Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-10
CIVIL SERVICE.
TIE Es-Possmssisr Of Bsi6mors w
lsses the Rules N Su0sttUhng
Democrats FOR Republicans.
Majority and Minority Rspsrts Pre-.
pared on he PnyBe Case, ssi nsi
Yet Made Psbilt.


Wf4HTrernEs J1ly s.---ty- tfie esll1-il-
II fss yisit ris6e ~ ise cirn-seTfioe
eommlss.y1 b Baltimore On TIE 2ist snd
m Il Nay y s1Yervise traUissfion8 ~
c1atoes asrgIce atisnticu WAS called ~
DE C3gg.gervice Isagus 81 N9rFlsrd %
ALFRED sfoiz.ionF Il the ciTil-serE-
ZEE e. ard rules b. J Parker Fetsy,
WIN Has a. list tine postmaster sf
Baltimore COurnfssi0ner Lymao con
slderef Il 81 duty 10 Inquire into TIE
Foundation for The charges made " ain
aBa aocOrtingiy called upon AE. FtAsT
and inte-re gated hin u relerercs 70 iae
number q Charges be tad nece aDd
ne manner 10 witch b. had FLIED vacant
positions 10 BE once. Upon BIZ ret1rn
from Baltimore Commissioner Lyman,
under dele q JG1e 3, na1s - ias civil
seTvles c0TaaDissioner . statement COB
corning tae alleged violations q tie
civil service sct and roles By Postmaster
Veasy After dslibeTsilng upon the mat
ter the commission adopted TesolHtic1
that corr a Commissioner Lyman's
report should b. f9rwafdedo Ar. ft8sg,
WIN had reliDq1isbsd be o1i.e On TIE
20.h a Msy 9Th 3 request thai be reply
% he charges. Do The 70 INST the cor
missioner received from NJ. geaey 3
long and elaborate reply, IN which -
adnised :he ,rutniniasss d Mysi
81 fhe commissioner c1Srges,
ana jastl6sd himself 10 ise dismissal q
The euploy,s a ne Bt-ilm1rs posioeles
or TIE crossed ttsE tAeY Hefs kzr-h.i-
cars ne tls3 ttsertef t1tf - la l--e1
~ Ya-ase5ss Nrs DsEscrB.e p5tE.a e,i
10 ala froz ELK REGISTERS q - plst-
oflcs. sftef 81 ht1 EIes lz41.fT E11 90
!. Haaa "a -
Hs sGsA3 L. 2G4 appoint
81 as1 ~ Democrats i9r
TIE -r-ess 20 -1rCzE 1s cGee q
-. 1ra uanac-1l6e l-ssf7les oijes.
IT, sss1 asalzasd 1nt5 BE- tk1 Ttfssed -
aurat sIns 1srliEa5 - hin foT
t1a YesF s1tt ~ E1sE 1teD - BE- BE-
paGcL-F 90 gssefssf ;aki b. asd the
right % Zisks removals ~ partl-
aan w1soas q Gly otter reasons,
satiAfEctory 70 ainssif The civl-HsTyice
comm ioB, after Considering the report
q Hs lyman and the answer Of Mr.
Yeasy, reDared and this'sYsning made
public no opinion upon the following
qsesCO1B d controversy.
= Bas ibs rjgii II 40 appointing officer 10
make TeGOvais IN pariisAu o. other feaspns
sHisfact1ry 70 hlmsef been ia any way
airdgfd o. made VOID ~ me clyii -sersirc
inquire into ths reascns q any appointing
oneer t0r fcmpgAisf
Can an appointing ofcar without yioiai.
Ing the ciyiifnryice act ana rules, refuse 70
appoint an eligible applicant regularly
ceftined 70 lin btcause mat applicant 81 b
member Of political party Of which the az
pointing one IL not member, or can he
Without giolstlng the act and rules, appoint an
eligible arp ieAnt regularly certified u him for
the aVOwgd reason That the applicant IL y
member Of The party to which the appointing
0fcer Dtlopgtf
10 replying 10 the first question the
commission takes the grounds that while
IL Is contrary 70 the spirit OF the civil
service act to remove any person from
the classified civil service for purely par
tlsan reasons, the fact remains that the
power Of removal is practically unre-
strcted and the commission has no
right, except where the removal has been
made for refusal to perform political
service or 90 psy a political assessment,
20 make any Inquiry, or to take any &C
lion concerning removals.
In replying 10 The second question the
commission makes an emphatic negative
answer In summing up 1t conclude
that Postmaster YeAsy violated both the
letter and spirit Of the clyil-serylce act.
D. when, as an appointing Ofieer, he
sought for Information concerning the political
NllnluUH oil LiiNNf MNuf WINE nc Ahh nOHllMFter
AZ Baltimore, applied 70 him for entrance Al his
once 10 the classiaed postal service.
2. Wien, ~ an appointing oilcsr, he failed 10
disc ounl. nance disclosures made TO him con.
corning pDicicAl opinions and affiliations Of
such applicants.
s. whea, A. an appointing onicer. he selected
from The certificate sent him by board OF exam.
incrs with the knowledge Of the fact. the names
~ Democrats, and then appointed the Demo.
crat because he was Democrat
Whom, AZ an appointing officer, he refused
r. certified
hiin teeause the Republicans were Rcpubli
cans
The other questions that have beer
raised by this contention, the commits
sion does not see proper TO discuss II
II not blind 20 the fact that the classified
civil service contains many people who
are inefficient public servants, and who
entered the service through wide door.
way from the broad highway Of the
Hspoils system.p The commission Is also
conscious Of the fact that these people are
protected IN the positions they occupy
by the friendly voices Of mistaken friends
OF ciyil-serYice reform mlngling with the
alarming cries raised by INSCRIPTIONS
members OF political organizations under
the former partisan methods OF which
these people became AZ once In.
competent and undutiful servant.
VI hut ntnllft hui nulllul
oyer-feady, skllliul servants Of the poll
ticlaus whose influence procured for then
their places, and the commission Is no
deaf 70 the current assertion that tn,
civil service act was formerly admins
tered entirely by members Of one party
with these matters the commission can
NOT deal, bnt Il Is determined that In To,
present ciyi!.scrylce act and rules shall
be executed IN their spirit as well as Il
their letter, that with the knowledge o
the commission no board OF examiners a
auy custom,house or posiofIlce shall be
as formerly, composed entirely OF TN
members Of the party controlling Thu
custom house or postoiilce, that all exam
lnaiioba, all certlhca,ions from the eligibl,
register, that all the actions Of the exam
hing boards shall be non.paTtlsan, Ant
that no violation Of the olYll.servico acI
or rules called To the attention OF the
commission shall escape its denunciation
In this non-partiaan spirit the com.
mission has considered the ques.
ton raised by the Baltimore
rnVfpfIiga onutravaray and has rnvta e.