Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-11-07
CHANCE FOR PROMOTION.
President Cleveland Issues an Order
Widening the Scope of the
Civil Service

Washington, ID. c., Nov. 3.--'Ihe Pres-
ident has signed several orders of great
Importance in connection with the civil
service reform movement, making i'm
portant extensions of the classified serv-
ice to Offices not heretofore classified and
revising existing classifcations in
branches of the service already classified
SO as to bring within the classified ton
many places heretofore excluded
The changes include q revision of the
customs claSslticatiOns so as to bring
within the service all employees not sery-
ing merely as Workmen or labOrers, with
out regard to compensation. Heretofore
this service has been classified on the
basis of compensation, all employees re-
celvlng compensation of less than 5000
per annum have been excluded from the
classification, and therefore not subject
to the civil-service rules. This action
of the President brings the classification
of the customs service into harmony with
those of the other branches of the serv-
ice. An amendment is made to customs
rule l extending the classification to in
clude all customs districts in which there
are as many as twenty employees. The
present limit is fifty employees and under
that limit eleven customs districts have
been classified. The extension of the
classification is to include all districts i'll
which there are as many as twenty EN-
ployes and will bring into the classified
service certainly eleven additional dis
tricts and probably several more. An
amendment to the classification of the
departments at Washington is provided
for SO as to include the classified service
and subject to civil-service rules III all
the departments, messengers, assistant
messengers and watchmen.
The order further provides for an
amendment to the civil-service rules abol-
tn 1'D or n
competitive examination of persons APP
pointed to excepted places after one
years service III such places to classified
nOn-excepted places. Hereafter persons
appointed from the outside to excepted
places in any branch of the classified sery-
ice could not be transferred at the end of
one year to the places covered by exam
ination. An order is issued extending the
classification to the pOstOtfice department
so as to include i'll the classified service
to the department the clerks employed
In the offices of the pOstOffice inspector.
Also amendments to the postal rules
withdrawing from the excepted class Il
very large proportion Of the places now
excepted from examination. This amend
ment will transfer from the excepted
class in theclasSified poStOffices to the non
excepted class, probably not less than
100 places. the whole number of
excepted places in the classified
pOStofficeS now being in the neigh
bOrhOOd OF 300 Hereafter it will
not inclUIe more than 700 or 800. An
amendment is made to the departmental
rules Withdrawing from the excepted
class in the department of agriculture the
chiefs of the divisions of entomology, eco
nomic ornithology and mammalogy and
pomOlOgy, and the assistant chiefs of
these departments.
An amendment is made to the Indian
rule providing for the appointment of
assistant teachers in the Indian school
service without civil-service examinations
the graduates of the normal classes at
Salem. Or, Santa Fe, n. NJ. Haskell
institute, Lawrence, Kas.. Carlisle school.
Carlisle, Pa. Hampton institute, Hamp-
ton. Va. upon their certificates of grad
uatiOn: but before they can he advanced
to full memberships they shall be re-
CURED to pass the regular civi-Servicp
examination: and allowing appointment
without examination for not exceeding
thirty days to the places which may be-
filled by nOn-competitive examination in
the department at Washington In cases
of emergency pending an examination
by the commission. No appointment
made under this authority cam continue.
longer than thirty days.
The President has had these changes,
under consideration for some time, and
before his return from his vacation mott
ned the commission that Immediately
upon his return he would consult with
them in reference thereto. Other import
ant changes involving an extension of
the classified service are still under CON
sideratiOn and only await arrangement
oil minor details before being adopted