The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-28
BRADY and CIVIL SERVICE.
President Proctor Of the Commission
Talks Of the Richmond Cases.
WERE EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS.
The Collector VIII Have TO Make new
One. from the Eligible List When the
Ninety DAYS are Out. About the
FIRST of December.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Nov. 2'.-Spec'"''
Chief CLERK Bracket. OF the appo'h'n''"'
division OF the Treasury, tells me '""'
there are no recommendations '0'
more changes in the office OF the O"'''
tor OF Customs Bethel or the th'ee ue'
ties appointed by Collector "aiia0e' W.
have been changed. Captain H. b' RVS
aeputv and inspector. Is left, ana as INC
anoo,ntnent clerk admits that he IS pro.
perry under the civil service ru''s' ~
probaly hold his place. c,.,
President John Il. Proctor oil me O AZ,
service Commission, said 20 M 80,
that nc was silll nopel" o. "'.,''' viz. r. r,ae
co,te,tion IN the Bray case, that "e ""H'
son''' ' ..,,,. the civil Service Com
,.tSsioo vyould win lie said that Wheh
r. posfotiice Department was hrst Pul
,,,dcr m, rules there was great dedi %
kickin. and lodging. Ihat kept up io'
-, 5,,o. but that now there was no
s,snosition TO cvade the law in any re-
sDect. he thought u would De 'he s"ue
way in the Internal Revenue service. re
did not think that the republican VI"
,-rcssmcn who were ag.tating against the
civil service law. could accomplish any
thing .,.,.,r<,
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
Cbicf Clerk Bracket referred 10 Col
,ector Rrady's case to-day, and said that
ne supposed he would make new appoint
ments by the first Of December, as the
ninety DAYS for which he could make
emergency appointments would nave eX-
pired.
The appointments. he said would have
90 be made from the eligible listMr. Proc
tor. In discussing this phase Of the case
said that Collector RIady had had an
eligible list FOR some time, and that III
was incumbent upon him 10 make the
Appointments from sucl, list as soon as
names were certified 10 him. and not
wait for the expiration of ninety days.
asked II tho deputies appointed on Sep
tember LIST from outside the ellgibles had
received their salary regularly. He re-
clied that he supposed not. as they had
no right to II under the law.
LAW IN THE CASE
Mr. PROCTOR then quoted the following
from the decision of tho Comptroller or
the Treasury, dated July p. 1896, as bind
Ing:
Rule g. Section H. referred 10, only
authorizes such temporary appointments
subject 10 the approval Of the commits
sion ard limits tie time of such ap-
pointmen.s to nlrety days. Under this rule
II seems clear that no payment could be
made to the person employed Hereunder
until his appointment was approved by
Inc commission. and in no event could pay
ment continue for an employment exceed
Ing ninety days
The above decision. said Mr. Proctor.
had governed the action Of the depart
ment ever since IT was promulgated. and
as the commission had never approved
the appointments made by Collector
Brady the Treasury Department had no
right to pay the deputies. He spoke very
emphatlcally.
SIMILAR CSSE.
Collector HarlSns OF the Western North
Carolina District. is here to-day to confer
with .he department officials about his
nepusies. It seems that he had acted
somewhat like Colonel Brady. He was
notified by the department a few days
ago that he must appoint from the
tllgible list
Charges of perjury were filed In the
Department of Justice today against O.
J. Carroll. United States Marshal for the
Eastern District of North Carolina In
The trial of a suit for debt brought by a
well known newspaper man. he swo-e
that ne did not write certain letters; but
these letters. I'm Carrolfs own hand writ
Ing, were produced and are filed with the
rharges. The Marshal has not attempted
10 Tefute the charges ana an official OF
the department states that he viii be re-
moved.
T.. G. Duncan, n prominent Republican.
Will be appointed just so soon as Congress
meets Carroll had two months and a
half 10 serve He was a popular Demo-
urat and was appointed by Cleveland at
The request of Hon. Matt Ransom. who
was then a Senator.
Mr.. w l.. DeSaussure arrived from
New York this morning and left for home
this afternoon