Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-05
THE CIVIL SERVICE HEARING.
Close of the Arguments Saturday-Mr.
Lyman and the Campbell Case.

As stated in THE STAR Saturday. Mr. Lyman
of the civil service commission spoke for half
an hour after Mr.. Ewart concluded his address
before the committee on civil service, summing
up the testimony taken in the civil service in
vestigation. Mr.. Lyman, speaking of the pro-
motion Of Mr.. Campbell, presented statistics
showing that he was doing an enormous
amount Of work at the time the promotion was
made and had prior to that earned the pro-
motion by efficient work. To have refused to
promote him, he said, would have been an un-
pardonalke injustice and in violation of the
very principles of civil service reform
As to the abstracting of the examination
papers he declared with great emphasis that
he did not recognize the handwriting of Mr..
Campbell when the papers were first called to
his attention and that when he knew who
must be effected by the investigation he made
no effort to shield his relation, bat. on the
contrary. urged that the investigation be thor
ough and that the punishment be given to fit
the fault discovered, without fear or favor
He had felt that if examination papers
were being given out for the benefit of
candidates the integrity to the law was as
sailed; he thought it a serious matter and
never thought of screening Mr.. Campbell.
The investigation was made by Mr.. Oberly, he
believed. in this spirit and it was discovered by
him that the papers given out were
mot such as would ever be used again.
Mr.: Ewart had argued that the testimony in
dlcated that the papers in question had been
taken prior to the December examination.
The contrary was true. The burden of evil
dence showed that the copies must have been
made after this examination.
A fact had recently come to his knowledge
which fixed it beyond question that it was III
February that the papers were brought to Mr..
Oberly, and he declared that the testimony
showed that they could not have got into Mr.
Flynn's hands long before that.
The arguments before the commission were
closed by Commissioner Thompson, who made
a forcible speech reviewing the testimony and
going over much the same ground as that COW
cred by Mr.. Roosevelt's address.
They Are Home Again.
The train bearing the party of Washington
newspaper correspondents who visited Au-
gusta, Ga, as guests of that city, returned to
Washington early this morning.
On the homeward trip a meeting was held,
Maj. NJ. P. Handy Of the Philadelphia North
American being elected chairman and Mr. p. V.
DeGraw OF the United Press, secretary A
committee on resolutions was appointed as
follows: E. G. Dunnell, New York Times; F. II.
Hosford, Detroit Free Press; Perry s. Heath,
Indianapolis Journal; Arthur w. Dunn, St
Paul Pioneer Press; Chas +. Towle, Boston
Trareller; Geo. Ii. Apperson, St. Louis Globe
Democrat, and W. ]. hampton of The EVENING
STAR.
This committee made q report, which was
adopted, expressing the pleasure the trip had
afforded them and their thanks to Edward w.
Barrett Of Augusta, Col. James L. Taylor of the
Richmond and Danville road and Mr.. f. A. G.
Handy for many courtesies received at their
hands,