Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-06-12
Liners AGAINST MAYOR
The City Hall Aristocracy Of Pen
sion Hunting Life Job Holders
Are Against Thompson.
A Little Investigation o. Many Of
Thorn VIII Stake Thorn To- . Court
Proof Bounce. =, '3o-,l


The Civil Service Commission Of
the City Of Chicago has. for many
years. been violating the law Of. the
State. "f''
The Civil Service law has been
brazenly disresarded by II.
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.
With the exception Of the Chief Elk.
aminer. and Secretary Of the Commits.
sion, all Of the other examiners"
have been appointed and paid In viola.
ton of the law. tr ...t.
Section IS of the Civil Service act,
as adopted by the voters Of Chicago.
which can only be amended with the
approval Of the voters Of Chicago,
reads as follows:
Sec. IL. Salaries and Expenses.
In cities having population Of one
hundred thousand inhabitants or more
each Of said commissioners shall re-.
ceive a salary Of three thousand dol.
lars a year; the chief examiner shall
receive a salary of three thousand dol.
lars a year. Any person not at the
time In the Official service Of the city,
serving as member Of the board OF
examiners or Of q trial board. shall
receive compensation for every day
actually and necessarily spent in the
discharge of his duty as an examiner
or member of the trial board, at
the rate Of five dollars per day, and
said commission may. In such city,
also incur expenses. not exceeding
five thousand dollars per year, for
clerk hire, printing, stationery and
other incidental matters.
In spite Of this provision Of the law.
passed by the Legislature and ap-
proved by the voters Of Chicago be.
fore It could become operative.
The President Of the Commission
has been drawing q salary Of $4,000
per year instead OF $4,000 per year.
Examiners have been regularly EN-.
ployed at high salaries In violation OF
the direct terms of the law.
Instead OF the Commission limiting
itself to $1,000 year for help, 1t has
paid out illegally over 100000 d year.
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. -, -7-.;r
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 10 that for illegally?
Section 9 OF the Civil Service law
says:
Sec. 8. Examinations. All appli'
cants for ONCE 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 AZ to residence, age, health
habits and moral character. Such OK
aminations shall be practical In theil
character, and shall relate to those
matters which win 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, wheI
appropriate. of manual skill. No ques
tons In any examination shall relate
to political or religious opinions o.
a6iliations.
Moreover. the pet "examiners' o.
the commission appointed In violation
OF the law have held the examination
40 they pleased.
II one ,Qf them happened to b.
around, he held the examination; 4
more than one they held It.
1t depended very much ON th,
length Of their lunch routes or a. I,
whether they had any outside bust
ness to attend to. ~
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