The Washington times., 1903-06-23
RURORED CHANGES
IN CENSUS BUREAU
DisburSing Clerk Langley
Said to Be Slated to Quit.
CONGRESSMAN HIS ENEMIES
Angered by Failure to Get Appoint
ments-Chief Clerk McCauley
Doesn't Expect to Resign.
CONGRESSMAN HIS ENEMIES

Dr. S. ~ d. North, the new Director
% the Census, has gone to his home in
Boston for a stay of about two weeks.
There are persistent rumors that when
DR.. North returns to Washington there
will be changes in the executive force
Of the Census Bureau. All connected
with the bureau deny that there is any
truth in the reports. but there Is an air
o. unrest there which indicates that
something is going TO happen
Most frequently mentioned as one OF
those to go is Disbursing Clerk Langley
Mr.. Langley has long been talked Of as
a candidate for the position of solicitor
fer the Bureau OF Corporations in the
new Department of Commerce and La
Dor. but Of late little has been heard OF
this purposed transfer to other service.
Too Many Broken Promises.
II IS said that Mr.. Langley has in
CURED the wrath Of a number OF Sen
ators and Representatives by his lavish
assurances. while appointment clerk.
that their friends would be appointed to
positions in the Census Bureau and his
subsequent failure to fill the places He
is said TO have had several stormy
scenes with Representatives, who de-
clsred It placed them IN a most en-
ents that certain appointments were TO
be made. and then to have TO tell the
same constituents it was all a mistake
and the appointments could not be had.
One Pennsylvania Representative in
particular had words with Mr.. Langley
about this method of doing business.
and It Is said the disgruntled members
OF the House have made their grievances
felt Whether or not the complaints Of
the Representatives are about to ae-
complish results and account for re-
cent rumors could not be learned.
Mccauley May Stay.
There has also been some talk about
Chief Clerk McCauley leaving the
bureau. but Mr. McCauley denied. this
morning. that he had any intention OF
resigning or that he anticipated being
asked to do so. He said:
81 have not resigned. and do not ex-
pect to be Aired out In fact, DIT. North
has strongly intimated that he wished
me to remain. He was in the bureau a
/ long time as chief statistician and was
in close touch with Governor Merriam
when the governor was director. and I
do not anticipate any serious changes in
/ the force"
A Map-Mounter Examination.
There has been some complaint that
nothing has been heard of civil service
4 examination he'll on April 81. for the
position OF mar mounter In the Census
Bureau. The report got out the bureau
/ had requested for some reason that the
! papers be not marked. and a number OF
people who took the examination de-
manded TO know the cause Of the trouble.
| At the Census Bureau this morning IT
was explained as follows;
II was found the bureau needed a map
mounter. and the request was made for
/ the examination. After the examination
was held Il was found that there was
no appropriation for the position. 1t
was intended TO class the map mounter
as a skilled laborer, and assign him 70
the map mounting work. but only four
| skilled laborers were allowed the bureau
and they had already been appointed
so no new appointment could be made.
A notice to that effect was sent the
/ Civil Service Commission, and as there
was no immediate demand for map
mounters the marking OF those papers
was postponed until the papers In more
important examinations had been mark
ed. The people who passed the examina-
tion for map mounter Will be certified
and will be eligible TO fill any similar
vacancy which occurs IN any OF the other
departments.