New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-17
VAN Colts APPOINTMENT.
.,,uss1ONER wURsTER TELLS HOW 1T
CANE TO BE MADE.
SERVICE REGULATIONS sTTcTIT FOL-

srpv,rv, REGULATIONS STRICTLY FOL-
,ourp-rHE ANGER OF THE RiNG-THE
APPOINTMENT A GOOD ONE
o,r,,,snt Of Plat Van Colt as Chief In
~ Of the Fire Department by Commissioner
speo' hos heen the occasion Of considerable talk
".Livn but the incident now appears closed
!" - likelihood that 1t will be reopened 10y max
.na onpointme Commissioner Wurster aroused
'ns n,,,sr opposition az the Democratic ring. and
INV M. forth desperate efforts 10 discover some
W. in the Civil Service examination ana
ostbod in which the appointment was made.
~. reai trouble lay one step further pacK-hdihs-
f., .bs action OF Mr. Wurster IN reeSallle '"o
p. ", from the ring management OF the Depart
s., who are really useless eNcrescences' 10 ac'ua
work IN Dell-towets -. l., .h o,sa
~ order TO learn the exact facts IN the case
III ,ho Fire Department point of view, a visit
~ ~ made TO the office OF Commissioner Nursler
" the fire headquarters In Jay-st. MT "urs'er
u" found entirely willing 10 talk on the SUBJECT
We" av,rs that he had made no statement regard
ing It for publication . .. tho
svyhen I took charge Of the department, al 'he
.nt,y of February" he said. Il found things at
49, and sevens and l have taken consiueraDie
,,s,action In strengthening them out-ih or'"sins
s.r out OF chaos, II were. one Oh the ms
u,.as that found necessary an inspector Tor
w.. 5snar,n,ent in whom l could have entire con-
s,s,ce | found that some Of the !oreHlen were
~. do,ne their duty In looking after the hremeh
"a ,eportng their denquencies ana such "'spe0
No. as existed was worse than useless lhere "e'e
20 men supposed 10 be doing THIS work~Oaii'00
wv "a inspector and James II. Flynn as as
'~,.nt inspector. AS far as l have peeh aoe "
lam. all that Cassin did was to drive Coin'lns ms
-. Ennis over hero from his house IN the fh-
r,h Ward and drive him back again. N"t"alIs
- dh nothing and Flynn helped MIN 40 IL va
curse | should have liked TO get ria OF 'neSe wv
men but having taken legal advice on 'ne mate.
a. hf
LIE appointed they became practically msmUeTs IN
We uniformed force, VINO can only De renoseu roo O
; ;S, viii stand the es Of judicial scrutiny absol
couldn't dismiss these ordsps every man in the
n.rn,ent is for that matter couu lnun ~ NV a.
run run 70 n he belloWers. at much reduced salaries
and Of course they didn't Ike IT, Lmey sins the
me ' VINO runs the Fifteenth Ward for Ennis ana
uRealzing the need of competent and th9r T,Sn
,snsctor / endeavored TO get the civil oerHS &c
"reminiscences authorize me to apP0mo o On
had man in minda military man Nv me civil
would Just the man for the place ihe gTt way clear
70 making exception IN my case tbe same
think It 0yFn tba 10 their rules ought to followed
and know that rules are made for poor VII tben
depnsaS civil Service examination. in strict &C
eordance with the rules and reg1IaoOnn IN IN the
SSnartnnent 70 enter it, There are forty TOUT oa
these foremen. II seemed TO me that me- the
.ha only
sre being determined by salaries -. ~, tora
ea0r NAV IS circular was sent 10 al OF Tue 81,
men setting forth the reguauots vi W" Ia an
Ssryice Commission applicable 10 lhe SnId on
nouncing that the examnaton wouIT ee Taver
rs ANYTHING done in a more open OF 4 iallSi 80
cniy Ave Of the foremen entered the H.
End NJ these Platt Van COtt received -
the highest percentage. However, a. ''T no more
,ssn n nor cent would have been fully ehutlsp 10
annoint him AS matter of fact. ne reCelN't 10
swsen 81 and 90 per cent and II so happens ..s
had been choosing from amohs M 90 Ino n
without any examination at all "S - wy ~ ~
should have selected 49,. 90. tho
.Somehov ex-CommissOner Ennis theh eol Wy Ie
,aas that the examination had not petn Wlue
enoueh-that IL had not lncluuen sulHe. n,1 81
~ ~ the members OF the department ne
,sde q comrlatnt TO Mr.. Campbell, the secretary
~ the Civil Service Commission. An anon! IilQIs
Sommnication was also sent 10 the 'oinih,Ss ~
on the subject. never nae the teaSt uU., ,o, ~,
wh.t the result would be- When the Compassion
,nst Ia az Monday ] was present. having maze re-
ouest of President Orr that might ~; ~, ~ a, ~,
snonvmous communication was the onN thhls t"Sy
Mad 10 go upon, naturally they thre" u OUT 20
sau - ,9er Is ended to the best Of my knowledge
.a haef and the result is entirely satisfactory.
rsars never was in opinion. any danger that
ths com mission would make any other response 10
the attacks upon the fairness OF the eNanlhat
ssc,etsrv Campbell is Democrat. or course, ana
no doubt the way in which he was called 10 ac-
count will have good erect ,-,, -
oCommissioner Wurster expressed his high ap-
probation OF the work OF secretary CahpDeI.t !,
managjng the affairs of the Civil Service Com
mission and said that he had never seen the Ieas'
reason 10 suspect that anything was wrong OF on
~ Ire nav in the management or the eXalhlha
lions and business OF the Commission sun ne re
grated that the Civil Service COMMISSIONERS nae
Ssen so strict theorists that they felt II incunDen
IN themselves 10 retain a Democrat in the re
sponsibe office OF secretary.