Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Some Significant Statements Made by Pres
ident Harrison.

Some Significant Statements Made by Pres
ident Harrison.
A correspondent of the Cleveland
Leader writes from Washington under
a recent date as follows:
President Harrison has already mapped out
policy for his Administration to follow re-
speeding CivilServIce reform, and IN addition
to what he had to say on the subject in his in
augural address, the following points from an
interview had with him by q party of Congress
men who called upon him are significant and
interesting. The visitors had presented the
claims of certain individuals OF their choice
for appointments:
.Ihave,' said the President determined
to live up to the plank relating thereto In the
Republican National platform, and shall select
men to fill the Offices from among the Repub-
licans OF the Territories themselves where 1T
persons may be found. In Alaska there are no
party organizations and no public press, which
makes it necessary that the Governor Of that
Territory should be a man Of such high char
acter as not 10 need such supervision as on
cials In other Territories are subjected to be-
cause Of the existence Of political parties and
the printing OF newspapers. I shall endeavor
for this particular ONCE to find man who viii
not need any such spur to do his duty
1.-The attention Of the President was called
to the ineficency exhibited in the railway mail
service because Oh LQ6 uASCuhrRc Oi OH 6u0
tired employees to make room for Democratic
henchmen whom the late administration en-
deavored TO protect by prom slgating an order
placing the service under the provisions Of the
cIvilservce rule
"T sha'n't revoke that order ssid the
President emphaticslly, but I shall modify it
somewhat This remark he repeated.
~ SHALL he continued, have the rule touch
ing reinstatements changed where 1t is speci.
fed that a dismissed employe may be re-
stored within one year. I shall have the words
within one year stricken out The Presi.
dent said that the order would be further
modified so that It would take eject on June
Is instead of March Is.
"One Of the delegation expressed the
opinion that the present system Of examine
lions for entry into the railway mail service
was not fair test Of the fitness Of candi-
dates
"sThen the way to do retorted the Presi-
dent is to make them 30 they will be fair
tests He said also that the different super
intendents should hold their suDordinates to
str ct accountability in the performance Of
duty and inefficient men should be weeded
out On the subject Of removals from the
general classified service President Harrison
said:
AZ have told some Of my mugwump friends
that 1 believe the provision relating to re-
movals should be changed so that a cause
would not have to be specified / would not
have a man removed simply because he be-
longed to one political party or the other. and
there should be good and substantial reasons
for the dismissal Of clerks and officials gener-
ally, but hold that it is not necessary that the
cause should be specified or given IN all cases.
There might be good reasons for following
contrary course and Withholding information
Respecting appointments generally. the
President SAID he should follow the sugges-
tons of Senators and Representatives, the
men chosen by the people TO represent their
wishes, and he expected those gentlemen TO be
conscientious in the matter and recommend
only good men for ofice. The President in
conclusion, urged his visitors 70 go slowly and
not press too hard for the removal OF the pres
emit incumbents Of ofices. He said, In effect,
that he wanted to be sure he was right in
every case, then he would go ahead"