. A bird's eye view of our federal government . JOHN H. OBERLY,Civil Service Commissioxeb. [J. H. Oberly is about fifty years of age. He is a citizen of Illinois,where he was a well known Democratic politician previous to the partytriumph in the national campaign of 18S4. He was first appointed, in1885, superintendent of Indian schools, and early in the following yearhe was chosen to till a vacancy in the civil service commission.] begun. The growth of the reform has been slow and the oldbelief that to the victors belong the spoils of office, can-Hot be said to be uprooted in the niinds of pol
. A bird's eye view of our federal government . JOHN H. OBERLY,Civil Service Commissioxeb. [J. H. Oberly is about fifty years of age. He is a citizen of Illinois,where he was a well known Democratic politician previous to the partytriumph in the national campaign of 18S4. He was first appointed, in1885, superintendent of Indian schools, and early in the following yearhe was chosen to till a vacancy in the civil service commission.] begun. The growth of the reform has been slow and the oldbelief that to the victors belong the spoils of office, can-Hot be said to be uprooted in the niinds of politicians. StiU, 92 OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. the Pendleton law has been enforced, admission to the lowergrades of the classified service is now obtainable only bycompetitive examination, and though favoritism is doubtlessshown, promotion is generally made on a basis of merit andcompetition. This is the established rule of the service. Ifit is not always obeyed, it is, at least, acknowledged m therequirement and intention of the CHARLES LYMAN, Civil Service Commissioner. [Mr. Lyman, the Republican member of the commission, is by birth aNew Englander. He served in the army during the war, and in 1864became a clerk in the treasury department. He continued in thisbranch of the civil service till his appointment, by President Arthur, tothe post of chief examiner of the service under the Pendleton bill. In1886, he was appointed to his present position by President Cleveland.) 100. Rules of the Civil Service. 3, 1888, the latest revision of the rules of the civilcommission was approved by the president, and OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 93 promulgated by his order. Part of these rules relate to specialbranchesof the service, to clerks in the departments, and toemployes in the various postoffices and custom houses. Theygive particular directions concerning the competitive and non-competitive examinatioDS that must precede appointmentsin these branches of the government servic
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