The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-02
Civil Service for
The Philippines


r HE ENACTMENT yesterday by the civil
commission Of "An Act for the establish.
- mcnt and maintenance Of an efficient and
honest civil service in the Philippine
Islands" as prepared by President TAFT, has
pleased the Filipino people and has tended to
displcase the army. The latter is an unfortu.
| nate and unintentional result. The provisions
of this civil service bill are most comprchcn
sive and complete. comprising all the cxccu
| tive branches OF the government Of the Philip.
pine islands. and its perusal tends to show
| that the qualifications OF 'honest and efficient"
in the title, are real intentions we'll carried
out and not mere catch words The bill is
founded upon the principles of American civil
service, carefully adapted to local require
mcnts Upon recommendation Of the secretary
OF war it has been decided that other things
being equal. preference shall he given to Fill
pnos for civil employment under the American
Philippine government, and under the provi
sions of this bill an cmpoye. be he an Amcri
can or Filipino. may rise, II he show ability
and merit, to good and well paid position
in the service. ........
Tile Importance OF an efficient and honest civil
service to these islands hardly be over
estimated, and il this new service be good and
effective. its doings will reflect credit upon its
organizers and upon the American administra
tion Of Philippine affairs. To bring about this
desirable end good men are needed. and IL is
the purpose of the organizers Of this bill to
make the civil service attractive enough to
draw the class of men wanted 1t is the in
tent ion of the organizers that the Philippine civil
service shall not degenerate into a field wherein
politicians may find opportunities to settle
political obligations. The service win be kept
free from the stigma Of political patronage or
that it will be open to political protegcs and
tavoritcs. The salaries Of the several classes
OF employees have not vet been determined. but
these will be well paid, and it will be pos.
sble for man entering the lower clcrkships
by efficiency and merit to eventually uccomc
heads Of bureaus and permanent under
taries to important departments A knowledge
of Spanish will be an excellent help to an
American in this service. although the re-
qurencnt Of this knowledge is left to the dis.
erection Of the civil service board.
There viii doubtless be established civil ser
vice cooperative stores, where members Of the
service may buy provisions, groceries and other
needs of living to the same financial advantage
that army officers now buy Of the army COM
mssary. and the course OF time will probably
see the construction Of government civil SER
vice Quartersa collection of good dwelling
houses in some cool suburb convenient to the
city, the rentals of which would be reasonable.
Such measures will greatly tend to make the
service attractive to the class Of men the
vice requires.
Considerable detail, and the framing of rules
and regulations for the service. are left tG
the civil service board provided for in sec.
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