Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03
THE CiUL SERVICE.

Mayor. IiurrlsGo mndP III. appoint
ments Wednesday under the siXty-day
rule. The appOintecs are. without ex-
\ ccption. Democratic ward workers. ana
the appointments ave all made strictly
Cor political reasons.
The more important ones are:
i. Il. Mcdonald. cltief engineer ca.
nal street pumping siariOn.
u. W. Powers, complaint clerk. street
department.
n. +. Enriiiit, time clrnk. street de.
paIsmc
William H.. Johnson. assistant regis
| ter clerk. water department.
william Bowling. chief aaglneer GSth
street pumping station.
Jira,cs Mct;Ownu. chief engineer Full
icrton avenue pumping stanton.
Hugh C"Chlclx' " Curran,. chief inspec.
tor. street dppn sunent..
John McElllgstt. chief engineer at
| the Lake View pumping station.
Robert Walsh. assistant district fore.
man.
Frank Davis, expert briiiisc mach!n-
ist.
T.. j. Ward. inspector. ,ls yartment Of
street aud alley cleaning.
Hugh Martin. engineer ttth street
pumping station
Robert tale. chief engineer, city
hall.
An armed truce. Just now prevails In
the city hall anent the civil service law
dIspute. and Is tksly to continue for
some time. Commissioners Krnus ami
Mayor Harrison each sticks to the
position he assumed on Tuesday morn.
Ing, and there u not the slightest
chance Of their coming together.
Personally they preserve every mp
fearauce Of frientlship-perhaps too
much No for II to b. entirely real; hut
officially there Is an impassable gull
between them.
The Mayor insists the ordinance al
lowing him to appoint captains Of pO
lice shall be- recognized by the Civt
Service Commission, and Presiden
Kraus insists 1t shall not; 80, In thu
language OF the street, there You are
4 great deal depends on whethc
Commissioners Winston ana Wash
burnc side with the Mayor or Commits
siOner Kaus. BETS around the cit!
} hall are they will desert their chief an,
go with the Mayor. while Mr.. Krau
does not seem to be any way worries
; about the matter. Both are out Of tn,
city now, ana their position Will Onl!
come out at the first meeting Of tn
! commission.
As the case stands now matters can
not come to crisis before the end o
the month. when the police pay roll
; come In. They will not then, II Mayo
Harrison fails to name n captain In tn
meanwhile
l In the meantime, the Aldermen ar
justifying Mr.. Kraus' position D.
! threatening to make trouble by pass
: ing other ordinances amending the Inv
One of the many now In the hands
l the committee will probably be Gale
+ up next meeting and II II goes thrOug
: others would follow.
: Democratic committeeman whOI
!. Mayor Harrison has appointed to oifio
t under the civil service siXty-tay regnl'
p ton are In u peek of trouble. They FIN
: that they are violating the civil servic
q law ana that the civil service commits
k sion can refuse TO certify their name
$ on the pay rolls.
I The law expressly fOrbids any On
J, ploye of the city from being intereste
@ In any way In the political manag,
$ ment of parties, as to raising funds
conducting campaigns. etc. A part
committeeman cannot be such unlcs
he does this kind of work.
Those who feel the breadth Of til
n law In regard to this are: John {
y Schubert, VIM. McAlllster, w. j
u Roach, Hugh Curran, Frank II. Haas
i John w. TOtten.
l. While the civil service commission
n has not passed upon the point the at
) tentiOn of President Kraus has beef