The sun., 1900-12-14
REFORM IN CIVIL SERVICE.
TS ADyOtTLs Takg morn IROu
PRESENT ADuINIsTRATfON,
speakers ~ the Annual Ms.tina Of the Va.
tionai ti,ii service reform League
rtaise the Go,srnmsnt's Course with
KeEard TO itN Ehiiippinr. and v est Ind

REGARD to IT, Philippine and west Indi
The National Civil Service NlOrm League
began - twentieth annual meeting ye-l"r-
day, holding sessions during the day at th"
home "f IN" cay Cllb and IN the evening at
the Carnegie Lyceum besides the regular
del gates the-o were In attendance repre-
s"ntatiycS from various lOtnl civil s'rvic
reform associations and similar organizations
which are In sfYllation with the ensue Al
last evenings session william Dudley foulke
Of Indiana In his address said that there never
was time In the history Of civil service re-
form more pregnant with hope than the pres
cnt The cause lad received an immense
gain IN public opinion We have a mani
icstation OF the merit system In lis hest form"
he said. in our colonial pos cssons The
rules governing tho civil service IN the de-
tendencies are more perfect ihan the law IN
any state or Territory to-day II may bo
significant OF our future caro- for their inter
"sts ] don't know how any man could give
n surer guarantee Of regard for their inter-
ests than bv the appoln tment OF such a man
as Judge Taft to head the commission TO frame
d government Tor them
The Rev. DR.. william 5. Rainsford who
spoke at tho same meeting said that during
the year he had visited nine universities
In different parts OF the country and that
ti' youux men III Nv tlcsc lHsli-
tutions were with the league. But If we
think that the bulk Of the people Of the United
states are with u.s." he said. we aro very
great fools. so long a. our children have
TO lick the boots of boss before we can put
them into that service. there can be no re-
spect for the service. which oug ght to be one
OF the most respectable In the land. We've
got TO take oil our coats and work"
carl Schurz, the President OF the league.
and Charles Joseph Bonaparte of Baltimore
also spoke at the evening session.
In talking to the Executive Committee
yesterday morning MIR. Foulke EXPIRE sed
his determination 10 find out how 1t was that
tho eivii service PLANK was dropped from
the KepubLcan national platform at Pnila-
oe!phla last SUMNER ana VINO was respon-
sluie Tor II. Mr.. touiRe said hat he had
seen senator falrbauhs. the chairman OF
the Committee Oh Resolutions. who said that
the matter had bson lett TO a special sub
committee. oI which Leinuel lily Quigg was
chairman. mus apparently throwing the
responsibility Tor tie suppression oil the
PLANK upon Air Quigg Mr. foulke I'D that
was his intention to ma out the truth OF the
matter III time.
ILe paper OF most timely popular inter-
est read at the AFTERNOON session at The
City Club was the report Of the Committee
on Civil Service in the Dependencies, The
report was read by MIR. Bonaparte. II said
n We forget that public office in those
"A nj hair
inn .bitants iT va NAE rnstr n',1t y. , uietI
A place oi refuve for nsadv ,nari, n oo,sinc W.
ticialis with daSaoed raH,ts,i na -, 'a, p"li,
com TO reuav nartisan ..rv,ce ia tturrtht tr
s,pport fpr ,bs d.nand,nt. a,a u ,iiii iuiiiuiSh
on our punlic men II h" s,ort us a,-e,,iees -
the errors mi our reoons, ,rncI,nn n.r,oa pe
out ths exo,se of tnexner,anca $500 Will Will
be pIsad.n ior thosa .rrnrs ~, w'''on o IiuI
we're Inlidy crItlcissd II c,ii.d rr,tn oonuuc,
c.vlIzaton and humanity disgraceiIIi to o,r
Republic
~ Is with much qualification that the
recognition OF these truths by the Sap,ionai
Adniini stration and n dasirs 70 ' arn,i ,a,'oiiaI
the evil seryice OF our dsnsn nd.no,s ~, sa@iihe @
the basi, OF appointmsnt for inerit and ,ar Gpp.,
during good conduct and aiSc,snnS 'eHu ThI
mas been Inaniiestsd in tns ,,rsi nlaCss Anis ms
CHARACTER oil those Announced 10 20, W e siae
in the countries we fh'ts hoid u,,t t,ish on!sc
a very few excsptions nas haap moi;,o orstt.
GOOD and in severaI ins,ancsS a,oan,ttt an, ", ty
iortunate '9''es eA'ep'onaHy
NE nave further 10 note with sati.foo,i,,
the course of the PhllippIne Commiss,on Nv
which, N IL is persayeren in ,Sa ,"aris S,,, W
Will bs astahli mod in Inc al. nds ~ 90. ~ ste