Evening star., 1899-04-13
Annual Report Of the Commission
Being Prepared.
some OF TIE FEATURES CONSIDERED
Methods Adopted in Affairs Under
Colonial Governments.
RECOMMENDATIONS
SOME

The annual report Of the civil service
commission. which will be issued in a few
days promises to be a most important
document. While the general features Of
the report have been approved by the COM
mission there are many details as yet un-
decided, and it is not expected that the re-
port will be sent to the government printing
office before the early part of next week.
There are several features Of the report
to which great consideration has been
given. The history of the civil service from
the foundation Of the government to the
present day takes up considerable space.
The object is to show that the civil service
law of 1888 was designed simply to carry
the administration Of affairs back to what
the founders Of the government mtenoeu.
The trials of the department are set forth
step by step, and the history Of the service
is traced from the time of Washington.
Colonial Administrations.
Another interesting feature of the report
is a statement showing the methods adopt
ed for the administration of affairs under
colonial governments all over the world.
This Is designed in order that the law
makers may have in concrete form MS
tory Of the best methods now IN VOGUE "
serve as a guide in forming the govern
ments in new colonies or dependencies. Inc
success of England in her colonies, the re-
port will state, is due to the fact that the
colonial governments are not lnterlered
with by political changes in the home gov
ernment Or, in other words. that the
colonial govern ment Is a stable ana uhpaA
tisan institution. . =;
Another item of interest in the report Is
a statement prepared tending. to show the
efficiency and economy of the CIVIL service
system, and in this connection 1t Is pointed
out that there is really no trouble III Apply
ing the principles of civil service to new
ly classified branch of the government
where the commission has the cooperation
of the chiefs of the service. The life saw
ing service is cited as an instance OF TINS
1t was pointed out and considered to be
the most difficult to handle of all the ciassi-
fled departments, yet the report Will state
since the civil service commission has had
charge of it there has been a higher class
of operators, Notwithstanding under the
previous system the chief of that service
had merit system of his own.
All of the correspondence, as well as the
Details of the investigation into alleged in
factions of the civil service rules during
the year are set forth in the report.
Some Recommendations.
Under the head of recommendations the
department strongly urges not only that
the District of Columbia, but all municipal
tiles, be embraced in the classified service.
In connection with this matter of munich
pal civil service the report speaks at length
upon the many advantages of public own
ershp and control of public utilities. Ref
erence Is made to the extension of the civil
service law wherever warranted by exist
ing conditions.
No recommendation is made as to the
classification of the clerks who are to take
the census, but the report publishes it's
former recommendations and all corre-
spondence in the matter.