The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-10
CIVIL SERVICE REPok.
Senate Committee Names Omces toR Taken
from Classified List.

from Classified List.
WASHINGTON. March 9.-The repo& Chair
man Pritchard of tho Senate ConAtco on
Civil Service Reform and Retrencknt on
the result Of the investigation duriHseveral
months past into the operations of thtvil ser.
vice was presented to the Senate ,o-dA Sena-
tors Morrill, and. Elkins join with the hirman
in the conclusions reached, while k~nators
Lodge, Wolcott, and Harris make a sdfate re-
port. as do also the Democratic memt OF the
committee, Messrs. Chiffon, Kenne3Iarris.
and Walthall.
The committee Is unanimously agret hat no
legislation Is necessary to bring abothe ex-
emptions from the classified ~scrvicol those
offices recommended by tho heads different
dcpartmcnts, the points OF diiference3ing on
what offices should be embraced in. ttxrmp-
lions. In addition, the Democratic bmbers
think IL Is not competent that the 4mittce
should advise the President in the mSr.
Chairman Pritcnards 5. rcconmendons as
to the offices to he taken out of thcstssif1cd
service follow practically the views ken by
the members or the Cabinet. In thescasury
department these include deputy cottors OF
internal revenue. internal revenue ago, store
Keepers, and gaugcrs, certain employ in the
light house service, shipping commisAers, in
spectors OF hulls and boilers. payma$ in the
New York Custom House. and employs OF the
custodian force of public buildings, sltas fire.
men, l%anltors, dc.
In the department OF ca at
torncys, special agents. and deputy ntshals.
In the Department of the IntoJr. chief
clerks of bureaus and private secr4ics are
specially mcntioned: timber dfedation
agents; special Indian agents and my minor
employees of the Indian service; chieffrks and
confidential clerks at pension agenciespd local
boards OF pension examiners.
Chief clerks of the various departmtS and
chiefs of divisions. the report says.Aould be
appointed by the heads of departmct.
The classification of the Govcrnntt Print
ing Office. in the opinion of Chairmanfitchard,
was not authorized by law. But as JAS been
classified ard II it shall be held legalsc report
that numerous cmployo largely
rnskilled laborers, be taken from theivil SER
vice.
In reference to the power of revival, the
mmit says:
The recent order of the Prcsldcuin regard
to removals seems to have been tcrpreted
more narrowly than in the opinion Che com
mitteo the order jUstiiics. While titpower of
appointment to the civil service NJ well be
regulated so rs to open the service partially
10 all the people OF the tnited Stateshdcr suit
able restrictions, the power of remph should
be very broad. Where n clerk is temed by
his immediate superior to be iuetib,nt. 1t is
clearly in the line Of public poiic3haJ that
clerk should be discharged, and tAc should
be no impediments placed in the waof such II
DISCHARGE except such as may be, ItcSSary to
secure justice to the person remove That is
TO say, the person removed for Efficiency
should have n right TO appeal tO'th6 ad of the
department., but wncn that appeal b been de-
cidcd all recourse on the part OF thderson dis
charged should end. In no other " can the
efficiency of Il bureau of a departing be main
tanned"