Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-19
Civil Service Embraces
200, 600 People
HAS GREATLY INCREASED.
Foreign Countries Pay Smaller ssIs-
ries to Employees Than the
United States.


WASHINGTON. June Is.
The Forthcoming report Of the United states
civil service commission viii show that the
whole number OF persons regularly employed
In tho civil service OF this country Ia about
100000. OF these approximately one-fourth
arc In the clasaiIicd service subject 10 com.
petitiye examinations under the civil service
rules. OF thoso In tho uneiasslied service
s2'oOo are iabcrers 1000 arc appointed BY tho
president subject to confirmation by the SEM
ate. 1900 are In the legislative branch Of tho
government and 200 are Ia the judicial
branch.
The eiyil service ut excludes the olassez
from classincaton The total number OF po-
altiona affected by the extcnaion Of civil
service from March I, $685. TO January /. 1895.
was sisi. az those bss7 were added 70 tbs
classified service by original classification
and 25t' by transfer Of piAcca classified. but
excepted from examination 20 list OF places
subject 10 competitive examination, siuca
January all employees OF the agricultural
department have been brought Into the
elahqiheu service except tho secretary and
assistant SECRETARY Of agriculture. private
secretary 10 each, the chief OF the weather
bureau and hln private secretary the chief
clerk Of tho department and his private Sec
rotary, and lnborcrs. -'T 7,77
a comparative statement shuwa that ut tho
end OF President Afthnr'a administration the
approximate number VI Positions claasiici
was i5.oIii at the end OF President clevo-
Janus hrst term there were 1880 and AZ
tho IND OF President ilarrls0n'n ndmlnisfra4
Ton There wern ts.lei placca classified, Exsou-
Two acts brorgh, 20 Sfa 81 tho latter uutaber
INTO tho. service while the is,o55 Others.
principally In poaloficca, became classified
by fcanon OF growth from small ofi.cra. y -,
Investigations made at the request OF the
semmlaslon show that The SALARIES IT Euv-
erntnent clerks n the principal foreign coun-
tries arc lower than those paid by thla rov
ernnent, but the pay Of higher officials IL
srihorially more than here In all OF the
pllnVlnal countries an entrance examination
hoih mental aud phyHiehi 10 required before
the appointment to service, The tenure 81
once q pcrinensnt during. rood behavior.
mled by reason 81 aye. length Of service OF
physical innrmity 10 II retired with pom
,ion H., ,he amount % which varies In proportion
iour-nfths OF hia actual salary. In soma
countries Il y optional with Tho einpibyc 10
rorr, after fifteen years q .ersse. IN these
service are required before retirement. Fs-
males are n9t employed at Al by sonie gov.
u limited 70 work Of teachers. trloNfaph
operators and positions IN tho postal hofvics
Ihe inyc.uEeuonH also showed that the
well AZ in the tropical aud ss,ai y rrepleal
countries the hours q labor ara short. II,
i,seily ~. .ineips'lss ~. unitad fsasds ths I
than those Of other government employees.
Al, ne report gives an exhaustive review OF
Wv lhNn.uhhuuhH OF VIOLATIONS Of tho civil
service laws. Among The poatoincea on
whose Investigation tho commission Il ntiii
engaged N that Of Rutland, VI Postmanfar
lianrahnn charsca that the Republican en-
plofeH 81 his once are consplring against him
while they IN turn charge him With mailing
political renewals. Tho rasb has hurn under
consideration SINCE last November The conl~.
mlkaion also lately called tho attention of Tho
pogiolioo department 70 the condition 81 many
INDIANA poulpiilcca, which II regards az Oh
me whole worse than those OF any othor
state except poaalhly Mississippi In tho
complaint the commission stated Ia poaitiun
M follows.
This commission holds that whore a post
master mhkea- sweeping removals Of cm-
ploygs OF one party and fills the vacancies
by the appointment OF persons Of the OPP
poalto party. there 10 presumption that 10
IL controlled In the matter hy politcdi con-
shows to tho contrary. tho burden II froof
resting upon him.. nut even ~ soma OF
iboso casos. although tho record IA Technically
correct, tho law Ina nevertheless been
oyhded, Many eases have onme 10 tho notitn
Of tho combustion whore employees o. ono
political party were freely dismissed for ~
fonsea which perhaps Justified tho action +. 4
by employees " the opposite political party.
public .oflccr 10 not to be rcmpysd on tho
charge " pnffiHanrhip when he han applied
different Etnndarda Of discipline TO persons q
opposite poiiiict. Moreover, whom he nnds IL
necessary 70 mako sweeping removals OF on-
poycH opposed 70 him In political faith. II IL
MS duty 10 make the public nnicrBtnnd that
such affirmative action an will prevent hi,
necessity OF mailing appointments from
reRlntnru on which all narnra arc momberx u
his own political party" II ~ +