The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-05
ENFORCING 7nE arm SERVICE LAW.
The Darkies who Ctenn the Cu-pldors II
tho state Capitol Up for Exnmirntior.


the state Capitol Up for Examinations.
ALpANY. Jan. T. Tho Civil Service Commits
sion and it's examinations constitute tho con-
trail attraction about the Capitol these days.
Civil service is in the air To-day Gov.
Flower. Irok Collin, Assistant Superintendent
OF Public Buildings Hitchcock. Secretary En-
gle OF the Civil Service Commission. Commits
| sioner Schraub Of the Department OF Agri-
culture. Chief Examiner Carmody OF tho Civil
Service Commission, and representative
from the Insurance Department held a confer
ence in the Executive Chamber After the
conference the Governor lie reported to have
said:
Il am DESTROYS that the civil service laws OF
the state shall 10 rigidy enforced and have
notified the heads Of departments to that
effect. They must obey the law. All en-
ployees who have not passed examination
must be discharged. They cannot hold their
places and take private examinations. The
time for that Is passed. The only course left
to pursue is for them to enter open compete
| tive examinations in all instances where the
law requires 1t, and compete for reappoint-
ment."
There then ensued great scurrying around
| among the department attaches. The first to
be ordered to the front was the dark brigade
ot negro porters who swab the tiled floors In
the Capitol cleanse the corridor cuspidors.
and do scrub work about the big building. 1t
was a terrified lot OF iarkies. numbering thlr-
teen In oil. that went W. the elevator to the
oilce. The hret thing that Examiner Carmody
fired at them Was Well. gentlemen, the nrst
guess we YOU Nm may rst spell the word arith
metic. -,,
deere was one OF dem nigRars dat done nearly
tainted at dat. felt scared myself"
The examination was not, very tough; how
Problems in addition. subtraction. multiplied
tion. and division were given them. One ques-
Several who were near each other wrote out
as their answer, nut some gave the correct
figures. Other questions were:
you IL cents an hour. how much viii you earn
IN h "I1i $50. s aGn ssf
il yon secure 50 60 for your weet. work and pay
out s675 for groceries Ae.. how much will you have
il you owe men s5t. how much do you owe each
They we're also asked to describe their work.
and did so with ease and directness. Az a
whole the examination was great success.
ever. been made yet. One OF the men said.
after It was all over:
clean the Se spittoons should be 1empted.
The Republican solored men 1 rare are trying to get
to pass civil service examination. so we are
all right: aud it nay be COED Hih thing" ,. who
| was examined this afternoon, was the new
| Rppointee John Batcholler OF Utica. who IL TO
be State Engineer Adamss chief clerk. Mr..
| Batcheler Is the Chairman Of the Oneida
County Republican Com mittee
| Acknowledgement Hancock gave Comptroller
| Roberts an opinion to- night OH the civil ser
| vice question In which. after qpo tlng the law
| and decisions in the case OF Peck aRt. Belknap.
he says:
In the cases specified In your comm unication
unless otherwise directed by order Of the
court after proceedings duly instituted"
Comptroller ltoherts says this opinion coin
cides with his own Judgment. and that It AT
fects only about twenty or TWENTY-FIVE APP
pointpes scattered through the departments
He will act on this opinion, and declares his
intention OF conforming strictly 20 the Civil
Service law