Evening star., 1921-12-25

! Civil service REFORM designedSs Z"
establish the government departments
| on the basis "f
Grants Message on the merit prin-
Civil Service. ,n,e1 ahnr, ar,,
years ago In The Star of December IL.
| 1871, is the text of a message to Con
gress from President Grant accompanS
| ing the report Of the Civil Service co<
mission which he had appointed upAer
the act of Marc.> 3. 1871. The Pres
dent noted that the lauors of this b-N'
in devising rules I'D regulations for ib,.
reform of the civil service, had bcen
completed. the rules had been adopted
and they would 60 into effect January II,
1872. The President said: L.
| Under the law as ] interpret it the
authority is already invested in the OK
| ecutive to enforce these regulations.
| with full power TO abridge. alter O.
, amend them at his option when chanEYs
! may be deemed advisable. These view
are submitted for your careful cons'de,
| alton as to whether further lecis2a
! tion may be necessary in order 10
| carry out an effective and bcncGcial
| cI-Il service reform. If left to myself,
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| the rules prescribed by the corniuis
| sion under the reservation alread"
| menNoned. would be faithfully exc
| cuteA but they are not binding. with
out further leGisla tion, upon my sue
| CeSSors.
| subject to the attention Of Congress
| before the approaching recess. l have
not time to sufficiently examine IN"
| accompanying report to enable me 10
suggest definite legislative action 10
| insure the support which may h'.
| necessary in order to give thorough
/ trial to policy long needed.
| Il ask for all the strength which Con
gresS can give me to enable me to carry
| out the reforms in the civil service
recommended by the commission ard
adopted 10 take effect January !. 1872,
| The law which provides for convening
a commission to devise rules and regu-
| lationS for reforming the civil service
i authorizes the permanent organization
i of primary board under whose general
| direction all examinations of applicants
! for public office shall be conducted
| There is no appropriation to continu"
such a board beyond the termination o.
| its present IaborS. l therefore recon-
| mend that :; proper Appropriation D.
! made to continue the seviceS OF the pre-
sent board for another year. and in view
| of the fact that three members OF the
/
vice, which precludeS them from rerelN-
| ing extra compensation under existing
! laws, that they be authorized TO receive
! a fair compensation for extra services
| by them in the performance of this
duty
! The farmers who come TO the Center
Market for the sale and display OF
| their produce have
Eormerc Of very com Portable
| and convenient ac
! the Market. commodations. Bu,
Fifty years ago they We're in sad state
! in that region The Star of December
o3. 1871, says:
THE market company have done Il
brutal and senseess thing in drivin;
the countrymen from the open spaces
! near the market up to the bleak out-of-
! the-way place near 10th street bridge
| 1t is doubtful if the act authorizing tn
| city to occupy the ground near the lpta
street bridge for market for II"
| countrymen empowers the market com
pany to drive them up there, and Ger
tainly they cannot do 50 until some ar
commodations have been supplied there
| and the ground made hit for the pul
poses designated. But granting that the
1 coHlpdNy nave inc pc"ei, 4. 10 q
extraordinary and indefenSible deed, 1"
| enforce that power at this incletneni
season, driving the countrymen in a cold.
| inaccessible place, Where there are II"
customers, and enabling the hucksteis
at the market to put up their own prices.
| The countrymen are naturally Indignant
at their treatment and some OF them
who have attended Center Market for
many years declare that this is the las;
time they will come to this city. or
certainly to the vicinity of this market.
In other large cities it is considered Il
wise thing to encourage countrymen {"
| bring il their produce"