New-York tribune., 1907-11-09
MIR. CROATE ELECTED.
HEADS n. c. S. r. LEAGUE.
Report of Special Committee on
.SuDerannuatiOn Presented.

which the delegates viii visit Niagara Fans
Joseph H ChOate was elected president at TO-
DAYS session and resolutions were adopted com
rnending President Roosevelt for determined
and effective enforcement of Civil Service laws
and rules" and expressing satisfaction tha'
Congress has given evidence of stronger support
Of the principles of the merit system The reso-
buttons urge Congress TO take further steps 10
relieve its members entirely from the "unproht-
able labor of distributing patronage" and urge
the President and Congress to provide Tor com
petitive classification Of assistant postmasters'
pension examining surgeons and fourth class
postnasters: also to provide that all other post
masters and all collectors Of customs and in
rernal revenue shall be appointed by promouoh'
Thereby abolishng the present practice OF aP-
pointing inexperienced persons
The President is urged TO make such amend
raents 10 the Civil Service rules as viii reduce
70 the minimum the practice OF making special
.~oanrions thereto" The policy Of placing Ind
tan agents in charge Of appointees classified
under the competitive system IS approved
NJ Choate was elected president to succeed
DANIEL c. Gilman OF Baltimore, who declined
another term Mr.. Choate was not in atlen-
dance a. the meeting Of the league puI IL "''
asserted that he would accept MI Gilman '1S
elected vice-president- The other wee p eS'
den-s elected were ex-President Grover CleVe-
- % pri,ce1on. \. J: President Charles W
T-I,o+ of Harvard University. Cambridge Mass
professor Harry =. Garfield, Of Princeton FIes
t5er+ arthur T. Fladley, of Yale University Ne"
Haven: Henry Charles T Lea, OF PhliaoeLpilia
ce4b Low of New York; Franklin MacN eas"'
% Chicago; George z. Pope, OF Ba!tlnloIe'
F3fshop Henry C Potter, Of New hoTH' "a
b,shon Patrick J. Ryan, Of PhlladeIpi4i9' -
aald storey, Of Boston; Thomas Strong, ol or
1o-a Ore. and Herbert Welsh. Of PhnaoelpHi1-
OF commit
After the election Of ofncers' Iep0--
tees were called 1or
prpoRT on DIFFERENTIATION
The first report read to-day was that OF 'ie
snactaI committee on superannuation- a sum
mary follows: <.,-. ,oa,-,,a IN 1901
enc 7sS show that the operation OF the olri1 eraT
~ ~ IN has neither caused nor increased sIt I'LL
+to-'. that experimentation in the nat'oal Is
Sser,-oe is small only Il per cent o. ~ ta+ +,is
i1 - more than seventy years Of age; tnaI l.l
DerceutaEe has not been increasing: tnaL me q; .rT1s
loss through old age inef1 1cleIS 80 salaries
paid and that there is no such pressing 1ent meTt in
old age provision as 70 tnVoi'e I-i9 eo'
auv Considerable expense. -. 1-o.7 ,or,
IT, niar Of me subcommittee Of the Keep com com
mission seeks sdffs- 70 Eoi.ng back each month
goYeTnle5t ~, ~. a1-r,sa i1Ia It's employees and ult-
portion portion I,e ol Va t9ese forced loans with per cent
interest compounded Ennla!-y; ana 20 go go 80
pioye already the service When the plan plan g9f7 g
mo effect (and whose salary up 70 that daLe W.
Of course have already been paln} lhe 49, III he
,s--+T.r age IN tne government service supple
ePtaTy @ gr anRuE m 6ros mhsH f4 he entered the
rie.ts employ The total cost OF tnese supp Pr
H 2n5 rom s56S go 70 $50 O56o66 Each empoye
hereafter separated from the service IoT any -
al any age or II case OF death his estate IS 70
receive back the amount Of his forced monthly
loans with per cent compound interest
CRJTICIsM
tle more efdcient amounting to almost per cent
o. tna wno.e ruUber OF employees annually:
TIE holding back by the government of por-
tton of an employees salary, with a guarantee 70
q with per cent COIlAOALu III
te-es'. Il he leaves the service offers g premium
a scoG ptas.5n system will lot only weed out
- u - @ ' IT g.iccIt Fi5t snd win not give spe-
Ga nd2e1ets e ne most enc eIeien5 I1ob 10 5o b.
n demand OUTSIDE, as tae only ones 20 remain III
4 II .n.grt prove ar economic gain TO the gov
erunle-t 20 make The proposed era utE OF S5eyyyo
tTibuted arn2nE los f,TE in he service ana re re
vided that this the only expense OF the plaf
and thaJ without further burden upon the tax
The service neffciency through superannuation. But
s60@ooco Is an insignificant matter in comparison
3. The per compound interest proposed TO
PAYS % only per 'i cent on its bonds sold to outsiders
world cost the taxpayers several hundred inlIIions
al ss5 '.,s,, -, ,'. n...s na
what insurance companies earn from their invest
rnents- Thls Is Wy much IN excess OF anytnlhe
a heavy loss TO the taxpayer.
RECOMMENDATIONS
]. The league recommends again the Australian
would be required 70 take ont deferred ennuties
from insurance conpanies, payable at the age Of
? TO be zuppenaented by a gift Of annuiues from
the goEeInnent 70 those already IN the service as
3 The insurance companies TO make deposits from
time 10 time with the United States Treasury 10
Z And also to issue these policies at reasonable
rates, before being allowed TO undertake the bust
B These annuities can be made as varied and
flexible as IN the sub-oornmittee's plan:
6 And the policies be so arranged TO dis
courage designations during years OF usefulness.
:. Such plan viii cost the government nothing
dijions and restrictions. annuites for those now
IN its service as IS contemplated by the Keep sub
committee; the Of each annuity being pro-
portionate the length Of service already rendered
conditioaed Upon the emDoe reainn am T IN Pay fe e sent
vice until superannUaton permanent inefficiency
due 10 no fault OF the employe.
CIVIL SERVICE OF DEPENDENCIES
Ansley Wilcox. of Buffalo presented the re-
port OF the special committee on the Civil Ser
vice Of the dependencies. which approved the
Civil Service laws of Porto Rico
~ the afternoon session William Dudley
Foulke. Of Richmond, Ind. read paper on
Restriction Of the Political Activity Of Office
holders" He urged the enactment OF more
stringent laws 10 prohibit men holding public
Offices taking an active part in politics
Assemblyman John Lord OBrian, OF Buffalo
spoke on the topic Competitive Examinations
for Legal Positions" He favored the competi-
tive and merit system for law departments of
cities. Men Of mediocre ability who now secured
such appointments by political preferment were
called on 10 meet able. acute men, and experts in
the best sense OF the term. in matters OF the
highest Importance 10 public welfare. Most Of
the speakers in the general discussion which
followed the reading Of the paper took the same
view. Charles S. Fowler, chief examiner OF the
New York State Civil Service Commission. lead