The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-26
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH SATURDAY MAY &c. 1888
Civil Service 1nvest,patton.

New YORK.. May 25.-The Fedora
Senatorial civil service investigator.
committee resumed the hearing IN re-
gard TO the administration of the civil
service law il the New York custom
house, this morning. Senator Spoonel
announced that Senator Hale, the
chairman, agreed with him that, under
the Senate resolution appointing q
committee, it was only uncovered TO
investigate the workings of the civil
serVic5 law under the present admins
tration and they could not go back to
the previous administration.
d. e. Moore, assistant appraiser and
a member of Tammany Hall. testified
that Appraiser McMillen went to
Washington to see the Secretary of the
treasury. McMIllen told him that the
Secretary OF the Treasury gave him
list OF the men 10 be removed. Although
ne was told the men were good and
enlclent the secretary insisted that the
WltEeSs hao a conversation with As
slstant Secretary Maynard in February.
1851, ID which he told Maynard, if he
was going to remove men for being Re-
pubhcans, he (wltness) was with him
every time; bat if on charges. he
wanted to know something about If
He told Secretary Maynard and Moore
they were incapable of making an in
Yestlgatlon. and his reports were false.
Lewis McMullen, appraiser, testified
that ID. Shlrrer and others, who were
removed, Were competent men. When
asked why he recommended their re-
moYaI, he said 1t was because Sect etary
maynard had suggested to him that he |
should do so. He knew of no cause for
their removal. A letter from Fair |
child, notifying McMullen of the re |
movai OF Shirrer and three others. and |
suggesting that he recommend the re-
InStatement of McElrea, who had been |
discharged for drunkenness, was read.
Witness adopted the suggestion, and !
ne was reappointed. Subsequently,
the Civil Service Commissioner Oberly
gave notice that reappointment was
illegal, as no re certificate of eligibility
had been given by the civil service
board. a certificate was afterwards
obtained under the rule permitting the
board to grant such certificate with
out examination, when reinstatement
nau 10 De made within year of re-
moVal.
Senator Blackburn then took the WIT
ness IN hand. He asked him if he had
Wv pTSpaT6O TO |,
answer all questions, and with his LET
'ers and records arranged so thew could
De conveniently referred to. He
lald he expected he would be re-
luired to answer questions and pro-
luce letters. He had no ground on
which to form an opinion. to influence
hat caused McElres's reinstatement. .
Ehe witness said he was Democrat in ,
he third generation of Democrats. He :
tld In conclusion that Assistant. Secre- :
airy Maynard and he had q general
about the number of Dem. ,
'crets IN the Appraisers Department. :
1t present from 40 to so per cent. of =
nose IN the Department are Democrats.
1883 there were no Democrats, except ,
himself, IN the department. :
John a. Sherrer, examiner of sugars. :,
esilhed, he wrote to Secretary Fair :
MID, asking If there were any charges d,
gainst him, but received no answer.
Ex-Storekeeper Hatchkiss. Repub- :
can, who was removed February last.
estlhed that Collector Mayone told =
i'm there Was no complaint against =
I'm. but there were too many store Q
eepers. Several storekeepers have
cen appointed since, and fhey were q
democrats.