Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-23
President Wilson's Shake-Up
of Commission Reported
to Be Under Way.
BLACK AND WASHBURN
ARE SLATED TO RETIRE
McIlhenny to Remain, With C. M
Galloway and George r. Wales
as Associates.

The expected shake-up in the civil
service commission is on the way. ac-
cording to information that is not Of
hcially denied. and the nomination. of
the new commissioners may go to the
Senate when that body meets next
Monday
The new commission, reports state,
will be John a. McIlhenny. now on the
commission: c. NJ. Galloway of South
Carolina and George r. Wales Of Yer
mont. at present and for many years
past chief examiner Of the body.
Black and Washburn Leave.
To make way for the new commission
Gen. John A. Black. democrat, will be
displaced, as will William S. Washburn,
republican.
II became known today on undis-
putable authority that President Will
son has accepted the resignation OF
Gen. Black and Mr. Washburn, sent to
him March 4. along with other officials
of the government This settles the
fact. it was stated. that there is to be
change in the commission. leaving
little doubt that the new commission
viii be composed Of McIlhenny. Gallo
way and Wales
hS pl-pdTtiSdH uUuS tuc
last ten years. Gen. Black pre-
sumably represented the democrats. He
was appointed by President Roosevelt
in 1903. Mr.. McIlhenny was appointed
as a close personal friend of Theodore
Roosevelt. He was a rough rider, and
came here on the solicitation of Col.
Roosevelt. Mr.. Washburn came to
Washington in 1890 as an examiner in
the civil service commission. He was
sent to the Philippines to take charge
of civil service work there. and In 1909
- he
mission here by President Taft. He IL
from New York.
The commission has been harshly criti-
cised by democratic senators and repre-
sentatives and the economy and efficiency
commission. President Taft's pet organi-
zation did not give the commission a
high rating. President Taft found the
commission unyielding In special cases In
which he thought the civil service rules
and regulations should not be applied SO
inexorbly. and President Wilson con-
fronted the same problem when he en-
tered Office and sought to have considera-
tion given. to several cases he regarded as
deserving of action outside the strict ap-
plication of the rules.
Former Pension Commissioner.
Gen. Black. a former commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army and commits
sioner Of pensions under President
cleveland, has been president OF the
commission since January, 1904.
c.. NJ. Galloway is private secretary to
Senator Smith of South Carolina and
clerk to the Senate committee on i'm
migration. He was a newspaper man
| in Columbia until he came here with
Senator Smith. His nomination has
been urged By the South Carolina dele
cation in Congress.
Mr. Wales is nominally a republican.
although he has had little party affilia-
. ton for years. He has devoted him.
self to his work as chief examiner of
| the commission. He has been with the
commission for more than twenty
Years. most of the time as chief ex-
aminer.
II is denied that the commission. with
| the two new members. will be lost to the
democrats MIR. McIlhenny was a Rough
Rider but was democrat before he came
here. il is said. He was a close personal
friend of Col Roosevelt but il Is de-
clared that he did not follow Col. Roose-
Welt into the bull moose party, and gave
his support TO the democrats.
Has Burleson's Backing.
Postmaster General Burleson Is knowr
to have interested himself in behalf o
Mr.. McIlhenny with President Wilson
Mr. Burleson is close friend of the
commissioner. and has had much contac
in an official way with him.
Mr.. McIlhenny saw President Wilson
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