Show l M f fM M O f L TI W V 1 D of The Thc Civil CI 1 Service Ice Reform Defends Him MATTER MATER OF APPOINTMENTS Ones Under t Iller Him Less Than 1 Under Any An Other elt n April Irl 17 I of o tin th committee on 11 civil service recently to 10 W V 1 D former civil service commis commissioner calling euln his hil attention to II the Ihl re recent 11 cent rell and other criticisms III of or on I the I he hero ground ro 11 Hint ho had u I number of Irregular Irre ull appointments to lu luthe the tho than tiny of ot his and Ild In view of ot tha tho fut tid that the period covered 11 while l commissioner his opinion of the charge In 1 Mi II ou c letter leiter under dato of or April 15 hu II wrote The ho fact net Is III exactly oS dl the tho other 1 There 1110 wo h eri n fewer appointments e under Ulder President than under 1111 any 11 other president there his haR been blen no 10 Mme the Ihl o tC if the tho service art In which the Ih competitive tive 10 system H has hiI advanced with lh ur 01 rapidity It I lum bein necessary IC lr for tor every It to 10 per permit Ile mit positions to 10 be ho with without wih out examination The number lias been reduced time to t tho Iho range ral c of the competitive system extended This process gono on nn faster under 1 del hul under any other IJO Of OC the tho 00 cases luses of suspensions of ot tin III dur during dl ing IlIg his only 33 are of ot who erI allowed to enter the tle examination without i In III other words word out of over oer i appointments to 10 the competitive Ice ko Mr l president l dent It I was lUH In these caws to 10 require competitive ex examination These cl e form thun of or 1 por cent of ot one of tho Iho appointments They for tor Instance a 1 steward In 11 tho House a I coachman In II tho navy WiT do Il In III the Iho two to lecal agents bureau of f corporations the I of ot the government hospital ho for fUI tho Insane and other cases IRes where on account of o 1111 the tho application tion 1101 was considered impracticable un In lIMo unjust or O unnecessary eR an Theco cases arc ure explained In 11 detail In 11 the tho an 11 mm IIII I of or tho til civil smite com They are Ir usually made 1110 on tho of ot a n cr with tho Iho approval roul of ut tho coin COl mission Ils lulI In Il all unC of those t cairn the son was 11 1111 not the position This has bal been urell found by h experience to tn be he much the Iho better plan 1110 If I fur for furIn Instance In lull tho position of oC coachman hUll hud been hlll generally and not tho particular man mOi It would be hc found that tho number lumN of ot would In Increase 11 crease and many exceptions would creep in Instead of one Olt Tho statement of ot Hay Th that thai during durn the tho administration of Cleveland and ni II there were lerl no 10 suspensions IU of or the rules rule only three the lion of oC In administration tOI thero have hae been CO GO leads to n a mot moat erroneous Under Inder previous loll administrations ex ox exceptions not usually nudo mallo by h means menns of ot of oC the rule uilo but hil by h means ennA of change In II the rules rull thus excepting certain claw rl of ot positions from competitive examination From tm to time Presidents Cleveland Jur n und and exempted from com competition petition hundreds of oC which had baen competitive On 01 one occa ocro Blon alon alone alono May Ia 29 80 such places Hut lut I ex exceptions 1 were not tot In tho In II tho Im of ot loll of oC the tho which were tha only matter mater called for tOl forby tOlly by ly the Ihl hOI 1 resolution President however made them th m In tho of ot pu for COI the tho ex iness R o of limiting their l OI prior to April rl 16 1 1033 H 3 there n 1 lun allowing appoint appointments ments without examination thu Ihu position to 10 be hI tilled required such peculiar liar Ihl In Il respect to 10 knowl knowledge edge e ul ability or such 01 ft wholly or In pait RI lonal or OH al arc lre not rl In tho lelle of ot tho Under this Ihl lol President il 21 MId and President only oll llo 11 Instead of or mal mak making malIn ing In nf o this kind under u It rule Ille President 11 fi to with wih each separately by I a II of the Ihl and Ind sev several Il eral fral f r the 13 referred tu II IIII mo II of If character ns al for 01 thit of ot n II cable n I the tho in II tho Ihl During the last lut ur US ort op were ICI mado mM com 01 examination than In Il the KP year M and 11 07 more 1010 II were Il mido In that Ihal year Hum In II thu HiI oar Under lr Hlo Idt about positions hl 1 to In tho of It tho Ihn lied 1111 sort 1110 have Coir lit dose of ot un 11 1111 made lifter hUH the Ih new HIP Ihl exceptions 11 Hut ut PIr l at II tho Ihl very wr of t hl b 1 to extend tho number of or competitive Ind to strengthen the Iho rules Ho 10 Ilso di dt nil alt out summary to 10 of at whom hol held high In his own party |