The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-07-02

cording to law, called on the Civil Ser
vice Commission for names from the ell.
gible list, and the required four Of highest
standing were forwarded. Upon the ex-
animation Of the papers Mr.. Kellar was
found to have passed the best exlmina-
ton and to present on the face Of his pa
Ipers the best qualifications. These showed
THAT upon the three subjects which fixes
the grading OF the examination he passed
as'tollows: "Flrst subject 0ahography,
tpenmanship and copying, sL25. Second
subiect-Arithmetic. fundamental rules),
fractions and percentage, $500. Thir1
subiect-Interest, discount and elements
0f book keeping andof accounts, o. I00.a r
a SUMMONS TO sEKvlcE.
His standing under the third subject, as
will be seen, was such az to admirably fit
him for good service inan accounting Of
fee such as the First Auditors. he was
therefore selected, and the following notf-
fcation sent him by Mr.. Higgins:
TREASURY DEpARTNESr, n
0PPfcR OF rHR SIoRETARY,
WAsHIN0Tos, D. O., June 20, 1886. j
"3lr. Oren Kella1, Ealdtut1, o.:
"sIR-The q. S. Civil Service Commits
sion having certified you as eligible for
appointment to q clerkahip OF the d 200
class In this Department you are request
ed to report to this office at once Tor as
SHIPMENT to duty. Very respectfully,
EUGENE, HIdGrSs,
"Ghiefof Appointment Division"
The need for a clerk seemed TO bepress.
ing, Tor in the printed form: above the last
clause reads: you are requested to re-
port to this Office at your EARLIEST conveni-
ence for assignment to duty. ls
MIR. Higgins had erased the words vat
your earliest couyenien y and written in
their place 'at ouce.n Armed with this
paper, Mr.. Kellar promptly came IN Wash
Iington, and reported to Sir. Higgins. AT.
ter holding him of for q day or go Mr.:
higgins told him it would all depend
upon whether he was wanted, and finally
tsaid Judge Chenowfth did mot want him.
Mr.. Kellar, as may be imagined, having
made his arrangements to come hare 70
tstay, and having incurred the, expense Of
the tiip, insisted upon knowing 9 little
more about the matter, and was sent to
Judge Chenowith. This gentleman was
lat least frank about the matterand neither
disguised nor lodged any feature ofit.
He told Mr.. Kallar that he had received
statements showing that he was q pro
tnounced Republican. This Mr.. Kellar
lpromptly admitted-to be true and that Il
was q matter he did not wishtu conceal or
Ehaye any misunder erstanding about. Judge
EChenowith thereupon informed Mr. kel.
liar that he did not want him because he
wasa Republican, that he wouldnot have
him, and ii he was appointed he would
dismiss him.
WARMERS FINE ITALIAN HAND.
Judge Chenowitt was also frank enough
not only to tell Mr.. Ksllar who haImade
charges of offensive partisarship aEaiust
him, butto show him the papers. IA
They consisted ofa protest from Repre:
sentative Warner, and request 20 hold
the appointment till he arrived. He In.
closed charges, and that either Of the two
who passed below Ar. Kellar would be
quite acceptable. These were Democrats,
and it made no difference TO General
Warner that the nearest one to Mr.. Kellal
stood more than i've below him.. The
papers ineloSed by General Warner con.
sisted Of three individual letters, signed by
4 J. NJ. Amos, L. Il. Berry, andN: B. Whar.
ton. They declared that Mr.. Kellar would
not be acceptable, and made. statements Of
matters concerning which they could have
no personal knowledge. II seems that
one Of the candidates who fell below Mr..
Kellar, hearing that Mr.: :Kellar had re,
Iceived notice TO report, started among his
Democratic friends to get up charges, and
try TO prevent the appointment
The charges drawn up and torwarded
stated that Mr.. Kellar was so strong 0 Re.
publican that he did not hesitats to insult
men or women who didnut agree with
him; that he handled the Republican
Icampajgn money last fall, and that it waa
4 doubtless the result OF Representative
! TayloYs influence with the examiners
Ikhat MI. KAIlar passed. There was NO
charge that he made improper ttse Of the
4 money, and the fAet that Eeyeral Demo.
/ crats passed with him did not seem to
] oceurtn those who signed thelooss charges.
The siRnsrs were. =. 81. Young, Q. b,
Berry, Joseph Caldwell, r., Joseph CAld.
we'll. az. James Miller, George Garvin,
Wm. 3. Davis, George W. Rice, q. W,
IGookins, VIM. Mckee, Il. 2. ShIiyer,
!. David Martin, 2. Il. Garry, Robert Barry
siR, AZ BoWson, Thns: Sturkwell, e. Mar.
Iquis, Theo. ]. Rempe, Allen Wo0llord
4 George W. Collins, Homer Q. spnegs
4 janss siiater, P. 2. Yoho, John Mckee,
! Peter Fogle, ". s. Davidson, w. q. David
son, Robert Boyd, o. shair, I. ,. Graham
lC. Skater, ir., s. N. Segelbanm, y. Y
Il wilde, @. w. Evans, w. Z. Morris. 7. w,
barry. James AIalott, john Wiley, jerome
4 lWalters, 2. 2. Wheeler, David Wheeler,
VIOLATION or ras own sEREtcI ArF.
snch Is this very remarkable case, which
.Iit sustained enables Mr.. Higgins, ami
lthose llls him in our Treasury Depart
ment, to efectaslly dsfeat the Givil Ser
yies Law, 50 far as that Department Is aon
earned.
But as General Warner, M. HigginI
I and Judge Ghennwith haye; each and al
violated one Of the penal sections Of tn
Civil Service act, It becomes Q very grayt
; matter for them aside from the p0lttica
; aspects. Il also becomes somebody
/ duty 10 see that thsy are prosecuted. Sec
!. tion 5 Of this act prnyides that any pes
! son In the public service VII
. Rhall, by himself OF IN eo.operationvttl
{ lone or more othefpersons, viii
; fully and corrnptiy f1rntsh 10 any per
! son any special or secret information 70
Il the purpose Of either improving or ihiuI
/. ing the prospects or chances Of any PEI
|. sonso examined or 70 be examined, beini
1 appointed, employed, or promoted, stal
for each such otense be deemed guilty 9