New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-09
GENUINEREFORMS PLANNED
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO BE MADE IN
CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
THE PRESIDENT INTENDS TO CORRECT THE PAR
TIsAN WORK OF THE CLEVELAND ADMIN
IsTRATIoN-PLAcEs WHICH WILL
BIZ TAKEN OUT OF THE
CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
fBY TELEGRAPH To TIE rRIsUSE.1

CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
[BY TELEGRAPH To TIE rRIsUyE.1
Washington July SIT can be stated on au-
thority that important notifications OF the Civil
Service rules will he made by the President at
an early day Since his return from Canton II
Is learned that such notifications are impend-
ing. TO take effect or about the 10Th OF the
present month. The precise date Is not fixed.
and the PRONUNCIATION cannot be given with
absolute accuracy. There Is contingency also
with respect to chiefs OF divisions though the
probabilities favor their inclusion In the order
The President has long foreseen that some
thing must be done to correct the partisan work
OF the late Administration in reference TO GER
tain nclusions in the classified service. He has
had the matter under careful consideration. and
has not decided his course Of action until AFTER
advising with those likely to be able to give him
Information of value and wise suggestions as
to policy The President is noted for the de-
liberation with which he enters into every ques-
ton presented to him, and the conscientious con-
victions Of duty that animate him In forming
conclusions In particular. he is desirous OF ar
rving at a right course Of action In regard TO
the Civil Service. The President Is not
dreamer or doctrinaire With the eye OF
practical statesman-one devoted at all times
to the cause Of Civil Service Reform-he has
studied since his election what should be done
to make the service what 1t ought to be. To him
II Is not as to sorle others 1t doubtless is a
question Of what offices may be at the disposal
Of the Administration. He has heard all that
those who presented this view may have had 10
say In support Of 1t, but to his clear mind and
his equally clear sense Of Presidential duty the
one predominant idea has been, What Is the
best thing for the service? Mr.. Mckinley, al
ways friend Of the Civil Service law, Is now
even more its friend. He merely wanted TO
know what errors existed. and what were the
remedies necessary to be instituted. he mas
become satisfied as to the proper course to pur-
sue. and on or about the time indicated ABOVE
this course will be adopted. Several OF the OF
fees and places included in the classified ser
vice under the operation Of the present rules
are to be excluded.
The following may be accepted as agreed upon
now and while there may be slight modinca-
ton between this date and the day OF promulga-
tion Of the new order. there is the best reason
for saying that all Of these places will be In
cluded in the exemptions, namely:
Frst-The employees Of the Government Print
ing Office.
Second-The deputy collectors and other minor
internal revenue employees outside the Depart
ment. This had been virtually UNDERSTOOD as
having previously been decided on SECRETARY
Gage at an early day was assured that the ser,
vice would be improved by omittng the Internal
revenue clerks, deputies and gaugers IN the
States and Territories from the cassned SER
vice. -. -,
Third-The sub-officials and employees OF the
marshals' and District-Attorneys' Offices
,ssby the order will embrace. besides tne
above n number of special employees in the de-
partments exempted by midnight orders OF tne
Cleveland Administration. AS stated before, the
probabilities are that the chiefs OF division ana
chiefs of bureaus and forth will be released
from the exemptions The large inclusons. EN-
bracing some of the best-paying places, wnlch
were made In the last few months or Mr. CleVe-
lands Administration were clearly OF partisan
nature and not in the line Of civil Service re-
form Restoring them cannot inJure the cause
Of reform on the contrary. the rebuke adfnin-
istered to partisan Democracy by their reinclu-
sion in the list Of appointive offices VIII ne an
efficient factor in the genuine reforms instituted
by President Mckinley. ., -,
Altogether this statement OF the intentions OF
the President. which is broader statement than
anv heretofore made. is extremely important. IL
may truly be said for II that II Is one or the most
imnortant authoritative statements yet mace
nubuc in connection with the policy or the Al
ministratiOn.