Sunday Washington globe., 1902-03-02
Showing the Hypocrisy Of the
Law and Executive Orders
ISSUED TO CHIEFS
who Ignore the Veterans in the
Minor as In the Better Appoint
ments Under the Government They
Helped to save-The Civil Service
Ruling Quoted Against Old Sol
diers. Etc, IT,

world may know, especially the old veter.
ans themselves. we publish portions Of the
Revised Statutes Of the United States, that
they may read, reflect and place the in
justice where il belongs. On page 3i2, X
S., Sec. I753 reads as follows;
'"rhe President is authorized to prescribe
such regulations for the admissions of per
sons into the Civil Service of the United
States as may bcst promote the efficiency
thereof, and ascertain the fitness Of each
candidate in respect to age, health, charac-
ter, knowledge and ability for the branches
of service into which he seeks TO enter, and
for this purpose he may employ suitable
persons to conduct such inquiries, and may
prescribe their duties, and establish yegHla-
fi0Hs for the conduct of persons who may
receive appointment in the Civil Service.
The above section plainly shows the in
tentious of a Civil Service examination
FOR the admission Of persons into the
Civil Service of the United States as may
best promote me efficiency thereof"
Now the question arises, is this intent of
Civil Service regulations lived up TO in
single department?
Echo answers Nol And we defy any per-
son, or persons, to prove above assertions
untrue. We even invite contradiction. We
will then produce facts in particular de-
partments to prove our assertions to be true.
Columns of GLOBE stand ready and willing
to do justice to one and all
And again in same section we find the
following
and ascertain the fitness of each caHdi-
dqke in respect to character,
knowledge and ability for the branch Of
f..a<. f,1t h. be 70
The fitness of each candidate, etc, Of
these Civil Service examinations recom-
mend for the service only the ones Of good
character, knowledge and ability" After
receiving their appointments they very
soon fall from grace (nany Of them), and
examinations were a mockery and fraud. Do
the chiefs of departments deny this fact5
If so let them speak up. We will endeavor
to be more explicit and name individual
cases in their particular departments.
In the same section we also find this lam
guage:
And for this purpose Ito ascertain the
fitness of each candidate) he (the Presi-
dent may employ suitable persons to
establish regulations for the con-
duct of persons who may receive appoint.
ment in the Civil Service"
Who ever heard. of such Suitable per
sons" being employed TO establish regula-
tions for the conduct Of persons who may.
receive appointment in the Civil Service
Great guns and small cannon what
farce to think about regulating the con-
duct" Of Senator so-and-so and Representa-
tive long poles" appointee, who resides
way down in Squaw Dunk and must be re-
turned to Congress or United States Senate
from his district, for he alone understands
what his constituents conduct" should be.
Suitable persons to establish" more Offices
to be filed with more pets by those who
have and'ca secure the aid of the man
with the pull" later to be placed under
protection of Civil Service where they can
only be dismissed in accordance with sec
tion above quoted:
("Employ suitable persons to establish
regulations for the conduct of persons who
may receive appointments in the Civil Ser
vice.")
The greatest humbug ever fosteTed by the
American Congress is the Civil Service
Commission as now conducted with no
bYO0ESf0NS to investigate the scandals,
abuses and misdemeanors in each depart
ment.
A permanent commission should be ap-
UQlMLEQ ny AllE LAEGAANuA1 aHRA0NNA W
Congress Of the United States, eparate and
distinct from all other departments for no
other purpose than to hear and iAVeSfigafe
all complaints Of every kind that may arise,
with power to select sufficient special
agents that know the particular
branches in which they are to work, they
being changed from time to time and place
10 place with power TO remove or suspend
=. Of he
Government. This plan undoubtedly would
purify some of the departments. II would
do no harm.
Let some Congressman introduce a bill
creating such a commission. We are posi-
tive his constituents will approve such
commission aud citizens of Washington and
the United States would owe him a. debt of
gratitude.
What Congressman dares do the right
thing in this Congressl
Now we come to section 1854, Revised
Statutes, which reads as follows:
Persons honorably discharged from the
military or naval service by reason Of dis
ability resulting from wounds or sickness
incurred in the line of duty shall be pre-
ferred for appointments to civil Offices, pro-
vided they are found to possess the business
GdpaElAy nG@EopoAy AhA tAAN RANPNA AA7NtANA bN
of the duties Of such Offices"
In our opinion, whoever drafted this sec
ton of Revised Statutes of the United
States fully intended it, as any just person
would, to give all "honorably discharged"
soldiers an opportunity to remain in the
employ of Government, which they had
helped to protect and save Now we wish
to ask, is this being done in a single depart
ment2
Echo answers again, not in a single de-
partment.
We defy any chief Of department to make
denial Of this assertion, and we will pro-
duce instances under their Immediate super
vision, or knowledge, to establish this fact.
And again, in some Of the departments
where veterans of 1861 to '65 are employed
they are treated as beggars instead Of gen
tlemen as looters Of Treasury instead Of
protectors Of fag aud defenders Of country,
incompetent and unfit to be employed by
the Government they gave the best of their
lives for, and saved. Now we again defy
contradiction Of this statement, and proof
of what we say is not the truth
President Roosevelt January H. issued
an executive order which reads as follows:
"The attention Of the department is
hereby called to the provisions Of the laws