Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-03
Changes in the Third Auditors ONCE.

THE BEARING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES
IN THE CASE OF MIR: FOWLER AND OTHERS.
Third Auditor Williams has taken hold of his
office with vigorous hand. and is trying to
organize IL in such a way as to enable him to
dispose of the work, which, he says, he found
almost hopelessly behind. Several changes
have been made.
The deputy third auditor. Mr.. A. NJ. Gam
gewer, has rendered his resignation, to take
effect on the 30th of June.
Charles f. Lewis, third-class clerk in the
pension division, has been dismissed. and Jos.
b. Fowler, the chief of pensions division who
was dismissed on Saturday, has been reinstated
Hussey: of North Carolina, has been made chief
The reduction OF Fowler to the third-class
clerkship, from position of chief which was
excepted from the civil service rules. was made
according to those rules. which provide that if
man was appointed to an excepted position
that is. a position not protected by the law
before the law was passed, he may be reduced
pointed since the passage of the law he
cannot be SO reduced. Commissioners
Gregory informed STAR reporter to-day that
there had been several such cases, two or three
in the Treasury, one in the Post Office and some
In other departments, probably, and the reduc-
ton had been uniformly allowed when the Off
cial had held his office before the law went into
effect. In one case, he said, a man who was
chief tr'.ded places with third class clerk.
But this does not open up way for avoiding
the civil service examination, as any man now
appointed to he chief of division will be de-
from If1e claSSlllcu service through
the regular course The law is very clear on
the subject, and no attempt is being made to
evade it.
The history of Fowlers reduction and Lewis
dismissal is interesting. During Folgers time
W. III. Whitney, who was chief of the pension
division, was not liked very well by Third Au-
ditor keightley, who had him dismissed and
Lewis, the third class clerk, who has just been
dismissed, put in his place. The new arrange
ment did not work, however. to Keightley' S
satisfaction, and about yearagO he went to the
Secretary and reported that for many reasons it
would be good thing if Lewis could be put
back in his old third class place and Mr.. Fowler
made chief. This was done and the work went
on to Mr.. keightleys satisfaction.
John Il. Hussey. the wly-appointed chief OF
has been for twelve years connected with the
Greensboro On. CO. Patriot, the Oldest demo
cr;. tic paper in the state, of which he is the
editor and proprietor. He was librarian of the
House some years ago, and during the last Con-
gre>S was clerk TO the committee on printing.
w. II. Wech of Baltimore was to-day aIr
pointed deputy third auditor of the Treasury,
vice A. Nj. Gangewer, resigned. Mr.. Welch is
a native of York county, Pa, where. he was
born IN 1926. He practiced law in that state;
was elected to the state senate and was presi-
dent of that body in 1856. He was also the
proprietor of the Philadelphia Age. He went to
Baltimore in 1872; was the proprietor of the
Baltimore Gdzeue and in 1850 Il democratic
| tache of legation at London when Buchanan
was minister. He was recommended for the
appointment by the whole Maryland delega.
t1On, but owes his success chiefly to the efforts
In his behalf made by Congressman Findlay
and SAM j. Randall.