The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-18
HINT NJ 'ADOO GOT
JOBS FOR RELATIVES
OuStcd OfficchOldcrs Charge
Sccrctary's Kindred Are
Favored.
THREE IN PLACES HERE
Niece. Nephew and Cousin
Draw Salaries In Internal
Revenue Office.

relatives and former employees ot Secre-
,arx OF the Treasury McAdoo are mede
In a resolution passed by the Associate"
OF Ex-Depu,v collectors Of Internal
Revenue. protesting against bill, intro
duced in Congress by senator Hughes OF
New Jersey. intended to give to the pres
ent deputies the protection Of the civil
service law.
Since Collector Eisner OF this district
took Office every field deputy but one
has been removed. The resolution says
that I'm a number OF cases Collector
E.isner has stated that he was Forced
To do so and was powerless In the
matter"
Among the appointees in this district
since the present administration took
Office have been Mrs. NJ. Lou MacDon-
aid. cousin OF Mr.. McAdoo's; Miss
MARY Faith McAdoo. a niece; John
O'Neiii. a nephew; John Castle. Mr..
McAdoo's housekeepers husband, and
James Williams. said by DR.. Frederick
Marshall Collector Eisners predecessor.
to have been a member Of Mr.. McAdoo's =
household
Grosa Abuse Charged.
zone OF those who had been removed
he had been an enrolled Democrat for
few years" the resolution states.
Those deputy collectors who had been
assigned to clerical work have all been
removed except thos. who were enrolled
Democrats In this office the principles
of civil service reform were most grossly
abused and palpably traversed. \ num-
Der of the deputy collectors dismissed
( were those who had earned their APP
f
aminations."
Collector Eisner denied every one o!
the charges last night. lie said that
he had appointed only one OF the rela'
t.yes OF Mr. McAdoo mentioned. Johr
: O'Nein. whose recommendation came
! from Congressman Eeardon.
/ II have never been asked by Mr.. Nc.
Adoo or any one In Washington to make
any appointments for political or other
reasons said the Collector. "and 40 faI
asl know AIr Mead 20 was not Interested
In IN. appointment OF his nephew. Nc
! pressure OF any kind has ever beer
! brought 20 bear on me to remove any
| one from office. II is true that have
removed all but one Aeia' deDuty. buf u
was for the COOL of the service. and the
Office has become much more enicien'
since the new staff has been at work
There were good reasons for removing
them all, You know you generally hnt
ou, more abou, men after you have dis
missed them than YOU know when thel
are there
Just what do you mean by that
Mr.. ..lsner was asked
shy. collections Are Larger.
Well. the collections got larger an'
the staff produced better results thah 'h'
old one"
"If vou did not know anything ahou
the men. who suggested that the offic'
might gain by their REMOVAL" the col
lector was asked.
NO one suggested it," said Mr., Eisner
The other offices all had new blood II
them when I was appointed In April
last year. and the change naturally sus
gested itself II was justified too by tn
results. and I believe there will be sev
, erpl millions more collected this Yea
, than last on the same valuation. an
many NOR. violations of the law stopped
. Many OF these OLD appointees had sof
Jobs and didn't do much work. coul
have gone on with the old staff, Of course
, but II seemed best not to-"
Two relatives and Two former ser
, wants oe Mr. McAdoo were appointe
, during the last two years Of the term a
Collector Of Dr. Frederick Marshall.
holdover from the Taft administration
and now Superintendent OF Election,
Dr. Marshall explained that the appoint
ments. with the exception OF the selec
tron OF Miss Mary Faith McAdoo wer
made by Commissioner OF Internal Rev
: enue Osborn in Washington
Some one sort of let me know tina
Miss McAdoo would like to be AZ
pointed" he. said. "and knowing tina
; sh. vas relative OF Nj. NcAdoo,
&. thought he might like Il. The recon-
! mendation did not come from him. bu
can't tell you who did recommend he
II lust came to me. you know Sh
= filled the Job very well, too. I wish
I had her with me now. Williams.
: think, was valet or something liz
that
"As for the other appointments, the
. we're made In Washington, and Mr. Nj
i Adoo had nothing to do with them d
e rectly. do not think that he did II
directly, either No one ever asked m
, to make room for any friend Of Mr.. NJ
Adoo. In fact. all the removals Wei
by Eisner. ! never heard that Mr. NJ
Adoo suggested any changes in conne'
ton with the office
The resolution in which the charges
Z wholesale removal OF deputy collector
for political purposes is made quote
President Wilson as saying that he
). convinced that the office OF deputy co
y lector was never intended to be include
! under the ordinary provision OF the civ
y service law. but that the spoils syste
would never creep in with his approva
e Calls II PAYING Party Debts.
% "In spite OF the Presidents attempt,
- eNplanation," the resolution states. I'd
rections from the Commissioner OF i
ternal Revenue, orders from the Seer
tary OF the Treasury by the direction
the President. wholesale removals
deputy collectors were made througho
the country. Such removals were MAJ
for no other purpose than to create v
p cancics to pay political and personal o
lgations.'
No consideration was given to ci'
e, war veterans. says the resolution.
It ends by saying:
~ I'VE shall strongly and vigorously o
re pose any attempt on the part OF I
m Democratic party. any OF their henc
/. men or office holders who secured the
as present tenure through the machinatio
I of the spOils system to place the positi
. OF deputy collector of internal reven
IN i'm the classified service and there
make further mOckery OF the c!vll 50
NJ. vice act which In the light OF the aba
An circumstances has been the object
sham and perfdy by the national 4
ministratlon.'
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