Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-15
caus. q civl1 service il the a1tairs d the

.a,.e. - ,,,,s, 1850. I. ~. ep.s~. - ia
republic.
We ara very far from high noon. We are
'cry Iar from perfecfness n the public ssrv-
c-sx,ss 49, - ~ 8 - -. .-O-r 1870
yreax9 ~ er4.fs~,ss Z ,S>str,,..ts ara "a
show you that NOT only Ia the nation. but
Il many Of the states and great munictpali-
ties OF the nation and In mauy Of it1 mighty
eorporaeed bodies which are always hui
manly very Nfs6s the elements and pur-
po<ses OF the civil service are effective and
progressive.
fscvrvrs--,~-~. 49,. $1,000
- s 'e1s "a essA1S AA-eA ~
Commissioner Greene was introduced by
Gen. Black
sT bava ereat adr,,r.,,o,,p ..ts nSr
r.raa,o q, A., $3.50 - ~, .-,-. &C..
-, -. - - p " ms ~
tue auhaitaMy oraWh national cIv1i service
law OF 1883, under which the commission
has worked for twenty-three years. But
matter of hard and fast enactment. It pro-
vides practically that everything might be
s,saIIv a nr snvth,ns ,eavss = n an
to the Judgment Of the President. ! say It
does not classify anytning-py THIS mean
,..'s.,r ~ NH .a,ic 1arh,,t !. saare
practically an unlimited power Of extension
to the President ! think that sueh power
sa..,. ,e - alsa-ted - a.
may DC GxceptAons.
cit might not possibly be the right thing
to leave the mower of extension entirely
l. .t,o h.,a. at az ,,a,1or - . .,+y SOW
- .,A-.a 1870 - ~ 10y ,.. =. 49, 49,
IN session, TOT example, because uhoef
stand you nave some trouble there IN pre-
serving what you already have under the
civil service law So that Won would not
be very ant to get IL extended under the
various FitzgeraIds, Sullivans and Col
linses who from time to time rule that
city, but 1t could with great propriety be
left In the hands of the civil service board
and the only thing I would like to lay em-
pl1asis on In connection with this Idea Is
that there ought not to be in the body
OF the law itself rigid restriction on the
extension of the civil service, because you
will find in a very short time that many
things may be safely included In the law
which at first you are inclined to leave out
Another very important practical lesson
which hope you will give your attention
other nersons wi,b =. ha hs, ao1reas , anu
ments are very necessary.
Growth of tbe Moveman+
ron,r,tss,orar con,a,. -
oe tha ,,,r,, .o,.,,,aa 49,. 80
sa,s =, -. '''o' e''o''' ~
...,.s.,
.s Las oeen ,ioie selihihh ehan
Ice reform during the last two or three
years In the st fes of J1lipots and Wis
consin civil service laws have haan -. ssad
and the commissions already axistin~ In
the other two etotao ond 4, a. - 49,
n,,,nicjnaIitias of tho cn,,ntr,, ho,,o h,,
GREATLY stran,thanaS ~ th 80, go
MORT thev have recent,v reca;,aE guy
ayua =, e., 49, 49, . -,
a., 20. 'ua. ene sreal oanger IN tne
az " elsn service ID !" Is .has
ta,,ah ..sth so nA.asa may see out VI
'o IT. 49, 49, .ue on.uaI Heeus oi the service.
~ we Iet lial II was very desirable tnat
49, .as lhsh WIZ were ensased IN clvl service
, VOTE sIlouiu ger together ana interchange
ioeAs IN oroer tnat the best ideas prevail
might nave a chance to be expressed and
tnat We IN this commission, might have 1
the penent OF the progress that had been
maae IN the state ana city commissions, and
the benefit of whatever we nav have been been
able to accomplish here. This conference
ls, therefore,. devoted to discussion OF
response oy MT. Ervtng.
brief response to the address of wei
rotary of the Albany, N. Y, commission,
THE chief thing that troubles me In Al
bany" he said, lis the labor question.
am rather interested In regard to that 1t
occurred to me that nerbans VIC ara too
sfr;ct in the nhvsicai aya r,;ra t,s I'll, -
gard to the IL hor class th., -, ~ Mn ,,a
chanae and where ,tbere a-e q n,,,eSa, not NJ
older men who have lived In the civ Sa. q
great many years and who have heen near-
" worn our by working i'm the marks or on
the streets. we should be a little moro lar