The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-14
CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM
ANNUAL OF NATIONAL
LEAGUE BEGINS HERE TO-DAY.
Among the Noted Reformers Who
Have Arrived Are Carl schurz
and c. j. Bonaparte.

The National Civil-service Reform
League, Of which Carl Schurz, of New
York, is president, will begin a two DAYS
session at the German House this morning.
This is the annual meeting of the league.
The secretary is George McAnany, of New
York, who, with President Schurz. has al
ready arrived and is staying at the Bates.
A number of very prominent men. most of
them from the East. will attend the meet
ing Of the league. Among them are c. j.
Bonaparte, of Baltimore, Md, president Of
the Maryland Civil-service Reform Associa-
ton: William Dudley Foulke, OF Richmond.
president Of the Indiana association: Her
bert Welsh, of Philadelphia, president of
the Pennsylvania association; James Mat
thews, of New York; Sherman S. Rogers,
of Buffalo: c. B. Wildly. of Cincinnati; t.
Francis Wood. of Philadelphia; Judge
Howard c. HOLSTER, H. NJ. Levy and Ma
thaniel Henchman Davis. Of %Cincinnati;
Richard Henry Dana. of Boston; Gen. Will
liam A. Aiken. OF Norwich. Conn; Henry
A. Richmond, of Buffalo; Cyrus w. Burt.
Of New York; Clinton Rogers Woodruff,
Of Philadelphia: John Joy Edison. of WASH
ington, d. c.; Col. John W.. Ella and Edwin
Burritt Smith. of Chicago.
AT 10 O'Clock this morning a joint meet
ing of the members of the general commit
tee and of the executive will be
held in the parlors of the German House.
The following is a list of members of these
committees as at present constituted:
General - Carl Schurz, New
York; James p. Tolman, Massachusetts
L aa1 A-tb,r H1Aa< D1~t,. n,-.
Estes, Brookline; Sherman S. Rogers, Buff
falo; w. w. Vaughan. Cambridge; Frank
lin Macveagh. Chicago; Charles B. Wildly,
| Cincinnati; j. II. Patterson. Dayton; Henry
Van Kleeck, Denver; John Joy Edison. Dis
trict of Columbia: William Dudley Foulke,
Indiana: d. II. Taylor. Luzerne county,;
Charles Noble Gregory, Madison; George a.
Pope, Maryland; Henry Hitchcock. Mis-
souri,: William a. Aiken, Norwich: r.
Francis Wood, Pennsylvania; E. NJ. Moore.
Rochester.
Executive Committeeman Schurz, chair
man, New York; Moorheld Storey, Boston,;
Sherman S. Rogers, Buffalo; William A.
Aiken, Norwich; E. NJ. Shepard. Brooklyn;
William q. Low, Brooklyn; Charles j. b.
naparte, Baltimore; Everett p. Wheeler.
New York; Silas w. Burt, New York; Dor
man b. Eaton. New York; Edward Cary.
New York; Charles Collins. New York;
Richard Watson Glider. New York; Will
liam Potts. New York; Morrill, Wyman, jr.,
luSc, w lid -. i Oulhe, nlCUiQOlO.
Ind: Richard H.. Dana. Boston; Lucius
Swift, Indianapolis; Herbert Welsh, Phila-
delphia; Charles Richardson, Philadelphia;
John w. Ella, Chicago.
AFTERNOON PROGRAMME.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the league
will meet in the auditorium of the German
House and listen to the secretary's report.
Next the reports from 'ocal associations
will be heard and the following addresses
will be delivered: "Civil-service Reform as
a Factor In Municipal Reform" Clinton
Rogers Woodruff, of Philadelphia; 1.-The
Competitive Pla in the Filling of Offices
OF the Higher Grades" Silas w. Burt, of
| New York.
At S o'clock this evening the annual adj
! dress of President Carl Schurz will be de-
livered at Plymouth Church, and following
this, the University Club will give a recep-
ton to the delegates. The annual election
of league officers Will take place at the
German House at 10 a. m. tomorrow. The
league will then proceed with the following
programme: Reports of special investigat-
ing committees: (a) the scope and effect
Of the Presidents order of Lay %, 1893;
OBJ appointments made under suspension
OF the civil-service law during the war
with Spain; (c) the organization OF the
Census Bureau on the patronage" basis;
Id the Indian service; (e) the internal
revenue service; % the general policy of
the administration as to appointments and
removals in violation of the civil-service
law and rules within the CLASSIFIED service;
miscellaneous business.
Al l ID. m. tomorrow luncheon VIII be
served to delegates and guests at the Ger
man House. At 2 o'clock Charles j. Bona
parte, of Baltimore, will contribute a pa
per on 1.-The Merit System In the Govern
ment of Dependencies At z p. m. a
banquet will be rendered the delegates al
the Bates House by the Indiana Civil-serv-
ice Reform Association.