. A bird's eye view of our federal government . ALFRED P, EDGERTON, Civil Service Commissioner. [Alfred P. Edgerton was born in New York in 1813. He has been aneditor, merchant and politician in his time. He is now a citizen of Indi-ana, but long resided in north-western Ohio, where he was sent to con-gress for two terms. Has taken prominent part in the Democraticparty managementj and also in educational movements in his state. Hewas appointed to his present office in 1885.] and ^promotion on a basis of merit and competition. Theobject of the reform is to take the civil service out of pol-riti
. A bird's eye view of our federal government . ALFRED P, EDGERTON, Civil Service Commissioner. [Alfred P. Edgerton was born in New York in 1813. He has been aneditor, merchant and politician in his time. He is now a citizen of Indi-ana, but long resided in north-western Ohio, where he was sent to con-gress for two terms. Has taken prominent part in the Democraticparty managementj and also in educational movements in his state. Hewas appointed to his present office in 1885.] and ^promotion on a basis of merit and competition. Theobject of the reform is to take the civil service out of pol-ritics, and to put its administration on a business basis, OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 91 The idea that the 100,000 or more officers of the governmentcivil service belong to the party in power, took its risein the practice of President Jackson and his successors,who used these offices to reward their political the vast increase in the civil service after 1861, thepractice became intolerable, and an agitation for reform was. 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
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