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opinion of persons prejudiced by their per-
sonal interest, as is the present case with
the commission
In the use of this language you Indirectly
charged the commission and the members
thereof with dupicity, and of being SO de-
void of character and veracity that it would
cause its records to show that the commits
sion based its action upon certain reasons,
when its action was actually taken and
based upon other and different reasons
than those given in its order minute,
and thereby committing an improper and
a dSilonorabe act. You, in interview
was taken down by Mr.. Swank, a stenog-
rapher), admitted that in the use of the
language last quoted you intended to con-
Vey the idea to the public that the COM
mission had done dishonorabe act. and
that you thought SO when you uttered the
language. and you still thought so. You
also further stated in that interview with
the commission that you, III using the IAN
guage last above quoted, intended to con-
vey to the public the idea that the reason
given in the minute order reducing you
from a clerkship in class to a clerkship
in class 3 were false and that the commits
sion acted upon and for different reasons
than those it gave in such order or minute.
The charges and inSinuatfons made by you
and given to the press aforesaid are
known to the commission to be unwarrant-
ed, but having been given to the public
through The Star the commission cannot
let your charges and insinua tons go unno-
JlctI WITHOUT DTlUSillS ulSEepule upon lut
commission and reproaCh upon the mem
bers thereof, for whenever an employe in
the public service makes false accusations
which tend to impeach the personal honor
or official integrity of those under whom he
is employed such accusations warrant the
employees dismissal from such service
Any other course would lead to confusion
in the commission and destroy all discipline
among it's employees and be detrimental to
the public service.
In this connection the members of the
commission each for himself asserts that
all changes in positions or assignments
touching yourself, during the last year,
were made by the commission without
thought or regard to your having been
witness before the Senate investigating
committee or your having given evidence
before any such committee, but. on the
contrary, every such change of yourself in
position or by assignment to labor under
the commission has been made solely for
the purpose of putting you where you
would be the most efficient in work. and
in forwarding the business of the commits
sion, and thereby advancing the interests of
the public service, and the change made in
reducing you from a clerkship in class TO
a clerkship in class was based solely upon
the work you had performed and the abili-
ty which you had exhibited in the perform
ance of such work and the efficiency of
your service. as compared with the work,
ability and efficiency of others in more re-
sponsible positions which they occupied,
shown by the efficiency report referred to-
and tine fact that you had been a witness
before the Senate investigating committee
had nothing to do touching your change Of
position from a clerkship in class to
clerkship in class 8, and the change would
have been made in the same manner and
for the same reasons had you never seen
senatorial committee or given evidence be-
for such a committee
on account of the improper and dsrespect-
ful language used by you IN the interview
with Mr. Jones. as above given, well as
with the commission, the commission feels
convinced that the good of the service war
rants your dismissal from the position
which you hold under the commission. but
before any further action shall be taken in
the direction of your dismissal the COM
mission deems it proper and in accordance
with the civil service rules of the Presi-
dent to give you notice that unless the
charges herein made are satisfactorily an
swered by you You will be dismissed from
service under the commission, and you are
hereby requested to make such answer
either in writing or verbally to the COM
mission on the 10th day of August 1898, at
3 o'clock pm.