Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-01
WASHINGTON NEWS.
urer Jordau--The Apache Indians
The Civil Service.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81.
| President Cleveland today issued pardons
to these convicts:
| Neil Wilkerson of Texas, serving q life
sentence.
Henry Wilson of Caliafornia, sentenced
for improper registration.
| S. F. Dewey of Pennsylvania, serving two
years for forgery. His term expires tomor-
row. He is of q highly respected family.
Fred A. Wiley of Montana, a convict who
behaved most gallantly in a recent prison
fire.
| Robert Adams of Arkansas. who died in
prison. His pardon is sent to his widow.
Thirteen Mormons, who were convited un-
der the Edmunds law.
Treasurer Jordan has postponed his visit to
New York until tomorrow. He will assume
charge Of the sub-treasury Saturday morning
and Immediately begin to count the cash.
.Adjutant General Drum said today he
thought that it would be unnecessary to org
anize the proposed body of frontiersmen to
hunt Indians. He was OF the opinion that
Gen. Crook will have accomplished the task
of subjecting the hostiles before the frontier
troops can be organized. Gen. Crook has a
large force of men and has been supplied
with everything he desired to carry on the
campaign and Gen. Drum thought he would
soon be successful in either subjecting or
| exterminating the hostile Apaches.
Commissioner Ea,on has just made re-
port relative to the removal OF applicants
from the civil service records. 1t was antici-
pated. he says, when the civil service exam.
nations were provided for that the time would
come when for various offices there would be
so great and needless number of applicants
as to make necessary some limitation of time
they should be allowed to retain their places
upon the record books kept of those seeking
to be examined. As the commissioner is re-
quired, with certain small exceptions. to not
ify all applicants for examinations in order
of entry Of their names upon these records
1t is plain that so large number might in a
short time have their names entered therein
as to prevent for years perhaps any other
persons being reached for examination.
To enable the commission to prevent so un-
reasonable monopoly, rule l3 authorized it
TO drop from the records applicants whose
names had been thereon six months or more
without having been reached for examination.
A regulation of that kind. while preventing
such Il monopoly, would allow equal chances
to all for being examined. If any of those
dropped desire another chance of being reach
ed for examination they can make a new ap-
plication and be entered upon the foot of the
record. The number OF examinations Is sure
to be many times greater than the number
appointed. 1t would obviously be a waste of
time of the examiners, and needless labor,
to go on with an unlimited examination re-
gardless of the public needs, by which the
chances of everyone examined for Office would
be made more and more remote. 1t may take
some time to cause the supply and demand in
the matter of examinations and appointments
to fitly adjust themselves to each other, but
with proper regulation for the dropping of
applicants from the record, it need not be
doubted that in the matter, as in all others,
such adjustment will be before long reached.
In some states the number of applicants have
not been beyond the number needed at the
examinations, while in some of them the
excess has been considerable. The District
of Columbia is entitled to appointments out
of 1000. 1t had 2s5 applicants seeking exam
ination, being more than the public interests
requires to be examined in the next five
years.