prepared oy Judge
Tnoman. who went 10 Indianapolis 10 inser
tiaats the charges of violation Of the 1isil
Service law. preferred againts POSTMASTER
Jones. OF that city, Was handed 10 the fresi-
dent "a day aud mads public TO night. lhe re
port l. endorsed by byCommlssloners Eaton and
HomAn. aud the conclusions reached on the
main t,oiuts are ss follows 1T does not al
,esr thai the postmaster has made any
epfoiutment or removal IL Violation OF any
PROVISION Of the civil service act or rules
only the first and second rules pus al. nihi-
,s,ion npop the authority 10 remove, and no
Sioistion of either of them has been charged
- loved. The facts IA Ia conversations or
A. ttnnr charged related rather to mat
-. o. a. te and official proprlety than any
~, n L. ~ itself, subject for inNes-
tigsi .s- kept IN 30 far a. the declarations
thel Elt shed light upon any questiohaDio
.lass III APPOINTMENTS or removals ibe
end e.. shows that the postmaster ia con
ION. declared purpose 10 make re
| ,noval. and appointments according 10
| theory of political dissemination III unite
renugnant 10 the spirit and letter of the
| rnies Such declarations naturally awakened
| di-trust aud suspicion, ana hls ac,ion ma
| been ip accordance with his words. III II
Az ,o the postmaster To state that he de
| elaras himself not Ia have been well Informed
| as IN the full effect of the rules in regard 10
| nolitical discrimination. al the uine
| of the conversation, ana what
| he states a. TO the selecting OF
| tboseof his own party and rejecting those OF
| others had reference 10 places not 10 be hlieu
| ,brough examinations. In dismIssing tins
mart OF the subject. a. to which II II not poe
sible to reconsile testimony, the Commls-
sion thinks the postmaster had not and has
NOT now any intention of resisting the rules
INT he now more clearly than before under
stand- that the political discrimination III
| making the selections from among those eh
amined will be a violation both OF the spirii
and letter of the rules The facts that one
of the examiners held that position
nnder the preceding postmaster
and continuously since the inauguration o'
system and that three OF the nrst hNe place.
made vacant 10y removals were nlled 10y pro
motion from among the old employees ar
not without Significance IA 10 the purpose
tho postmaster. The investigation ha
shown that the examination June 10 WAS no
as thoroughly supervised a. was described
Bat a more searching inquiry has failed L
4 | show there was any cheating attempted o
any iniustice done Indeed there II no evi
dence of there having been such suggestion
| Commissioner ThOman and Chief Englnee
: LYMAN reviewed the marking of papers o
: | nearly half of all those examined, lncludin
a | those marked the highest anu those mar he
out, and failed 10 discover any evidence
e unfairness or discrimin alton. Ii Is u signl
q 6cont fact that not single person, whethe
marked high or low, or altogether marke
ont. though the opportunity has been ample
u has complained of any injustice been don
:. 10 him, or any favor been shown to an
y other person. In view of these facts, an
VI making due allowance for inexperence, u
Commissioners regards the action of the e.
u aminers as creditabe TO their inteligeno
q and sense of Justice, and finds not the lea
'r occasion for disturbing the examination.