New-York tribune., 1886-08-06
OFFICIALS DEFEND THEIR INTEGRITY.
MEssRs. PARKER AND BERRY LEAVE 1HE LOCAL

CIVIL SERVICE fXAMINlNG B'Afp.
Private Secretary A. ID. Parker and Deputy Col
iector Berry have come to the conclusion that the
Civil seryice Commission at Washington mas I'M
pugned their integrity and fine sense OF "lncitl
ii ness In making order that private secretaries
and suboIdinate officers OF appointing powers III
local Civil Service examining boards slall Dot act
a. cha rnlen secretaries of such boards Accord
ingly uessrs Parker aud Berry yesterday sent to
Washington their designations as members or the
local board. The letter of Secretary Parker, which
is IN like to that of Deputy Collector Berry.
is as follows:
of order to the effect that you re;
a. chairmen or secretaries OF such boards who may he
private secretaries OF appointing Officers or OF such
Snrtre Their sb,ence As men of the Local Board
OF Examners at TINS port affected by this oder beg
alive to the .ubj-ct matter OF said order:
In the hrs place IT eens to me ana lp1on nn
who are. nevertheless permitted to remain members
sae,, ., sncn a. BODY and 81 are in its counc. aud
votes who are adu.sed unworthy me con,
will br, believe without precedent th. bo rd should
ssrss s ,mpr,u.r men to hold It's "ices II such en
fit Tor members they are tit for Officers. ,
drnt 10 the upancy The SAID offices by tho suhord
mates is not avoided By tne rules IN QUESTION
private secretary or special deputy who has so niue
regard conscience as 10 vIoat" the Law or
rules would have tns s'ne ten'atoh amu m c
the supposed pressurr whether he we're chalr
omiy with private secretaries and special deputies;
every member Of every board thrcuehout tue
1hey all subordnates of appointing Officer, ana
you canBo the composition OF the boards under 'e
present system eliminate the element oi especia conh'
dence the integrity ana resIstiye power OF evsry
member Until the boards are rendered. churey lnn"
peudsut Of appointing officers there VIII be the same
fear of undue influence over their members whether
they pr vate secretsries or no.
For these IL seams to me that every mem
Der of boar should either be sm'tt-d I" eqna iEht
and staning with associates ne excluded Alto
gelher. Therefore, embracing the opinion Oi ths Com
MISSION expressed IN ITS orer. ami carrying II 10
what appears to TO be It's logical eXen. ,esprcl,
fully tender my resignation as member II the Local
Examining Board Or the Customs Service at TINS port
to take effect immediately.
The local board held a meeting yesterday and
elected Daniel J. Moore. assistant appraiser. as
chairman, leaving vacant the post of Nh. Berry.
A MYSTERIOUS BURGLARY IN BROOKLYN.
The Brooklyn police are puzzled by burglary
which was discOvecc0 yesterday morning IN the
tailor shop OF Marks Roscnthali, at No. 1O1 Court
st. The shop was securely fastened edues-
day night, bat when Mr.. Rosenthall went TO the
place yesterday he found that the front door had
been forced open WIT IA Jimmy" aud fifteen rolls
OF cloth, worth 81 800, gone. The property
could only have been carried otf III wagon. ne
poiIceman the beat says that he tried the door
ut 5:l5 a. III. and II was all right. The burglary
was discovered two hours later / he door had
three loc>s. but the jimmy" had been inserted
between the casing and each one and tncy were
urcd oft. The door was not open, although
If Ould have been easy 10 pass from II 70 al ey
rugnlng to State-st. A butcher named JARVIS. no
has shop across the street from ROseDthais place,
saws that he was front OF h's shop alter O'Clock
Yesterday morning and saw no one III front OF the
place Other people opposite were up eariE and 81 4"
no wagon and heard no noise of breaking the door.
It IA thou rht that possibly the gooGs were taken
our an the rear aud hen the door locked by one OF
the burglars, VINO ai.elward escaped AT the 'front.'
kosentna formerly had "A shop III Myrtieavc. and
was robbed there.