The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16
FAILED.
Civil Service
Reform.
PLEDGE NOT KEPT.
Carl Schurz So Charges Ma
tional Administration.

Baltimore, Dec. 15.-The 18th an
nual convention of the National Civil
Service Reform League began in this
city this morning, and will close tomor-
row night
The morning session was confined to
committee work behind closed doors. At
the afternoon session several papers
were read.
The following officers were Selected:
Secretary, George McAneny, of New
York; treasurer A S. Frissell of New
York; executive committee, William
Aiken of Norwich, Ct, Charles ]. Bon
aparte of Baltimore, Silas w Burt Of
New York, Edward Carey of New
York, Charles Collins of New York, Lu-
cius B. Swift OF Indianapolis, Richard
Henry Dana Of Boston, John w. Ella of
Chicago, William Dudley Foulke OF
Richmond, Ind. Richard Watson Gid
er OF New York, Herbert Welsh Of Phil
adelphia, William G. Low Of Brooklyn
Dorman B. Eaton of New York, Will
liam Potts Of New York, Charles Rich
ardson of Philadelphia, Sherman D.
Rogers of Buffalo, Carl Schurz Of New
York, Edward NJ Shepard of New
York Moorefield Storey of Boston, EY-
erett P. Wheeler of New York, Morrill,
Wyman, Jr., Of Cambridge Mass.
This evening, at LehmanS nan, carr
Schurz, president of the league, dellV-
cred his annual address, which IN part
was as follows:
At present we find ourselves, much
against our liking, compelled to recog-
niZe the fact that in the year now end
ing the cause Of civil service REFORM
has been less prosperous than IN the
wear which preceded it. In saying TINS,
have the national service especially
in mind.
President Mckinley was elected on a
platform which declared that the clVIl
service law was placed on the statute
book by the republican party, Whlch
has always sustained it, ana we renew
orr repeated declaration that 1t shouiG
he thoroughly and honestly enloFceu
and extended wherever practlcaDle. II
his letter Of acceptance and his lndu-
erl1ral address he emphatically accepted
this MA tforn and pledged hlmSelL lndI
under his administration there ShouIu
be no backward step.
The league in every possible manner
EXPRESSED it's confidence in the press
dents intention to make good the sol
4 enon pledge of his party, as Wen as MS
10 Of
own and If left nothing undone 70 as
Set hin, i'm doing so, by offering Sucn
information as was at us ulSl $780, - -
such suggestions as occasion - AZ
demand. And II must pe StuuS 1T H.
president uniformly ie.S,elo.eetio11e with
syreat courtesy, and with the assurance
ST. tbev woIlld have his earnest con-
tnaO IueS
sideration. r,,,o nc to nm
But some Tune dSo ne g - {es11a an
derstand tha5 ne pul p osGu ir9nortant
order eXcePlllis 80 tba oneration of
classes of otnceS run - 80, i,,st which we
the civil service i c. eneDac+fullv to
thought II ouI - IN convince him
remonSlIdIe' i9 tPIls5, wore unnecessary
that SUCH g t;,li,,,io,,s 10 the public
and Woulu We iI1
interest. ,,as4ion has not
So lar tne 81 ' -, - no assurance of
appeared, puI = ,i,.eeident has chang
any sort tIlat Ilie - i,1+antfoD TO issue
ed his nllllu 90 !" i.,,y,e+ances / can
IT, Chuet IL anDeal made to him by
only repeal - d avecutive committees
tge geileI a. -, those words:
of the league ~ 80 cbane.es whereby
1--WE belleEe nc ~ POSITIONS are
positions anu Ne,,,,nantly from the
now renoNeu - Iii he accepted not
Classlned SCI W. .aI-,,.o,.d hut as proof
Only as Slep ,..o+ ,,eo,arded by the
that the syn JSi,listration as here. and
present auii'i "a viii inevitably ava
here TO stay, 80 70 ne sincerity Of re-
ken DOUBTS aa +i ,U Of the party now.
peateu ueI "a ,,atiooaI affairs that the
domlnahLi ~ If shall be thoroughly
law estapll97lliie e,,forced and extended
and honesty .tiCsbIe How far this
Wherever aation said to be contem-
view Oh tlg 5z Ne 5,Isf or reasonable, we
plated Wouiu I - SeedfuI 10 discuss; we
do NOT thli ~, an, conviction that it
lay pelore Sou ~ taken i'm fact, by
would pc thg ,9tIic tbat if would inn
the hIelllselise 49, Of many patriotic
par me co ~, tiea bonol. and good faith
Americans u. I,,e and maj it would
Of their go rlcr,1icions activity of
snco9Ias ~ ~ an notifies principal
wen interests, ,f g. ,ec,,,ina selfish advan-
~ as a means - - l,-,ee3Iv that these
tsge we us he aI1aried against.
grave evlis niaS eli Thai the FREQUENT
II 10 NO. - ~ announcement com
recurrence ol ny tbat the presi
ing from Wasn ,las1 ~ - Went certain
dent was resoIeeU 49,, ~ H. onera tion
classes o. oiilCeis = ~ ~ sho1,Id have
of the civil StINlCC "a W %