New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-01

open 10 the appointment OF poh"c""'
almost every Office under the state ''ovprn '' g.
without the necessity OF undergoing the panl" UT
deal OF an examination. Apparently the po''"
whom Governor Flower desired 10 colie' JIM
were not intelligent enough TO PASS any sort Vi Oh
examination No man Is better able to speak VII"
authority regarding Governor Flowers huiI".a'o'
OF The Civil service Reform law IMAM Jon" y. 80
for he has been the chief examiner of u' Io'.u "
Civil Service Commissioners since 1890 W. ~
made the following highly Important s'a'em'"' !"
day. ..
"clvu service Commissioner Bailey made n state
mont Yesterday To the effect that WAS relieved III
the suggestion Of III" Governor. That ne hao CIV"
reasons, and they were not iacuoi"'' Wv '"''
know what they may have been. can ohiy say
that he Il az liberty 10 publish them y be- WsS' :"
far rs I am concerned. ] have nothing to conceal
regarding my official political relations VII" wv
Governor never had any business relations VIII"
him. | know tlat some OF the machine managers
hnve ~, various occasions during The last No"'
threatened the removal OF the CIVIL service '''"
mission and myself because OF attcL'p's I1auc ="
enforce the civil Service las. ',c''hiE "c ''p'
from several Of the State departments sho"'"
that appointments had been made in direct VIOLATION
~ the statutes notified the appointing ohc'rS u"
January D. last and laid my communications" "l""
the subject before the civil service Commission ~
a subsequent meeting Commissioner M'N'"'"' w
appointed to wait upon the Governor ana nrr'"s W.
coufp
Commissioner Eustacc was reno, cd soon aI''r"ar"'
NV communications are still pending business ""''
the Commission Except 10 III, state hoSP''"i'
and 4 Cow minor state Institutions the tlVl S'i''~.
law has been practically nulihcd during the last year
I'm this connection II may not ~ un'nt"rrshe " h""
that on several occasions WHEN III" 'iVh service
Commission failed 10 change the classification OF en-
ployes 50 ~ To- enable the heads 81 departments !"
make selections without refer nee TO the mfn s!s""'
Governor Flower had promptly ordered the changes
ION April 80, l-92. Mr. Flower directed inc sua
pcnsion Of the Civ Service rules "a to employees ~
The State Agricultural Experiment station. On July
90 the employees of the Dairy Commissioner were
EXEMPTED from examination. In December the po
,on OF corpora ion bpokkeeper In the oh'c OF VIC
secretary of state transferred from the competitive
10 the non competitive SCHEDULE. and gentleman from
Troy was promptly appointed. The law says thnt
non.compettive examinations may only be held whch
compctition 1, Improbable. think there VIII bc
no doubt as to the feasibility Of filling the position Oh
boohIrepcr by competition. Tho whole system -
far as this state is concerned, IS fast becoming
farce
Mr. Rcys statements fully confirmed by tlr
records The State departments which are Ignoring
thc civil service law are the Controllers ONCE tf
state Trcasur.r's Office, the state Engineers once,
tho Dairy Coums iOncrS Office the state Agrlcu'uraI
EXpcrmcnt station. the Department 81 Public Bulid
ings and the bureau OF Labor statistics.