Show NEW CIVIL SERVICE RULES I Tho publication of the new civil service ser-vice rules in regard to promotions comes with all the suddenness of a cyclone to clerks in Washington Under the old rules which affec ted appointments only I the thousands who were in office at the passage of the law became its warmest supporters They did not need to be cx mined to retain places gained in the most part by political i influences It became be-came a frequent saying among the clerks that IWe are as secure in our places as are army officers in their commissions commis-sions As to all the grades of clerical service below the fourthclass which is I the highest this feeling of security is blown to atoms by the new rules in ro jard to promotion As he is compelled to compete for every promotion in his grade ho may be subjected to reduction every six months Or for instance a 1000 clerk may bo in succession reduced re-duced first to 1400 then to 1200 then to 1000 or 900 and lastly to dis mission from the service Supposing all things to be kindly tempered to the old barnacle ho could be landed on the sidewalk side-walk inside of tvn years |