New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-02
POSTAL PATRONAGE CUT
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
GIVES ORDER.
0-,rr 1900 Fourth Class Post
masters Put Under CiCH Service
T,a-r-.HOrc to FoIiO5c.
From T7c T-0uae Bureau

washington Dec. by stroke OF his pen
r4-.sf5ert Roosevelt has brought under the Civil
size law IasSS II the 5,s-SlS fourth class
--,s,-,,ast7rs Of the United States. and as soon
,s the machinery Of organization IS perfected
- his army OF officials Is working well under
-.e new resirne the remaining postmasters of
~ same class VIII follow IN Their footsteps
4-rerv fourth class postoff7ce east Of the Mis-
.a.s57-f and north or the Ohio River is included
= me beginning Of the plan of control
- ue-e selected because the Civil Service
,-----fssio, has throughout this territory the
-s-s-.,s q postal examination and organiza-
= 4-4rbIx perfected The rural free delivery
C cover them as with q fine mesh net
- O. = conteTnpla5ed that the examination.
'-,.ses@aztion and appointment OF fourth class
.--sste~s Viii follow the same lines as the
---so- Of The rural carriers.
---5s order i no experiment but is Just the
.i-,51r e What VIII include the entire per
- ~ The fourth class Offices said a high
-=-fsf CT the Postof7ce Department to-day
TIE Postmaster General and Presdent-elect
- ze-e consulted by the President before he
81 ire order. and all phases Of the subject
=. cry thoroughly discussed A few new
,-----xsr-en Who believe that TO the victor
rsfcnzs ire spoils' may find fault with the
se- - = clips their patronage. but the great
-,5o-+rv q Representatives who have been
--,--ie5 wear in and year cut by the importuni
-,ss Of candidates for postmazterships VIII hail
~ scheme as q good solution Of a hard prob
Len TIE communities in which the postuas-
.-x i've ziU We think be well pleased with
me new plan Before any candidates are al
-,z-as n AXE TIE examination for postmaster
-f-s --ey viii he required to secure signatures
<-7-- nora Ade patrons Of the Office. will be re-
,--=-a5 70 furnish satisfactory evidence Of bond
and -r+u have u satisfy the Civil Service Com
--+-s57- that they measure up to all the require
-7=--x q the Office they are seeking. By this
method practically all the wedding out viii be
done before TIE applicants take their exaBlina-
ions and as SCOT as they pass there will be no
6=lav IN transferring them TO the eligible list
TIE eligible list EiIl. OF course, be made up If
men zho are legally and bodily residents Of the
--z-s OF localities IN which the Offices are 10
-a-e5 50 TIE patrons viii never have any pro
fezrs n register against alien or carpet bag ap
poir--nenrs. Until the Civil Service Commission
gers is machinery working and begins its
examinations for the places. there will be prac-
rfcarv 10 changes made IN the fourth class
cEfces
one u the most important results Of the eK-
ecutive order relating 70 the fourth class Offices
* expected 70 be the supervision the Civil Ser
vice Commission viii be able 10 exercise over the
post-asters Hereafter the postrnasters will be
= ORE the rule prohibiting political activity.
s-d Il Is believed that through this loss Of 20
Iiti-aI activity viii come increased activity in
ire business OF the postohices.
TIE order applies to Name New Hampshire
Te-aont- Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Con
re-ticut, New York New Jersey. Pennsylvania.
Ohio Indiana Illinois. Wisconsin and Michigan
srd the postrnasters affected are distributed by
states SIS follows: Maine. s93; New Hampshire,
az. Vermont. 895: MASSACHUSETTS,. $50. Rhode
Island 100; Connecticut. 2sT: New York, :. 30l:
Ae- jersey. SIS: Pennsylvania 3.3Ss: Ohio.
: $50. Indiana .0s4: Illinois. 1905: Wisconsin.
: Cos and Michigan, 1884
Another executive order OF the President aJ-
tncrtzes the Postofice Department TO i'll vacan-
-.=s in fourth class postmasterships without
Civil Service examination until the Civil Service
omission shall certify TO the department that
81 rs anIe TO hold examinations and make certif-
cations 70 such places
The action 81 the President has long been con-
te-plated. but has been withheld because Of the
df-7cuIty IN conducting the examinations and
Obtaining q list OF sug1bIes in consequence Of
TIE work that would be thrown the Civil Ser
VICE commission The commission, however,
nov says il is fully capable Of handling this
ass Of work The states included within the
order we're selected because the department has
experienced less difficulty in getting eligibles for
tn rural carrier service there than elsewhere
r was said At the department however, that
ire Presidents order was the beginning Of q
rr.f--- which eventually ~1u include al post
o=5ees where -he salary is less than $1,000 in
--. CLASSIFIED service.