Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-07
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMIss1oN.

A Gr,ttfviux Improvemeut in ths I,rnart-
mepts sboxxn in m. An,,., H.,,ort
tn. civil sorv;cs oour,;.s,,, l., a. .,,r.,
mort 20 IN. pr..,ao,, ;n,, ,,,do go. ,h.,,h !.
classified civil aerv,cs rov cont.;,. "a oOo ~
the government EMPLOYEES.
From Jplv I lsao IN Jnne On 1901 K one nm
nl,o.n,. go a,.r,;,oa -. ~. a.,,...-..,
pA0 .oi INC uepai 'nen'i
service az washington, OF ~nom 3.SSf passed
and 1853 failed 10 pass. For the customs serv-
ice l,679 were examined 9g2 passed and 5S7
failed. for the postsl service q aga were s.am-
- o.o - - q coe 800 A.. o..
ineo' o,'fo Passeu anu 800 iA''eo 70 pass io'
the Runway man service o'ioo were examined
ISIS passed and Ills failed 70 pass The
whole number examined for the four branches
Of tho ,l.s,;saa .orv;ca ,xa. 10 400 nj whom,
10 ~ nassed and a a72 failed 10 nass Com.
nars,i xitb the nravions year This shows a de.
rreass ~ q a1;s n the ~bole nnmher examip.d
a decrease 81 Iao in the vhoIe nnmber who
nassed and a decrease of . M in the whole
ppnr,har ,.ho fa;Iad 90 noss Tha who,a nrmher
annoipted in the wear Covered Inv this renort il
~ foliows. Dan.,rtmsntsl service :, i5o. cnstoms
service 3ol. nostal service 2 s6I and railway
mail service. 4. O62-totaI. /. 395 an increase Of
096 ove, The nr.vious yenr
The report c,lls attention IN the ex,ension of
the Classified service 10 inclnde a nort;on Of the
Indian service. and saws that ,bis extension is
esneciallv important az for ,he frat time an
plying the principles of non-part,san appoint
mants 10 the Indian sarv;ca
ihefe nave also oeen TWO or tnree note-
worthy and highly desirable alterations Of the
rules during the year One of the most i'm
nortant of tbese in that aIIowipg the estab Iish.
ment of comnetitive examinations for nro.
motion within he classified service Anofber
imnortant .Itaration Of The rnIss wns ,be shoI,.
ton of the provision allowing the promotion
of persons in the non-classified service to posi-
uons In the ciassined service after non-com-
a., .t'"a.. w IL ,.;s.. ,,.oa
force. save by competitiye examinations. should
be confined to the fewest noss,i,le case. rrhe,e
should be no transfers allowed on nou-com-
petit,ve Examination from nlaces that were
allied orioinaIIv bv non-comnetitiye eyamina-
tion or withont eIam,nat,on AZ all The COM
mission ia we'll satisfied that a large number of
the nlacas nov snh;sct 70 Observation-Disclosures ey-
am,pat;on or axce,yed frnm e1am;nation might
with great adynn,acs to the service. be filled
by open Competition. or, better still, by pro-
motinn as tbev almost certainly would he II
placed in the eompetitiye list
In the departmental service at WASHINGTON
the Commission exnress tbemselves as entirely
.at;sfaJ With the vav in which the civil serv;ce
law has been enforced and that thew are safe
in sar;no that the onas,;on ~ nol;ticS has hsan
,ra";;oSia ai;,o;rsS w. u ra,,oo,.o I III
=, 49, OVERWHELMINGLY H. ,hae 5a,,ar.rnar,ni
sarxica " N'f"
n, s,...a 90 h. ro,;,o.b,o foo, ,b., :.
uncb ,.s.sr ,,ronor,;,r 81 colorsd ''.arla 20
- @ p. -. ~ o;.;i P ipa ~,
tba ., I5 uue. VIC s,a III law ;aM
ssrv;ca La has haapm ,ha $780, ~ ,,a.sria,,,,
aniara;n, ,bo Sal1s 90 Drrs,,;,a 80 % ,ho.
m.mSsrs 81 The coIoroa 90 who hara 60
trivaS 10 90, .oo.i s,,ncot;on at 20 80 ,hen,-
.siyss TO- dr. h;aSar IT, ~ l;sa
SHOWING IN THE LOCAL officEs
''In the local Offices, the report says, 'the
results Of the law have been much less salts
factory taking these Offices "A A Whale In
-. ., a.. .. Geo. ,na ors,o,,, 80. a..
81 49, =. -, - Pos. Ill ta - 80, -, Wy
. =. a. 5o,-...rn,,t"i $500; 80 ~ $50
@ as on ~ Wy n.bop 100 . q. ""s :,
We, - 90. .L.t a. SLo;-.. :; sou .ioa
-, -. - VIC" ~, e sL..;s -; III ~. .ne
,.nde.ss''.a ,ha ;nn,mahs,,n oS
of1icesn
The commission saws that at present its work
is much hampered by the fact that the local
boards are not properly under Its control, and
"e'..' ina, nna' .e "a" snou oe ~ aaehueo
government emni9v ON thee hoords Tbaw
also contend that paw should be allowed 10 the
members Of these boards, and say that the
commission should receive enough additional
appropriation to pay extra compensation to at
least the secretaries of these local boards, they
being the members that do the greatest
amount of work, both in bulk and importance.
An increase Of appropriations for travelling
expenses and for clerical hire in Washington is
also asked.
The central board of examiners Of the COM
mission the report continues. consists of
men detailed from the departments in WASH
ington for service on the board 1t is not nee
essary to increase BY dollar the appropra-
tions for the government in orJer to turn these
persons directly over TO the control of the com
mission 1t can be done by simply striking
them of from the salary lists Of the depart
ments to which thew belong and putting them
on the lists of the commission, and there can
be no possible objection. whether on the score
OF efficiency or on the score OF economy. to such
q course being adopted
in addition, however. the central board
should be increased by at least ten additional
clerks, which would involve an increased ap-
preparation of about SIS CO.,
rxrrxs,oy OF THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE prcox-
Mr~nrn
,,r,.
A"eeou'u'ssion recon'iaenos 'n"' as rapioiy
as 1t can properly be done the classified service
be extended to all the customs and internal
rsyenue districts in which there are twenty.
s...,oa. 90 az. o,.,ts .,d ,,r;,ou. - .Io
~. =. ~. a,,,Sio,,as ~ En-. n,a,-; ~ .n 's
1890! ";. ~ az .no s,,htno,,n;a. y,
-. IN ~. s ~ ,.os, go - ,ha, C "ru
W ah ,leeue a Pos. on ',s,; an. va. oon :.
sisss oe 1sAeu " kiAu' n..e. 'ue e"se VI
aPPropIaaon W mees sne ih.fe"seu oAPchse