irrespective of distance, 19
Cheeseman, ——, dismissed for political activity, 183
Childers, H. C. E., opposed reduction of charges for telegrams, 107
Churchfield, Charles, Misrepresentations made by, 159-160;
on the Roberts case, 309-310
Citizen, Upbuilding the character and intelligence of the individual, 12
Гражданские штаты, Королевская комиссия по, Показания сэра Чарльза Дю Кейна перед ней об увольнении некомпетентных государственных служащих, 249–250
Civil servants, Problem of a large body of, in a Democracy, 3;
in revenue departments, enfranchised, 6, 96;
organized for political influence, 7;
culmination of demands of, on House of Commons, 8;
on efforts of, to secure exemption from business standards of efficiency and discipline, 10-11;
undue influence of in House of Commons, 11-12;
danger from increasing number of, not considered, 6, 94;
disfranchised in three departments, 94;
G. W. Hunt on, 96-97;
Mr. Gladstone on, 97-98;
circularize members of Parliament, 147;
warned by Postmaster General, 148;
right of appeal conceded to, 148;
campaign of education, 158-160;
positions as, sought and retained, 161-162;
Government compromises with, 163;
too much political pressure from, 177, 188-189;
disfranchisement of suggested, 178;
concessions to by Norfolk-Hanbury Committee, 180;
demand right to agitate, 183-187;
Commons the Court of Appeal for, 184-185, 205;
disfranchised at their own request, 185;
ask new judgment on old facts, 188;
have friends in the Commons, 190;
Commons reminded of their votes, 196;
pressure from, intolerable, 197, 203, 238-239;
hosts of non-economical demands granted to, 381;
political activities of, 382
Civil Service should be kept out of politics, 234-236;
a Prime Minister on the, 237-238;
spirit of the, 323-359;
implied contract between the State and the, 324, 381
Civil Service head of an office can alone influence expenses, 369;
not thanked for services, 369, 385, 386
Civil Service pressure, The Treasury on, 132-134;
evidence as to in 1888, 137-140;
Earl Compton’s part in, 142-143, 145;
W. Ambrose disgusted at, 145
Civil Service unions, Intervention of, in behalf of the individual, 245, 246;
opposed promotion by merit, 267-268;
active in election campaigns, 382;
more injurious to public interest than any combination of capital, 392
Civil Services Expenditure, Select Committee on, 1873, Testimony of Sir Wm. H. Stephenson before, on dismissal of State servants, 247;
testimony given before, 373
Claims of the telegraph companies, 72
Class, R. W. Hanbury on a new social, 188
Class bribery displacing personal, 246;
a result of public ownership, 378, 387, 391
Class grievances, Spirit of trades unionism evoked for, 303
Class influence in House of Commons the great reproach of the Reformed Parliament, 6-7, 97-98
Class interests, The Commons the champion of, 366-368
Class legislation to be avoided, 12
Cleghorn, J., on power of the Treasury, 370-371
Клерки, Нижний разряд, Оклады, 170н
Clery, ——, dismissed for political activity, 183, 185;
on political pressure, 186
Cochrane-Baillie, C. W. A. N., Query of, on press telegrams, 122
Commission on Civil Establishments, The Royal, on pressure for increased wages, 137-140
Committee of the Indoor Staff, Report of, the basis for the Raikes’ revision of wages, 41;
not approved by civil servants, 142-143
Committee on Revenue Department Estimates, Questions of chairman of, on salary increase under Fawcett, 136-137
Committee to ascertain profits of telegraph companies, 72
Competition, Alleged wastefulness of, 53-54
Compton, Earl W. G. S. S., a representative of Post Office employees, 142;
demands a Select Committee, 143, 145, 151;
intervened for a sorter reduced for cause, 314
Consolidation of telegraph companies, Argument for, 54-55;
the companies’ proposal, 56
Continuous counting of sporting messages, 125-126
Cooke and Wheatstone’s inventions purchased, 38
Cornwell, ——, Case of, 257
Cost, No explanation of discrepancies between estimates and actual, 80
Counter men, Risk allowance for, 349
Crompton episode, The, 291-292
Crosse, F. T., complains against promotion by merit, 284-285;
on retention of pensioners in service, 340
Департамент таможенных доходов, Жалобы на продвижение по службе в, 288н
Danish Government reports on users of telegraph, 17
Davies, H. A., on right to fixed rate of promotion, 335-336
Davis, R. H., on action of Post Office authorities, 228
Davis, R. S., announces concessions made by Postmaster General, 10
Day, Implied contract for six hour, 324-328;
W. E. Baxter on, 324-325;
Sir R. E. Welby on, 335-326;
H. H. Fowler on, 326;
Sir T. H. Farrer on, 327-328
Decentralization of administration, Necessity of, in Post Office, 318-320, 383
Depreciation of plant, Cost of, 79
Discipline, Proper, should be preserved, 149;
typical cases of enforced leniency in, 306-318
Discontent in Postal and Telegraph Service, 150-151, 158;
emphasized by A. K. Rollit, 174-176;
widespread, 218;
premium on, 222
Disfranchisement of civil servants suggested, 178
Disraeli, Benjamin, on civil servants, 95-96, 184
Disraeli Ministry, Concessions of the, 4;
made inadequate investigation of cost of nationalization, 57-58;
replaced by the Gladstone Ministry, 73;
protest of, against enfranchising civil servants in revenue departments, 6, 95-96
Dobbie, Joseph, intervenes against dual duty at Glasgow, 347-348
Dockyard laborers not disfranchised, 96
Dual duty men, 285-286
Du Cane, Sir Charles, on getting rid of incompetent public employees, 249-250;
on promotion by merit in the Customs, 273
Duplex telegraphy, 93
Eastern Telegraph Cable Company, Work required by, 169
Economist, The, on nationalization, 61;
on Bradford Committee Report, 216
Economy, Parliament has never an influence for, in expenditure for education, 320;
change of public opinion toward, 364-365;
a voice in defence of, wanted, 367-368, 373
Edinburgh, Extension of service in, 78
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce leads in demand for lower charges, 3, 5, 81
Избирательные ограничения, Акты об освобождении от, 184н
Electric and International Telegraph Company, Rates, 29-30n;
organized, 38;
first dividend declared, 39;
рост, и цены акций, 190;
paid ten per cent., 41;
messages carried by, and receipts, 50;
Government purchase of, 58;
earnings of the, 60, 74, 85;
shares of, did not rise, 70
Electric light, Spread of the, hampered, 389
English companies, Experience of, 29-35
Equality, Mechanical, demanded, 341;
not opportunity, 343
Examination of first class telegraphists for promotion, 330-331
Executive ability, Deplorable waste of, by intervention, 318-319, 383-384
Executive’s power of dismissal, Curtailment of, 245-266;
power of promotion curtailed, 267-301
Expense, Enormous increase of, 146, 151, 160-161, 180, 200
Expenses, operating, Cost of, to State, 49;
estimated cost of, 84-85;
under-estimated by one-half, 88-89;
доля в валовой выручке, 89н;
augmented, 103;
в среднем на телеграмму, 103н;
increase through raise in wages, 105
Extension of telegraph service, 77-80;
estimated cost of, 49;
estimated vs. actual expenditure for, 78-79;
effect of, unremunerative, 99
Farrer, Sir T. H., on real difficulty of public service in getting rid of bad men, 253-255, 256;
declared promotion by routine the real evil, 271;
put proper men at the top, 272;
on a six or seven hour day, 327-328
Fawcett, Henry, increased pay of telegraph operators, 131;
on increased salaries of telegraph employees, 135-136;
horror of passing over any one, 279, 306;
created class of telegraph clerks, 328;
class of senior telegraphists, 329
Ассоциация Фосетта, Обязательство, содержащееся в циркуляре, изданном, 148н
Fawcett Revision of wages, 1881, 131, 137, 152;
increased expenditures from, 160-161
Fay, Samuel, member of Bradford Committee, 213, 214
Feasey, E. C., Intervention for, by J. Ward, 316-317
Fergusson, Sir James, on political circulars issued by civil servants, 147-148;
issues a warning, 148;
on proper discipline, 149;
on conditions in the Civil Service, 163;
on employees taking part in politics, 183-184
Financial failure of State telegraphs, Reasons for, 99, 103-110
Financial Secretary, Duties of the, 361, 363
Fischer, H. C., before Tweedmouth Committee, 167-168, 169-170;
on examination of telegraphists, 330-331;
on optional retirement at fifty, 356
Fisher, Hayes, on public expenditure, 365
Foreign experience in State operation, 17;
summary, 28
Foreign messages profitable in Belgium, 22;
in Switzerland, 24
Foreman, B. J., Pension asked for, by L. Sinclair, 314
Foster, M. H., on claims for reversionary rights, 70-71
Fowler, Sir H. H., on the tone in the House, 278;
protests against Postmaster General sitting in House of Lords, 304;
on a six or seven hour day, 326
Fowler, W., on contingent liabilities, 75, 76
France, Government of, appropriates the telegraph, 38;
increased use in, 51
France, Percentage of personal and social messages in, 18;
number of offices in, 19, 20
Freehold of provision for life, Employee of the State has, 247, 380
French experience, 26, 28
French State telegraphs run at loss, 26
Garland, C. H., on service rendered by T. Bayley, 228
Giffen, Robert, on pensions to men reorganized out of service, 264
Gladstone, W. E., on class influence in House of Commons, 6-7, 97-98;
on securing pledges from candidates, 149;
rescinds Fergusson’s warning, 150;
tribute of, to Joseph Hume, 371-374
Gladstone Ministry, 73
Glasgow, Extension of service in, 78
Glasgow postmaster’s mistake, 269-270
Godley, Sir A., member of Tweedmouth Committee, 163, 165
Goldsmid, J., on overmanning offices, 371
Gorst, Sir John Eldon, on expenditure of public money on education, 320;
on mismanagement arising from intervention of House of Commons, 322;
on power of Treasury to make inquiries not exercised, 369;
on efficiency in business and government offices, 370, 385-386
Goschen, G. J., on the evidence before Select Committee, 65-66;
on reversionary rights of the railways, 66-67;
questioned Mr. Scudamore on his estimates, 86-87
Government, The problem of, and its solution, 12
Government, The, ignorant of relations between telegraph companies and railways, 57-58;
obliged to purchase reversionary rights, 64;
should have resisted demands of railways, 69;
its estimate of total sum, 72.
Government clerks, Scale of wages for, recommended by Playfair Commission, 130
Governments, The visible helplessness of, 359
Gower, G. G. Leveson, Questions of, on promotion, 269
Graves, Edward, on promotion for ability, 270
Green, James, on cases of Richardson and Walker, 290-291
Grievance, Abolition of a, in turn a grievance, 342
Grievances, Typical, 306-318
Grimston, Robert, on consolidation of telegraph companies, 54-55
Groves, J. G., Intervention by, 315
Guarantees required for new telegraph offices, 99, 100-101;
check on log-rolling, 101;
agitation for reduction of, 102-103
Hamilton, Sir Edward, on support of Treasury in House of Commons, 368
Hanbury, R. W., on penny postage, 124;
to Postmaster General, 172-173;
on political pressure, 176-179;
cost of concessions, 180;
on political influence and pressure, 184-187, 382;
on Steadman’s motion, 187-189;
on wages of employees, 192;
opposed new Committee, 193, 197;
denounces Civil Service pressure as intolerable, 197;
on “soft heartedness” on the part of heads of departments, 253;
on framing answers to questions from members, 278;
would represent Postmaster General in House of Commons only conditionally, 304
Harcourt, Sir W., on Post Office employees, 238-239
Hardie, J. Keir, on concessions of Tweedmouth Committee, 202-203;
intervention by, 299-300, 314;
for specific retirements, 339
Harley, H., offers telegraphers chance to learn postal work, 344-345
Harrison, ——, Case of, 159
Hartington, Marquis of, presents a Bill for purchase money, 73;
on the bargain, 73-74, 76;
erroneous estimates of, 73, 79, 80-81, 87n
Harvey, A. S., on probationary period of service, 260;
on trades union spirit, 302
Hay, C. G. D., Intervention by, for telegraphists, 337-338
Heaton, J. H., on political patronage, 237-240;
censured by constituents, 240
Hegnett, ——, promoted by merit. Interference in case of, 284
Helsby, ——, promoted by merit. Interference in case of, 284
Henderson, A., intervened for one Chandler, 348
Hill, E. B. L., Testimony before Tweedmouth Committee, 137;
against and for amalgamation of telegraphers into one class, 343
Hill, Lewin, on yielding to Civil Service pressure, 142;
об увеличении расходов, 160н;
о должностях на государственной службе, 162н;
no service like the public service, 166-167;
recommendation to Tweedmouth Committee, 167;
on comparison of postmen with other classes of employment, 257-258;
on messenger boys in Post Office Department, 261
Hobhouse, C. E. H., Intervention by, 300
Hobson, Mr., postmaster at Glasgow, obliged to promote by seniority, 269;
mistake of, 270
Holidays, Tweedmouth Committee on, 350;
Sir R. E. Welby on, 351;
news distributors’ complaint about, 352-353
Horse races, Betting on, subsidized, 124-26
House of Commons, Intervention of members of, on behalf of public servants, 10-11;
the Court of Appeal for civil servants, 184-185, 205, 382;
reminded of civil servants’ votes, 196;
omnipotent, 199;
responsibility resting on, 200;
members of coerced, 203;
asked to purchase votes, 232;
thirty threatened with loss of seats, 239-240;
majority of members pledged, 241;
под давлением профсоюзов гражданской службы, сокращает полномочия Исполнительной власти по увольнению некомпетентных и избыточных служащих, 245–266;
intervention of on behalf of individuals through Civil Service unions, 246;
is master of public departments, 252-253;
pressure of members on heads of departments, 253-255;
the tone in the, 277;
stimulus of a question in the, 286;
stands for extravagance, 360-377;
the champion of class interests, 366;
debates in, weaken hands of Treasury, 368, 384;
constant pressure from, on Financial Secretary for class interests, 373-377
Hume, Joseph, W. E. Gladstone’s tribute to, as a defender of economy in expenditure, 371-374
Hunt, G. W., calls Mr. Scudamore author of Bill to acquire telegraphs, 14;
on uses of telegraph, 17;
on estimated cost of and revenue from the telegraphs, 58;
on the terms of purchase, 63;
on purchase of reversionary rights, 64;
on civil servants, 96-97
Incompetents, Difficulty of removing, 247-257, 259;
reorganized out of service on pensions, 262-263;
cost of pensions to, 263;
juniors doing work of, 270
Indictment against telegraph companies, 15
Individual grievances, Interference for, 303
Industry, A ready-made, acquired, 5
Inland messages, Loss on, in Belgium, 21-22;
in Switzerland, 24-26
Inland telegrams, Low rates on, 21;
losses incurred by, 22
Inland traffic, Attempt to develop in Belgium, 21-22;
in Switzerland, 25
Inquiry, Scope of the, 3-12
Inspection of education, 320-322
Inspectors, Educational, Difficulties of, 321-322
Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments named, 163-164
Intervention through House of Commons on behalf of individuals, 245-247, 251;
in matters of promotion, 267-268;
by Members an obvious difficulty, 274;
types of, 294-296;
on behalf of individual employees, how managed, 304-335;
special cases of, by members of House of Commons, 293-301, 313-318;
number of, 316;
waste of executive ability from, 318-319;
mismanagement arising from, 322
Irons, H. B., complains of prospects for promotion, 333
Isle of Man cable bought, 81
Jackson, ——, of Kilkenny, Interference for, 298
Jersey and Guernsey cable bought, 81
Jevons, W. S., on the increased use of telegraphs, 52;
on cost of extension, 79;
disillusionment of, 93, 390
Jobbery not the great evil of the service, 271
Johnson, H., Interference for, 296
Jones, W., intervenes for telegraph clerks at Oxford, 346-347;
Lord Stanley’s reply to, 347
Joyce, H., on promotions for merit over men not qualified, 279-281;
on case of Robinson, 281-282;
on Wykes case, 283;
on the Bradlaugh episode, 285;
on the Webster case, 307
Joyce, Michael, Intervention by, 296-297
Judges, County Court, Travelling expenses of, 354
Kearley, H. E., demands a Select Committee, 151-154;
declares promotion of telegraphists blocked, 153;
statement of, declared misleading by Mr. Morley, 154-155;
grievances of the auxiliary staff, 155
Kensington, ——, Case of, 290
Kerry, C. H., before Tweedmouth Committee, 168;
on wages and speed of telegraphists, 168-169
Knox, Sir Ralph H., on extravagance in House of Commons, 366-368;
defenders of economy needed, 371
Lacon, telegraphist at Birmingham, Case of, 195-196
Laissez-faire, 12;
Alleged breakdown of, 36-56;
a better policy for the public interest than State intervention, 391
Lawson, H. L. W., on interference of members of Parliament in dismissals from service, 252;
on spirit of trades unionism among clerks, 303-304;
interventions by, 313;
for telegraphists, 336-337
Learners, Promotion of, 291
Leeds, Extension of service in, 77-78
Leeman, G., cross-questions Mr. Scudamore, 65-66n, 68n, 92;
on Mr. Scudamore’s estimates of cost of reversionary rights of railways, 68-69, 76
Letter sorters, Scale of wages for, 349-350
Letter sent, Scudamore’s misleading comparison of telegrams with, 52-53
Liberal Party supported demands of civil servants, 8-9
Lickfold, J. R., on medical certificates, 356-358
Lingen, Lord R. R. W., on difficulties in public departments due to triennial change of Government, 256-257;
on trouble to secure efficiency, 272
Log-rolling by members of House of Commons, 10-11
London and Provincial Telegraph Company, 40;
rates charged by, 40;
Government purchase of, 58
London Central Telegraph Office, Employees not drawn from, 169-170
London District Telegraph Company unsuccessful as result of low rates charged, 33-35;
таблица тарифов, 34н;
notice of, 40
London local telegraph system enlarged, 77
London Trades Council, Complaints from, 159
Lowe, Robert, on the immense price paid, 74-75;
division of the service under, 271
McDonald, G., on grievances of news distributors, 355
Macdonald, J. A. M., questions Mr. Gladstone on Civil Service pressure, 149;
demands a Select Committee, 150;
motion for, lost, 151
M’Dougall, ——, promoted by merit, 283-284
MacIver, David, on complaints of telegraphists, 131-132
Maddison, F., on a non-official committee, 191
Magnetic Telegraph Company, 39-40
Malingerers’ grievance, J. R. Lickfold on the, 357;
J. C. Badcock on, 357-358;
S. Walpole to witness on, 358
Manchester, Extension of service in, 78
Manners, Lord John, on Glasgow postmasters’ mistake, 269-270