New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-11
FAKE LABORERS FOILED.
CIVIL SERVICE TRIUMPH.
H. F. Greene at Dinner Tells Hoo
Inroads We're Checked.


The civil Service Reform Association held its
annual meeting and dinner at the Hotel Astor
last night At the meeting. all the officers Of the
association were reelected. with the exception
Of First VIce-President James A Carter. who
was succeeded by S. W. Burt At the meeting
ar5 the dinner President Carl Schurz presided.
The speakers OF the evening were Henry F.
Greene. United States Civil Service Commits
siore-, and p c. E Brown State Commissioner
Commissioner Greene was the first speaker. He
said IN part:
More has been accomplished toward the work OF
60 Se-Eire reform IN the last six months than In
sfv previous period OF the same length in the MS
80 che hi q long time that has not made some in
-5sss INTO the movement by the hasty appointment
Of E2H have body Of 1s5 employees and thirteen
,. e ~" ,l-,5er the commission. We have nothing
bLac-sE 80 - 50 fsr as the 5Sth Congress is con-
eSrned We have now an adequate force 10 carry
o. Cur sTe 2o-e than 10000 fourth class post
ste 9t The sos Of these Who receive more
tan 500 year. think, might be appointed after
ne most important thing done since last No
veIn6eT .'as {e A1osIon OF me IlyA SeI EiT
form a very large force This is q departure We
ion "a the skilled .aborers. went 10 Panama and
explained matters 10 Engineer Wallace, who has
Z. & ~ service We have - Se- s ~ SO
men and the step seems TO be an entire success.
Deputy collectors OF customs and every one n
post6a7oes except the postmasters have also been
TIE special agents OF the Land once. important
body. though only ninety strong. These are the
men Whose, duty il Is 10 protect the government
one Of the most important steps was to bring the
lzb0rers under the service. II had been the custom
ITO he cassiaed force Persons wi With six hats
and frock coats were slipped into the departments
] not ap-o1Tiat onaV FOR s s1 81 egi class
ss a laborer unless ne can carry easily load Of
We have stopped ii Up.
Bishop Potter the next speaker. said that
there were TWO elements in the civil service re-
form movement, one represented by. the active
members of the association and the other by
the great body Of Americans who We're in sym
pathy with the objects the association had in
view. He said the consular service should come
under the Civil Service Speaking Of his trip
abroad he said:
found the representative OF the American
government profoundly ignorant Of the great life
Of which he was part He could tell me how
spend Tor lght clothing, but little else. The
higher up I went the mere discouraging my
perieaces ere.
P c. E Brown, State Civil Service Commits
sioner, said that the State commission was now
planning TO extend the merit service system to
the county Offices, the only ones not classified.
The executive committee Of the association
yesterday made It's twenty-eighth annual report
L reads IN part:
Tls S7geBty-eigh5h year Of the association has
cole1e- Gems o. peG-lsT interest N the feoeral
seLtlce me coLapeluse CLASSIFICATION has been
extended by President Roosevelt 10 additional
branches until q very limited number OF positions
subject classification, outside the seventy
thousand fourth class pOstmsstershipR, remains
been extended 10 ne federal ofioes in tour Of
ne largest cities. and in Washington and IN
supervision and control Of the C7vl Service Com
competitive
The Forest Reserve Corps, numbering 63S; the
finance clerks n The postorces. numbering about
inspectors and special agents IN the interior De-
Iartlnent and q persons employed IN The irn1nl-
grant ss-yloe IN foreign territory contiguous 70
traton was Put n operation in the federal ofices
IN New-York on February L. This should ef-
Jioas al ths disposition Of political leaders, and
should lead 10 e practical Improvement in the
me committee has received fey complaints IN
me year Some attempts were ma de In the course
Of the campaign 10 levy political assessments.
with wha. success We are unable 10 say but IN
der the present administration a competitive en-
poye at sast may safely afford TO disregard these
requests. ana undouoLedly many 90. persistent
S59s'S AaEe oee9 hsa[o 81 an essessen5 IN the
n Ihe collection OF subscriptions from employees
IN the city service were referred TO our once
- te cS 9 zee = q t opuI-om Ia Ihe!
base criminal prosecution forthcoming
sat- T5t}o W. Vas - tfat Tecent7T made into
tie city Of Troy. After the commissIo zers and
the Mayor Of Troy had been given the fullest op-
gortunlty 70. present their side Of the case the
State Commission. al its April meeting, removed
The entire board from Office and appointed their
Successors & commission OF three. two Democrats
ard Republican.
Another important Investigation was under
taken upon tho complaint Of The association in
regard 10 Violations Of laFF BY rhon as L 9aTnil-
ton, County Clerk OF -EOrk-County. II
alleged that ne had made use Cf the many exempt
and non-ccupetItive positions in his Office for
political purposes and had distributed them among
The Republican district leaders In its last report
TIE C0rT1it-es urged a material reduction OF the
exempt list IN the State service, snd we now
lew this dalton.
The many complaints received 81 the associa-
ions Office, which, on examination, proved TO De
vel founded, and the results OF the Investigations
which the committee conducted into different
branches OF the service, have led Us 70 believe
that he Civil Service law ard rules are being
violated by heads OF departments to q very con
siderable degree, and that thu present condition
q TIE service Is far from satsfactory The com
Ertee has believed therefore, that the good OF the
service would be promoted II tho 6tatc Commits
sion rnight hold its next investigation, under It's
general uowers here. Il has asked that such
an investigation be undertaken ana this request
has been granted