Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-28
INDIANA CIVIL SERVICE.

INDIANA CIVIL sEKvIcE.
De0erAllssa Pess-Oefscss IN shas ssase.
TESTIMONY on wnxxAn DUDLEY pouIxB BxFoRs zHR
HALE COMMITTEE OF TEE sxNArn-m STORY on
HIS HrERvnw WIFE TEE rnxsDsxz.
VIM. Dudley roulke, Of richmond ma. presi-
cent OF the Indiana Ctvil-Service Reform Associa-
ton, addressed the Hale committee OF the Senate
this morning on the condition Of civil service In
his state, his testimony being the result o hives
legations made and afidavits taken By the assos
citation. He described sweeping removals made
oy postmaster Jones' OF indianapolis. and the
avowals BY that onicial that none but democrats
would be appointed regardless Of civil service ex-
aminations. He detailed the
OBJECTS m TIE POSTAL sR1vICR
which resulted. Three weeks elapsed between
the mailing and delivery OF drop ietterA Carriers
were appointed who could not read the addresses
letters. Lester.ooxes were len unvfsated until
they were nned 70 OVERCOMING. mail car was
sent nom Indianapolis TO Lafayette with no mes
to Indianapolis the assistant postmas witness
was informed had, previous 70 his appointment
o. Jones been connected with . gambling house.
sell, resulting In the discovery that out OF l36
cases OF suspenston-an or nearly all presidential
postmastersEoniy TWO wers ever informed Of the
As 10 POLITICS
Mr.. Foulke said he didn't vote for either presden-
tial candidate in the last election. shortly after
the appointment OF Postmaster Jones' OF Indian
apolis the association Investigated the condition
OF things In that ONCE, and Mr. Lucius swift, OF
ferred with President Cleveland In regard TO a
number OF abuses which had been discovered, but
nothing was done TO remedy the abuses.
SWEEPING REMOVALS BIZ PosTMAsTKR JONES
vvfrv takf nrv
charge Of the once April 49, 1886, removed the
assistant postmaster, cashier, stamp clerk, mes
senger and superintendent OF the reg
istry department and carriers and filled
1nelr places with democrats. Those
omces were unclassifed. In the sack-repair de-
weeks dismissed, including four women who were
working at repairing sackA and who had others
whom no charges or uOu ana maa TSe
!anltors watchmen, engineer, elevator.boy fol-
lowed, and Mr.. Jones said that the removals were
made
BECAUSE THEY WERE KErusLIcASs,
and the men appointed In their places were active
political workers In the classified service people
were removed for the purpose OF making room for
democrats A man who had passed civil-service
examination asked IL there was any chance OF his
aPPo M T 70 which Mr. Jones replied by asking
pointed, and Mr.. Jones answered .sNo."
w.
appointed by Mr.. Jones. He was man who had
Deen reputed (of this, OF course, witness did not
Know except by reporp Y have been attached to a
polntment. Although there were many eligibles
upon the first civil-service list q new examine
ton was ordered at once, and Mr. Jones stated that
no republican passed the new examination.
One Wood was turned on and Mr. Jones told
him that he had no objection to him personally
Wilmington was told by Mr.. Jones that he was
dismissed because his place was wanted for some,
Mr. Jones told Mr.. swift and Mr.. Holland. of
the association, that he
WOULD NOT APPOINT REPUBLICANS
even II they passed. No matter how they stood,
that he would not appoint the a because they were
republican,
Mr.. Jones told q Mr. Tousey, an employe. that
ne had no complaint to make against him; that all
'You are all going, any way. / have kept an Of
you longer than wanted to. summer is coming
ana you can now make living, and want you
TO GIT OUT or HERE"
To still another he said that there were no
charges against him: no had done his work well.
the partypessSre was causing remoyals t and
that they were removing some men whom they
thought more OF than the men who took their
places.
Assistant Postmaster Dodd said to one OF the
employees, MI: McClelland, sit il better for the
boys 10 resign than 70 have us trump up charges
u.
70 nave 10 trump up charges against the boys"
THE REQUEST FOR D0wLING's REMOVAL.
Recently witness had heard OF q case In the
Railway Mail Service, under Mr.. James I. Bowling
where car had been permitted TO 20 to Layfay-
cite and back again without messenger and
all the mail was brought back Dow
had been appointed for that reason. It had been n
pointment, told three persons that be had oriSed
certain members OF the council-paid them an
amount OF money for voting for a street
were embodied In affidavits and sent to Postmas
ter General Villas with request for Dowling's re-
movaL Mr.. Villas answered that he had In
CURED into the matter and that although
Mr.. Bowling had made these statements he (ViIas)
was satisfied that they were merely boasts and
council; that bowling was an efncient officer and
he Villas had decided to retain him. This
was the same man who permitted the car to 20
10 Lafayette without messenger. The printed
reports OF the association had been sent to the
President and the Postmaster-General
CALLED UPON rHB PREsIDRxr
Witness did not suppose the President had per-
sonai knowledge OF these occurrences, and
facts before Mr.. Cleveland. anu q" 'A' ioun si.s
he said ''that the President knew OF It and aI-
peared TO approve OF It. He said that it was not
parties know what the charges were re against
eacS case into judicial lnSsssigatien which sSe e1
SouAu N.Y. w. osnou hAAu sucu why ne Ttquireo
that any charges should be made. He
they could and he said he regretted
that we had made the investigation. ! told him
that most OF the charges were made by
persons who were utterly irresponsible, some
times by those who did not pretend to know
the facts, and that sometimes the charges
were false and that 1t was not possible to procure
correct Information at all until both sides had q
chance TO be heard. He said that the Depart
ment had got the Information the best way 1t
could, and that he hoped we would go slow.
He had great difficulty In bringing some OF his
party up to his ideas OF cfvii-service reform, and
Indiana was particularly bad state. I told
tiOn. 1 left with him lists, which embodied
the results OF the Investigation. Witness stated
That there hadn't, to his knowledge, been any
change in the condition of affairs since he laid
these matters before the President He expressed
q hope that the committee would visit
Indiana and that 1t would allow the association
10 know sufficiently In advance to be prepared
with the witnesses and the facts The things he
had stated with regard to the post-o1hce could be
brought out in the form OF legal evidence.
NO CIvu-sEnvIcE REFORM IN INDIANA.
The Chairman-What is your view OF the opera
ton OF the civil-service reform In Indianae
Witness-well, we have not had any civtl-ser-
vice reform In Indiana
The subcommittee will probably 60 to Philadel-
phta next week.
The New Camal.RaiDroAa Bill.
OPPOSITION FROM ALLE0ANY COUNTY WILL KILL rHI
MEASURE.
Annapolis special to the Baltimore Sun, March q.
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