The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-11-14
The New Civil
Service Order


right summary employees the classified civil
service without charges hearing, notice.
By those who defend the Presidents order IS claimed that the
strength OF civil service reform lies in the fact that appointments
only from the eligible lists and not in the protection OF the
individual summary removal The that there is
temptation without when the appointing does
not have free choice selection of a successor
On the other hand the senuous made that the
right ummar makes possible to bring about the APP
pointmen of iavotes. is claimed that if summary removal
does bring about the opportunity second series OF summary
removals will.
According Washington Star, order
y brought about the foolish conduct of the chauffeur of
automobile which belonged the bureau of standards The
story that he drove his vehicle front OF the President carriage
block its He may have been under the influence OF
the President naturally angered by his persistent inter
ference He thought good for the exercise of prompt dc
plne would undoubtedly discharged the forthwith but
for the rule which made necessary to report the matter to the civil
service commission The will undoubtedly be dismissed but the
incident showed the chief executive what he considered defect
the system Naturally he did the Official records
asking dismissal of owgade empOe personal
getting undesirable clerks confers
hO the cabinet officials than they had under the order which the
replaces pointed that the change simply this
Heretofore a cabinet official inefficient clerk in his force
required notify that clerk that he considered undesirable
and ask him for explanation The clerk allowed three days
in which this explanation The head of the department who
filed the charges called the clerk for the explanation the
sole judge whether the satisfactory Civil
vice employees quoted saying that twenty in the
department there known explanation that satac
This procedure took time, and times
" step an inefficient clerk takes when he informed that his head
danger notify his senator representative in Congress- and
the office is with influential psonages who
the clerk retained or the papers held up.
In number of the President
of having his office with politicians
bolster the chances of useless employees became the
heads OF the departments felt they called stand They
frequently interrupted in important work receive such visitors
and these visitors usually of much Importance themselves that
it not possible to them off, ordinary visitors
done The cabinet officials therefore felt that they should be relieved
and believed they appealed the President with the order yes
erday a result
1t is claimed that under the ruling the dismissal of undesirable
clerks simply expedited Instead of asking the clerk explain
alton which invariably unsatisfactory the head OF the department
simply disms him from the service and files his
order Of dismissal.
The civil service commission asked prepare
as usually done The President for the
stated and announced his intention the
the first the commissioner had heard of the gossip
The order requires the heads of departments file
writing the for all removals. require any
notice to the sought be discharged An exception this
made where misconduct committed in the view presence the
President head Of executive department. no state
of for the separation from the service filed
Notwithstanding all this is clear from the discussion
ject the eastern press that there widespread the result
the order will be general clearing out of the older employees the
service irrespective of their zeal and industry proc
ton to the civil service empoye who is without political influence has
ben taken away =