The San Francisco call., 1898-04-08
DEPUTIES
 WILL NOT BE r PROTECTED Internal Revenue Col ctorLynch Draws
 the Line. Only His Office Clerks
 Are Under Civil Service. EIe.Awaits the Decision on the .:: Appeals Now Pending in
 the Courts. 
 OFFICE DEPUTY MARSHALS fudge Jackson of West Virginia Has Decided In Tn cir Favor, but Ills Opinion Not Final
He.Awaits the Decision on the Appeals Now Pending in
 $. the Courts.
OFFICE DEPUTY MARSHALS
Judge Jackson of West Virginia Has Opinion Not Final

There has been but little subsistence of the flutter caused by the announcement In last Sundays issue of The Call that Internal Revenue Collector Lynch had accepted as his guide the opinion render ed recently by United States Circuit Judge Fitzpatrick of New Jersey that deputies of internal revenue are not a part of the civil service system. In fact so violent was the agitation in his office the next day that Mir. Lynch walked into the main office, occupied by the clerks, and made a little speech to them. in which he gave them the assurance that clerks in the office of Collectors of In- ternal Revenue were not affected by the decision Of Judge Fitzpatrick, that de- cfslon being applicable only to deputies.
 Since last Sunday MT. Lynch has re- ceived few applications for deputyships, some of the applications being from mem bers of the Continental League, a sturdy Republican organization and the pioneer on this coast in the fight for the over throw of the civil service system. At its meeting last Wednesday night the league adopted resolutions reaffirming its devo- ton to the good old principle of rotation in office and giving warning that it would use the full force of its political influence against any candidate for legts- lative office who would not give an un- NEdllAltu plcOSt u OppOSc lIlc lUL lllGL cA- tension and maintenance of the civil ser vice system. In the person of the Conti- mental League MT. Lynch has secured a most powerful auxiliary. There can be no doubt that plenty of good material :will be available to fill all the vacancies that the Collector may create in the ranks of his division deputies.
 Other offices than that of the Collector of Internal Revenue are threatened by the rotation-in-office invaders. One of these is the Deputy United States Mar shalship. Some time ago, shortly before Judge Fitzpatrick rendered his now fa- nous opinion, Judge Jackson of the Cir cult Court of West Virginia enjoined United States Marshal Thompson from removing Chief Office Deputy Priddie, who had been appointed by one of %Thompson's predecessors. Priddie then demanded salary, and on Marshal Thomp .sons refusal to sign the warrants Prid- .die entered suit against the United States ito recover the salary due him under the decision of Judge Jackson.
 :. In connection with this matter the fol- flowing letter received by Federal of fee holder in San Francisco from the Civil Service Department in Washington will be found of interest:
 !" The commission holds that while the exten- Sion of the classified service to include office deputy marshals does not in any way extend the term of office which may be provided for them by law there is no law requiring marshal, on the other hand, to employ new set Of office deputies upon his assuming charge Of his office. If he does -' so. these p postioss being within the classified service he must mission, as the civil service act expressly pro- Hides. See section T..
 .; That after the expiration of six months ' from the passage of this act no officer or clerk shall be appointed, and no person shall be employed to enter or be promoted in either be arranged hereunder pursuant to said rules until he has passed an examination or is shown