New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-31
LYMAN AND THE VETERAN
THE STATE EXCISE COMMISSIONER HAv
ING MORE TROUBLE.
HE SAYS THE VETERANS PREFERENCE ,uv
PREVENTS H'A FROM APPOINTING TIE
BEST MEN WHO ARE ELIGIBLE
AZ SPECIAL AGENTS.

BEST MEN WHO ARE ELIGIBLE
As SPECIAL AGENTS
Albany. July 1-State Excise COMMISSIONS,
Lyman to-day made the following s;atemen, "a.
garding the appointment Of special agents Ia "A.
cordance with the Civil Service law:
Since receiving the eligible lists from the cIvf,
dreds Of letters from people throughout the State.
many OF whom are leading citizens and h!gn publIc
Sppasr on e lists .s a. passed s IN.
ton for excise agents and In some Instances those
Service law and the rules. Almost all assam. tsas
can take any one please from the ..s,s wi.hou;
that every county or every senatorial district. a
least. must have an appo!ntee
the law as to veteran preference, and comp.a.a
because 1 select men from the bottom rSthe. ;hsa
nothing Whatever % DO with certifying Ii. mss
Tor appointment. They, certainly 90 not seem .
is not competitive examination. but rather nor.
competitive examina,ion requiring him only z
; To- appointment as against ali corners.
great deal OF lime mas been consumed aaa
from waich the special agents are 70 Be sr.sa
The lists contain some frst-c.ass men, as have
sscertainsd by extended inguisy ana pess9nsI y
disappointed that after the. Civil Service cemmi;
0 SaR has no sAe Re So p mTs D1 10 myself %
benefit thereof 10 a greater extent have no tine
70 answer personally all 'hsss som nm
or absurdty OF the law or regulations under which
the Civil Service Commission IL Obliged to &C, ana
under which I may be compelled to appoint maa
bearing a certificate OF iHcompetency The is,s
have been published by the Civil Service Comnss.
SION and those who desire 10 ascertain where they
stand or where their friends stand can DO go By
inspection OF the same
desire to state that all appointments made
this Department and from these lists VIII be made
in exact compliance with the rules and regulations
of the Civil Service Commission, ard that | shall
take the privilege Of examining and inQuiring into
the character, ability and previous record OF ali ap
pcants before appointing them. whether | an
compelled to appoint them or not
works 80 crudely and the legislator who introduces
and passes an act which shall. under the constitl-
ton, make sensible. consistent END practical
civil-servce system for this State VIII glorffy him.
self and be public benefactor As we now stand
with simply some vague constitutional provisions
the system is the help which II ought 70 be, and
for want Of certainty and well-scttied rules public
officials as well the people at large ara con.
fused mised and perhaps unreasonaby prelA1ieed
against the system, ard the State Is grossly I'm.
posed upon through what Is intended TO be and
what ought 70 be. and could be made a. great bette
fit 10 the public service.
Edgar w. Steele. veteran. OF Mooers FORK
Clinton County. and Leon Bliss, Of Brooklyn have
been appointed by Commissioner Lyman as special
agents under the Raines law. Mr.. Steele VIII WORK
in Clinton County, and Mr. Bliss IN Albany County