The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-21

replied MT. Ferry amid aauBnIeF. ssTheEe are hundreds of men within the state just as able as I or any of the other commissioners
 | Wt1iia1r1 Myers correspondent for the Associated Press, asked MT. Perry if the civil service law and other bills weren't put through the house on me last day under a, suspension of the rules A1r. Myers said such conditions would prevent one man from killing a Ibili.
 well, either things have changed I since I was speaker, or you and | donst agree on this matter of rules sus- penston,' 7 said MT. Perry, and MT. My CTS sat down.
 said he had been hired and fired within a. short time under a civil ser l vice Iaw,'' said the present law is a good one. The arnemdanent, he thought, would practically kill it.
 w S Rogers, a manufactures of
 itchheld,s said he opposed civil ser vice as a. whole and thought the law sion abolished He lanented the fact that the commission had held a com ipetitive exanination even for a place as insignificant as office boy
 attorney Arthur M. Marsh of the Civil Service Reform association was the next speaker.
 ssFror many years,'' he said, afthe ICsonnecticlit CIVIL Service Reform aS- Isociat1on worked faithfully to have written into the statutes a civil service law We had no axes to grind and worked free from partisan entangIe- n1ents.
 ..yve have taken no part in the con troversv which, we might as well all admit, is the direct cause of this pro lposed aInendrnent In view of the
 worked here and elsewhere 1t seems almost incIedlbIe to me that the as- sociation should have to come here, as l it does now, to oppose an amendment Iof this kind though it is called aIt 1 anaendnent 1t is virtually a repeal ssThe issue at stake is not whether fftaais commission or that commission f fshaH come under the law, but rather Egpl1ether the vital principles of civil service shall continue to obtain in this. Estate
 ssVVe ask the ,eonaanittee and the Gen. Eeral Assembly, to use deHberation in
 this matter Do not throw out of the ! window this whole service law, simply Ibecause of one job or a. few jobs.
 ann Republic and am proud Of my party ahlIiations. But do not Ibeheve 51lad the Republican party, as l a matter of policy, if for no other req EBon, should not ernAscu1ate this good 1 law. This law means competency and
 efficiency instead Of the sspoiIs sys- ttend.s
 
 on my fellow Republicans to hesitate before throwing out Of the capitol win dow this law. The affect of such a icourze upon the political fortunes of Ithe party would be direEuL And we would merit such results. 3 If the Repunaican ma5ority in this EGenefa1 Assembly doesn't want civi1s Eservices let it come out and say so.z Don't ennasculate the law by alleged azlendInents; come out openly and re-s 4f hope that the law will continue and be amened only to improve it., Prof. Henry W. F'arnum, of Yale tUniyersity, president of the Civil Ser vice Reform Association, followed. iDuring his remarks, Prof Farnum Tread a letter from President Taft, op-- ! 3posing the amendment The letter will be found elsewhere in the Farmer. He ialso read a letter from former Cover nor RolEin S. Woodruff, Republican, in which MT. Woodruff said that Ito re- Ipeal to the law before it has had a Ichance to work it's full benefits would lfbe 3. Republican bIunder-
 Prof. F'arnz11n in opening his ad- Idress, said the protest over the IsbeH iaznenednent had been termed "a tenn slpest in a, teapot' He agreed that the Iaoi1l, of itself was small; but added I9a1at it's consideration involved the lDrincipIes of civil service which were in yogue throughout the United States
  lthe federal government were aligned.
 For 30 years the civil service has tbeen in vogue in our federal govern fment, said Prof F'a1nan- The first Icivil service law was written by a. IDeuocraf and Democratic and ReplIb- tIfcan administrations since have done Inaught except to increase it's scope land broaden it's public benefits. It Ihas succeeded the .spoils system
 '9The greatest argument against the sl lcivn service seems to be the atdtude Iof Whats the use2 We get along all lEight without it; this Is Connecticut the land of steady habits But don't [ think that we in Connecticut know it laIl See how the civil service has lfFourished and will continue to flourish era1 government. Can Connecticut af- ford to lag?
 .sIn this particular instance, the chic fob5ection seems to be that the
 Republicans believe the Democrats put over something on them in the Hast election. If that be true. and this law were repealed oreradica1ly amend led, what might happen if those plot ting and deeply clever Democrats tagadn got into power2 Would the in nocent, conhding Republicans be safe isvith such schemers about? tI believe the law good one. Ii } nnfghtsbe amended in some details, but : as whole, 1t is ueritorious law and } could not be emaSculateds as Is pur- Iposed by this amendment.'
 Prof. Farnam then asked Senator ! IJbeH if he would stand sponsor fo1 5 1.-the amendment. q want to fix the . responsibility he said, because i 1 it's yours don't want to say anything ! to hurt your feelings
 Senator Isbe1l wouldn't claim tht . responsibility for the measure, bur f lsaid it has been brought in to allow 3 of a wide discussion of all proposed
 amendments to the present law. l -sI have come to look upon thi. : amendment" continued Prof Farnam : .4as a found1fng that was left on Sen I astor IsbelPs doorstep. The senator i. s a pE1ilanfhropic soul and took it in . E3a1f 11ea 1discIairns- tf1ea 1oarenfRae zanf