Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-12
Meeting Of the National Reform
League in This City.
A LARGE NUMBER OF DELEGATES
Interesting Addresses Made at the
Afternoon Session.
F U T U r E P r o G r A M S


from all parts of the country who take an
active interest in the cause of civil service
| reform. They came as delegates to the an
| rual meeting of the National Civil Service
Reform League, the sessions OF which will
last through tomorrow evening.
The most important session of the meet
ing will be held this evening at MetZerott
Hall, when Mr.. Carl SchurZ, the president
Of the lef que, will deliver his annual ad-
dress His subject will be the relation of
civil service to a democratic government
This meeting, like the two afternoon meet
ings held In the assembly hall of the Co.'S
Nos Club, is open to the public. Mr.. John
Joy Edison. the president of the Civil Serv-
ice Reform Association, will deliver an ad-
dress Ct welcome.
The Business Program.
At 1870 o'clock tLis morning there was
a joint meeting of the general committee
and the executive committee of the league
| for the consideration of administrative
business. Shortly otter noon the meeting
adjourned to accept an invitation to
luncheon extended TO the delegates by DR.
anG Mrs. Mackay Smith at their handsome
residence, 1928 18th street Tomorrow the
delegates will be entertained at luncheon
by Commissioner w. G. Rice. to meet the
United States civil service commissioners
at his residence, 173S NJ street. Tomorrow
evening there will be a reception at the
Arlington Hotel rendered to the delegates
by the Civil Service Reform Association
OF tie District of Columbia.
The special business session Of the league
Will be held tomorrow morning at the
cosmos Club. The business at this meet
ing VIII be the election of president and
vice presidents. the hearing and considera-
tion of reports and resolutions and other
routire business. AT the afternoon sessions
papers bearing upon different phases of the
to h.a
The papers on the program for this after
noon are as follows: THE Appointment and
Tenure Of Postmhsters," by Richard Henry
Dana of Cambridge. Mass; "Superanuua-
ton in the Civil Service" by VIM. Dudley
Foulke of Indiana; The Important Func-
ton OF civil Service Reform" by F. L. Sid
dons of this city; The Necessity of Thor
cugh and Permanent Reform in the Con-
sular Service" by Jonathan A Lane, presi-
dent of the Boston Merchants Association.
other papers announced for this, the ff-
teenth annual meeting of the league are
the following: The Recent Civil Service
Reform Movement in Chicago" by John w
Ella; The Interest of the Workingman In
civil Service Reform by Herbert Welsh
Reform Sentiment in the South" by Her
man Justi of Nashville, Tenn; THE Reign
and Overthrow of an Office Holding Oil
garchy," by Charles j. Bonaparte of RaIti-
more.
The afternoon sessions of the league are
held at 2:3O o'clock.
The Committee Meeting.
The committees of the league, which met
in joint session this morning are as fol-
lows:
General committeeman Schurz, chair
man, New York; William W. Vaughan,
Cambridge Mass; George A Pope, Balti-
more, Md; Franklin MacVeagh, Chicago,
III; Sherman S. Rogers, Buffalo, N. y;
Charles Noble Gregory. Madison, Wis;
Henry Hitchcock, st. Louis. Mo-; Lee Nc
Bride. Cleveland. Ohio; William G. Low,
brooklyn, n: Y; Henry Lambert, Newton,
Mass; Arthur Hobart, Boston, Mass; F.
9: Mason. Geneva, N. Y; X. Francis Wood,
Philadelphia, Pa; Dana Estes, Rrookline
Mass; VIM. A. Aiken, Norwich, Conn; /;
E. NJ. Moore, Rochester, N. Y; George d.
Massachusetts League: William d. Foulke,
Richmond, Ind; B. w. Woodward Law
renee, Kan; c. B. Wilby Cincinnati Ohio;
F. L. siddons, Washington, d. C.: J. w.
jerks, Cornell University.
Executive committeeman Schurz, chair
man. New York; Moortield Storey, Boston,
Mass; Sherman S. Rogers Buffalo, n. V;
VIM. A Aiken. Norwich, Conn; Edward
NJ. Shepard Brooklyn, N. Y; William G.
Low, Brooklyn, N. Y; Charles j. Bona
parte, Baltimore, Md; Everett p Wheeler,
New York city; Silas w. Burt. New York
city; A; r. Macdonough, New York city;
Edward Cary. New York city; Charles Col
Inns. New York city; Richard Watson
Glider, New York city: Morrill, Wyman, jr.,
'dHiDliuSe MASS, w m. u. F0uike, Rich
mond, Ind; Richard IL. Dana, Boston,
Mass: Lucius b. Swift. Indianapolis, Ind.
Herbert Welsh, Philadelphia Pa; Charles
Richardson, Philadelphia, Pa; John W.
Ella, Chicago, ILL.,; William Potts, Farming
ton, Conn.,
New Organization Admitted.
At the executive meeting of the league
this morning Mr.. George McAneny was re-
elected secretary. and Mr.. W. j. Schieffelin
elected w
tons We're admitted to membership In the
league, the civil service reform associations
of st. Paul and Princeton College The
delegate from the former is Mr.. c. P
Noycs and from the latter, Prof. VIM NJ
Sloane. All the members of the executive
committee were reelected
Delegates Present.
Among the delegates to the meeting are
the following:
New York-Carl Schurz Geo. W. Nc
Aneny, Silas w. Burt, A. B. Mason, R. N
Johnson, Edward Cary, Henry Willard,
Chas. Collins, E. P. Wheeler, w. ]. Schief-
felin, Oscar S. Strauss, c. w. Watson, G. H.
Putnam.
Brookiyn-Mayor c. A. Schieren, VIM G.
Low. 7. ]. Backus.
Buralo-Sherman S. Rogers. Henry A.
Richmond, Henry w. Sprague.
Rochester-George C. Buell., jr.
Watertown-W. d. McKinstry.
Boston-Moorfield Storey. Arthur Hobart,
Jonathan r. Lane, Samuel Y. Nash, Sam
uel B. Capen, J. G. Thorpe, jr.
Philadelphia-Herbert Welsh, Chas. Rich
ardson, W. w. Montgomery, c. r. Wood
ruff, r. Francis Ward, Edward S. Sayres.
Cambrdge-R. H. Dana, w. w. Vaughan,
Monroe Wyman jr., a. M. Howe.
Harvard Univer sity-A. S. ingalls,, ]. S.
Welsh.
'Brooklne Mass.-Dana Estes.
Baltimore-C. J. Bonaparte, A. ]. Gosman
John c. Rose, Edgar G. Miller. Edward
Stabler. jr., Clayton C. Hail. VIM. Rey-
nolds, Elisha II. Perkins, D. r. Magruder,
C. P Manning, G. w. Gail, J. w. Lanford,
Alex Armstrong, Fabian Franklin,C. A. E.
Spawer, F. w. Schultz. John X. Cowen, G.
w. Sattler. F. V. Rhodes, Sylvan Drey, A
p. Shanklin, II. A. Kelly. l.. p. Hemig.
hausen, +. E. Williams, J. S. Stockett, W.
a. Fisher, G. L. Taneyhll. :.
Chicago-S d. Demmon..
Cincnnati-N. H. Davis. !
Indiana-Wm. Dudley Fouke.
Elkton, Md.-John S. Writ.
Alexandria, Vas. NJ Blackford.
Nashville, Tenn.-Herman Justi
Washington, d. Cdr. Franklin 7.