Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-06-10

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y which was constituted, if my memo
serves me right, at the suggestion of t
: thoughtful aud able Representative ju
y named. The prospects of this excele
| bill being pissed by the present Congre
5 are not as altering as they should b
but that the general principles of the bi
and even many of its details will ult
mately fud favor with the people al
their Representatives there can be no rel
sonable doubt. Indeed, in a oountr
like ours in which the centrifugal ell,
ment In Government and in every othc
sphere of thought and action is more pow
erful and more active than in any otbe
country, the very necessities of our exist
ence as u nation require the continuou
infusion into US, as iHdivi luals and as
people, of the spirit of method. order. avs
lem, fair play aud dis'ributivo justice
The social and political systems act anc
retro-act on each other In all countries
school discipline, family management
the usagas of trade &c, are measurably
typical of the spirit. and form of thu
National Government, and the way in
which it is administered. L. is therefore
proper and important that the Govern
ment should be living example to its
citizens Of all the virtues, should select
public servants with sole reference to their
honesty and capacity. and should pro
mote degrade, or dismiss them, and 9th
erwise reward OF punish them, conforma,
bly, to the principles of exact justice. sr.
respective Of race c0l0r or sea
Mr. Jenckes's bill provides, principally.
that all officers in the civil service, except
Post Masters and those that may be sp
pointed by the President himself, by and
WIN 'ho du'ICe VI eho oeudtc, SNAIL uC
tiled by those who shall be found best
qualified, from open and competitive ex
,lninatious, instead of choosing them, as
1t present, from political or personal con-
alterations, to which the qualifications of
merit, Integrity, skill, fidelity and pat
i"tism a'e compelled to yield. AS AIR
euckes remarked, in his speech present.
ng the bill, it does away with all person
! influence. Bribery Of all kinds, either
y personal recommendation or political
eward, is impossible. 1t destroys all po-
itical or personal patronage. The bill
roposes, III short. the means Of discovering
he absolute fitness of the person desiring
enter the public service for the par
Icu!ar branch Of the service to which he
ntcnds to devote himself.
This Civil Service Bill' also prescrb-
S. by general rule, what misconduct or
ncfhciency shall be sufficient for the re.
loval or suspension of all officers who
ONE within the provisions Of this act
nd also establishes rules for the manner
t preferring charges for such misconduct,
&c How different from the present uu
eremoneous manner of diacharging the
est officers without Cause The admin
'tration, as Mr. Jenckcs truly remarks,
always saying, in effect. to each of its
lvll servants, Your skill, your cxpcr
,nce, your long and faithful service are
nothing to US; We can discharge you
morrow, and at once find hundred
,hers who will answer our purpose as
ell" "BesiIes," says he. mo grades.
D promotions, no hopes, no honors no
wards are open to the most faithful.
Iligent aud honest officers. Is i. not
,ubtful if this Government can end IRE
any changes of Administration, when
fty thousand persons (mcre than the en-
re personnel of the Array and Navy |
G liable to be dismiss from the public
rvice for mere opinions sake? The
vii service of no other Government is
mismanagcd and all concur in the {
ct that, for the money it pays. there is {
Government in the world more poorl, q
rived than ours" I
Mr. Jeuckes's bill provides for de t
lrtment called the Department of the s
vii Service" whose head shall be the r
ice President of the United States who q
ii be assiated by four Commissioners O
oh to receive salary of $4,000 per
Vice President the same in
d''lon to his present salary. This t
Mount will be more than made nm nv I,
other provision of the bill viz, a fee a
not more than five dollars from each y
piicant for examination for office, and "
other OF not more than ten dollars p
I'M each one who receives certificate 81
recommendation after examination |.
'ugh under this rule there will proba v
be fewer applicants for Office than at Il
'sent' condition of things devoutly to p
wished. But better class of appli. l.
ITS will be hid. The present system "
'ois the more competent young persons al