New-York tribune., 1871-11-16
DRIFT OF POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
THE CIVIL SERVICE AND COLLECTOR MURPHY


From TAs HaHoA
Tho Civil Service Commission. Ia said to
hsTs IN eSed
Warrington correspondents report that the Snnecs nn
week when Mr. G. W Curtis spoke on y st some Length
In behalf Of the Commission We oughL 70 mensVh .,s
e2 eS STs Of Of places the %od the City Han
from the hands Of Mr.. Andrew H. Green, the deputy MY
yet got from any ccIa quarter Mr. Green S On taking s
Office issued an order warning the 0er ~ na s1T hS e
selves as oces about politics. that their salaries were
not to be assessed or Levied upon IN any nGom.
PEI petency' cy' would be- the only cause q re re:
Of this Port selected by the Prcsdent and removable
by him. has 1900 employees under his orders whom no
and for the same reason Connolly did the clerks in
tho City Hail. aud that al the time that Ins
while s Mr. curtis was sddressng the Cabinet and while
Mr. Green was introducing civil Service Reform into the
regulations which It is fair presume Mr. Curtis and
his coeagueshaye embodied in their new scheme, and
%o6s s hoPsd ords Me- DOCKING S salaries
tOneering purpOsesit s not unfair 70 say tnat ios
tnued activity in the Of oorrupting and debanch
ing the public service, arc great scandal HE NEW
being put TO the people OF the city WHO was the man
among It's inhabitants who would II put IN charge OF tne
House. collect the largest amount OF EeVenue at
least cost TO the and least annOyf ce TO the
merchants Z" anybody would ever have tIOuEht Oi
pOnment was simply unaCcOuntable on any creditahe
theory OF the principles which the President admins
terB the Government.
THE PRESIDENCY.
From TAs RSV York Post ,
It seems to be the common conviction OF the
most liberal Democratic Journals and especially OF the
Germans that the denomination OF Gen. Grant Is now
certain by the sweeping triumphs OF the RepuDn-
in the October and November electlOnS but ths
seems 70 us to be an error The prospect OF his reno
nation Is really no stronger today than was ~ tno
beginning OF October. 1t Is question upon whioh Lne
rank and file OF the party have not made up their MINUS
and they In the end VIII nave nave Ehh 70 SSSe' c6anSs
should take place In the country before the NOMINATION
is made the certainty OF clectng the man, whoever
them entirely free choose the man who Is likely to
make the best President, without regard t0 prestige
or "eXpediency."
The Boston Journal thinks Gen. Grants Re-
Dubicanism too pure and his Administration too sue
ccssfu afford any ground for rejecting ulm In Tue
next Convention.
THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN POLITICS
From Saturdays StddLs.Z s.Zavn1.
The improyised organization OF the Germans
here for the purpose Of assisting the OF Reform Ut
the last election has had eject that has attracted the
greatest attention throughout the country They nave
Is Is true found by no means suoh widespread recOH
tOn of their services they deserved For instance,
after the election THE TRIBUNE alone, among the ely
press nnreservedly admitted the merit OF the Germans
m the cause of Reform Identifying special eKert0ns
with those Of the Germans OF the cly IN genera HnS
we of course In such compliments only deserved
tribute to the position OF German heWi YORK But oven
where this recognition IL not 80 unreserVedy gwen IL Is
impossible longer to msunderstand the Importance Oi
tainly to-day no citizen OF New-York-perhaps none In
The whole cOuntry-whO In the least underestmates the
weight which the Germans OF the city threw ntO tne
scale ut last election. And tho CHIEF point Is tnat
The Germans themselves have found out their power.
Our confident belief that this power viii always
used in the interest OF right and morality unshAKen