The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-22
JOBS 60 BEGGING.
Offioss Southern Democrats Co Id Get
If They Tr ed.

Vmcss soutnern democrats Go Id Go
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Cauaes or Failure to Pectio,pate. One
Section or tho Country Whore
Thore 10 a Shortage.
The discovery made through the
personal investigation Of Commits.
sioner Greene, Of the United States
OWL service commission, that Demo
Gratis as class refrain from partici.
pating In the civil service examina.
tiOns In the South serves to explain
In measure point which has puzzled
the commission for long time, name.
ly, the difficulty In maintaining regis.
terS Of Southern eligibles sufficiently
large to enable the Southern states to
receive their proper quota in federal
appointments. This information was
obtained by Commissioner Groene
while In Kentucky, North Carolina
| and Tennessee on CtIioial business
Commissioner Greene lost no time 10
making public the results of his In
vestigation, and now the civil service
commission Is doing all in Its power
to rectify this condition of affairs.
Various causes are assigned for the
reluctance Of Southern Democrats to
enter the lists for federal plums. Mr..
Greene obtained the impression that
the main cause was the prevalence Of
feeling that, despite academic as.
surances to the contrary, the spoils
still belong to the vlcbors, and that,
therefore, a Democrat, bowever good
a showing he might make in a com.
petttive examination, stands but little
show OF appointment. To correct this
impression Mr.. Greene has used the
columns Cf several newspapers of the
North to call renewed attention to the
non partisan character Of appoint
montS nado under the civil service
act and to citn the fact that the only
reason why Republicans are in so
large . majority in the minor federal
ofllseS OF the South Is that Democrats
have steadfastly declined to take the
examinations thereby leaving the
| commission list composed entirely or
Republicans from which to make the
| federal selections.
|
petitOrs from Southern states is
lower than that OF the Northern
states. The Democratic party, being
the dominant party, Of course CON.
prises the better intelligence as a
whole of the community. 1t is there.
fore evident that If the Democrats as
class should enter the lists OF federal
appointment the STANDARD, of eligibles
would be raised and more Democrats
than Republicans would be appointed, :,
because there are more Democrats
than Republicans in the South who
nave the required qualifications. The
tirst state entitled to an appointments
st this time Is Louisiana. 1t will take
tWenty-nine appointments from Lou
lsiana to bring Ii up into the list of
Northern states In the order of ap-
pOlntment. Unless a special effort
had been made to induce applicants
from Louisiana to come forward and
take the examination 1T would have
run further and further behind In It's
share OF appointments.
AS 1t Is, eight men and five women
passed the examination for clerk, and
one woman passed for bookkeeping.
1t will be observed, however, that this
does not provide nearly enough eligi.
bl6s to give Louisiana It's due share
OF ppOintments. The state next In
turn for appointments after Louisiana
Is Alabama. This state will be en-.
titled to thirty five appointments to
the share which Illinois now has. The
May examinations provided twelve
nen and six women eligibles for
CLERKS, but this Is not nearly enough
to fill Its quota. Following Alabama
cCmas Mississippi. This state is en-
airlsl to have twenty three appoint.
m9nts to bring it abreast with Mime
sofa. 1T furnished only sevon men
and three women for the Clerk regis
ier and one man for the bookkeeping
register.
Taking the remaining Southern
states In the order In which they are
entitled to receive appointments, they
are Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, Ken.
lucky, Tennessee, Missouri, South
Carolina and North Carolina. These
'tatcs are each entitled to from fiji
teen to twenty appointments to bring
up their quotas, and male stcnograph.
srs will have an especially good
chance OF early appointment. Friends
of the South In Washington hope that
the present efforts Of the civil service
commission will result similarly TO the
movement inaugurated by President
Harrison, which resulted In some 200
Southern appointments In the federal
service.
Gets Good job.
Former Judge Alton B. Parker will
succeed Professor Collins as chief
counsel for the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit Company at an annual salary OF
800, 900, according to an announce.