The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-10
SHOWS VALUE Of STATE WORK
Declares That Civil Service Commission
is Finding Permanent and Profitable
Employment and Urges Kenosha to
Get the Civil Service Habit at Once.

T. E. Doty of Madison, head Of the
Wisconsin State Civil Service Commits
sion, spent Tuesday afteroon in Keno
sha and in the short time that lie was
in the city sought to secure greater
local interest in the work of this state
department. Mr. Doty came here to
conduct an examination of candidates
for the Office of state stenographer, but
he found no candidates in waiting and
he spent the afternoon discussing the
work of the department with the mem
bers of the local board of civil service
examiners.
We want to get into closer touch
with the people, we want the people to
know that the public service is open
to them and that we desire them to
make an effort to sell their service to
the state, = said Mr.. Doty. "This
work of getting men and women to
fill the many positions open in the
state service is largely matter of
habit and Kenosha people have never
got the habit. Many places in the
state now have regular classes of ap-
plicants for places under the civil
services and these classes are furnish
ing to the state people who are earn
ing good salaries and being placed in
line for advancement. Somehow or
other Kenosha has never got into line
in this work and want the people Of
the city who feel that they would like
places in the state service to com
municate with the commission at Madi-
son. We will put them on the mailing
list and keep them in touch with ex-
aminations along the line of work in
which they interested. In six years I
have examined $4,000 applicants for
places in the public service in the
state. y
In speaking Of the scores Of positions
that will be opened in connection with
the coming session of the legislature
Mr.. Doty said: "Of course some of
the men who come to us during legis-
lative sessions are men who have tried
a good many other lines Of work, but
the great majority of men who enter
the state service for these legislative
positions find that this work leads to
permanent advancement. The men
working in the legislature come into
touch with many men of wide business
interests and if they make good in the
legislature they are nearly always
picked out by one of these men and
placed in permanent positions. Others
find ways to get into the state uni
versity while they are at Madison and
some Of the men have become very
successful as professional men. The
service is attracting high grade men
is to keep for the public service the
best of these men. Of course the larg-
est number of our applicants are from
Madison, but there are other cities in
the state in which there are large
classes awaiting for each examination
These towns have the fhabit." There
are lots Of young men and women in
Kenosha who could find profitable en-
ployment in the public service in Ke-
nosha, but they hesitate to take the
examinations on account of the fact
that few Kenosha people have succeed
ed in getting into this line of work.
1t is pretty certain that any person
who is competent will Immediately get
into the service of the state. We
have many places to fill and they are
flled without regard to political
affiliations. | dare say that you will
hear more politics in one of the hotels
in Kenosha any day in the week than
you would hear in a week IN the CAPT
tai at Madison. What we want to I'M
press upon the people is that they get
in touch with the commission direct.
In this manner we will know just where
to find them ana we will keep them
posted in regard to examinations which
will lead toward positions that they
are interested in. The commission Is
in no way partial and the state wants
helpers from Kenosha county just the
same as any other county in the
state