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Show CIVIL SERVICE REPORT. Participation in Politics Goes on a In the Olden Days. Washington The annual report nf the United Stnti-s cltll sertlco commission com-mission Issued Wednesday states that there Is still too great n disposition on tho part of persons In the clatslllud scrtlce to participate actively In hi!1-tics, hi!1-tics, In spile of tho exicutlvo orders li-tued fro mtlmo to time The entl moot In fntor of Hie merit )stein I steadily growing, tho commission sa)s, not mil) lu congren, but also among the suites, four of which hato ndopled cltll sertlco laws. Thn commission held during Iho year f.S'j examinations and a total ot 122,0.11 persons pasted nnd 11,877 wero appointed, n decrease of 20,0'JC exam- i Ined nnd 1,181 appointed From 40 to CO per cent of the highest eligible declined de-clined nppolulimnt on nccount of tho low salaries offered by tho govern-ment. |