The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-15

tended TO Substitute as Many
the Classified Service-League
Wants to Know When He Intends
to Make Good tho Promise.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. N.-At the
special meeting of the executive commit
tee Of the National Civil Service Reform
league today, communication which
was sent to President Mckinley Nov. 16
ana not heretofore made public, was SUBJ
mitted. 1t is in part as follows:
SIR: The undersigned members of the
eAecullVe committee of the National Civil
ser service Reform league, respectfully in
Ylte your attention to the following facts:
IN January, 1893, a special committee ap-
pointed by the league called upon YOU
lor me purpose of demonstrating against
your contemplated legislative order for
sKeiudlng certain places from the classi-
ned service, and to this committee YOU
expressed your intention of adding other
places to the service, greater in number
than those excluded. After the promul-
gatlon of your order Of May 20, under
oa6e oo6eis}tns Of Sept g. this SPECIAL committee,
Fouke, Richard Henry Dana and Herbert
letter: --1s
ITO the President-sir: The unders;en-
National Civic Reform league, which
waited upon you in January, 1899, in re-
gard to your then proposed order for ex-
Guiding certain places from the classified
service. beg to remind you of the fact
that In our conversation we expressed the
nope that II you found it necessary to
same time, include within the classified
list, subject to competitive examination
az least as large number of places as
those omitted. so that it might appear
that no backward step had been taken
10 this you replied that it was your in
tentlon TO include great many more
pIaceS tnan those excluded, and that YOU
hoped to make the order so comprehen-
slVe that the reform of the civil service
YOU'D then be so complete that nothing
~ 1urther T. would need to be done in regard
TO IT, our disappointment was, therefore
great when, upon the appearance of your
order, We found not only that the number
OF exclusions was far greater than had
peen previously supposed, but that there
was none of the inclusions which you had
assured US it was your intention to make
May we not hope that it is still
your purpose to make some substantial |
ana important extensions of the present
cIasSlned system? We believe that the
large number of exclusions made by your
order OF May %, from the requirement. of
competitive examination, has been iniuri-
Gus not only to the civil service Of the gov
ernInent, but to the country at large, and
we nope to satisfy you of this by the re-
suits OF certain Investigations which we
intend to lay before you at an early date.
ana 5 ASK You for revocation Of that or
der. We beg leave to INQUIRE whether
we may not now look for the additions
to the classified service promised in the
Republican platform of 1896 and which
we were then assured it was your inten-
tlon to make, and if so, whether 1t will
be agreeable to you to state at what
time such additions may be expected? %
This was signed by George McAneny.
| secretary; Carl Schurz, Richard Henry
Dana and eighteen others Along with
the communication to the president was
submitted the following:
20 E3Xoeeeeutiye 3oee Mansion, Washington. Nov.
IKan1oWledge the receipt or the letter of the
10Th, 10Th instant signed by yourself and other
members OF the National Civic Reform
10th to the attention Of the president Very
truly yours, j. A. Porter,
c Secretary to the President.