The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-04-22
CIVILSERVICEGROWS
EXAMINATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT
POSITIONS INCREASING.

Applications Number f4,4oe for Spring
Examinations Mere Expected
Nearly Three Times as Many as
Last Year--Northwes Furnishes
Large Number Of Applications.
The square deal@ and plenty Of I'D.
vertising are regarded as responsible
for the unusual number Of applications
Tor positions in the classified service
OF the government.
Up 10 the present time i4,4o6 aD'
pllcationh for the spring examinations
Tor the entry into the civil service
of the government have been filed with
the commissioner at Washington. D.
lie. The commission estimates that
this number will be increased to At
least 1900 before the time for re-
celving applications expires.
The applications from the western
states Of Washington. Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming. Colorado. North and South
! Dakota. Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory thus far received have been great
or than during any similar periods
since the establishment Of the eivii
\ service commission. The western peo-
{ pie seem 10 have suddenly become i'm
I hned with the notion that they would
( like to enter the government service.
y As the quota of nearly ali Of the west
|. ern states is rot complete the chances
> of appointments from those states are
much better than from the eastern
states.
Last year the number Of applications
q for the spring examinations was be.
Tween 1000 and 5000 II win tnns ap
- pear that the applications this year
= are tao and one hair times greater
than last year. and last year was
I, record breaker up 70 that time.
Il " not hard times that Is bginginf
a new applicants for government places
IN because the people Of the country
=. were never more fully employed thar
they are today. IL is not the paymen
! % high salaries by the government
I, that il bringing about this eager chasl
after government jobs. because. Will
q, wages In every branch o. industF
h. have been increasing during the PAS
~ several years. the tendency In the sci
/, vice 81 the government Is for wage
~ 10 come down. some years ago Their
~ were no clerks under $500. Now Their
are many working for the Eoyernmer
-. on a salary 81 very much less than tbs
- heura. There must be some reaso
=, for the excessive increase In the nun
- Der Of applicants. and people vi
y. have studied conditions Ia The civ
AN service commission have come 10 Il
=. conclusion that there are just ~
a. causes for a. One is the fact that =
:. over The country there is va
=. amount of confidence that und'
Roosevelt the civil service will be ri
strictly on the square" and that
-. square deaf will await every OF
a. who enters the lists as an applicaf
=. The other Is the fact that this featu
=. az The situation has been widely q
=. vprtiFed by civil service institutes
20 over the country.
As matter Of fact the oommissit
the Il being run now Just about as Il b
ew. for many years In the past. There
use no change. but many people living
on remote localities have known but
his lie Of the commission and its metho'
Ight and some Of them have felt that son
4 ss how or other a man or woman M
have a pull in order 10 get into a g
nifty eminent Job. with Roosevelt
car elected there is conviction that
and will see that every one has SC
cry. show. There is also the feeling u
In la shown on the occasion Of evi
stns change Of administration. The
ZACH pie believe that when change
Il administration IL made there viii
per. many removals from ONCE,
none These applications, numbering
m a ace. and estimated TO run 70 ls.t
, Of are for about $4,000 places, or for
average Of about one person for ev
nors two places. TO be Allied. II is not i
cher ly this year there will be more Il
the 5000 places vacated under the gov'
lines ment In the list of places that arr
nnty. be filled by the spring examinati'
, an. Theae are positions under the gov
eton. ment in this city numbering $4,000,
tics der the railway mail service mum
oiect Ing 10000. under the Indian SER
orth. and In the service In tho Philippi
He
king u..h,nv,nn--secretarv Taft has
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