OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. 1896 July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897. Previous reports can be consulted at the principal public libraries. A Manual of Examinations WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1898. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting Fourteenth FEBRUARY 17, 1898.-Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, the Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. EXECUTIVE MANSION, 2 February 17, 1898. TABLE OF CONTENTS. (See also Index to Report.) Report (Fourteenth Report of the Commission to the President). Message of the President transmitting the Report to Congress Status of deputy collectors of Internal Revenue Efficiency of persons appointed through civil-service examinations. Historical register of the Commission.... PART I.-The Demand FOR REFORM FROM THE PRESIDENTS AND CONTEM- PORARY STATESMEN. DEMONSTRATED ECONOMY. Evils of the Tenure-of-office act of 1820 and of the Spoils system, as shown by quotations from contemporary statesmen and official documents. Evils of the spoils system which the civil-service law was designed to correct.. Intended scope of the civil-service act as shown by extracts from debates, etc. Views of the Presidents, heads of Departments, and other officials relative to Saving effected by the adoption of the merit system, as shown by the growth of the number of positions before and the reduction after the passage of the |