The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-12
WASHINGTON HAS ITS SHARE
District Men in Departments in
Excess of Quota.
ENTITLED TO But VERY FEW
But the Local Contingent Is Nearly
Twenty -four Hundred Strong.
No Examination for Ten Years Of
Persons Having Legal Residence
Here-Many Claim Other States

The Civil Service Commission today au-
| thoTized the statement that the number
of appointments in the eight executive de-
| partments and the Department OF Labor
| to whi Oh the District OF Columbia is entitled
| is but 80, while the number OF employees
in the same departments and who are
accredited to the District Of Columbia is
1896. which is an excess above the legal
quota of the District Of Col unbia of
1887.
These figures show the apportionnlent OF
appointments in the various depa rtuents
covering a total OF 1O,645 employees, Of
whom 4.16S have been appointed under
examination. In the apPOrtionment OF ap-
| continents through examination and Ger
hneation under the civil service rules
since July 16. 1888, the District of Co
iuInbia has received liz
The District employees are distributed
among the departments as follows: Treas
uTy. ,3O9; Interior, 431; War. ESQ; A gri-
culture, Al; Navy. 10; PostOffice. 50:
Justice, 81; Labor, L ?. During the year
ending j une so, 1896, the number Of APP
pointmeRts given to the District under
competitive examination was 3.
The number OF appointments charged
to Washington came 50 largely to exceed
the number TO which IL is entitled under
the apportiOnInent, that for more than ten
years no persons having legal residence
in Washington have been examined, ex-
cept through an entire failure OF appli-
cants from elsewhere. 1t is believed at
the office Of the commission that the IA
eilities now afforded for convenient ex-
animation tend to prevent this excess in
the future.
The Civil Service Commissioners believe
that the excess OF appointments which
Washington has is very much greater than
the figures of the commission show It Il
said TO be a notorious fact that there are
several thousand people in the depart
ments who are credited to various States.
but who are Washingtonians.
sample case is given. A man in the
Department of the Interior was born In
Washington. His parents and grandpa
rents were born here, he was reared
here, played ball in the streets OF his
native town, attended its schools and
grew UP here. Then he engaged in bust
ness here His health failed, and one
SOiutAicA uC OOuenI oh NAIGtotOh tASNC0 ~
California. He remained there one month
and came back TO Washington, as most all
washingtonians do. He took the civil
service examination, and claimed California
as his residence.
One Of the officials at the commission
told reporter Of The Times today that he
believed there were many clerks in the de-
partments accredited Co distant States who
had never been any further away from
Washington than River View and Marshall
Han. Eventually the civil service law will
be so perfected that frauds OF this nature
may be detected and preve-sed-
If the salaries paid all the Government
employees in the departments accredited TO
the District of Columbia were added, andif
this total were divided by the number OF
employees so accredited, it would give only
1878 as the average annual wage OF the
Washington clerk. The only sets of clerks
having a lower average than this come
from Wyoming and Indian Territory. The
average for Wyoming is 1855, and that for
Indian Territory is $40. Indian Territory
is entitled TO five appointments, and she
has but one. Wyoming ought to have ten,
and has but eight
Maryland has an excess of 321 appoint
ments in the departments, with an average
salary of 81 ,141.
Virginia exceeds her appOTtiOnmeRt by
26S, with an average salary OF 81, 0O9.
The largest deficit in appointments Is
235. Texas and Illinois are each short
of their quota by that number.
The States having an excess are. Con-
necticut. "a: Delaware, FL; Maine, IT;
Maryland, 321 Nevada, 1; New Hampshire.
FL New York. 80; Vermont, 20; Virginia,
268, ami West Virginia. "a.
The States having deficit are: Ala
bama, 1913: Alaska, i; Arizona, A; ArkaR-
sas,. 122: California, no; Colorado, 81;
Florida. 20; Georgia. 81; Idaho. 5; ILL
nois, 235; Indiana, 80: Indian Territory,
a: Iowa, las; Kansas, 115; Kentucky, 26.
Louisiana, 90: Massachusetts ?; Michigan,
1O2: Minnesota. 50; Mississippi, log; Mis-
souri,, 223: Montana. o; Nebraska, 1O5;
New Jersey, "a: New Mexico, Is; North
Carolina, So: North Dakota, %; Ohio, 1885,
Oklahoma, A: Oregon. SO: Pennsylvania,
, 1872: Rhode Island, is: South Carolina, 3;
South Dakota, 80: Tennessee, 81: Texas.
235: Utah, 90: Washington. Al; Wiscsn-
sin, 10, and Wyoming. 2