Show ille THE POINT la in speaking on the ibo civil service re form question thurlow weed says my be has bu often occo thought that ir if three of the men this ceausu try bu beta produced Commod wo vas van dir bill george law ll 11 hall to lo undergo a competitive exam lo in hen day ladof of civil ki V CA reform as candidates for positions IQ in the iho cantors castors house bouse or POR they could not get as night wa icamen lo Is tho the collectors office lo 10 undertaking to answer this knockdown blow tho the now new york evening pt ono one of the iho most fanatical of the dill chit marvica journals editor moro more in ia that bussum now dow than when bo be was a cabinet officer sayi ayk the arc 11 intended to test teat the capacity for the discharge of duties ol of persons of moderate mod crato ambition who he aro are satisfied with ysmall salary monthly they are not intended for peewee nho he expect to bo be millionaires it further ra bays that uch such men as those named darned do so not t PC acob sit c employment an la in tho the civil kila such comments us As the of cho piet JM show khow that A typical reform or er is 10 wholly holly incompetent to 10 comero compro head bead any common mass on OB this q uc af ties an aad allne of mcging near ar aument of course coarse the ho point of mr words is ii that thai the abo civil inactions utterly ignore ignofo charclia natural capacity nod and brain and hy nil all their arci stress on the ibo parade of en certain artam memorized memorised tire aro no test of anything except ot of the opportunity for cramm log which the candidate lass hall hail ayo young man who has hodwi no backbone go will wil pa P power a so DO sagacity eaga cUy but bul ft a little litlo technical I 1 schooling could outstrip a jr a a law in then toy tests cut B 0 of f ability while ciliate of the men bama I 1 could carry us oo any pubic or privately priva telo a away a way lo 10 eclipse his lii successful com UtterlY in ia sm examination tho the ticul lical man of soloi the sagacious bus bum i 0 aass man maa the maa dan of natural ability stands no DO wilh ilia a schoolboy boy weta the ibo takes tho the furm form of a civil bocc its this ihla result of the civil yale rule ind and eramia eions which makes the n beta in with nub them to in practical pea pie pic in the fact la in tuch such a way awny for determining mining s for office is 13 get cot a practical way it lutcs matters of nu special out of nt nu all do great grce and makes them take the iho of real and the ihu po possession session ot of those qualities really mako make the man maa and its ibo anc for position that ia a why by it at has bas been found so to cart enforce arce appointment suit mil according to the ibo I 1 m practicable impracticable persons persona n ho insist ott oo thu the school teacher theory as am iho he great ga panacea for fee ilia lards four 1 I service system aud ami when such undertake to lu discuss ilia ques juc talma linn it alii is usually milli ili a sublime ciare aitro card cfall ideas and by totally ignoring conj avoiding all of force that MAY inny bo be said baid in op tl tbell system they dlight in how the Eug llala ysl iii ol of life ifo service has bac been imp improved rosed by the weeding out of out but it u I 1 a matter mailer of cou course reema england be to tn core care oro of a lot lol of phu would prefer to kiert iho here tia thero Is 14 00 oo ouch buch state and nil we trust it may bo be loog long worn our ch U kelvice reform friends shelf vaut cd ill corer log upon tho the country a 9 ditc anaro of office la IQ any ady capacity or of in ia any larh branch of the public service |