New-York tribune., 1908-06-30
RABBI ON CIVIL SERVICE
M M Feuerlicht addresses Uomen
Club Members.

,soston lime 2e-This was important day ior
the ninth biennial convention Of the Gen sraI req
GRAFTON Of womcn's Clubs. Mrs May Alden :" 49,
chairman a, the interfederation committee fepoiu ueu
q, .ba work Of that body and the reports OF 'he
outlook committee by Miss Harriet Lake; the IL
,rarv committed by Mrs. A. T. Broonhall an" VI
.be foreign correspondent by Mrs Philip y. Aoore'
Of St Louis 4 vice-president OF the feoeIs''i'H'
were heard.
Much time was devoted TO the progress OF fne
se6eration's movement for Civil Service reform a
committee which has had the matter in charge io
the last teo years reporting on its work rlroSs
Miss Anna Lewis Clark its chairman Niis' ~
b Perry Of Beloit, Kan, described the "oiA %
the Girls Industrial School" Tie Co-ol7i A'ioi'
of the Chapters Of the Daughters OF the AM. -
E2,spiblic and the Clubs OF Women for Pure F'H-
tics" were discussed by Mrs Chariotte h1'ilsi cor
Main OF Washington who is riee-l'res'oen' se'e'n'
Of that society. -, -,
ono Of the addresses Of the day was delivered oy
Rabbi NJ NJ Feuerlicht, OF Indianapolis VINO Sl'oNe
on The Spols system He said, IN par''
,rba merit system has established itself as a
1ogrsl and irn1Utable principle OF democratic eo,
ernment- \ decade ago me nuiopei i - of fbe ma
non was less than ninety thousand TO-DAY tilete ,
more than ls:gg suS6 RnsI1IS iRn1pe from The mag
mani baccili engendered by the oper'uon oi 0'e
r5s cify' however is stin in the greedy ana mum, uh,
relaxing crasy, Of the spokesman Starlns 1n j1
- sound there is no City Hall in all me Ianu
+o-5ay me ACQUISITION and tenure OF Mhese .ba 81
- 44,ces from The police chief down 10 Iie
1oonr 5o,,iI obo cleans streets, are hol pil Pr
T1ariiv dependent upon the acclce''' oi o- -
candidates political afflllat'on ,:os NTH oven
.os z-l,a+ Is rr1le Of the city appiies WIN ,SL
e-earer force TO the county ana me
stsre takes care Of the great bodN oi nh +beee
defective and delinquent, alloils ue, i,-,e brt
+be federal and municipal eoVernhetIII. ia ,hor
1if+1e 5irecr and immediate concern. ~ 2
fore r5ev 10 whom intrust the ruilltis VI Ft@r
-Tarhinerv are disoyal and falIl!ess L1ra1 II x,oo
- IS SpeClnc pnfdeh
- n state has to bear, and il IS that hoIeI ;+t, m
-r-oT,, ,7.--TT N-S1P
Mons is intended To relieve. - .,,ora GRO
81 I.ast half a million or one IN eStIH sI,oo
and sixty Of population cel.a+ celeh1eIls an T1rre
forro or other upon the direct ana ~ -te
tecf5o, az 7lle state How do We care loI 'iii
r. these latter DAYS have beer hearing nHCh 4,
~ rraf- Of -Satered stock ana hlSh nilahCS-
,,,er We re-7ett that il is not only We p alSo l @
C-r5fsu and the widow. VINO nave euLtei'tI -
t~cer would almost forget the mercy WHICH !
1oers Justice and rise 70 the neat OF ull ?,,t =.
1oIe~.a And r-et right here in tins allu o
,,+ l,r,-35G effort and right in this enilght-
e-ed twentieth century. We VINO coilSulute r atle
e+a-e borh in lis wider and narrower seist, O., "Ls
,7errri-+ing 4he thousands OF teebt ana heltleSs
1rs-zs 14r1-sfei 10 care L. Slf1er lle woe ~
esr.,5 in which efficiency must yield 10 Inc pI u =
+ali-1 # rsrtiSansfip and even the sacTetile93
charity must he exposed tie pollutlon ol pol!.
Feprsn+ evil Of a system which claims even t'le
of distress and disease tor the poIllLC<fI
Tor are stiT as rampant in the DAYS OF oil.
Here therefore. lies legitimate al!a eA'
fertile field for the labor of the woman elup'
I1ere is The rSvchoogical opportunity Tor lorCe-
III and intelligent womanhood TO clei4Ilse III,
ho51sehold of democracy without ropbliiG heI !.!I
~ rb4 mantle dornCsticTy with Wilcn lTad!o,
bse clothed her or the political rights WhlcH
she believes modern conditions entlhe her 10 ue
nland.