The sun., 1898-10-26
A GOVERNMENT CIRCULAR.
Postoffice Employees Prohibited From
Taking Any Part In the Coming
E1noHS0,N

Postmaster Hugh C. Brown on Monday
received the following order from the
Department at Washington, which pro.
hibits all Civil Service employees OF the
Government from participating in the
coming election:
The Civil Service act makes political
assessments of Federal officers and em.
ployes a misdemeanor. The following
are the provisions of the law on the
subject:
Section Paragraph second, clause
fifth: That no person in the public
service is, for that reason, under any
obligation to contribute to any political
service, and that he will not be removed
or otherwise prejud;ced for refusing to
do 80.
Section 2-That no Senator, or Rep
resentative, or territorial delegate of the
Congress-, or Senator, Representative, or
delegate.elect, or any officer or employe
of either said Houses, and no executive,
judicial, military or naval officer OF the
United States, and no clerk or employe
of any department, branch or bureau of
the executive, Judicial, or military, or
naval service of the United States, shall,
directly or indirectly, solicit or receive,
or be in any manner concerned in solicit
ing or receiving any assessment, SUBJ
scription or contribution for any poll
tical purpose whatever, from any officer,
clerk or employe of the United States, or
any department, branch or bureau there
Of or from any person receiving any
salary or compensation from monies de-
rived from the Treasury of the United
States.
Section 12-That no person shall in
any room or building occupied in the
discharge of official duties by any officer
or employees of the United States men,
toned in this act, or in any navy yard,
fort, or arsenal, solicit in any manner
whatever, or receive any contribution Of
money or any other thing of value for
any political purpose whatever.
Section l3-No officer or empoye of
the United States mentioned in this act
shall discharge or promote, or degrade,
or in any manner change the official
rank or compensation OF any other officer
or employe, or promise or threaten so to
do, for giving or withholding or neglect.
ing to make any contribution OF money
or other valuable thing for any political
purpose.
Section l4-That no officer, clerk, or
other person in the service of the United
States shall, directly or indirectly, give
or hand over to any other officer or clerk,
or person in the service of the United
States, or to any Senator or member ~f
the House of Representatives, or terri
torlal delegate, any money or other valu.
able thing on account of or to be applied
to the promotion OF any political object
whatever.
Section l5-That any person who shall
be guilty of violating any provision of
the four foregoing sections shall be
deemed guilty of a mlsdemeanor, and
shall, on conviction thereof, be punished
by fine not exceeding $1,000 or by
i'm tlsonment for term not exceeding
three years, or by such fine and impris-
onment both in the discretion OF the
Court.
Approved January Is, 1883.
United States Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. c., August %, 1896.
1t is the duty of the commission to see
that the provisions OF this law are strictly
enforced and it will employ every legiti-
mate and available means to secure the
prosecution and punishment of whoever
may violate them. The commission re.
quests any person having knowledge of
any violation Of this law to lay the acts
before it, and it will at once take action
upon them.
JOHN R. PROCTOR, President
Pursuant to this order Postmaster
Browne posted the subjoined notice:
All employees connected with this office
are hereby notified that they are under
no obligation whatever by reason of
their being in the public service to make
contributions or subscri ptions for p,-
itical or other purposes, and that they
will not be molested or in any way dis
criminated against for failure to SO
subscribe or contribute.
HUGH G. BROWNE,
D,Natv