Evening star., 1897-06-05
THE CIVIL SERVICE
Continuation of the Senate Commit
tees Inquiry.
EFFECT ON TEE INDIAN SCHOOLS
The Examination for the Govern
ment Printing Office.
U I 81 E r NJ A T I E r s

The Senate committee on civil service and
retrenchment resumed its hearings todav
capt Pratt. superintendent OF the Carlisle
Indian School, was again examined. He
SAID that after his long service and nrsc-
ucai experience he would be unable today
10 pass the civil service examination for
that place.
he said that the civil Service does not
s'e ehe government the executive ability
necessary. The examination. he said. is
.'0' pacucai In Its nature. Speaking of the
royalty OF the employees put In through civil
service he said the general sisno.,,,o,,
among these people is to take their crie,--
ances over his head to Washington rb,c,
was subvcrsive Of discipline.
Captain Pratt read to the committae so,,-
eral letters from superiatendents of In
oian schools at other places bearing out
MS CRITICISMS upon civil service
captain Pratt was asked IL there was
anythinx In the civil service law TO pre-
% ven. sne power CT removal for cause. He
rephed there was nothing. and that II
was exercised freely. He said there were
as many removals and as disastrous re-
movals as under the old system.
Another Side Of the story.
Mr. w. N. Hailman. superintendent of
Indian schools Of the Indian bureau. was
then sworn. He said he had been a teach
er for forty-one years. He said the civil
service law had been a benefit by prevent
ing the removal Of employees for political
reasons. and the appointment OF Inefficient
persons. The law had created a feeling
OF confidence among the employees In their
tenure of Office Mr.. Haiiman presented
tables onsetting the statistics furnished by
Captain Pratt last Saturday.
He showed by a comparison. which Cant.
fratt had Jailed to give. that under the
civil service the tenure of office of en-
pfoyes was larger than i'm the same period
the case In all of the schools. except Cant.
Pratt's school at Carlisle and the school At
Salem.
He also showed that in the various
from the list in the unclassified than I'm
the classified service. going to show. ne
said. that the civil service Law made the
Indian service more stable
Mr. Hailman said he had never inquired
into the political or religious principles of
any employees certified to him by the civil
service. He had never In any way tried to
cfrcumyent the civil service law I'm any
way. He was not appointed upon partisan
or denominational grounds. and he has
lived up to the spirit of his appointment
Mr.. Hailman said that some of the let
tiers cited by Capt Pratt today had refer
ence to men who were relieved from duty
for sufficient cause He said the character
OF the examinations of employees had been
changed so as to include more practical
QuesticEs.
Mr.. Hallmark Statement.
Mr.. Hafiman submitted the following
statement upon Capt. Pratrs testimony:
THE following facts will show the un-
reliability of Capt Pratts tables in several
important particulars:
First. The Seger Colony school was or
ganized in July, 1891, with three employees
whose salaries exceeded $40 per annusn.
The superintendent was still in charge Of
the school in 1896. when the number Of EN-
ployes had been increased to twenty. At
the time of its organization none of the en-
ployes were I'm the classified service.
Second. The Seminole school, Florida,
quoted by Capt Pratt, is not a school, but
a pioneer station to attract the Indians to
whose employees are paid from
The school fund. 1t is true that in lS,2
there were at this place ten employees. as
stated by Capt. Pratt, hut today there
only three. and two of these were in the
service in 1882
''Third-The Santa Fe Training School.
New Mexico. quoted by Captain Pratt, was
practically abandoned in 1893. which ac-
counts for the disappearance of the names
Of the employees from the list. The fact
that Ii was reorganized In 1894 does not
detract from the evident improperly of his
using this school for the purpose of Illus
trat!on.
"Fourth-The abandonment of the Kiowa
Boarding School, Oklahoma, had been de-
termlneu upon In 1879, ana the employees
then in the service were gradually trans
ferred to other schools. OF the ten em-
ployes receiving $400 or more, listed in M.
all but two are In the service now in other
schools.
"Fffth-The Pipestone School was in
process of erection in % under the super
vision Of Supt. Crandall. who is still in the
service as superintendent of the Pima
School The matron. listed in 90, never en-
tered the service. and the farmer. the third
and last of the three employees listed in ~.
was separated from the service In June. ~.
"Sixth-In a number OF the schools named
of employees than the facts warrant. The
schools at Sisseton and at the Navajo
agencies are typical Of this error. Captain
Pratt counts at Sisseton ~ employees or
these 8 were superintendent. were ma
irons. Industrial teachers, cooks and
night watchmen, each serving only for q
fraction of a year. There were at this
school only II positions paying $500 or more:
OF these only were In the classified serv-
ice.
Similarly. at Navajo there were only II
positions paying $500 or more. not 20, as
Captain Pratt's statement would lead one
to infer, and OF these only were In the
service during the latter part OF
the fiscal year."
dents of Indian schools approve of the
civil service, and he specifically denied the
truth of Capt Pratt's assertion to the con-
trary, saying that ne cOulo prove IL, ana
that Capt. Pratt could not prove Is state
ment.
The Government Printing Once.
Mr.. Shelby Smith Of the government
printing office was then examined. He de-
nied the truth Of the statement made at a
former hearing by President Proctor that
labor unions are 10 favor of civil service In
the government printing Office.
In answer to question by Senator
Pritchard. Mr.. Smith suggested that tho
for the government printing
ofnce should be made practical, and that
the scholastic feature should be omitted.
He himself had passed the examination,
but there were other men. Just rs good
printers. or better. than himself. who had
made low rating because of the character
of the scholastic examination.
President Proctor rebutted Mr.. Smiths
testimony and showed that some typo
graphical unions had favored civil service
n the government printing office.
The Color Line.
Thos. Il. Ingram. a young colored man.
was then sworn. He said he had passed
he civil service examination for a letter
carrier in the city post office. He was di-
'ecfed to report to Postmaster Wfllett who
,eemed somewhat surprised that he was a