The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-04
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LAW TO BE "The civil service law.
will be enforced up to
ENFORCED. the handle and all who
shall violate it in any
respect will certainly be punished when
ever the violation is shown This is
the closing sentence of an interview with
William Dudley Foulke, the new mem
ber of the national civil service commits
sion.
''Do you expect to have a good deal
of hard work on the commission, he was
asked. The reply was:
Yes, do. Among other things the law pro-
yides that the commission may Investigate
all matters affecting the civil service act.
Naturally a power of this kind is a broad
one and the investigation may be as extensive
the commission has the time and the
power to make them. 1t is certainly due to
the president and to congress that there
should be the fullest information as to the
working of the competitive system in the
various branches of the service to which it
has been applied-information which will
lead to its extension in other branches If de-
sirable, or to its curtailment if it does not
work we'll in particular cases. The president
and the various heads of departments ought
to be put in possession of all information
accessible as to violations of the law to the
end that those guilty of such violations
should be punished by dismissal as the rules
prescribe. l shall certainly cooperate with
my fellow commissioners in making this
information as complete and exhaustive as
possible. Many Investigations have been made
IN the past and there will certainly be no
relaxation in the future
Inere is every reason to believe that
Mr. Foulke will, soon after he takes the
o1nce, call attention to some Of the fla
grant violations of the law. which he
investigated as president of the National
civil Service Reform Association. He has
been with the president frequently since
he came here, and, it is believed. has
discussed with the chief executive the
violations that have come under his no.
tice and investigations.
DAKOTA An abstract of the con-
dition of the thirty-five
BANKS national banks in North
Dakota on Sept. 80, which
was made public by the controller of the
currency to-day, shows that since July Is
the total resources increased from SC. .2O3 =
O55 to $40 466,1 III. Loans and discounts
advanced from Sc, ,085, ,305 to Sc 495. .927. and
cash reserve advanced from S427, ,532 to
$556,866, of which gold holdings fell from
$182,S22 to $166,36S. Individual deposits
increased in amount from S., ,449. .213 to
S6,6S2,465, and average reserve held in
creased from 1885 to 24.96 per cent.
The number of national banks in South
Dakota increased from thirty to thirty
four between July Is and Sept 80, and in
that time total resources increased from
$10,896O66 to $11, 200, 1896; loans and dis
counts increased from$5, ,381, 1888 to $5,973. :
Bog and cash reserve from $685., 1870 to
$734,134, of which gold holdings de-
creased from 1901 1920 to $278, ,OS7. The in
dividual deposits increased from 81. .399. .251
to 1881, ,2O4 and average reserve held fell
from 3067 to 1906 per cent.
LIGHTHOUSE The lighthouse board
in its annual report for
IMPROVE the last fiscal year sub
mits estimates for sub
MENTS stantial appropriations
for improving lights on
the great lakes. Among the improve
ments for which congress is asked to
make provisions are
Rock of Ages light and fog signal station
$125,0O0; new light vessel on Martins reef
Lake Huron, $780, 900; repairs to Spectacle reef
light, Lake Huron, 1854, 100; relief vessel for
ninth and eleventh districts, $50 900; light
house tender for St Mary's river. S75. 900. new
light and fog signal station at Point any
Barques, $4,000; completing tender for in
epector of the ninth district, $50 OOO COM
pleting tender for the engineer of the ninth
district, $4,000; depot fer the ninth district
$500
JURISDICTION The supreme court to-
day dismissed for want of
IS LACKING. jurisdiction the case Of
the state of Wisconsin
ex-rel. James L. Gates against the COM
missioners of public lands and James O.
Davidson as state treasurer Gates made
application for a mandamus to compel
the land commissioners to sell him a list
of swamp lands, which was granted and
subsequently quashed by the state su-
preme court. Te-day's dismissal by the
United States supreme court makes the
state courts order final