The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-03

Ex-CIerks and Drpaties Of Revenue once
80 Contcsf rhet- Removal.


80 Contcst rhes- Removal.
The ousted employees Of the Internal
REVENUE Office are terribly in earnest. and
arc resolved to exert every energy ana 10
tight every inch Of ground before 'hey
viii accept their discharge
H. o. not merely for their own tempo
rary good. but u will establish prece-
dent which. n successful viii produce
widespread results
The contesting cx-employes VIII retain
Cant Georpc H. Wise 10 represent their
ca1e before the civil Service Commission.
at Washington. and can. therefore. ietI
assured that they will receive all due
justice.
IN strikes the former employees Of the
Revenue Collectors Office as decidedly
strange that civil service ia 50 much more
actively potent I'm one branch OF Uncle
Sans service than in another In the
Richmond pOst-Oficc, as an instance.
there are clerks and carriers who have
been in Office for years ana VINO would
certainly have been removed b. the FIRST
postmaster whose political views were M
variance with their own. were It not for
the protection afforded by civil service.
IN the Customs Collectors office the
clerks. last November received an order
requiring them 10 take new oath or
Office. after which they were placed in
the classified service and protected from
removal. except for cause, and the won
der arises why all employees under the
Treasury Department branch were not
admitted 10 Ike privileges.
Many changes have been made in the
amounts Of the bonds required from the
new Revenue Collectors clerks and dep
utics. Some call for $500. an increase
of 5000 over the maximum under Mr..
Rvan's administration. while others 30
dow 10 5000. There arc about eight
bonded officials I'm the Collectors Office.
L. is understood that I'm conducting his
share Of the fight against removal. Mr..
". NJ. Trimblo will make his arguments
under the law Of 1865. which admitted
Union soldiers to preference, ne being
such.
Mr. W. H. Tyler. lately chief deputy
collector OF revenue, was found N his
temporary Office IN room No. 3, in the
custom house, finishing up the accounts
and final reports OF his Office. He IS not
i'm tho -e-instated contest.
The following telegram was received last
evening from Washington at Tho Times
office:
some OF the deputies in the office Of
Colonel James -. Brady. the collector OF
internal revenue FOR tho richmond. va,
district. have protested TO the treasury
Department because Colonel Brady did
not reappont them. and have set up the
claim that I'm failing 10 DO so Coroner
Brady violated the civil service regula-
tions AT the Internal Revenue Bureau
IL ie nofuted ont that by the law each
collector is authorized 10 appoint. under
an instrument in his own handWilhs' rs
many deputies rs he may thlnk proper.
IDENTITIES so appointed must. If they arc
10 continue their tenure. be reappointed
bv each succeeding collector Inder me
executions made by president hcNlhle4
recent order one deputy and one stamp
deputy are exempted from those VINO
must be appointed under the civil service
regulations While each collector can *
orcieo his discretion about IeaPp'lltnS
lie nrcdccessor's deputies, II he does not
choose TO DO so. he must make ms new
ennointments. with the exceptions nolteq'
from the eligible list. II there s IS, is no Make
,er,n ,' appointments for thirty days