New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-14
THE CIVIL SERVICE INVESTIGATION.
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MISSION II WITH Mi>NErEiS.:NTi%1 HIN.
Wa,Mn..o" sept. Is Ecrc>cn;aily" 'ro,v'a"r 'p
pcaici to-day I"t'rr the lI'H-r c"'nrui'" on ''Nl
>.rylrr H. ', t., supplement. nj, t. 'ny :"'p'iin-
the appoint mcui, rIic 10y the civil service '"mhil'
SION from HI, distract. lie dsrlamci ANY incAt'"n
Of irn, ~. NO ~ H." Cunin sion ~ regard - the ap
pritnri u Eufu, lutAin. lie gave IN" ancestry "i
| the iu;nam family down To Or W. - Putnam &c
father II Tie voin! man VII" Had received '"' mp
pnintmrut lie >lid that yohnc lutn"m sc'Hh year
800 hcn: then a boy q. fourteen ychl> wE brought
TO Washington ly relatives and ha' never Si'"c nc
tu,,,i ia ohio lie had worked here fpr wlii:",S anu
,hiny "A civ Scrvlcr c.lninatinn. requested wI''''
Ia indursc INN To Commissioner M"r@''i 81 the i"'"'
Once Putnam >ald he vas re'ldcht al Na''c"''
and witness recommended him 10 the Commissioner
upon that statement
SON, afcward witness questioned Putnam. and TO hi+
,malcincn found that lie ht"~ nothing "h"nf
Marietta: and upon writing Ia ono of hl> alleged
relatives. he received dcn.l! "f t'lr i"rn- mars
rc~ulrncr III ohio. and wI' a->''i'h 'ha' NJ NV ''
deceived. Mr.. Hoo>cvct had sham'fily ana 'l'"'
luallv mielrprc- Ht~! Witness >iarihctr' lie "'
meyer sad that no cleric appointments hal been made
from hi, district. The commissioners ltd E'nl"eu
him phu>vcnor, through tile newspapers haa 81.
,us ON hi, track Ia iujurr him: and. uilr thy c"nd
ur,yc the statement the, put int' HI mouth 'l'y
Stood in the attitude Of faicr> ar'i maiie1cr' N"'
ou, Of tn. eight appoutrc> alleged I" lie from hl'
district Was really They cam" IRON ao'" az"
ol d. ,trct from part Of which hi. district hd been
made He had no knowledge 81 any app h.ticA'N' OK
rcp, putnam's from hi, d>,rir and the '"hmi'
sinners did not prndurs evidence. but turnri loose
uuou him the battcrir, OF sarr Of public officers VINO
seemed To have nothing else Ia do. Puiiam was
moor boy with dependent relatives. and han maze '"c
mistake inuoccntb and rather than have him crncy
turu,d ont witness would let him stand credited "
his district. $3.50,
Commissioner Lyman said that the evidence OF resi-
d.pcc rcuuircd Of an applicant was OK parc ana was
not investigated except when called III question: INT
nam had produced the necessary evidence oi residence
and wa, appointed. When challenged by hcp'c'
sentative Crosvcuor, Putnam wrote witness letter
alleging that he was born In ono mat
hc WA, TAXPAYER In Ohio. that he lhtchdS 10
return there. and that Rrprc>cluatc "rnsNco' MN,
.,f had Endorsed his statement OF residence. inc
t'u,nnil,,iDn hid 49, umcd that person retained ms
legal dulnicilc in one state untii ne hii a'p"ncu
another elsewhere, and absence liadc no uit!t'c II
hn Intended To return Therefore. II held that Putnam
VIA, legal resident OF ONO a., ,.,, ,,
Mr. t;ro,vcnur declared that tho commission had
rcarh,,i A conclusion without any warrant 81 law or
common sense. lie hM however no criticism To make
NJ the Commission for II, action III mat matter WHAT
hc wanted wa, to show that lie had not lied. His
three minute speech had caused him to be holly pur'
sucd by the mlnionS OF the Commi> Sion.
MIR Lyman protested that the Commission had no
Al mis- point. Mr.. GrOsvnor had completed the
omrnnd with tho understanding that tho further pur
suit OF the investigation into the practical workings
- Tho civil service law should be deferred until the
next session OF Congress In December.