The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-30
LECTORS NOT DISTURBED by
THE NEW ORDER.
CAPT. HARRIES THOUGHT so.
BUT LATER INFORMATION FROM
WASHINGTON LEADS HIM TO ~
CHANGE HIS MIND.
THREE MINNEsorANs AFFECTED.
Vars and Stamp Deputy
McArdIe.

| The recent order of President Nc
| Kinley affecting the civil service sys-
tenn has caused considerable specula-
ton relative to it's application In Min
resota, and will probably not be OIL
cially understood until the issuance OF
! a circular of instruction by the secre-
| tary of the treasury The change will
affect Minnesota, though to what eX-
tent is not definitely known. Collector
| of Internal Revenue Harries is of the
| opinion that the new order will APP
ply to only three men in the internal
revenue department, namely, Deputy
| Collector Frank Smalley. acting as
cashier at department headquarters IN
this city; j. w. Vars, chief deputy
| collector; and Stamp Deputy j. b.
McArdle, of Minneapolis. Speaking of
his Interpretation of the order, Col.
Harries said:
+ MY first IMPRESSION upon reading
the press reports OF the new order at
fecting the classified service, was that
it was a sweeping change which would
affect the headquarters in st. Paul,
and the seven deputies throughout the
state, but upon more complete infor-
nation 1 am of the belief that only
three deputies will be taken from the
classified service. The order states
that in offices where there are more
than four employees there shall be one
| change, by virtue Of this fact. This
1 take it to mean the chief deputy, as
this official is one who is closest to
the collector, and 1 am under the i'm
preston that the order contemplates
giving the collector the privilege of
appointing some one to this position
Of whom he has personal knowledge,
and in whom he has implicit conf
dence. This is as it should be, 1
think. as the collector is responsible
for his deputies, and it would seem
| highly proper that he be allowed to
choose some one. to his own knowl
edge, fit for the Office.
1.-The order also states that the
cashier shall be removed from the
classified service This point is per-
fectly clear, and in the Minnesota dis
trtct applies to Frank Smalley, who
ranks as deputy collector, but is fur
Their deputized as cashier. We, in
reality. carry no cashier on our roll
in this district, it having been the
custom to appoint some deputy col
lector to this position, but my UNDER.
StduuluS OI the pTeSluenLS OTQer is
that 1T applies to thise who have been
filing the position of cashier together
with that of deputy collector"
In regard to the change affecting the
stamp deputies, it is specified that one
deputy in each branch office is re-
moved from the classified service, and
this clearly means the deputy SO en-
ployed at Minneapolis, being J. B.
McArdle. The statement Of a Mime
apolis paper to the effect that 1 I'M
derstood the order to affect division
deputies was the result of my first
understanding of the measure, and
which I now believe. not to be the
case, thus allowing Capt Whelan to
still remain in the classified service.
On the whole, think the change com
mendable, particularly since 1 am of
the opinion that it does not apply to
the division deputies. AS the collector
is responsible to the government, in
the case of the stamp deputies, it is
well that he be allowed to appoint
some one in whom he has every con-
fidence."