New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-04
APPOINTMENT CANCELLED
Withdraw Or. C.. B. BaCon'S Name
as Medical Superintendent.
INVESTIGATION is STOPPED
Commissioner DrummOnd De-
clares He Knew Nothing Of
q Irregularities in Selection.

The appointment or Dr. Charles b. Bacon
ent of hospitals I'm the Departm snt of Char
tiles was cancelled on Wednesday BY Com
missioner Drummond after an nves,is:-
ton OF the manner of the appointment had
been started by the Municipal Civil Ser
vice Commission in consequence or the
publication in The Tribune of he detabs
Of the appointment. DIR. Bacon's pay cncCk
was held UP by Controller Prendcrgast on
Tuesday at the request of James Creelmsn,
president OF the Civil Service Commission.
pending the result Of the investigation. The
appointment having been cancelled and the
results sought in the enforcement Of the law
thus being attained, the investigation has
been dropped.
Dr. Bacon was twelfth on the list Of can
didstes eligible for the office 10 which ne
was appointed. and his appointment Was
obtained through the certihcation OF a list
OF candidates up 10 and including him. The
candidates preceding him on the list who
had expressed their willingness to s,rve
were then asked 10 waive their rights TO
the appointment. When, by this means, the
others were eliminated until DR.. Bacon " as
third in the list OF those eligible and de-
string the place he was selected. The APP
pontment was so made 10 appear 10 be
within the letter. if not the spirit, o. the
law
When The Tribune called attention last
Saturday 10 the manner in which the APP
pointment of DR.. Bacon had been obtained
President Creelman at once issued an CrGer
TO the employees of the Municipal civil Ser
vice Commission to prevent any such cir
convention of the law in the future. He
learned that though the law said only three
names should be certified at a time as
being those of men eligible for appointment
10 any office necessary 10 be filed. 1t had
been the custom of the commission for sew
eral years TO certify lists Of ten or more
names in the cases OF offices whore it +" rs
likely there would be many dec nations.
thus saving the trouble of numerous GER
tifcations Of lists OF three.
Mr.. CreeIman issued.a strict order that
in the future the eligible lists certified by
the commission should not contain more
than three names and that no new hs'
should be certified for any office hhul
all those on the list already given mad oe-
ciined 20 accept the Office. In addluon 10
this. he ordered that the heads q Depart
ments or bureaus should be requested ~
send TO the commission, with the apphca-
lions for new lists. the waivers o. decHHd-
lions from those on the previous lists III
order that there might be no DOUBT 'h"'
neither persuasion nor coercion had peeh
used 10 obtain the waiver or dechndtloh'
AS II was found that one OF the letters
clearing the way for the appointment OF
DR.. Bacon contained a sentence lholCa'IHs
that the right was waived because ol "
request by the Department OF Char'les' OH
investigation was started to learn II coe'
cion had been used in this case Al the
same time Controller Prendergast was
asked 10 hold up Dir. Bacon's pay chech.
Subnonss we're issued for those VINO Idu
waived their rights to the appointment, ana
the hearing was set for yesterday morning
On Wednesday afternoon, however Coih-
missioner Drummond visited the "in'es OF
tho Municipal Civil Service Commission ana
told President Creelman that the appoint
nent Of DR.. Bacon had been cancelled
In making this statement Commissioner
Ururun,ond said that he had not been par
ticularly anxious for the appointment OF
Dr BACON and that ne had not been aware
that there had been any irregularities con-
rectad with Or. RaCOn's selection. the IN
vestigation was dropped "hen INC dPpO'"'
rnent was cancelled
No new request has been received lIo''.
the Department Of Charities Tor hst oil
those eligible TO appointment as genera
medical superintendent Of hospitals p"l
was said al the Civil Service COMMISSION
offices yesterday that II such r'lucS'
were received the list would contain DO
more than three names. and Dr' hnc"il
would have to wait his turn until all those
.bove him had declined the appointment IN
rrours Of three. 1t was added that ooth
the form of letter from the department Of
ferinc the place to those eligible ana 'he
Letter Of deciination would have TO CONFORM
~ the ideas OF the commission