The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-07
How Appointees Are Deceived as to the Man.
ner of Their ,2pointments-A Case That
Furnishes Striking Illustration.
Why Missouri Statesman FavOrs the
Laying Of a Tax .Oleomargarine.
Anxiety to Secure Photographs of the Scene Of
the Cleveland Folsom Wedding-Capers
Of the American Consul at Appia.
THE CIvIL-sERvICE RULES.

How AppOintees Are Deceived to the
Source of Their Appointments.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, June 6.-More than a dozen
times during the past year it has been an
nounced in these dispatches that the civil service
law was being fagrantly violated, both in letter
and in spirit AS many times also, have the
means By which the law has been violated and
evaded been stated. Another instance has just
come to the attention Of your correspondent
however. which illustrates the truth Of the as
sertion About a month ago it was announced
in the local newspapers that a man had re-
ceived an appointment to a frst-class clerkship
in the Treasury Department through the opera
ton of the civil-serviee rules. Almost simulta
neously the announcement was made in the dis.
trict of Western Congressman that this man
was appointed through the influence of that Con-
gresham. The latter announcement came to
the eyes Of a gentleman in the department. here,
and he grow very angry over it and came to
your correspondent to tell the truth of the trans
action.
THAT man was appointed through civil-service
reform, and not through the influence of that
Congressman, as he has announced. The ap-
pointee believes, however, that his Congressman
secured the place for him, even though he did
pass the cvil-servce examination. Now. will tell
you just how that appointment was made. be-
cause l am determined that that hypocritical
Congressman shall not take credit to himself for
it. A Senator from my State went to the de.
partment some time ago and urged at certain
division the appointment of one or two men
from his State. He was assured that the first
time clerk was needed he would be given an
opportunity to fill it. A few days afterward the
head Of that division telephoned the Senator
that he could make an appointment, and asked
him for the names of some men from his State
who had passed the civil-service examination,
and asked whether anybody who had passed the
examination was desired by him for appoint
ment. The answer was sent back that he
wished certain man appointed who had passed
examination. This official called upon the Civil
service Commissioners for the names of. four
men from that State who had passed the exami-
nation, and asked to have included in these four
names the name of the man who was appointed.
NowI know this TO be true, for this reason:
The memorandum sent by the Senator
to the Treasury Department. was mis-
names recommended, because knew who
the Senator had named for selection I repro
duced the names of the four men who were sent
from the Civil. service Commission headquarters
to the Treasury Department. On receipt OF the
names, they were sent to the Senator. He
looked them over, and could not determine
which man should be appointed because he did
not know any of them very well, so he turned
them over to me, and the man who was ap-
pointed was selected by me. / sent his name
back to the Treasury Department. and had fire.
quent communications over the telephone in re-
laton to it. / have those telephone messages
written out, and can prove, in the first place,
that the Senator was asked to name man, to be
called for from the Cvil-service Commission;
secondly, that the names we're referred TO him;
and, thirdly, that the Treasury Department
communicated with him in relation to the one
man from the four who was to be appointed"
am told that this practice has been carried
on to very large extent for more than six
months, and that nine men and women out of
every ten appointed have been thus selected by
the appointing power