New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-30
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
80 TESTIMONY ABOUT THOSE PAPERS
...r civil SERVICE COMMISSION BRINGS o0f
.,onv r.r,rs ABOUT DEMOCRATIC

.,v,, SERVICE COMMISSION BRINGS OUT
,,ory FACTS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC
q EXAMINATIONS.
4 .,,n,rc n, Yesterdays session OF the Civil
Al uao,issIon. which IS investigating the frauds
serNs -. nemocrattc officials at the Custom House
In Wes .ngared 10 beat the Civil Service ruies'
ns'e .-..ore, Roosevelt read affidavit OF 'acoo
C.,,, which showed how he got into inc custom ON
-. II seems that Ramsey Is caP's'" 1" 'A'
i.ssr,. Assembly District County Democracy ors"nm
= I. In the same association was h"ua0'
~. h.d already gotten into the custom houso "
..--sror Beatte. Berwin. he SAID E4'' n'l
!, oaestions and answers TO DO used ~ y"
,ss Rad been carefully copied into pocket sc.ou'
WEE 49,, had talked over the subject OF tho
o...t,.,,ops with Derwn repeatedly and supp'S''
-. h,s nosIt,on as sssisantcaptan was 'hS re"So''
-, ,hs answers were TO I've given TO him. surNesO.
p..,tse moreover had promised him goo" pO0' '
aus, so soon as he got good standing III q" "a"
ton. .,, an ,nsoector
,,nasr the Surveyor and was a long hlne s" ~
tho room where the examination was oe'ue -, -
WAS asked about his connection WIN h".. ,.n,,u.
10 The delivery OF the questions uSod - ~ ,.,,tv
,,on He seemed greatly Handicapped 0! IsUiS
wv" -. co. , rrnat amount Of questioning EVIL
o"o'. - ,nor+ance was obtained he went
,u,o ,o examinations and made copies OF INC au0s'
,,,n. ,..a tho first time he was ezsriheo' inns "Se
dom, he sa,d simply TO soc whe'her no was ~
wrong He did not pass, but wheh "o an. w :.
he xront through all right. the q"eS'ioH' "S'N "
tho second examination were not a'toso'non 'Io
nc those he had taken away WIN Nun "s aus"
animation took place on inc se'o"' NNS - -
=. .,.,n,n.,,on. and the questions used were thoSe
VI -, ,vhnh was examined the first day had
ms w n. denied that he had given Ramsey any
10 , "a IA also declared that he did not have
.s..,on. beforehand for his examination that De
s,o.ss.tl,v psssed. Tho appointment that nc 10
1000 ,.ms on August g. 1887. three months ai'er
81. .x.,nIr,tiou 10 the Post once Building "heh 81
r,.,, ~ the Democrats known as the " Binghan'on
,roy,,a received such high standings BerWin AsAou
r.rro,sx,on 10 make a statement. He stsrteo III u
tb,ov 4. the blame Of the attack on himsen on Ram
80, vbo he said was down on him.
p,,asr,c Davis tho clerk OF the Board OF Examiners
- xhn IN the previous days testimony, was acCusoi
=, acting In collision with Charles F. Ternuhe' "
est the Binghamton Democrats the Quesuohs anu
answers before the examination, was ASKED 'c"
ousstons He Acknowledged that at times " was
renerally known that when the EXAMINATIONS TO"
On for several days there were no changes ID inc
questions He admitted that many persons ~hose
,stters ana penmasnp showed that they were utterly
,n.o,rns,snt to pas, tho examinations received ex
eeedtnrly high standings. Others, for one reason
~ another had their examinations delayed.
In The afternoon Charles Davis, father OF the las'
witness was called. Davis IS Deputy Collector IN
N. Marine Department. He has boon in the service
about three years, and was a member OF the boaru
q, Examiners until LAST February, when he resigned
because Of a disagreement with John 4. Comstock'
the president OF the Board, over an examination IN
copying. Davis Is looked upon pom as 1 Re
Started in directly 10 abuse Mr.. ComstoCk.
he mtimsted that papers we're marked up At me
-eo,est Of members Of the board because candidates
stress but could then recollect that Mr. ComstoeK
ever made that request. To mark paper up WeS'
he thought favor and in the line OF reconsldere
tion of Judgment but It vas not improper uhtcss
coupled with the statement that the applicant was
good fellow , -. -, .o. ..a.
q request 10 any member of the board to marx up
a candidates. papers. Here Davis steppeu III ana
ssked n Mr. Coms'ock had not requested thai INC
papers Of a man named Mathcr now dead, be maIkei
IN This too, Mr.. Comstock declared was untrue
Herr the public examination closed until satuuag
In The meantime Mr. Roosevelt will continue his
inveigations secretly. there are many under sus
ficion Who II proved to he innocent, might De ln)usl
in case they were publicly examined Feore the
adjournment Mr.. Roosevelt said that hereafter.
majority OF the Commission agreed, examinations OF
Applicants for positions In the Government service
would be carried by men As far removed rs poSsIoe
from party Influences -.---a~-.