Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-15

| lie dut los also and who can 500 to tho com
forts Of thnir wivcs and tho o,rcotio,, If
their children. in short who nre Good Amor.
loan citizens If is those MON mora thor
any others to whom the merit system i,
roaIlv of vitol moment They ara t,o mon
who are crowded ont of nuhlic ofice hv tho
politicians and the heelers of the noliticions
wherever snoil, methods prevail Tho an
preciation of this fact has been very MAINLY
shown bv one division of the Knicbt. If
T-bsr that is by the letter carriers The
letter carriers nave shown by their ronooted
action in convention that they are thorough
~ awake to the tact that the civil service
law offers the greatest ana we may say al
most the only protection to the honest
workingman who wishes to serve the gov
ernment as letter carrier, and be appointed
on the ground OF fitness and retained as long
as his services warrant It, They recognize
cordially the fact that but for the civil ser
/ vice law each and every one of them would
be at the mercy OF any fifth rate politician
VINO desired his place for friend or rela-
/ tive. they also. am glad to say. realize
| that the only trouble with the civil service
! law Is that IT docs not go lar enough The
/ commission should nave much moro power
| than 1t has now, so as To prevent dismissals
| Tor partisan reasons, anu to allow every
| pupnc servant a chance TO see any charges
! made against him and to be heard in his own
defence before he is dismissed.
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ADVANTAGE TO APPLICANTS.
Under the civil service reform system
each man tries for his place and. if Success
full obtains it in open and above board con
test on his merits with his fellow citizens.
unhampercd and unhclped by favortisln.
All he has to do is to take his examination
and then 90 about his daily business until he
| either gets or fails to get an appointment.
Under the spells system, on the contrary,
| every applicant for office has to give up his
business and kick his heels in the ante room
of some big politician, or else strive to win
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