New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-06
THE BALTIMORE P0sToFFICs.
EXTRA ORDINARY NUMBER OF CHANGES MADE
IN 1T IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.


IN 1T IN TIE LAST FOUR YEARS
Washington, Oct. 5.LTheodore Roosevelt, OF uie
Civil Service Commission, has submitted TO the flh
Commission a report Of short examination maze py
him about two months ago into the management OF
the baltimore Nd, Postofice, in so far as IL n
afec ted by the Civil Service law. The EXAMINATION
was undertaken partly in consequence OF rePor' VI
the office made last January by Examiner Hoz' oi .'
Commission and partly I'm consequence OF t"o p"
ters from the Postmaster-General calling the OonF
mssior's attention 10 certain alleged Irregularities ~
the said office and requesting chat the same be In
vestgaied and that he be advised OF the Commissoh
recommendation in the premises.
In the last four years, Mr.. Roosevelt says there
have been two heads Of this Postofce-Mr. weary,
who was allowed TO resign after year, and FRANK
Brown, the present incumbent. The report OesPeah'
ereat allowance for Mr. Brown the condition OF ,no
office when Mr.. veazey left It having been "scandal
ous In his single year of Office Veazey turned out
fourffths Of the old employees. and many OF his sp
pointees were men OF bad character. According 10
the report of Chief Inspector Rathbone'' says MI
Roosevelt the substantial accuracy or whlch Nlr'
Brown admits, in total OF 367 carriers ana clc'hs
composinr the classified service Of the Baltimore
Postofice there are now left but eleven who were IN
the public employ four years ago. About lOo add-
tonal places have been created, however during ths
nerod on account of the growth Of business
Therefore, of the original force OF the ONCE
about 90 per has been changed in the last our
years This so far as the records show, Is greater
proportion than mas been changed In the punhc
service, taLen a whole, in similar period
Most Of this change, however was due To Mr Brown
predecessor Mr. Veazey. Mr. Brown states that
when he took office he found 103 Of the old en-
ployes still remaining; Of this number. therefore,
which had survived the ordeal Of Mr. Veazey's rule,
Mr. Brown, himself removed 80 per cent.
So demoralized was the Office that he was likewise
forced 10 dismiss half Of Mr. Veazeys appolnees'
Even more extraordinary Is the fact that he was
Obliged 10 dismiss more than one-ffth Of his own
Almost all the clerks who were questioned al
mitted that they had voluntarily" paid last fall cam
pagn assessments varying from TO per cent OF
their salaries. and the total sum realized PROBABLY
reached 81 00o Mr.. Brown brought no pressure on
his clerks 10 make them contribute He adds that
an the removals he made were for cause, ana IN all
cases TO promote the efficiency of the service.
In clos ng, he says II In the classified service
an appointing officer has made clean sweep In an
Office where ninety odd per cent of the old employees
have been dismissed or II he has removed Tor Is TO-
movngl a very large percentage OF the employees
whether eighty per cent or less number but at any
rate one so large raise the presumption that the
removals have been for political reasOns-and IL he
can give no adequate and satisfactory there
for then he should be deemed to have violated the
Civil Service law, and should be himself dismissed or
his resignation requested
This report has been forwarded TO the Postmaster.
General by the full Commisso who append their
approval, and suggest that the recommendations con-
taned therein be adopted.