The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-07-08

Sam HAYS Fixes II So He
Viii Have Easy Sailing
with Official Kite


PAREcERHURG, July Sit has
developed that when Collector Of In
Etenranl Revenue Sam A. Hays was
ifnducted into that ONCE less Cln 2
week ago, and proceeded to recon-
mission the entire old force, each.
commission was only for ninety days
and the issuance was conditional up
ON the handing in BY each attashe.
of his signed resignation in blank
to be effective at the pleasure OF the
new collector.
when asked concerning this mat
ter, aIr. Hays said this was the case.
He added that this didn't necessarily
mean that he was going. to make q
clean sweep jof the employees OF the
office. When reminded that pro
ceeding was strictly new here, NE.
Hays said that might be so, but Il
had been done in Pennsylyania.
SIT was really the only course open
to me- said the new collector, "ex-
cent to recommission the entire force
indefinitely, which would have meant
for my whole term. You see there
was no eligible list from which to-
make appointments. and the bust
ness of the ONCE had to 80 on. 4
- had reconnaissance an, uncondt-
tionalIy, then had Il desired to make
+ any changes, / would have had to-
go through a lengthy process of pre-
Eferring charges. Naturally, I shall
wish to make some changes, but this
ia so Tar from meaning a clean sweep
that some OF the present force wllI
probably stay for the full term OF
four years. understand that al
partial eligible list has since been
prepared and that there will be an
examination for the purpose of re-
cruiting the list held on August 49,"
s.You then consider the force to
be under civil service?" the reporter
asked.
Certainly; but, all the same. being
appointees of the collector each and
every. member of it goes out of Office
when he does not have to be recon-
misstoned by the incoming collector.
This is also true OF the United States
marshal's deputies and of every other
office where the head appoints his
subordinates, although from a civil
service eligible list"
Asked If it was true, as reported
that Deputy Collector II. S. White,
OF Matewan, had refused to accept /
a commission under such conditions,
Mr.. Hays said Deputy White had
been one Of the very first to come in
under those terms. ny
1t is understood that not only the
Office force, but the twenty or thirty
field deputies, stamp clerks, and
other attaches OF the Office in the
district of West Virginia. are in the
same box. At the end of the ninety
days, such of them as have not had
their resignation accepted in the
meantime will be reappointed for an
other three months.
Ii can be readily seen THAI the bars
are absolutely down, with the single
exception of the civil service examina-
ton. In other words. there is abso-
IuteIy nothing to hinder the new col
lector from replacing any of the pres
emit attaches of the revenue Office with
Democrat, if said Democrat can
pass the test and get his name on the
eligible list. After that. it sisspIain1EE
sailing. And kindly as Mr.. Hays may
feel toward the present force, ft'ls
likely that his fellow Democrats who
have been hungering, and thirsting
after government Job for 10 these
many years-is it likely that they are
going TO let him retain many of those
tempting designations, unuaed2 Well
we should worry!