The sun., 1890-01-06
CUSTOM HOUSE GOSSIP.
COLLECTOR ERHARDT,S BLoW At hrs
CIVIL sERTICE gHACKLES

CIVIL SERVICE BHACkLHS,
ne Hits uara-Boss Frank Raymond In,
| vehts an EpIErana-BrooklHh HuuErJ
| AEaIn-Unele Franklin and Nephew Tin
Mclean II his Own Chinese Law Giver
An interesting document was received
| from Washington last night and along with II
came Information that with the advent OF the
| new year the Chinese Commissioners had de-
| cided to consider Collector Erhardts recon-
| datlons for the removal Of q number OF his
subordinates from the protection OF the Ohi-
nese Statutes. According to the document re-
| ceivod. the Collectors recommendations are:
Flrst-I would recommend that all subor-
dinates who act for the Collector in a iiducIary
capacity, or who by their acts may make him
or his bondsmen liable. be exempt from the
Second-Those whose duties are OF q teohni.
cal nature. requiring knowledge which the
Gs Snd SRc
an examination to ascertain general culture
cannot be test OF fitness, should also be
TRird-Those subordinate whose ability
and honesty cannot be tested until alter ap-
ent Of laborers, whose efficiency consists in
knowledge OF men rather than acquaintance
with books and whose ability must be judged
bv results, should also be- exempt from civil
service examination.
FOURTH would recommend that al Of the
1889, which have not yet been acted upon. be
regarded as null and void. and that new ex-
these examinatons as, soon as possible. and
that new eligible list be made OF the success
" ffnff Fifth"f6st "tS the Board sSthoTze Te-ex-
service who has been Sppotnted on aeertilicSte
opinion Of the Honorable Commission, or, Of
the COLLECTOR. Surveyor, Naval Qfflcer. or APP
applicant has been personated, or has unfairly
obtained possession. In any way, OF the exam
as or in
,."f6ose Included In categories one, two, and
were appointed by my predecessors without
examination, which was only made necessary eSes
Ma who sg neither taS bsSSre eGS G
ted 70 any examination.
The suggestions contained In the fourth and
fifth paragraphs as to the certified Lists and
the eligible lists Of the last local Board result
the proceedings Of that Board, In which it
says:
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The Collector is satisfied that II he is COM
PEELED to I'LL vacancies from o list which is the
offspring OF official prostitution. he cannot OBJ
fSSa Rne5G character of some of
sionors who framed the rSlsS consider on y these
appointing officers own selection.
III submit this communication with the ut
%s desire to Assist that
body In every way possible In Its admtnistra-
ton In this Custom House."
This will be interesting reading for q good
many folks in the service.
Ex-Gov. Cornell's friends in the service hear
OF him nowadays as the big feast-giver OF the
season. He gave a dinner to ex-President
Grover Cleveland the other night. Mr.. Glove
land had the seat OF honor at the right OF Mr..
Cornell. and Mr.. Jay Gould sat at the ex-Gov-
ernors left.
You can send all the American rum abroad
In foreign barrels that you care to. and you can
bring 1t back and need not nay duty for bring
Ing y into The land Of its birth: Secretary tS{
Q few days ago. The whiskey men retained
statute levyinG such duty was repealed May
2S. 1880.
The Brooklyn Republicans, having peppered
the moguls at Washington with their demands
for places, and having made life OF NO beauty to
now decided to turn their batteries on Gp-
Praiser Cooper. The afirmlsh line fell upon
OF Kings insist that Clarence Barrow must be
MADE an % r. bs More nan mat
squads OF openers and packers, examiners.
samplers, messengers, and laborers.
FORM" says Biz Frank Raymond, it Is that
strict compliance with the statutes will bring
about q change OF Administration every four
years"
It is said that the places of two vacant CON
are worth 50 900 each. and there are dozen
eligibles who think they ought to have them.
Eor ba hret TINA in vaara tha
Custom House was closed tight on New Years
Day. The Treasury regulations provide for
third Of o. century sH forelen ship oSners | and
agents have had It kept open In the H morning.
Ts Is ss
and also OF the Custom House brokers, They
all had an opportunity to call on their best
girls this time.
: Donald Mclean, the General Appraiser. is the
datIy against the Chinese system. He has Sp;
pointed I; ". Robinson as his chief clerk. and
Sre to 69 T s 6s
had no time to bother with the Chinese author
istration wero held respectively by M. Aurtha.
brother OF the ex-senator and a. eT b,hegister OF
delegation Of democrats brought here by ex-
Deputy Collector Charles Davis.
report to Collector Erhardt, giving the number
OF absentees for November and December. He
says:
The exhibit for December IA not as favorable as that
for tho preceding month"; owing without doubt to tho
unusually depressing and unhealthy weather, and tho
prevalence during the latter half OF the month OF tho
epidemic known as "lA grippe" or influenza from
which many customs employ yeeA IN common With other
the0Ss the exhibit shows such marked decrease In
the number OF absentees compared with the monthly
for the six months ending June 80 1889 before
the system q wss adopted az to chA
tics who doubted the utility OF employing an examining
physician. II force OF nearly two thousand men can
last two weeks and still show for tho entire month
better bill of lie ath aud less number Of doinquenB
account OF sickness than during like period when nor
NAL health conditions prevailed the factfor fact 1t is
either be reeRAed TO the realm OF the
attributed TO the real cause the effect OF Lhe daily vi1
tAtOnS of the customs physician, whose duty should
be remembered not to prescribe for the Gck," but
simply 10 report their condition
Mr.. Cleveland's office at William and Pine
streets is a sortof shrine to some OF the Demo-
cr0ts In the service. They receive thelr orders