Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-06-26
Liners AGAINST MAYOR

Liners AGAINST MAYOR
The City Hall Aristocracy of Pen
sion Hunting Life Job Holders
Are Against Thompson.
A Little Investigation Of Many Of
Them viii stake Them to q Court
Proof Bounce.
The Civil Service Commission Of
the City Of Chicago has, for many
years, been violating the law Of the
State.
The Civil Service law has been
brazenly disregarded by 1t.
Positions have been created in viola.
ton of the law.
Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
have been paid out for salaries for
Examiners and other positions Gre
ated In violation Of the law.
Instead of intelligent men being
called in at IS per day to conduct ex.
aminations, pets of the board have
been put on the regular pay roll at
high salaries in defiance Of the Civil
Service law.
The law provides for Competitive
examinations.
Many of the examinations have not
been.
In fact many examinations have
been held for one man only.
How IL that for Illegally?
Section 9 Of the Civil Service law
says:
Sec. 8. Examinations. All appli.
cants for office or places In said classi.
fed service, except those mentioned
in Section II, shall be subjected to
examination, which shall be public,
competitive and free to all citizens Of
the United States. with specified limi.
tations as to residence, age, health,
habits and moral character. Such ex.
aminations shall be practical in their
character, and shall relate to those
matters which will fairly test the rela.
tive capacity of the persons examined
to discharge the duties Of the positions
to which they seek to be appointed,
and shall include tests Of physical
qualifications and health. and. when
appropriate, of manual skill. No ques-
lions in any examination shall relate
to political or religious opinions or
Affiliations.
Moreover, the pet examiners" Of
the commission appointed In violation
Of the law have held the examinations
40 they pleased.
II one of them happened to be
around. he held the examination; II
more than one they held It.
It depended very much on the
length Of their lunch routes or az to
whether they had any outside bust
ness to attend to.
In this examiner" business the law
has been boldly and denantly violated
from the start.
Section 8 also provides that
"The commission shall control all
examinations. and may. whenever an
examination Is to take place. desig
nate q suitable number Of persons
either in or not In the oflicial service
of the city, to be examiners. and II
shall be the duty Of such examiners
and, II In the oficial service, It shall
be part of their ofiicial duty. without
extra compensation, to conduct such
examination as the commission may
direct. and to make return or report
thereof to said commission. and the
commission may at any time substi
tute any other person, whether or moi
In such service. In the place Of any
one so selected; and the commission
may themselves at any time act al
such examiners, and without appoint
ing examiners. The examiners at an!
examination shall not all be mem
bers of the same political party"
The examiners at any examina
ton shall not be members Of the SAM
political party.
What q Joke.
Many examinations are conducted
by one examiner"
There is jail In sight for some o
the gang.
Section 81 Of the law says:
Sec. 80. Penalties. Any person VIII
shall wilfully. or through culpabl
negligence, violate any Of the provii
ions Of this act, or any rule pr0mu
gated In accordance with the pr0vii
ions thereof. shall be guilty Of mil
'demeanor. and shall. on conviction
thereof. be punished by q hne Of no
less than fifty dollars and not exceed
ing one thousand dollars. or by In
prisonment in the county jail for
term not exceeding six months. q
both such hne and imprisonment !
the discretion Of the court
Section Ss. provides that before thi
act can 60 into effect the votes Of th
city must approve OF It at an election
The voters Of Chicago have approve
of It. No amendment passed by th
legislature can 60 into effect unit