The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-26
THE ARMY OF YAMMANY EX'ES
FATE or THE MEN PUT OFT
or OFFICE OR ABOUT TO BE.
Lucrative Emplo, ment Open 10 Those
Who Prontcd by Their Training
IN the t1ty's Service Others Left
Helpless m H0peIess-No Cen
cral Discharge Of City Employ ees.

IN the t1ty's Service Others Left
Helpless and HopeIess-No Gem
crai Discharge Of city Employees.
Under the civil service laws as they are
administered by the Municipal Civil Service
Commission and interpreted by the courts
there Is no such general discharge Of minor
employees Of the city government nova
days when the political complexion Of the
administration changes as there was years
ago. Practically all OF the minor office
holders and some of the big ones are pro-
tected in their places by the law, and the
new heads Of departments are not able to
discharge them as they used TO.
The mar with a city job under the civil
service laws is pretty sure to hold on, no
matter who may be at the head OF the city
government. The only way that he can be
discharged Is by a reduction Of the force
or on charges.
IL he il discharged through a reduction
Of the force, his name goes on the eligible
list for resppointment to the same job IL
the force is increased again and the APP
pointing power has TO name him, no matter
what his politics may be. II he Ia removed
on charges he has the right 10 appeal to
the courts to roinstate him, and then the
charges must be proved 10 the satisfaction
of the courts.
If the man is too poor TO bring the suit
himself the Civil Service Reform Associa-
ton stands ready 10 do so for him, and IL
the removal was for political reasons his
party committee IL ready to do it. SO a
man in the civil service has a good chance
of hanging on 10 his job through life.
The new city administration has made
only a few removals so far, but a lot more
are to be made soon. Most Of these re-
movals will be on the ground that the SER
vices of the men discharged are not needed
by the city. The names OF the men thrown
out will be placed on the eligible lists, and
II IL is found that they are really needed
they will have TO be put back at their old
employment.
For many Of those who are TO be dis
missed the outlook il not encouraging.
They have been loafng for four years
and they don't want to go to work again
For those who have not been loafing the
outlook is not so bad. for they have a train
ing that will make them valuable to almost
any employer. They also have the m
iuence of the friends who put them in place
the beginning, and this is worth much.
Men like Col. W. W. Ladd had nothing
to fear when their term OF Office ended.
Mr.. Ladd stepped from the Mayors office,
where he had served as legal adviser to
the Mayor, into the receivership Of the
Crude Rubber Company.
IL is needless to say that Col. Laid did
not loaf while he was in Office. He was
about the hardest-worked member of the
staff, and his successor, John &. Clark.
hnnE thraa man usnrE aNaFNT HaN
A. NJ. Downes. secretary to Mayor Van
Wyck, walked out of the City Hall only 10
return TO IL as a reporter for "A newspaper,
he having left the newspaper business to
become the Mayors secretary. He did
no loafing during the time hat he was in
Office. either.
Several other members Of the Mayors
personal staf went right back to the bust
ness they left TO take office. and not one
of them had any difficulty in getting work.
Some Of them went 90 their old employers,
Who were glad TO get them back, for Mayor
Van Wyck ran his office very systematically,
and his subordinates got a good training,
The members Of the stan II Corporation
Counsel Whalen had no difficulty in making
their way into law office and attractive
partnerships. Their fou years of service
In the city law department had given them
a training In municipal law which will make
IL easy for them 10 command good incomes
all their lives. Municipal law j. as dry a.
the dHest Of any other kim Of law, and
then a bit drier, and a man who had four
years training In the Office 81 the Corpora
ton Counsel never lacks clients
Men with the record Of service d. the
District Attorneys office are always well
In the Offices - the big law firms
for their names becumc well known %
thos. who seek advice about matters In
the criminal courts. and this starts them
In professional life Most oi 90. men
who hay" made great names Ia tine criminal
courts have had training Ia the ontc" u
the District Attorney, where 10" criminal
law b. drumued into them from the be-
ginning IT the day until ~ end
Thus all the professional m"u Who Wen"
thrown out 81 Jlh- by 40" chang" in AL
ministrailun were provided Win "a hand
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