The National tribune., 1897-04-22
MAY BE MODIFIED,
Straws Which ShCw How the Civil
Service Wind Blows

Strong ground is taken for the belief that
the President will shortly issue an order tax ne
all Chiefs of Bureaus ana Divisions In Inc re
partmental service of the Government SCI 'iee
out of the classified service. NO genera az
tack will IL is believed. he maue up" '-'e
Civil Service as President Mckinley Is Known
80 ha n S,ronr sunnorter o: the merit system.
About 90 individuals, constituting commit
Too fronn several of the State Repnhican AsSo-
cistinns called on the President last week 10
nresrut a rctitiom regarding the Civil Service.
The petition was signed by the Presidents OF
the State Associations 10 the number OF To-
renrescu dag / 00a. ESQ voters. 1t set forth the
alleged Injustice ioae under the Cleveland rnle
of Mav6. 1896 Those dismissed were now barred
under the limitation or one year. The petit
fion asked that the order he modified SO as TO
make these persons eligible for reappolntment
without examination.
War Department officials are completing
list OF the veterans who were displaced from
the various Bureaus of that Department during
the two Cleveland Administrations, covering
the wears from 1855 to 1889 aud 1893 TO le9', IN
elusive the obvious object being to show that
during those periods the strict spirit, II not tue
letter OF the Civil Service law was eyaued 20
create vacancies.
1t is stated that similar lists are Under COM
pilation in other Departments of the Govern
meBt. and that these, taken altogether, WIZ
form the basis of a general modification OF the
extended Civil Service regulations by iorth-
coming Presidential order
Public Printer Palmer has made severai
changes in his Office. They have been princ'-
pally among the officials and some are Ia the
nature OF fciustateuents. Capt. Murphy, TIC
FIRST war veteran discharged by MIR. Genedlcl
was the frs: to be rein stated by Mr.. Palmer.
A number of Washington gentlemen nave
sent a petition to the Senate, in which tBe3
severely arraign the Civil Service Commission
ers for placing the employees of the Gorerhiheht
Printing Office in the classified service.
Pension Commissioner Evans while examin-
ing the records has found that under the
Civil Service rules the aggregate fees OF ala
Examining Pension Boards must be S900. OF
the Boards couid not come under the oiVii
Service law Goiug through last year records
il was found that majority of Boards in the
country had not made $500 in fees Commits
sioner Evans, whIle asiouished, was much
graft fed at the result OF the investigation,
Changes viii be made.
1t is thought BY the pension authorities that
the number of pensions ia the District oil Co.
lumbia will be greatly augmented during the
Administration of President Mckinley, because
of the throng of old soldiers who will be drawn
to the Capital, and who @ill establish perrna-
nent residence here There are at present
e236 pensioners living la the city Of Washing
ton. and the aggregate of their pensions is
81 3Ss, Al.
The President last week nominated. among
Others, James b. Angel, of Michigan, 10 be
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pienipo-
Tertiary of the United States TO Turkey; Geo.
n. West, of the District OF Columbia. Consul Of
the United States at Pietou, Nova Scotia; Geo.
ID. Meiklejohn, of Nebraska to be Assistant
Secretary of War; Percy c. Henninghausen to
be Immigration Commissioner at the port of
Baltimore.