Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-24


 WILLIAM q. RICE. JOHN II. HARLOW. of tho league, many people claiming. as Mir. Curtis once said in reply to his critics, that it was composed of 'amta- ble gentlemen. with fancieS for new fashions i'll politics, for the spinning of moonheams and the dipping of water in sievcS. v
 As soon as tho league was organized it indorsed the civil service law then pending i'll congress, which had been introduced hy Mir. Pcudlttun. In 1888 the present. civil service law was passed by currrrSs, ;,nd now, after l2 years trial, il h;,; c nlc to lr generally accept ed hy tho }lr f the United States as a pcrlM~EC!tt lh.E,-. Since the pA, SaSc of the law 50.O,D places in the national govrgGlur::t lG,vc lytn brought within its uIwrat;,'N
 The Civil service ll.gur is still i'll ex- iStcnr,. a!;l iI.r lI,,s. S,mCW hat sim ilar tn tic rAtjolal ere. have noon adopted l.y several (. nrlrnwcahh>.
 Ill" national civil service commission consists of tlrrr III, ulhor.; aud k If gen eral ir:"rc>t jrst now, hy1,'&#e of the aY1"';,; "nt of Jlln E. Ill.,, W of St. Los ;,. I inc plHrru ut c., l. Lyman, res, 7. ..nd If C,lHrl M. C. Rice to suc;"..! '.hrodo"r i..uSVvrlt, resigned. MT r.. .... !, who continues in the com mission i> Drmu,iat, ;.S is al;o Col onel R,.c but Mr. J;ur.,N", newly ap- pointed, i H Republican.
 Wili.u,l C. Rico l., ;iN years old and a native of Albany. lIr l. tho son of William \. Hivr, who w,Is capitol com | missioner f,v suvCra! Nl"tS William G. WIS rlGc;l:,l at q military school. and being olr ,rvrd upon review by samuel | J. Tillrn, tl.yn g,vcrnyr. tho latter was sol.!,.:,rd with t:c y,:ui < man, $ appear anre that, in lS75, hc made him assist ant Tlymas;rr If tie r2t.uual guard of the stat" Cf New York. with the rank | of colonel. This place Cu,un"l Rice con tinurd hold under GolrvnrrS Robin | son, Grvurn 2nl Cleveland. When Daniel %, Lam"utarrSiSncd the post of | private secretary tO the z, v,'r:!Or in or der to accompany Mr. Cleveland to | Washington. Colonel Rico WAS chosen to take lis place ly Governor David B. | Hill After the expiration of his term | as private sCclrt2:y the c,', ucl went in | to lrS I'r>S .;vjcc president and general mana CT fl tn" Consolidated Car Heat ing company. He has also served aS one | of the trustees If the general debit sink ing fund of Albany and ;,s such trustee was mcrrh,r Cx ofiirin If the city board of finance.
 John E. Farlcw is :. native Vf the state If New York, where he was born i'll l~t4. At tEc ago of 10. however, kC removed to thr west with his parents, who scttlcd i'll Prhin. Ills. As school | boy in 1861 he enlisted ill tho Eighth Illinois volunteers, the regiment of which Richard OgleSby. aftcrward gov ernor, was colonel. Harlow served only three months i'll this regiment, but at the expiration uf his term If enlistment became n member of the Forty Illinois infantry, serving with it until the spring of 1864. when l.o joined the Veteran Reserve corps. The next fall he was promoted to n heutenanCy and ill | March, 1865, was brevetted captain. In 1866 ho was appointed to q clerkship i'll the railway mail service from Illinois. In 1868 h0 WAS made chief clerk of his division. In 1871 he was made chief clerk of his department, with hcadquar ters st St. Louis. In 1873 he was made superintendent of mails at St. Louis, Ir 1890 President Harrison appointed him postmaster of St. Louis. Since the cX piration of his term as postmaster he ha: been purchasing agent for the Bell Telc phono company in St. Louis, His officia term was marked by the introduction oi the trolley mail service, and his ad miniStratiCn of his office is said to have been excellent
 | Commissioner Proctor is a Kentuck ian. aged 6l, and was appointed il November, 1898.