The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-02
TRYING TO MAKE JOBS
WILL M'KlNLEY REPUDIATE HIS PLATFORM
AND HIS OWN PLEDGES.
IS 1t Possible That J. Wiley Shocks Open Let,
tiers Have Caused the President to Be-
come a Spokesman.
come a Spokesman.

TWIN. Il. Curtis in Chicago RecOrd)
freSMent Mckinley has upon his desk
awaiting his signature an executive or.
der revoking so much of President
CleYeland's last civil service order as will
exempt from the civil service rules the
OFFICIALS named in recent com1nunlca-
tlons from the various heads of depart
ments IN answer to a resolution which
Mr. Cannon submitted in the Senate. The
resolution, as will be remembered, asked
the members of the Cabinet what posi-
lions in their respective departments
should in their Judgment be excepted
from the laws governing the civil service
and the rules established by the civil
service commission. All of the replies
were submitted to the President for
his approval before they were sent to
the Senate, and they were prepared
with great care upon the experience of
ten months. The Secretary of State re-
commended that the chief clerk and six
ohiefS of bureaus be exempt and that
the law he amended requiring them to
he appointed by the President, with the
,, advice and consent of the Senate, be-
cause of the responsibility and the
the head of the government. The See
Rotary of the Treasury recommended that
all deputy collectors of customs and in
ternal revenue, adj custOdians of public
buildings, elevator conductors, fremen
and similar classes of employees be taken
out of the classified service, oll the en-
ployes of lighthouse establishments, the
legal counsel of the board of general
n N
disbursing officers and shipping commits
siOneTS But he recommended that there
be a non-c0mpetitive examination i'll or
der that the fitness of the persons
selected for these places might be proper
ly determined before their appointment.
The Secretary of Agriculture recon-
mended that inspectors, stock examiners,
taggers and other employees of the bureau
Of animal industry and state statistical
agents be exempt, but that departmental
examinations be required to ascertain
their fitness.
The Secretary of the Navy asked the
exemption Of certain employees in navy
yards who require technical knowledge
of machinery in order that they might
be appointed by selection.
The Secretary of the Interior recon-
clerks and private secretaries, the chief
clerks of various bureaus of the depart
ments, special agents and inspectors and
others whose duties are confidential, all
disbursing officers, cashiers and persons
who handle public funds, petty employees
at Indian agencies, such as shOe-makers,
carpenters, teamsters, cooks, laundresses,
superintendent of Indian schools, COM
missiOners to carry on negotiations with
Indians, the members of the board of
pension appeals, the assistantns to the
attorney-g general for the department, the
law clerks in the land office, the super
intendent of the Hot Springs reserva-
ton and other officials for whose con-
duct and, transactions the Secretary of
the Interior is responsible to Congress
and to the people In other words, Mr..
Bliss desires to select the men who act
in his name in any fiduciary capacity
and for whose good behavior he Is re
Sp0nsible.
The Postmaster General asks the eX-
cmptiOn of confidential clerks, cashiers,
disbursiiig officers, employees who handle
money, inspectors, superintendent of
carriers, watchmen, firemen, messengers,
laboreI's and charwOmen.
The Attorney General desires to ex-
empt assistants to district attorneys and
deputy marshals.
Altogether it is said that about 1900
positions are mcluued i'm these recon
mendations, which in the most part are
approved by the civil service commits
Sioners. 1t is expected that the Prcsi-
dents order will be issued within very
few days.