Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-25
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, INCLUDING THE SOLID
SOUTH,
BEN HARRISON,
OF INDIANA.
For VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SAME,
LEVI p. MORTON,
OF NEW YORK.
THE CIVIL SERVICE FAKE"

The president ZEN 10 congress on
Monday a message in part a. follows;
Pursuant To the second section OF
chapter - of the laws of 1883, entitled
IAN act 10 regulate and improve the
civil service OF the United States'-l
herewith transmit the fourth report a
the United States civil service COM
mission, covering the period between
the sixth day Of January, 1856, and
the first day Of July, 1857. During the
time covered by report l5,s52 persons
pere examined for admission in the
classified civil service Of government
in all its branches, Of whom o ,746
passed the examination, and 5,lOf
failed. or this examination 2,977
were applicants for admission to de.
psrtmebtal service at Washington,
3,547 we're examined for admission t.
be customs service, and 5,222 for adj
mission to the postal service. Dur ng
the same period 547 appointments
were made from the eligible lit to the
departmental service, 6il to the cus.
toms service and 2.254 to to the postal
service. In the department service
there occurred between the sixteenth
day Of January. 1856, and the tbirtieth
day OF June. 1887, among ,he employees
appointed from the eligible lists under
the civil service rules, seventeen re-
movals, thirty-six designations and
five deaths. This does not include
fourteen separations In the grade Of
special pension examiners, four by re-
movals. five by designations and five
by death. In the classified customs
and postal service a number Of separa
tions among those who received abso-
Lutte appointments under the civil SER
vice rules are given for the period be
tween the lst Of January, 1856, and
the 30th day of June, 1856. 1t appears
that such separations in the customs
services for the time mentioned em.
braced twenty-one removals, five
deaths and eighteen designations, and
in the postal service 256 removals,
twenty-three deaths and 469 resigna-
tiQns, more than are passed since the
eSbiration of the period covered by the
report. Within the time which has
thus elapsed many important changes
have taken place in the furtherance Of
reform ia our civil service. Rules aud
regulations governing the statutes OF
law upon the subject, have been COM
pletely remodeled in such a name ss
to render the enforcement Of the stat
ute more effective and TO greatly in
crease its usefulness. Among other
things, examination prescribed for
those who seek 10 enter classified ser
vice has been better defined and made
more practical. A plan also has been
devised providing for the examination
OF applicants for promotion in the ser
vice, which, when In full operation,
will eliminate all chances Of ~favoritism
in the advancement Of employees, by
making promotion the reward Of merit
and faithful discharge of duty. The
path Of civil service reform has not at
times been easy or pleasant, the
scope and purpose OF the reforms hav-
ing been much misapprehended; and
this has not only given rise TO strong
opposition, but has led TO invocation
by It's friends to compss objects not in
the least related to II. Thus partisans
Of the patronage system have natur-
ally condemned II. Those who do not
understand its meaning, either mis-
II, OF, when disappointed because
in its present stage it IL not applied to
every real or imaginary evil acuse
those charged with its enforcement
with faithlessness 10 the civil service
reform. Its Importance has been FREE
quently underestimated, and the sup
port Of a good many has thus been lost
their lack Of interest In its success.
Besides oil these difficulties, those re-
sponslble for the administration of
government In its executive branches
have been and stlll are often annoyed
aud irritated by dlsloyalty to the ser
vice and the insolence of employees
who remain In place Ms benenciarles,
and relics OF remainder. on the vicious
system OF appointment which the