gomery, George Burnham, Jr., Francis Olcott Allen, William Burnham, W. W. Montgomery, George Wood, M. N. Kline, W. C. Alderson, Charles Chauncey, William D. Neilson, John B. Roberts, Louis B. Runk, Charles Brindley, R. Blankenburg, William Ellis Scull, Charles Richardson, Mrs. William F. Jenks, Charles E. Pancoast, William Kirkbride, Neville B. Craig, William H. Futrell, Charles E. Cadwalder, Theodore M. Etting, George M. Newhall, Thomas S. Williams, J. H. Dulles Allen, Heatley C. Dulles, W. E. Jackson, Harry B. French, Theodore N. Ely, Stuart Wood, Miss Lucy Davis, Dimner Beeber, Lewis J. Lautenbach, James MacAllister, Clinton Rogers Woodruff, Mrs. Woodruff, Philip G. Garrett, A. K. McClure, Max Livingston, George G. Mercer, R. Francis Wood, Mrs. R. H. Harte, Solomon Blumenthal, Samuel S. Fels, Henry H. Collins, D. A. Waters, C. N. Pierce, Edward S. Sayres, Robert D. Jenks, W. W. Montgomery, Jr., Henry Wolf Bikle, Wayne MacVeagh, Most Rev. P. J. Ryan, Joseph G. Rosengarten, I. J. Wistar. In response to invitations issued by the League to Municipal Reform organizations, and to other bodies interested in the reform of the civil service, delegates were present from a number of such organizations, as follows: ARUNDEL GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB OF BALTIMORE: Miss Julia R. Rogers, Miss Alice Gilman. BRYN MAWR COLLEGE: Miss Sarah Henry Stites, Miss Mabel Atkinson, Miss Dorothea Day, Miss Eleanor Deming, Miss Eunice Follandbee, Miss Linda Lange, Miss Alice Carter, Miss Dora Keen, Miss Elizabeth Kirkbride, Miss Margaretta Morris. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: A.W. Schick, J. C. Mendenhall, C. H. Haring. CENTRAL MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: J. Frank Greathead, Albert W. Howland, Mark J. Ingle, Charles F. Bauder, Louis C. Smith. CIVIC CLUB, PHILADELPHIA: Mrs. Charles Richardson, Mrs. Imogen B. Oakley. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR UNION: Rev. Charles H. Butler. DREXEL INSTITUTE: J. L. Stone, Arthur McKnight, E. P. Braun, D. O. Hales, Earle Rittenhouse, Lee Armstrong, Miss Georgetta Witter, Miss Laura E. Wagner, Miss Isabel Hunter, Miss Jane Evans. HAVERFORD COLLEGE: A. J. Phillips, Irving White, E. N. Robinowitz, W. T. Hilles, H. W. Thorn, C. R. Cornman, S. C. Withers, W. M. Wills, A. W. Kratz, W. P. Bonbright. HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, PHILADELPHIA: Miss Eleanor Solis-Cohen, Miss Helen H. Large, Miss Selma Strauss, Miss Clara V. Blanton, Miss Edith Miller. MINNESOTA FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS: Mrs. Lydia P. Williams. MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE: Oscar Leser. MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: Harry A. Garfield, F. E. Stevens. MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA: George Burnham, Jr., Hector McIntosh. NORTH CAPITOL AND ECKINGTON CITIZENS ASSOCIATION: William G. Henderson, A. Ralph Serven. NORTHEAST MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: T. Willard Stone, George L. Styer, William T. Burns, Edward J. Tournier, W. Winfield Downey, W. S. Nicholl. EOPLE'S INSTITUTE, NEW YORK: Charles Sprague Smith. PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: Miss May Bolger, Miss Bessie G. Hanley, Miss Wilhelmina Mampe, Miss Alice Shock, Miss Anna Grace Willetts. URSINUS COLLEGE: Charles Groves Haines. WASHINGTON BOARD OF TRADE: Thomas W. Smith, A. Ralph Serven, W. V. Cox. Among the invited guests attending the annual meeting of the League were Professor L. S. Rowe, of the University of Pennsylvania; Professor Lucy M. Salmon, of Vassar College; Mrs. Harry J. Milligan, of Indianapolis; George Walter Smith, Esq., of Philadelphia; Rev. Floyd W. Tompkins, of Philadelphia; Senor Fredrico Degetau, Delegate to Congress from Porto Rico; Hon. William H. Fleming, of Georgia; Mr. Frank M. Kiggins, late Chairman of the Philippine Civil Service Commission, of Washington; Mr. John C. Birdseye and Mr. Charles S. Fowler, of Albany. MEETINGS OF THE LEAGUE. THE HE headquarters of the League during the period of the meeting were at the Hotel Walton, corner of Broad and Locust Streets. The morning of Decemember 11th was occupied by a meeting of the Council. The proceedings at the several general sessions of the League, commencing on the afternoon of December 11th, were as follows: THE FIRST SESSION. GRIFFITH HALL, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 11. HE League convened at 2.30 P. M., the President, Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, in the chair. The minutes of the last annual meeting having been printed and distributed, the reading of the same was omitted. The annual report of the Council was presented and read by Charles J. Bonaparte, of Maryland, Chairman of the Council.* It was moved that the report be accepted, and that it be printed with the proceedings of the meeting. The motion was unanimously carried. The report of the Committee on the Civil Service in Dependencies, was presented and read by the chairman of that Committee, Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Philadelphia. It was moved that the report be accepted and printed in the proceedings. The motion was unanimously carried. The President then introduced Professor L. S. Rowe, of the University of Pennsylvania and late Chairman of the Com * Printed in full at page 28. mission to revise the laws of Porto Rico, who read a paper on the Civil Service in Porto Rico. The President then introduced Mr. Elliot H. Goodwin, Secretary of the League, who read a paper on The Practicability of Promotion through Competition.t The President then introduced Dr. H. O. Reik, Secretary of the Civil Service Reform Association of Maryland, who read a paper on The Spoils System and the Merit System in the Public Schools of a Great City. The order of discussion and miscellaneous business having been reached, Mr. Chaplin, of Massachusetts, criticised the views expressed in Professor Rowe's paper as to the advisability of permitting appointments from any part of the eligible list in the civil service in Porto Rico. Professor Rowe, Mr. Dana, Colonel Burt and Mr. Bonaparte took part in the discussion which followed. The session then adjourned. SECOND SESSION. AT HORTICULTURAL HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER II. T 8.00 o'clock, on the evening of December 11th, the second session of the League was held at Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia. Mr. John Field, the President of the Pennsylvania Association, introduced Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, President of the League, who made an address.§ Papers were presented by Mr. Charles Richardson, of Philadelphia, Vice-President of the National Municipal League, on The Spoils System in Philadelphia,|| and by Mr. George McAneny, of New York, on The Merit System as an Element in the Reform of the New York City Police Department. +Printed in full at page 65. Printed in full at page 84. Printed in full at page 91. The paper on The Reform of the Consular Service, prepared by the Hon. Carl Schurz, was read by Mr. Richard Henry Dana, of Massachusetts.* At the close of the session, Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, of Maryland, made a few remarks. The session then adjourned. THIRD SESSION. GRIFFITH HALL, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12. THE HE League reconvened at 10 A. M., President Gilman in the chair. The President introduced General Aiken, who presented the report for the Committee on Nominations, as follows: FOR PRESIDENT : Daniel Coit Gilman, FOR VICE-PRESIDENTS : Charles Francis Adams, Grover Cleveland, Charles W. Eliot, Harry A. Garfield, Arthur T. Hadley, Henry Charles Lea, Franklin MacVeagh, FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL: William A. Aiken, Charles J. Bonaparte, Edward Cary, Charles Collins, Richard Henry Dana, John W. Ela, Richard Watson Gilder, *Printed in full at page 104. |