The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-22
BERRY MEN ON The PAYROLL
A RI'SH FOR JOBS FOLLOWED HIS
APPOINTMENT.

You'd Think q New President Had Come In
and Was Discovering New Postmaster
Material, and the civil Service Reform
crs Complain TO the Mayor About n.
his vacation he made it known that he had
directed the Commissioners OF Accounts
10 begin an investigation Of the Park De-
partment Of The Bronx. All that he would
say Mt that time as to the causes which
demanded such an inquiry was that COM
plants of violations Of the civil service
avs had been made against COMMISSIONS
Berry IL appears o that the Civil Ser
vice Reform Association has submitted
TO the Mayor charges that Commissioner
Berry has been using his Office for political
purposes.
The charges say that in 1904 and 1905 only
one rammer and one payer were appointed
in the Park Department Of The Bronx, but
that Commissions Berry within two
months after he was appointed in Sep
tember, 1905. added thirty-one PAYERS.
forty-eight hammers and fifteen foremen
of park laborers to his staff. Among the
PAYERS and hammers were a bootblack.
a saloon keeper. two retired firemen and
one retired policeman, a real estate agent.
q detective and several car conductors.
The association says they were appointed
In pursuance OF a plan To reward party
workers. Commissioners Berry is the leader
for the Thirty-ff district Of the anti
Murphy faction OF the Democratic party
and is president OF the Ranachque Club
OF the Thirty fifth Assembly district.
OF the fourteen enrolled Democrats APP
pointed as foremen twelve are residents
OF the Thirty-fifth Assembly district and
nine OF these are active workers in the
R~anachque Club. being either directors
OF that club or members OF its committees
OF the twenty mine enrolled Democrats
appointed as PAYERS twenty-four are en-
rolled in Commissioner Berry's district.
OF the thirty-nine enrolled Democrats
appointed as hammers twenty-seven are
enrolled in Commissioner Berry's district.
or the thirty-ive enrolled Democrats who
signed employers certificates twenty-four
are in COMMISSIONS Berry's district. or
the 1875 enrolled Democrats who signed
vouchers ninety are in Commissioner
Berry, district. The person whose name
appears az a voucher or employer in seven
teen instances il John j. Wilkinson. the
sergeant at-arms Of the Ranachque Club;
the one whose name appears as voucher
or employer in fifteen instances il James +.
Finnegan. a director OF the Ranachque Club;
the n whose name appears as voucher
or employer in twelve instances Is Charles L.
Marin. "A director of the Ranachque Club;
the one whose name appears az voucher
or employer in seven instances is John
Mcbride. a committeeman OF the Ranachque
Club
The association goes on to explain that
appointments to jobs Of PAYERS. hammers
and foremen are made from lists Of applica-
tions registered with the Municipal Civil
Service Commission The total humble
of applications on these lists when Com
missioner Berry went into office was eleven
only. but within a few days after he was
appointed there was u rush OF applicants
by the score. This sudden registration
on these lists was not caused by advertise
ment or announcement of the Municipal
Civil Service Commission" says the asso-
citation. They submit hat this shows the
use Of public office for political purposes.