The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-17
Clerks Charged to Iowa
State Has Not Yet Reached its Full Quota Entitled to
81 More Places

State Has Not Yet Reached
81 More
WASHINGTON, b. c., July II, The
Investigation which Representative
Woods, Of the Tenth Iowa district, IS
making OF the list OF government
clerks charged to Iowa has developed
the fact already that the Hawkeye
state Is entitled to at least sixty-one
more places on the payroll OF Uncle
Sam In Washington. Inquiries at the
office OF the civil service commission
by congressman and others with re-
spect to the Iowa quota Of government
positions have met with the repeated
response that the state had exceeded
Its number under the quota allowed u
1.-The last statement short time ago
being that Iowa had 235 persons IN
| the apportioned service, or twelve
more than it was entitled to aold.
This report caused Representative
| Woods to sit up and take notice. he
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clusion OF long list OF other resi-
| dents OF that state who had passed
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Az Is,,,a ,s,aaaa a., wsre Allied Mr.,
49,. caIled ,,non the civil
service commission to furnish aim a
comnlete list Of the government EN-.
moves IN washington who claim Iowa
as their legal residence and are
charged "a that states quota.
n,aek Furnishes ! List.
President John G. Black. Of the civil
service commission. has responded
with the list desired BY Mr.. Woods II
1 shows that instead Of the Iowa quota
being exceeded. that state is entitled
"a at least sixty-one more civil service
4 appointments In tae washington de
partments. In letter to Mr.. Woods
i General Black says:
arha ,rmhor ~ onno,ntmenfs In til,
annort,onad service a. This writin,
fIulv Oh q q osa az this numbe
i Iowa l. entitled nm the basis OF it
nonp,at,on8 81 the last decennial cen
sus = 2a7 Tho ,ist submitted here
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which e charged 10 the state OF low;
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- nust he hold IN tho STATE where )
:, annl;cant ras;das and tbat No nars
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- unless he bas baan aetpaIlv domiciI
y in sucb state for a. 1eas+ ona %
~ nrevions 70 tha examination W;
Of tbis nrotect;on aoa,nst nonras,den
n ana mo ovarhauling that Renrasen
Il. tive woods nronoses ~ Give tho m
ID ant .Iowa,, ,ist ~ oovernmart
,le r,Iovas actnal Iowans No can ~.
of ~ nndar civil sarvice axam,nation