Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1885 — How civil Service Reform Works. [ARTICLE]

How civil Service Reform Works.

Easton Ledger, The case of young Mr. Harley of Queen Anne’s County illustrates how civil service reform works when adminfstatered by Repub licans. Mr. Harley is a Democrat a fresh college graduate, and a bright young lawaer, who made application to the Civil Service Commission for examination for the postal service. He made the highest record among all who were examined at that time —over ninety-six in a possible 100, His name wae sent four times to Mr. A Ireon the Postmaster at Baltimore, but every time Mr. Adreon passed him by and appointed a Republican with a lower examination record, and Mr. Harley was then ruled off the list of eligibles because he had been rejected four times! Fortunately, Mr. Yeasey was able to correct the injustice that had been done to Mr. Harley. We have not observed that the civil service journals wh"ch come to this office have ever made anv comments in the case of Mr. Harley. The Kentland Democrat says that Bela C. Kent, general agent I->r the Champaign Nursery, among others has taken an order from Ade, McCray & Co., Bankers, of Kentland, for five hundred trees.