St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-16

an equitable division of the clerkships,
and if Minnesota has enough applicant:
who have passed good examinations
they may be able to secure places for
several hundred in the course of year.
MINNESOTA IS ENTITLED TO NEARLY
EIGHT HUNDRED POSITIONS IN THE
CLASSIFIED SERVICE, AND AT THE
PRESENT TIME HAS HARDLY MORE
THAN ONE-FOURTH OF THIS NUMBER.
ALL THE NORTH STAR STATE DEMANDS
IS JUSTICE, AND THE PEOPLE AND
THEIR SERVANTS. THE MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, WILL NOT BE DOING THEIR
DUTY UNLESS THEY INSIST UPON THEIR
PROPER SHARE OF THE OFFICES.
FavOritIsm Must Cease.
To show the extent to which favorit-
ism and the failure of the government
officials have defra uded some of the
states, it is only necessary to point to
the condition of things in the treasury
department, as revealed by census
made by direction of Secretary Carlisle
few days since. This census showed
that 1,156 out of the 1000 employees of
the department are residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia and were appointed
from the district. This statement was
a great surprise to the secretary, for
according to the law the District of
Columbia is entitled to just eleven
places in his department Mr.. Carlisle
was so surprised that he at once made
up his mind to reduce the number of
District employees in some manner and
fill their places with clerks drawn from
the states that. like Minnesota, are
Slimly represented.
Hardly had this report been made
public when the civil service commits
SionerS rushed forward with an eXpla-
nation to the effect that the district had
much more than its share when
the law went into effect ten
years ago. Grant that this is true, this
does not excuse constant violations of
the spirit, as we'll as the letter, of the
law by these commissioners, even though
they have many relatives and friends
who must be fixed" from the district
and other states near by. To show that
the commission has from the begin
ming
Cheated the States
located at distance like Minnesota a
portion of the report for the year end
ing June 80, 1891, will be taken. In
that report MinnesOta's share of 3,119
appointments is set down under the law
at &c. This was under the census of
1880, by the way. But how many did
the state get, her share. or few over
to make up what she was behind? Not
at all. Out of 8, 119 appointments Min
nesota received just forty-nine. seven
teen less than the number to which she
was entitled for the year, and nothing
toward bringing up her quota for pre-
yious years.
Now, on the other hand, it is interest
ing to note the favor with which the
applications of candidates from states
which had already three or four or
more times their share of the Offices
were treated by the reform commits
sion. Virginia. with twice as many clerks
as she is allowed by law, was entitled
to just So new appointments: but she
got no less than l04, OF 81 more than the
number to which she was entitled had
she not been already far ''ahead of the
game" Maryland, quite as far ahead,
was entitled to 81, but she got no less
than 76. The District of Columbia was
entitled to IL. not considering the over
stocked condition of things, but she got
no less thanS0. Under a strict con-
struction of the law, not one of these
places should have been given a single
place.
Whole Families In Office
Under the present system whole fam
lilies residing in the district are in the
service, and the determination of the
present administration to change this
disgraceful and unjust condition of
things will be appIauded all over the
country. If this is done, Minnesota
will for the first time in her history get
a portion at least of what really ought
to be hers. The congressman, particu-
larly Messrs. Hall and Baldwin, are in
earnest about this matter, and propose
to find out why the North Star state has
been so sighted in the past. For the
present good advice IS take the civil
service examinations, and advise your