Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-26
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=, s.rioe Inquiry Brings Out Sensational
w. Testimony.
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.r,on Ian. 2G.-Rev., H. ~
ah,sf Of the examiners once
p y" service commission submitted
CIV" sensational testimony at TO-DAY .
~"e - the Senate civil service IN
ssV ,i,n committee. II was sequei
''s D.1 .,arees he made Monday oil IN
S~,dation and in the interference u
l'H-@. .,,,,,ssion with his testimony. he
we a,sntlon to the bitter attack
'aN.' him then by President Proc
w.. :, the commission. He read a ie''er
w !. addressed to Theodore Roose-
he A.. New York police commission
'e" a,y oritlclzing the commission
mia letter said in part; 1870, t..
~rbe business of the commission 10
49,. 49, rrea,es, confusion and is beeom-
'" ors and more demoralzed FOR
ns Intelligent management. Re
1.,,o,s remain Enacted upon ior
qas,ns and many complaints are ihaue
,hs departments of delays anu an
PIC! s detrimental to the serNiu..
!. s,ch cases Temporal! apPo.ii. I ~.
nsrs authorized and after hiiites uas'
,.sSa permanent, although no iu,r
I'd permitting sueh act,on. a,,a,a,
~ ,,l,tinns probably cover seNerai
hundred places ,,,r 81 Instances
INFLAMMATION of the general state
>, containing. the letter said;
i ssaa's,s,lonable appointments have been
V,n,arous that the rules have almost
,hsir force and the alleged law OF
~ .s atty il regnal and want of uni
-, twists in all the business OF the
admission and the greatest uncertain
N nrayalls The subOrdinates cannot az.
IL work with confidence because all
..n.dsrts practices and principles are
tardoned and new ones substituted
n, roljahle policy or line of actlof.
',.,s which can be relied upon and
As,r,aictorv action Is frequent. me
,cs of The commission has lost con-
Ssnce in the ability Of the manage
rsnt and can do no more than TO
rsintain existing conditions and await
-svitsble changes. The action taken
bosa Of another day. Action Is taken.
the commission lack continuity and
IL minutes of one day cohtrauic'
Nan. amended. then revoked, under
he recent administration, TOUR OF the
i've officers Of the commission were
hanged, bringing new men who lacked
yen the advantage of experience in
Inc departmental service, some whose
iews were unfavorable TO the civil
keryice laws and rules, with theories
Atte less than hostile. and their mex
erience and unfamillarity proved dis
Istrous. They adopted rules TO classify
one lump 10000 new offices and ut
rly failed to provide to meet these
reds. The present condition is thor
highly alarming. Disaster can be
Eerted only by Immediate remedial
ttion and at least three changes In the
fce should be made at once, not for
blitioal reasons, but in the interests
the servlce."'
Mr.. Proctor asked II Mr.. Bailey had
bt sen, copies OF this communication
certain senator's.
far as he knew. the only other per-
on who knew Of It's existence.
About that time did your friends not
sk the President to appoint you civil
ffyice commissioner"
An know is that the papers said
representative Walker of Worcester,
ass, where I came from, had pre-
lted my name to the President"
,lt Proctor Of the commission then
'lk the stand and at the outset sought
show that the sweeping extension
The classification OF May 6. 1895. was
as had been alleged. "a leap in
dark, so far as being equipped
me changed conditions was con-
kned