persons shall together amount to as many as fifty. And thereafter, from time to time, on the request of the president, it shall be the duty of the postmaster-general to arrange in like classes the clerks and persons so employed in the postal service in connection with any other post-offices; and every such arrangement and classification, upon being made, shall be reported to the president. Third. That from time to time said secretary, the postmastergeneral, and each of the heads of departments mentioned in the 158th section of the Revised Statutes, and each head of an office, shall, on the request of the president, and for facilitating the exeсиtion of this act, respectively revise any then existing classification or arrangement of those in their respective departments and offices, and shall, for the purpose of the examinations herein provided for, include in one or more of such classes, so far as practicable, subordinate places, clerks and officers in the public service, pertaining to their respective departments not before classified for examination. SECT. 7. After the expiration of four months from the passage of this act no officer or clerk shall be appointed, and no person shall be employed to enter or be promoted in either of the said classes now existing, or that may be arranged hereunder pursuant to said rules, until he has passed an examination, or is shown to be specially exempted from such examination in conformity herewith. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to take from those honorably discharged from the military or naval service any preference conferred by the 1754th section of the Revised Statutes, nor to take from the president any authority not inconsistent with this act conferred by the 1753d section of said statutes; nor shall any officer not in the executive branch of the government, or any person merely employed as a laborer or workman, be required to be classified hereunder; nor, unless by direction of the senate, shall any person who has been nominated for confirmation by the senate be required to be classified or to pass an examination. BEARD, Alanson W. (collector of the port of Boston) 17 Bills. (The Jenckes bills) 32 (The Pendleton bill) 67 (The Willis bill). 7, 32, 41 Boston Civil-service Reform Association 55 Boston Custom House 17, 65 Business community, Sentiment of 16, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29, 34, 54, 55, 65 Business-like methods 19, 20, 24-29, 30-31 CABINET officers 19-23, 41 Caucus, The 9 Chace, Hon. J. 53 Changes of officers for political reasons 7, 18, 36-37, 40, 41, 50-51 EATON, Dorman B. 6, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26-30, 36, 40, 42, 47-48, 61-63 Edmunds, Senator G. F. 43 Eliot, President C. W., of Harvard University : 57 England. See Great Britain. European governments. 47-48 Examinations, Competitive 12, 14-16, 18, 20-29, 42-43, 49 "Examinations, Pass" 18 Examinations, Topics of 24-26 Examining board 11, 12 Executive, Functions of the 10, 11, 40, 41, 43-45 Executive departments 19-23, 39-41 Existing legislation 11, 12, 49 Expense, Provision for. 31, 42 FIXED term of office 36 Four years' term (for collectors, etc.) : 36-37 GARFIELD, President J. A., 10, 19, 20, 22, 40-42, 44-45, 51, 54, 56-59 "Higher officers," not under provisions of Pendleton bill. "Literary" nature of the examinations alleged 22, 23, 41 36-37 12 31 11, 12, 37, 49 39-45, 63-66 11, 32, 33 10, 39, 41, 42 35, 36 24, 25 31,55 65 12, 22 11, 56, 64 17, 27, 28, 29, 53 35, 61 Merritt, Edwin A. (late collector of the port of New York) 14, 15, 16, Moderation of the proposed reform Long, Hon. John D. MACVEAGH, Hon. W. Massachusetts Republican platform, 1881 Misconceptions of the proposed reform Murphy, Thomas 39-45 33 16, 17, 28 New York Civil-service Reform Association New York Post Office Newport conference of 1881 Nominations to office Number of employés OBJECTIONS to civil-service reform Office, Tenure of Office-holders 14, 17-19, 25, 26, 27, 41 14,55 12, 14-17,27-28, 29, 41, 44, 51 38 Offices, Number of (under provisions of Pendleton bill) 64 Robertson, W. H. (collector of the port of New York) 17 Robinson, Hon. G. D.. 29, 42 Rotation in office 8, 24, 36 SCHURZ, Hon. C. 13, 14, 20, 41, 50, 53, 61 Senate, Functions of the 10 Senatorial "courtesy 6, 43-45 Soldiers and sailors. (Provisions of Revised Statutes) 12 Specific plan of civil-service reform 30-38 "Spoils system" 5-9, 10, 17, 18, 21, 24, 39-43, 48, 50-51, 58-60 State Department. Statesmanship Statistics 22 56-60 16, 18, 19, 20, 26 11, 32, 33 11, 32 14, 33, 35-37 6, 13, 20-22, 27 24-29 10-12 5-9, 48, 65 39-45 |