New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-29
a BLOWAT THE CIVIL SERVICE
THE MEANING OF AssEMBLYMAN BURNsS
BILL.
IT WOULD DEPRIVE REFORM LAWS OF THREE
rorRrHs OF THEIR FoRcE-dovERNoR
MoRrows ENDORSEMENT OF

ror.D-us OF THEIR FORCE-Go"h"Noi'
,,o,roxs ENDORSEMENT OF
TIE MERIT SYSTEM
All, % ,specaD-"The longer have ex-
49," t., ,a,,,Ic,, life" said Governor Merton yes
.orIoy "the more am convinced that tie wv"
Service reformers are in the risn'' anu ina w
laws providing for an exaH''"ai''' M nv
ecat,ons Of men seeking to serve 'he o'a'e " ,'e
-, oro necessary and ought TO be sustained
Mr. Morton was speaking at inc '.nhe ""u'
go onnuca.Ions which had been made 10 Elm
-, ,,,oin,,rer, 70 places in the State service. AS
Viz president, Of the United states ana as AiiiS
Ter TO France as well as tioVerhor Vi 'n' ga" -
sour months ne must have observer 'he "''o
~. ,,o sno,c svs.em as contrasted with the system
of appointment by merit anu '".'e,o'o - =,
tlmonv IN favor Of Civil Service REFORM law" -
=, .coo,i,,al value The gentleman to whom ne was
snooktng was Charles X. Skinner, the new super
,ntendent OF Public Instruction MI SKINNER was
n CONGRESSMAN for four years from 'ne 'ehe's'n-
lewis IIer,,imer district. and before mat was an
Asscmblyman six years from 'eue -, -
,,,or Governor Morton had uttered the words ne
did in favor or CIVIL "e'N''c 'V'''''
said: .
There is a strong argument in favor OF C!yii
service r@form. il seems to me. Governor IN 81 me
roWng rage for ph h2d OF the sons ~Sl,eS
disappointed VINO had s9 gIsi U1rT
d l,g,n HIM when he sought reelection and
Harrison had n similar fate in IST. am tIe Deh ~
c~a;ic Marty Will suffer defeat IN lS5 from tns
cause even If 1t had not defeated ,sep ~;
for the free coinage Of sVe ap s not be de-
"IeI bv disappointed office seekers; oi h a p,,
hlrher considerat tons ought 10 govern lhp,h iiy
divnrcing the Civil Service from politics, alI inah-
,ne I, snbirct only to the civil service reform
~, nc ,ye shall eliminate the Disappointed oilce,
seekers largely from the factors 70 De cUiS 'de -,
n, The rolls and | think the country "oud ''u'''
benefit by 1t.
Governor Morton probably will have his hdeHty
% the cause O. Civil Service Reform and to the
pledres made in favor OF it by the kcpuD'lca''
n,r,v severely tested The Republican State con-
ventlon Of 1885, upon whose platform Mr.. Morton
was elected. gave It's pledge ITO improve the civil
Service system" But the bill introduced py AS
semblyman j. Irving Burns. Repubhcah Oh west.
chester county which has been favoraoiy repoF'eu
a.. an Assembly committee. cannot be consIaere'
an IMPROVEMENT Of the Civil Service laws OF tne
state Il deprives them OF three-four'hs Vi 'ie''
force By taking out from under the yoke oi l':'
examination laws three-fourths OF the appoint
ronts in the state and city service This Dill pro-
,.dos that .It SHALL not be deemed practlcao.c &c
anulv the CivH Service rules Of this State 70 posi-
| lions tho compensation o. which does not EXCEED
e nor dav" This would relieve OF any exa'nina
ZION ne 10 their qualifications 81 per cent OF the EN-
,lo,aq Of Now-York CITY. $ per cent OF those Oh
Rrooklvn and IS per cen; Of those OF Ne"-forS
state Following Is table showing these tac's'
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