The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-06
The CIVIL SERVICE SCANDAL.


Cossnas.ss.er~ 1.ysass ssd seeosevcls Is-
servsswed IN the "Fe.s'~" Chssw~~.
wAsHiNorON. Oct, 5-(ivil service com
missioner Lyman was seen to-day ny u
representative of the associated prs,ss and
was asked ~ hc had anything tn say com
Washington Post. He replied that his
preference WAS for thorosi9ls invcstiRa-
tiou hy a. compcten, tribunal rs.tlser than
any explanation or defense iu the NEWS
papers. Pending siHh an investigation
he would say that the statement that ~
set of papers was given o,st by Campbell
in advance of the examination,
was untrue. They were the papers he
said that had bs,cn previously used, sin'ii
AS the commission now publishes. An in
vestigation made. at tho time by the conn
mission developed the fact of Canphs.lrs
connection with the other transaction.
i'm il, and said so to Coinrnis.ions.r Ot.erly,
who concurred with him, and hc there
upon left il to he completed by him, rs-
He subsequently reported to Lyman what
he had found. and his conclusion
that Campbell should not lrr removed hut
tion with his concl,i~ion,' said Lyman,
based on the statement Of tine case AS
made 10y him. This matter occurred near
~ two years ago, and il has not since been
the subject of consideration by the COM
mission. l DESIRE" he added. ITO make
one other statement now,snd that Is there
has never at any time been appOitt-
mcnt made at the office of the commission
i'm violation or evasion OF the civil service
scrup,,lo,isly conplie.l witi,.as the records
will clearly show"
Roosevelt said: "Thc charges i'm as far
as they arr, directly made refer wholly tn
matters affecting the other commission.
when Messrs. EdCyerton and Di,erly wcrs.
members thereof. They do not touch
Isih. she iir.s Of fS May. when @ Governor Thomp-
son and myself took office. There should
certainly he am investigation before "a
the management OF the commission un.
der the administration, that trtbunai
should contain democrats as well
as republicans. In other words, the
matters should In investigated l,y
congress- soon a. il meets. 1 not only
court inyes.iaatio,n; bu, will regard i las, a. "a
As regards anything that has been done
since myself came upon the comaaissioI,, /,
the form either of innuenslo ar of some
sweeping generality, SO ! shall merely sny
that any accusations of misconduct ON the.
service are false. and l particularly desire.
to- the accIsers before "a tribunal
where they must speak under OATH
WASHINt;TON. Oct. 5.-1hcOsiorc Roost-
welt of the civil service commission has
submitted To the full commission. a report
of the examination made 10y him into the
management of the Baltimore po~totiice.
The report says that during tho last four
years there have been two heads OF the,
Baltimore postoffice. Mr.. Nes~ey who he'll
office about "a year and was then allowed
to resign, and his s'Iccessor the present
incumbent, J. +. Brown. Neascy was one,
of those products OF the patronage system
not for their deeply tragic effect on the.
public service and honest political life.
Great allowance should In made from
Brown. because of the condition in which
he found the office when IL was handed
over tn hin, by his predecessors, for all evi-
dcnce tends 10 show that veasy's aslniI,-
istratioll can only tr. characterized as
scaneialous. II seeIns likely that
, hs hahi.ua.ly and grossly ,;,;i,..", yi"ia,..i
and removals. He certainly during his
year of office turned out fo,ir-fifths Of the
old empioyess and filled places ace: with men,
greatly tlemoralize the service. OF the
original force of office about ~ per cent
years. % Most OF this chang. il due to
Veasey. So sleunoralized wers. affairs
when Brown took hold that he
sey's appointments. Even more cxtr;,or.
tlinary il the fact that he was compelled
to dismiss more than one-iifth of his own.
One result of the system II shown by the
seemingly almost universal payment of
campaign assessments. At election time
almost all the clerks who wers. questioned
admitted that they had voluntarily paid
last fall for campaign purposes sums rang
ing from two tn four per cent. OF their sal
AIRY. Mr.. Roosevelt recommends that IL
bs deemed the proper course. OF action FOR
the future i'm all such cases. IL in til" class
filed sery ice an appointing officer has
made "A clean sweep. In this office or
where ninety odd per cent. of old en-
ployes has been dismissal. or il hc has
removed or il removing IA very large per
centagc of the employers. W here ~ per
cent. less number. hut at any
rate one large to- indicate that rs--
movals are for political reasons. and IL hs
give no adequate and satisfactory
reasons therefore. then lac should ipe
deemed to have violated the civil service
law and should be himself dismissed on
his resignation requested. This report
has been forwarded to the postmaster
general. signed by the full commission.